Christmas Benefits: John Isaacs Kingsway Community Church December 23, 2007
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Christmas Benefits John Isaacs KingsWay Community Church December 23, 2007
Dear Santa, You did not bring me anything good last year. You did not bring me anything good the year before that. This is your last chance. - Alfred
Dear Santa, There are three little boys who live at our house. There is Jeffrey; he is 2. There is David; he is 4. And there is Norman; he is 7. Jeffrey is good some of the time. David is good some of the time. But Norman is good all of the time. I am Norman.
Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.
Matthew 1:19-23 19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not wanting to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly. 20 But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 1:19-23 (cont.) 21 "And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins." 22 So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying: 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."
Immanuel “God with us”
“With us is God”
John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
The true message of Christmas is one to stagger the imagination: The Second Person of the Trinity, the only begotten Son of the Father, the eternal Word, our Creator wills to clothe Himself in our nature, and to become man, our brother, one of us. God Himself lies in the manger, completely human, completely Divine.
We need “With us is God,” Jesus Christ our Immanuel. Because only He can undo what we have done. Only the One who created us in the first place can restore us again. Only our Creator can break down the wall of sin that separates us from Him. Only He can give our lives the meaning and completeness they were supposed to have.
John 14:16-17 16 "And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.
The Holy Spirit brings the Divine into us and connects us to the eternal. “That He may abide with you forever.”
“With us is God” Our Immanuel FOREVER!
Benefits of Immanuel
1. Love 1 John 4:16 God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.
Benefits of Immanuel
1. Love John 15:12-13 This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends.
Benefits of Immanuel
1. Love Romans 5:5 Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
Benefits of Immanuel
1. Love It means affection, benevolence, good-will, high esteem and concern for the welfare of the one loved. It is deliberate, purposeful love rather than emotional or impulsive love.
Benefits of Immanuel
2. Joy Acts 13:52 And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.
Benefits of Immanuel
2. Joy No man can live without joy. That is why one deprived of spiritual joy goes over to carnal pleasures. - Thomas Aquinas
Benefits of Immanuel
2. Joy Joy is more than happiness, just as happiness is more than pleasure. - Pleasure is in the body. - Happiness is in the mind and feelings. - Joy is deep in the heart. It is primarily spiritual.
Benefits of Immanuel
3. Peace Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Benefits of Immanuel
3. Peace Luke 2:13-14 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: "Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward
Benefits of Immanuel
3. Peace John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
Benefits of Immanuel
3. Peace • a state of tranquillity or quiet, • freedom from disquieting or oppressive thoughts or emotions • harmony in personal relations
Benefits of Immanuel • Love • Joy • Peace
Benefits of Immanuel Grace, Mercy, Patience, Goodness, Gentleness, Meekness, Kindness, Generosity, Faithfulness, Truth, Hope, Justice, Wisdom, and Power.
“With us is God!”
Dear Santa, You did not bring me anything good last year. You did not bring me anything good the year before that. This is your last chance. - Alfred
Dear Santa, There are three little boys who live at our house. There is Jeffrey; he is 2. There is David; he is 4. And there is Norman; he is 7. Jeffrey is good some of the time. David is good some of the time. But Norman is good all of the time. I am Norman.
Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.
Matthew 1:19-23 19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not wanting to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly. 20 But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 1:19-23 (cont.) 21 "And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins." 22 So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying: 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."
Immanuel “God with us”
“With us is God”
John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
The true message of Christmas is one to stagger the imagination: The Second Person of the Trinity, the only begotten Son of the Father, the eternal Word, our Creator wills to clothe Himself in our nature, and to become man, our brother, one of us. God Himself lies in the manger, completely human, completely Divine.
We need “With us is God,” Jesus Christ our Immanuel. Because only He can undo what we have done. Only the One who created us in the first place can restore us again. Only our Creator can break down the wall of sin that separates us from Him. Only He can give our lives the meaning and completeness they were supposed to have.
John 14:16-17 16 "And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.
The Holy Spirit brings the Divine into us and connects us to the eternal. “That He may abide with you forever.”
“With us is God” Our Immanuel FOREVER!
Benefits of Immanuel
1. Love 1 John 4:16 God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.
Benefits of Immanuel
1. Love John 15:12-13 This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends.
Benefits of Immanuel
1. Love Romans 5:5 Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
Benefits of Immanuel
1. Love It means affection, benevolence, good-will, high esteem and concern for the welfare of the one loved. It is deliberate, purposeful love rather than emotional or impulsive love.
Benefits of Immanuel
2. Joy Acts 13:52 And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.
Benefits of Immanuel
2. Joy No man can live without joy. That is why one deprived of spiritual joy goes over to carnal pleasures. - Thomas Aquinas
Benefits of Immanuel
2. Joy Joy is more than happiness, just as happiness is more than pleasure. - Pleasure is in the body. - Happiness is in the mind and feelings. - Joy is deep in the heart. It is primarily spiritual.
Benefits of Immanuel
3. Peace Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Benefits of Immanuel
3. Peace Luke 2:13-14 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: "Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward
Benefits of Immanuel
3. Peace John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
Benefits of Immanuel
3. Peace • a state of tranquillity or quiet, • freedom from disquieting or oppressive thoughts or emotions • harmony in personal relations
Benefits of Immanuel • Love • Joy • Peace
Benefits of Immanuel Grace, Mercy, Patience, Goodness, Gentleness, Meekness, Kindness, Generosity, Faithfulness, Truth, Hope, Justice, Wisdom, and Power.
“With us is God!”
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