She Will Give Birth To A Son, And You Are To Give Him The Name Jesus
Angels Are Real
Good day everyone.
Thank you Father God, that You sent Your begotten Son to save us from eternal torment; that He took our place on a cross paying our debt of sin, giving us the opportunity of eternal life Amen
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MATHEW 1:20-23
“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. And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.” So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying: “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.””
Matthew 1:20-23 NKJV
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God sent angels, spiritual beings created by God, to help carry out His work here on earth.
Today, as back then, they support us believers today and bring God’s messages to people (LUKE 1:26), protect God’s people (DANIEL 6:22), offer encouragement (GENESIS 16:7), give guidance (EXODUS 14:19), carry out punishment (2 SAMUEL 24:16), patrol the earth (ZECHARIAH 1:9-14), and fight the force of evil (2 KINGS 6:16-18; REVELATION 20:1-2).
We believers can ask God to send His heaven’s armies to fight on our behalf the spiritual battles we face that manifest into our physical troubles here on earth.
All of our troubles are spiritually sourced and sin lets the devil in. Therefore, submit to the Lord, rebuke the devil and he shall flee from you (JAMES 4:7).
But their are good and bad angels; and because bad angels (fallen angels) are allied with the devil, they have considerably less power and authority than Gods faithful angels.
God sent His angels to help certain people understand the significance of this supernatural event, the conception and the birth of Jesus Christ (see 2-13, 19; LUKE 1:11, 26; 2:9).
The angel declared to Joseph that Mary’s child was conceived by the Holy Spirit, that she would have a Son and His name shall be Jesus, which means “the Lord saves;” and that he should not be fearful to take Mary as His wife.
This reveals an important truth about Jesus, that He is both fully God and fully man (PHILIPPIANS 2:6-7)
Jesus Also known as Immanuel, (God is with us), has many names and titles, wonderful, counsellor, prince of peace, and many others that describe who He really is.
Because we cannot save ourselves from sin and it’s consequences; it’s too late for that for we have already sinned, Jesus came to this earth in human form (PHILIPPIANS 2:6) to save us.
No matter how good we are, we cannot eliminate the sinful nature present in all of us. Only Jesus can do that; He is the way, the truth, and the life, He is the only way to the Father in heaven (JOHN 14:6).
He didn’t come that people could save themselves, rather He came as a good Father, to take the debt of sin on His shoulders, to be their Saviour from the power and penalty of sin which is death.
We cannot save ourselves from the wages of sin, because sin according God’s Law justifies and brings about death. God’s grace does not override justice. But because Christ justified our lives by taking our place on a cross, His grace is enough. And because He was risen, we believers have resurrection life with Christ.
Jesus would fulfil the prophecy of Isaiah, for He would be Immanuel (God is with us,” see Isaiah 7:14). Confirmation that Jesus was God in the flesh, He was literally among His people here on earth doing His work to undo the evil deeds of the devil, and start the work of building His church until He died on a cross as a human sacrifice for the redemption of our sins. “Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.”
John 15:13 NKJV
Today, Jesus remains with us; through the Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ is present today in every believer (see JOHN 14:15-21), making way in our lives as we face the trials and tribulations of today, such as manufactured pestilence, controls and restrictions, and persecution, leading us in His power, to claim the victory that Christ won for us on the cross over sin and death.
Regardless of what is going on around us, no matter what this world throws at us, we already have the victory through Christ who is our strength (1 CORINTHIANS 15:57).
Eternal life is a gift from God; He paid a very high price for you as He did for me. But to receive it, you must take it, walk in it, and believe it.
One must cooperate with God (ROMANS 12:1-2).
We cannot continue to live in sin and expect to enter the Kingdom of God. But rather we must walk by the leading of the Holy Spirit putting our old sinful ways to death. That’s not always easy, for the cravings of the flesh are powerful and our deceitful hearts, and we all have one (JEREMIAH 17:9), will operate to fulfil the lust of the flesh.
“I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.”
Galatians 5:16-26 NKJV
All glory to God forever and ever! Amen.
