by Emily Wooten
Luke 2:11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. A savior, deliverer and preserver was born to provide safety, soundness, deliverance and share God’s love.
Luke 2: Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
The next time someone says in your presence, “What kind of God would let that happen?” Too often people want to use the terrible things that are happening in the earth to portray our God as cruel and heartless. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Matthew 1:22-23 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, 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.
Have you ever thought of the work God did to be able to dwell among us and live in us? Jesus being born in Bethlehem was not the beginning of the story. When Adam disobeyed God and surrendered his authority to the devil, God had to work to bring a savior into this world. Many throughout the years spoke and declared a child would be born who would take away the sins of the world.
Isaiah 9:6 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, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 7:14Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Micah 5:2 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.
Revelation 13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
Isaiah 12:6 Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.