Peace - Advent | Southeast Christian Church

Find Jesus, community, and purpose. southeastcc.org Advent is a time of waiting; we wait with anticipation as we prepare our hearts for the coming of the Messiah. This season invites us to reflect on the true meaning and importance of Jesus leaving the comfort of heaven to take on the form of man and coming to earth to embrace our chaos. Southeast Christian Church Now, I want to touch on this one because Joseph is a stud; he's awesome. He's unwilling to put her to shame. Now, again, think about it from his perspective. "Hey Joseph, I'm pregnant but it's okay because it was the holy spirit." He's got to feel cheated on. I don't know about you but put me in that position, I'm going to throw her trash in the street. "Oh, you humiliated me so watch how I humiliate you." That's why God didn't choose me, that's why he chose Joseph. He's a just man unwilling to put her to shame. He does not know this is from God yet, he doesn't know yet. Now, he's going to know in just a little bit but he doesn't know yet, and in that space he still chooses to be a man of character. That's incredible. He has in mind to divorce her quietly. Now, he has three options. One is he can have her stoned, he can have her killed. The second one is he can have her publicly shunned and put out of the village so she doesn't have a family, she doesn't have a [inaudible 00:10:11], she has no one to protect her. Or he can divorce her quietly, and he chooses this third option. Now, the other option that he has is he can not do anything and take her as his wife, but if he does that he's admitting that it's his. Does that make sense? He's like, "We blew it. We were looking at the stars, and the breeze, and the birds were chirping." He's admitting that it's his, he's admitting that it's his. And so in order for him to do this he has to be willing to take on her shame, and it's not his. He didn't do anything. She didn't do anything wrong either, but do you want to be used by God? Because it feels a littl