Monday, September 30, 2013

EMMANUEL

      Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.  (Matthew 1: 23)

      Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God:  for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.  (John 3: 2)

      Whom do men say that I am?  (Mark 8: 27)

      What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ?  They all say unto him, Let him be crucified.  (Matthew 27: 22)

      And there was a cloud that overshadowed them:  and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son:  hear him.

      Why seek ye the living among the dead?  He is not here, but is risen:  remember how he spake unto you when he was in Galilee, Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.  (Luke 24:  5-7)

      Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven?  This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.  (Acts 1: 11)

   If we, therefore, believe in the virgin birth of Christ, and if we believe in His life, His death, His resurrection, and His ascension to heaven, we can also believe by the same faith that Christ will return, and that Emmanuel, which is "God with us" will be with us again, and we shall see Him with our eyes:  for He, who is now invisible, will become visible. 

      Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.  (Hebrews 11: 1)

     

  

     

     

     

     

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