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Wednesday, December 14, 2016

THE BIRTH OF MESSIAH


                            THE WORD MADE FLESH
                 
(some) Prophecy concerning the Christ:
Isaiah 7: 14, “Therefore, the Lord himself shall 
give you a sign, behold a  virgin shall conceive,  
and bear  a son,  and call his name Immanuel.”  
(God with us.)
Isaiah 9: 2, 6, “The people who walked in dark-
ness have seen a great light:  Those who dwelt  
in the land of  the shadow of  death,  upon them
a light  has shined.
Isaiah 59: 20, “And the Redeemer shall come to 
Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression 
in Jacob, saith the Lord.”

Luke 1:26,30-33, “And in the sixth month the 
angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of 
Galilee, named Nazareth, to a virgin espoused 
to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house 
of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary. And 
the angel said unto her, fear not, Mary: for thou 
hast found favor with God. And behold, thou 
shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a 
son, and shalt call his name Jesus. He shall be 
great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest;
And the Lord God shall give unto him the throne
of his father David.  And He shall reign over the
house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom 
there shall be no end.

Luke 2: 1-7,  "And it came to pass in those days
that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus,
that all the world should be taxed. (And this
taxing was first made when Cyrenius was 
governor of Syria.)  And all went to be taxed,
everyone to his own city.  And Joseph also went    
up from Galilee, out of the city of David, which
was Bethlehem, because he was of the house
and lineage of  David.  To be  taxed  with Mary,  
his espoused wife, being great with child. 
And so it was that while they were there, the days
were  accomplished that she should be delivered.  
And she brought her first born son, and wrapped 
him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a man-
ger, because there was no room for them in the
inn.

Luke 2:8-14,16, “And there were in the same 
country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping 
watch over their flock by night.
And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, 
and the glory of the Lord shone round about 
them, and they were sore afraid.  And the angel 
said unto them, Fear not; for behold I bring you
good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all
people. For unto you is born this day, in the city  
of David,  a Savior,  which is Christ the Lord.  
And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find
the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in 
a manger.  
And suddenly there was with  the angel a multi-
tude of  the Heavenly Host, praising God and 
saying; Glory to God in the Highest, and on 
earth, peace, good will to men.  And they came 
with haste,and found Mary, and Joseph, and the 
babe lying in a manger. 

Matthew 2:1-10, 11-12“Now when Jesus was 
born in Bethlehem of Judaea, in the days of 
Herod the king, behold there came wise men 
from the east to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is 
he that is born King of the Jews?
For we have seen his star in the east and are 
come to worship him.  When Herod the king 
had heard these things, he was troubled and 
all Jerusalem with him.  And when he had 
gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the 
people together, he demanded of them where 
Christ should be born.  And they said unto him,
In Bethlehem, in the land of Judaea, for thus it 
is written by the prophet.  And thou, Bethlehem, 
in the land of Juda art not the least of the prin-
ces of Juda, for out of thee shall come a Gover-
nor, that shall rule my people, Israel. Then 
Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, 
enquired of them diligently what time the star 
appeared. And he sent them to Bethlehem, and 
said, Go and search diligently for the young 
child, and when ye have found him, bring me 
word again that I may come and worship him 
also. 

 Matthew 2:9-12, “When they had heard the 
king, they departed, and; and lo, the star, 
which they saw in the east, went before them, 
till it came and stood over where the young 
child was. 
When they saw the star, they rejoiced with 
exceeding great joy. And when they were 
come into the house, they saw the young
child with Mary his mother, and fell down 
and worshipped him;
And when they had opened their treasures, 
they presented him gifts, gold, and frankin-
cense, and myrrh.  And being warned of
In a dream that they should not return to 
Herod, they departed unto their own country 
another  way.

Matthew2:13-15, and when they were depar-
ted, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared
unto Joseph in a dream, saying,  arise, and
take the young child and his mother,and flee
unto  Egypt and be  there until  I bring thee
word, for Herod shall seek the young child
to destroy him. When he arose, he took the
young  child and his mother by  night, and
departed  into Egypt.  And was there  until
dthe death of  Herod; that it  might be  ful-
filled which was spoken of the Lord  by the
prophet saying, Out of Egypt have I called
my Son.

AT  SOME TIME  DURING THIS  BUSY  SEASON,  IT 
WILL BE  OF GREAT BENEFIT, TO READ  CHAPTER 
53  OF ISAIAH,  KEEPING IN  MIND IT IS  WHOLLY 
ABOUT THE SAVIOR’S LIFE,  DEATH,  RESURREC-
TION AND  INTERCESSION FOR US ALL.



