The Glory of Christmas
Part 2
John 5:39 (NASB)
“You examine the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is those very Scriptures that testify about Me.”
Isaiah 7:14 (ESV)“Therefore, the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.”
Isaiah 7:10-12 (NLT)
“Later, the Lord sent this message to King Ahaz: “Ask the Lord your God for a sign of confirmation, Ahaz. Make it as difficult as you want—as high as heaven or as deep as the place of the dead. “But the king refused. “No,” he said, “I will not test the Lord like that.”
Isaiah 7:13 (NLT)
“Then Isaiah said, “Listen well, you royal family of David! Isn’t it enough to exhaust human patience? Must you exhaust the patience of my God as well?”
Matthew 1:21-23 (ESV)
“She will bear a son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save his people from their sins.” All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel.”
Isaiah 9:6 (ESV)
“For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given;”
Isaiah 9:6 (ESV)
...the government shall be upon His shoulder,
and His name shall be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God
,Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 9:7 (ESV)
“Of the increase of His government and of peace
there will be no end,
on the throne of David and over His kingdom,
to establish it and to uphold it
with justice and with righteousness
from this time forth and forevermore.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.”
Luke 4:18-19 (ESV)
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
and recovering of sight to the blind,
to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.”
Luke 4:30 (ESV)
“But passing through their midst, he went away.”
