Good morning,
Christmas is Wednesday, December 25, 2024. It is time to focus on why we celebrate this event. The announcements that were made to Isaiah, Micah, Mary, and Joseph. The story of Jesus’ birth. The praise of the angels, shepherds, Simeon, and Anna.
From the very beginning it is a supernatural story. Only God could have arranged all the details to make it happen. But happen it did.
This week we will look at the announcements the Lord made to Isaiah and Micah, the Angel to Mary, and Joseph.
Where the Messiah will be born
“But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.” (Micah 5:2)
When the Messiah would come
“But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.” (Galatians 4:4-5)
Why the Messiah would come
It was God’s love for His creation that caused Him to send Jesus to be the one-time sacrifice for our sin.
“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8)
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.” (John 3:16-17)
“For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.” (Luke 19:10)
God had a plan!
He laid out the Christmas story in the Old Testament and fulfilled His plan in the New Testament.
Some believed and some did not. Today is no different.
Believe, repent of your sins, and be saved.
Tom Stearns, WASI Chaplain, 907 715-4001 chaplain@alaskaseniors.com
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