For Unto Us Is Born
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Foundation Scriptures
Isaiah chapter 7 verse 14 Therefore the Lord Himself shall give you a sign: Behold,
the young woman who is unmarried and a virgin shall conceive and bear a
son, and shall call his name Immanuel (God with us ).
Luke chapter 7 verses 10 & 11 And when the messengers who had been sent returned to the house, they found the bond servant who had been ill quite well again. Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain, and His disciples and a great throng accompanied Him.
1 John chapter 3 verse 8 But he who commits
sin (who practices evildoing) is of the devil (takes his character from
the evil one), for the devil has sinned (violated the divine law) from
the beginning. The reason the Son of God was
made manifest (visible) was to undo (destroy, loosen, and dissolve) the
works the devil (has done).
It is a historical fact that Jesus was born. What scholars dispute is whether He was all God or all man or part God and part man. We know, from the Bible, that He was God manifest in the flesh. He is completely God and completely man.
Think about this: His birth, life, death and resurrection have affected the earth like none other before or since. This year is 1996 A.D. - Anno Domini - the year of our Lord! He was the Word made flesh and dwelt among us. He affected the timetable of a whole planet - this is not something you can deny or ignore.
Isaiah chapter 9 verse 6 - For
unto us a Child is born, to us a Son is given; and the government shall
be upon His shoulder, and His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor,
Mighty God, Everlasting Father (of Eternity), Prince of Peace.
His name shall be called "Wonderful" because He is so wonderful. There is none like Him in all the earth. Our Lord Jesus Christ is so wonderful in His saving, healing and delivering power. Wonderful in His miraculous virgin birth, wonderful in His sinless life, wonderful in His miracle ministry of signs and wonders. Wonderful in His conquest of sin, sickness and satan at Calvary. Wonderful in His supernatural resurrection from the dead. Wonderful in His present day ministry interceding for us at the Father's right hand in Heaven. Wonderful in His power to cleanse and forgive every sin. Wonderful in His ability to set every captive free. Wonderful in His grace that heals the broken hearted and breaks every bondage. He is wonderful because His love reaches out to touch and transform all who will come to Him and call upon His name.
Acts chapter 4 verse 2 - But many of those who heard the message believer (adhered to and trusted in and relied on Jesus as the Christ). And their number grew and came to about 5,000.
This Christmas, reflect again on the goodness of God and the fact that Jesus really is the reason for the season! As
Christians, we have something to shout about and celebrate, because
Jesus lives and in Him we live and move and have our being.
Rejoice, child of God, for unto us a son is born, a Savior who is Christ the Lord!
Recent:
Righteous Now
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV
Therefore if any person is [ingrafted] in Christ (the Messiah) he is a new creation (a new creature altogether); the old [previous moral and spiritual condition] has passed away. Behold, the fresh and new has come! 2 Corinthians 5:17 AMP
“Therefore if any man be in Christ…” What does it mean to be “in Christ”? Galatians 3:27 says, “For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.” You are baptized into Christ when you receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. Romans 10:9-10 says, “That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” And Romans 10:13 says, “For whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.” The moment
Defeating Strife
These six things the Lord hates, indeed, seven are an abomination to Him: 17 A proud look [the spirit that makes one overestimate himself and underestimate others], a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18 A heart that manufactures wicked thoughts and plans, feet that are swift in running to evil, 19 A false witness who breathes out lies [even under oath], and he who sows discord among his brethren. Proverbs 6:16-19 AMP
Faith Facts
Faith is persistent
Luke 11:9-10 AMP
So I say to you, Ask and keep on asking and it shall be given you; seek and keep on seeking and you shall find; knock and keep on knocking and the door shall be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks and keeps on asking receives; and he who seeks and keeps on seeking finds; and to him who knocks and keeps on knocking, the door shall be opened.
John 16:24 AMP
Up to this time you have not asked a [single] thing in My Name [as presenting all that I AM]; but now ask and keep on asking and you will receive, so that your joy (gladness, delight) may be full and complete.
Faith is single-minded
James 1:5-8 AMP
If any of you is deficient in wisdom, let him ask of the giving God [Who gives] to everyone liberally and ungrudgingly, without reproaching or faultfinding, and it will be given him. 6 Only it must be in faith that he asks with no wavering (no hesitating, no doubting). For the one who wavers (hesitates, doubts) is like the