Saturday, October 8, 2016

JUST WHAT IS THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST?....."1 Corinthians 15: 1-8

         "For God So loved the World that He gave His
only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in 
Him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
    "For God sent not His son into the world to con-
demn the World, but that the World through Him
might be saved.   John 3: 16-17

   "There is, therefore, now no condemnation to 
those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk
according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
For the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus has made me
free from the law of sin and death."   Romans 8:1

     Jesus Christ, God the Son, was prophesied in
Isaiah 53: 1-3.  "Who has believed our report?
and to whom is the arm of the Lord been revealed? 
For He shall grow up before him as a tender plant. And as a root out of dry ground.  He has 
no form or comliness that we should desire Him.  He is despised and rejected by men.  A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.  And we hid, as it were our faces from Him."  Read the chapter. It's about our Lord, Jesus Christ, reiterated fully in the New Testament.  Christ died for our sin, 
He was buried, then rose on the third day.  
1 Corinthians 15: 3-4.
   He was seen of above five-hundred of the breth-
ren at one time.  1 Corinthians 15: 6, He was seen of 
Cephas, (Simon Peter) and all of  the Apostles.  
John 20: 24-31.  He  ascended to His Father, and 
is at the right hand of the Father, making interces-
sion for believers who remain. Romans 8: 34... He 
was last  seen of Paul, appearing to  him after His
Ascension to the Father. 1 Corinthians 15:3-8

   Because of this revelation, Paul was accepted 
by the eleven as  an Apostle.  (One requirement 
for an Apostle was to have seen the Lord Jesus Christ after his bodily resurrection. 

    
   Christ promised  power of His Holy Spirit to 
His followers, at his Ascension. Acts 1:8     
Our relationship with our Lord is based on 
Faith in God  and His Word.  The "Word" is 
also a name applied  to our Lord,  Jesus Christ.  (John 1:14, & Revelations 19: 11-16)
 



      "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the 
   Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that 
    God has raised him from the dead, thou shalt
   be saved.  For with the heart ma believeth unto
    righteousness, and with the mouth, confession 
  is made unto salvation."  
    For whosoever shall call upon the name of the 
  Lord shall be saved."   
                       Romans 19: 9-10,13

 "Therefore, being justified by faith, we have 
peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
  By whom also we have access by faith into this 
    grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of 
  the glory of God."  Romans 5: 1-2

         "Now the just shall live by faith..." 
                  Hebrews 10: 38a

    "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, 
     the evidence of things not seen.  For by it the 
     elders obtained a good report."  Hebrews 11:1-2 

            donporter,sr  10.08.16, ed. 2.24.17...         
                                        

Saturday, September 24, 2016

COVETOUS LIFESTYLE? EXODUS 20: 17........... Luke 12: 15-21

          "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbors house,
         Thou  shalt not  covet thy neighbors wife,
         nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, 
         nor his ox. nor his ass, nor any thing that
         is thy neighbors.     Exodus 20: 17

      You will readily  recognize this passage as the
tenth and final commandment given Moses by the
Lord  God,  Yaweh,  on  Mount Sinai.  These laws, 
or principles are the basis for mankind to be in a 
right relationship with God or man.

     "And He  said unto them, (Jesus Christ) 'Take
heed, and  beware of  covetousness:  for a man's
life consisteth not in the abundance of the things
which he possesseth."
     This passage is  followed by Jesus' parable of
the rich fool, an illustration of the fleeting signi-
ficance of riches, and/or material possessions.

   This was brought home to me, forcefully, when
we  made a  move from one state to another, and
stored everything from my business, temporarily.
That turned out to be a risky venture,  for the fa-
cility  we used  turned out to be less than secure.
The  value of  that property was a large  part of
our net worth and the  loss seemed catastrophic.
 We cannot yet say it was a fortuitous event, but
the lessons we have learned from that ar invalu-
able.  One thing  we learned is to take personal
responsibility  for valued  possessions,  and not 
trust one of  whom we  know  nothing.  Another,
was; life goes on and does not seem to be dimi-
nished by the loss...    

       It is clear, now, that our Lord,  in Scripture is
showing we are more than material or flesh.  We
are  also learning to  be content in Christ.  When
one is free to worship according to conscience, is
in  reasonably good health,  having close  friends 
and family,  he is blessed, indeed.  Our needs are
met  by  the one  who loves us and is able to meet
every need and our desires. He is faithful in each
case and has provided for our lives here and now
and in the future.  Life without end, Amen!!

God bless you; keep the faith and we will see you
"there."     donporter,sr 9.24.16