Merry Christmas!
Here at Meeting in the Meadow, we want to take time with our loved ones to focus on the birth of Jesus and the promises of the Scriptures regarding His birth. We pray that you will be blessed by the following Scriptures, and encouraged to take time to hide these in your heart and share them with those you love. We will see you next week, when we turn our hearts towards all that God provides for us in the coming year!
Scripture promised Him.
For a child is born to us, a son is given
to us. The government will rest on his shoulders. And he will be called:
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace (Isaiah
9:6 NLT).
Abraham believed in Him.
Just as Abraham “believed God, and it was
counted to him as righteousness”? Know then that it is whose of faith who are
the sons of Abraham. And the Scripture, forseeing that God would justify the
Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you
shall all the nations be blessed.” Now the promises were made to Abraham and to
his offspring. It does not say, “And to offsprings,” referring to many, but
referring to one, “And to your offspring,” who is Christ. This is what I mean:
the law, which came 430 years afterward, does not annul a covenant previously
ratified by God, so as to make the promise void. For if the inheritance comes
by the law, it no longer comes by promise; but God gave it to Abraham by a
promise (Galatians 3:6-8, 16-18 ESV).
Moses lived for Him.
By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three
months after he was born, because they saw he was no ordinary child, and
they were not afraid of the king’s edict. By faith Moses, when he had grown up,
refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. He chose to be
mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting
pleasures of sin. He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as
of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to
his reward (Hebrews 11:23-26 NIV).
David knew Him.
Later, as Jesus was teaching the people
in the Temple, he asked, “Why do the teachers of religious law claim that
the Messiah is the son of David? For David himself, speaking under the
inspiration of the Holy Spirit, said, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, Sit
in the place of honor at my right hand until I humble your enemies beneath your
feet.’ Since David himself called the Messiah ‘my Lord,’ how can the Messiah be
his son?” The large crowd listened to him with great delight (Mark
12:35-37 NLT).
Mary magnified Him.
And Mary said: “My soul magnifies
the Lord, And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior (Luke 1:46-47
NKJV).
Shepherds declared Him.
Now when they had seen Him, they
made widely known the saying which was told them
concerning this Child. And all those who heard it marveled at
those things which were told them by the shepherds (Luke 2:17-18 NKJV).
Simeon looked upon Him.
And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem
whose name was Simeon, and this man was just and
devout, waiting for the Consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was
upon him. And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would
not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. So he
came by the Spirit into the temple. And when the parents brought in the
Child Jesus, to do for Him according to the custom of the law, he took Him
up in his arms and blessed God and said: “Lord, now You are letting
Your servant depart in peace, According to Your word; For my eyes have
seen Your salvation Which You have prepared before the face of all peoples, A
light to bring revelation to the Gentiles, And the glory of Your
people Israel” (Luke 2:25-32 NLT).
Wise men worshiped Him.
On coming to the house, they saw the
child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then
they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense
and myrrh (Matthew 2:11 NIV).
All will acknowledge Him…
Jesus Christ the Lord!
Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor and
gave him the name above all other names, that at the name of Jesus every knee
should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue
declare that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father (Philippians
2:9-11 NLT).
May God draw
you to His quiet waters of peace, to the lowly place of worship, to the joy of
His presence, and to the glory of salvation - Jesus Christ the Lord!
Grace and peace to you and your family from Roy Lessin
and Marina Bromley and our families at Meeting in the Meadow!
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