A Word in Due Season

Monday, December 25th, 2017

He Gave Us His Son

“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.” Isaiah 9:6

From our opening scripture, we see that the birth of Jesus Christ was foretold by the Prophet Isaiah many years before He was born as a child into this
world.

The Bible says in Isaiah 7:14, “Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” Immanuel means; God with us. This means that Jesus brought the presence and the revelation of the Father to us.

In Luke 1:35, the Bible says, “And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.” Jesus is the Son of God in truth. He was sent by God into this world to save sinners. Jesus said in His own words in Luke 19:10, “For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.”

Jesus came to save sinners and to give eternal life to as many that will believe on Him. John 10:10-11 say, “… I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.” Jesus manifested the greatest love to us when he gave His life for us as the sacrifice for our sins. “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends”- John 15:13. 1 John 2:2(ALT) says, “And He is [the] propitiation [or, appeasing sacrifice] concerning our sins, but not concerning ours only, but also concerning the whole world's!” Jesus died for the whole world.

John 3:25(GNB) says, “God offered him, so that by his blood he should become the means by which people's sins are forgiven through their faith in him. God did this in order to demonstrate that he is righteous. In the past he was patient and overlooked people's sins; but in the present time he deals with their sins, in order to demonstrate his righteousness. In this way God shows that he himself is righteous and that he puts right everyone who believes in Jesus.”

Confession.
Father, I thank You for loving me and sending Jesus my Lord, to die and save me. Today, I acknowledge what He did for me over two thousand years ago, and I am forever grateful that He died for me. He was buried for me and was raised again on the third day for my justification. Today, I live as a child of God and as a new creature because of Him. I love you Jesus.

For further study, read:
Matthew 1:21, Luke 2:10-14, Luke 5:31-32, Hebrews 7:25, 1 John 4:14.

Doing the Word
“Let us thank God for his priceless gift!” 2 Corinthians 9:15 (GNB). You can also extend your gratitude by leading a soul to Christ today.

Apostle David Wale Fseo