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What IS the Reason for this Season?

Isaiah 7:14-15

14 Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel. NKJV

One of the greatest lines concerning Jesus’ birth is found in the song “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” And it goes like this.

“Veiled in flesh the Godhead see, Hail th’ incarnate Deity! Pleased as man with man t’ appear, Jesus our Immanuel here.”

What Immanuel means.

The meaning of the word that Isaiah used in this text was understood by the Jews but not by the Gentiles. We are given the interpretation in Matt. 1:23.

"Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel," which is translated, "God with us." NKJV

The importance of the Virgin Birth cannot be overemphasized.

In order for our redeemer to qualify to pay for our sins and bring salvation, He must be in one person, fully human, sinless and fully Divine.

The virgin birth satisfies all three of these requirements.

· The only way Jesus could be born a human being was to be born of a woman.

· The only way He could be sinless was to be conceived by the Holy Spirit.

· The only way He could be Divine was to have God as His Father.

So His conception was not by natural but by supernatural means.

God is with us – He was Deity manifested in the flesh.

1Timothy 3:16 “And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness:

God was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the Spirit, Seen by angels, Preached among the Gentiles, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory”.

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As the Divine Son of God, He has the POWER to deliver us from sin’s bondage and Satan’s power.

God with us – He lived among men, revealing God the Father to them.

John 14:9 Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? NKJV

In living and suffering as a human person, Jesus sympathized with our weaknesses.

God with us – He is still with us today.

Matthew 28:20 “teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen. NKJV

Another translation says it this way:

“I am with you always, day by day, even to the close of the age.”

Greater Things Are Still To Come

Pastor Phil