2.1 Jesus as God incarnate & 2.2 God's Message to Joseph

• What is Incarnation?

  When God took on Human conditions to become Jesus
• What does the Incarnation tell us about God?

  Tells us that God loves the Human Race, as he's ready to experience being Human
• What does Luke's account tell us about the Incarnation?

  • Focuses on Mary's role
  • Tells the story of Gabriel visiting Mary
  • Gabriel gives Mary free will on whether she will conceive Jesus
• What does Matthew's account tell us about the Incarnation?

  • Focuses on Joseph's role
  • Tells the story of how he nearly broke up with Mary because she couldn't explain why she was pregnant, but an angel visited to stop this
  • Gabriel calls Jesus "Emmanuel" in Joseph's dream, which means "God is With us" confirming Jesus is the Son of God
• What Similarities do Matthew and Luke's accounts have?

  • Mary was a virgin
  • God worked through human beings to bring about his plan for humanity
  • Jesus was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
  • Jesus was the Son of God
  • The angel Gabriel announced Jesus' birth