Description

God with Us
Christmas in Carols
Matthew 1:18-2,  What Child is This?

What Child is This?
Written by William Chatterton Dix (1837-1898)
To the melody of Greensleeves

Context
Matthew 1 
Matthew 1:6 
Matthew 1:16 

Matthew’s Account of the Birth of Christ, 1:18-25
Isaiah 7:14 
Isaiah 8:9-10
Isaiah 9:6-7
Psalm 98:2-3 

Conclusion

Who is this child?
Messiah – He is the Anointed One. He is the promised king that has come from the promised line of Abraham, and the royal line of David.
Immanuel – He is God with us.
Yeshua – He is the salvation provided for all people to deliver them from their sins. 

What does this mean for us? 

• We are more sinful than we ever dared believed.
• We are more loved than we ever dared hope. 
• The God with us, is the God who delivers from sin. 

Billy Poe, Associate Pastor
Westside Chapel