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Emmanuel: God Is With Us
Contributed by Jerry Stepp on Dec 27, 2008 (message contributor)
Summary: A look at 3 points of the Lord Jesus Christ being with us.
~I love the sum verse 12.…
for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.
~Jehoshaphat is saying the he and we His people know that God is With Us.
Remember what I said about fasting?
Look at the answer from the Lord
And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s.
Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you.
Jehoshaphat and all of Judah knew that God was with Us.
III. EMMANUEL: GOD IS WITH US…. To carry us Home
Can I reminds you of the text found in John 11 of Lazarus, Mary, and Martha.
This story of a dead man, a dead friend has moved the hearts of many a lost loved ones.
This story gives hope to those that mourn, that there loved ones will rise again. Why?
Because, Christ tells Martha and Mary that He is the Resurrection and the Life. Vv.25
>The comforting facts of this passage to us today is that we now know and have the
answer to death……JESUS !
Revelation 1:18 says…
I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
John 11:25-26 says….
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
>>Martha gives a great answer to the question, “Yea Lord, I Believe”
>>Not that she just believed that her brother would rise again, but that Jesus himself, is
the Christ, the Son of God, and the resurrection and the Life which Isaiah spoke of.
I Thessalonians 4:18 says….
Wherefore comfort ye one another with these words.
CLOSING
No matter if the enemy rages or the storms of life blow we are confident to know that God Is With Us.
Notice a few things here in 1 Thess. 4:16...
Notice who it is coming “for the Lord himself shall descend from heaven”
Who is coming? The Lord himself…not another…aren’t you glad it ‘s Him
Where is He coming from? Heaven…where are we going?….To heaven
Wherefore comfort ye one another with these words…..
GOD IS WITH US
Bro. Stepp
12/08
