One of His names, assigned to Him by God through the prophet, Isaiah, is “Immanuel.” It means “God with us.”…this one, born of a virgin, out of sight in a Bethlehem stable. That’s exactly who Jesus was, and is, and forever will be: “God with us.” Profound beyond our comprehension. Amazing reality, that He not only came into humanity, but that He also enters into the life of every person who trusts in Him for salvation to be “God with us”…and in us.

Matthew 1:23

“BEHOLD, THE VIRGIN SHALL BE WITH CHILD AND SHALL BEAR A SON, AND THEY SHALL CALL HIS NAME IMMANUEL,” which translated means, “GOD WITH US.”

John 14:23

Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him.”

2 Corinthians 13:5

Or do you not recognize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?

“The implications of the name “Immanuel” are both comforting and unsettling. Comforting, because He has come to share the danger as well as the drudgery of our everyday lives. He desires to weep with us and to wipe away our tears. And what seems most bizarre, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, longs to share in and to be the source of the laughter and the joy we all too rarely know.” ~ Michael Card

The Lord bless you and keep you…

Pastor Dave