When you think of “Christmas” what comes to your mind? There are many traditional things which have become predominate in the minds of many in our time. But what is the emphasis of God’s Word about what Christmas “Really” is? Just how should this most important holiday be thought of based on the Truth? How can we cope with the many dark and troublesome situations in this life? Is God really with us when things are unpleasant? Listen today to this message on this event which Pastor Landis Fisher taught last week that it is the most important event that has taken place in the history of the creation thus far, in another lesson which he has titled: “The Miracle of Christmas Producing Light Out of Darkness Forever More”
Old Testament Scripture Reading: Micah 5:1 – 3 (NASB)
Mic 5:1 “Now muster yourselves in troops, daughter of troops; They have laid siege against us; With a rod they will smite the judge of Israel on the cheek.
Mic 5:2 “But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Too little to be among the clans of Judah, From you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel. His goings forth are from long ago, From the days of eternity.”
Mic 5:3 Therefore He will give them up until the time When she who is in labor has borne a child. Then the remainder of His brethren Will return to the sons of Israel.
New Testament Scripture Reading: Luke 1:30 – 35 (NASB)
Luk 1:30 The angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; for you have found favor with God.
Luk 1:31 “And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name Him Jesus.
Luk 1:32 “He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David;
Luk 1:33 and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and His kingdom will have no end.”
Luk 1:34 Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I am a virgin?”
Luk 1:35 The angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; and for that reason the holy Child shall be called the Son of God.
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Transforming Power Statements:
1) From the very beginning as God created the heavens and the earth, the Scriptures tell us that there was “Darkness” upon the face of the deep; after which the Spirit of God moved / hovered gently upon the surface of the void thus forming this planet which is Earth into a system suitable to be the background for all the coming affairs of the pinnacle of the creation of God: Man made in His Image, just as He spoke and said “Let there be light!” and there was light.
2) When you are “Saved” you become a walking miracle! because God is working everything, good, bad, or even ugly, for your good, and there is nothing that can prevent His purpose for your life; not the devil, nor the world, not even your own flesh can stop the actions of grace that God has determined to be upon your life! If God Be for us, who can be against us!? Lo He is with us alway, even till the end of the world; He will never leave us nor forsake us! etc.
3) The entire Biblical record shows us that the saved are always going on through every aversive situation and that God has selected them specifically for “their purpose” and that they shall always do what they are intended for because Great is their God and His ultimate will can never be hindered, therefore plan in this coming Christmas Season and on into the coming New Year to walk fearlessly in hot pursuit of the very closest walk with Jesus that you can possibly have knowing that God His Father will carry you through every trial successfully! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!