Nov. 10, 2013
WOW!!! EMMANUEL, GOD IS WITH US,!!!
“The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”). Matt. 1:23
“Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting consolation and good hope by grace, comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work.” 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17
OUR GREATEST NEED as a Child of God, and as a member of the Church of the Living God, is Restoration, Revival, and A Spiritual Presence In a world where sin thrives for superiority every since Satan declared in his heart:
“I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation On the farthest sides of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High. Isaiah 14:13-15
And so the controversy begins. And the plan of Salvation was put into place, as God revealed His plan to Adam and Eve after there fall. “I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.” Genesis 3:15
And than Man’s Greatest Need is fulfilled through JESUS CHRIST WHO IS SENT TO BE AMONG US. And “…Behold, a 
virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name EMMANUEL, GOD WITH US” Isaiah 7:14 who is
“God’s only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 Oh what a gift He gives to fallen man “For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God” WHO IS SENT TO BE AMONG US. Corinthians 5:21
But this could only be accomplished through the shedding of blood, for “under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.” Heb. 9:22 SO EMMANUEL IS SENT TO BE AMONG US TO SHED HIS BLOOD IN OUR STEAD.
for “Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, CHRIST WHO IS SENT TO BE AMONG US died for us.
So now my friends I hope you understand EMMANUEL GOD WITH US. was the greatest gift, and need, for our SALVATION. The author Roy Lessin explains it best when he tells us: If our greatest need had been information, God would have sent us an educator;
If our greatest need had been technology, God would have sent us a scientist; If our greatest need had been money, God
would have sent us an economist; If our greatest need had been pleasure, God would have sent us an entertainer; But our greatest need was forgiveness, and Salvation so God sent us a Savior EMMANUEL GOD WITH US.
“…For there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” Acts 4:12 Let’s now focus on what all of this means for everyone who has claimed Jesus Christ as our Savior.
My Friends, GOD IS ACTUALLY AMONG US , HIS PRESENCE, HIS CHARACTER, HIS ATTITUDE, HIS HOPE, HIS GRACE, 
HIS LOVE, HIS MERCY, HIS FOCUS, HIS FAITH, HIS ENDURANCE, is right here in the mix AMONG US.
And not just for a few privilege who can afford $20,000 a plate dinners to eat with there favorite Celebrity, but access to Him is for everyone who believes and seeks His presence. Yes my friends “There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse”
“EMMANUEL, GOD WITH US,… And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of WISDOM, UNDERSTANDING, COUNSEL, and MIGHT, the Spirit of KNOWLEDGE and of the FEAR OF THE LORD.” Isaiah 11:1-2
And my friends each of those GODLY traits He gives to each of us if we seek HIS PRESENCE, BECAUSE HE IS AMONG US in every situation, and circumstances. Yes my friends every mountain we climb He will be there to Climb it with us. Every breath we take GOD WILL BE WITH US, because He is the BREATH OF LIFE. As God’s children we have His RIGHTEOUS, AND HOLY DNA John tells us in 1 John 3:1-2 “See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.” BECAUSE GOD IS ALWAYS WITH US AND WILL BE WITH US THROUGHOUT THE CEASELESS AGES OF ETERNITY IF WE STAY FOCUS, BELIEVE, AND ENDURE to the end.
So my friends today. Stay focused, remain faithful, love one another and endure till the end and never forget to STUDY&PRAY
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