Author: Pastor Dan Nickerson

There has been much discussion over the years over the celebration of Christmas. Traditionally, for the Christian, Christmas has been the day of worshiping the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, now it seems the world, the devil, are working overtime to remove the mention of Christ from Christmas. Trying to remove any reminder of why we celebrate December 25th.

The word “Christmas” has become to offensive to many in this world. Why? Because it contains reference to Jesus Christ, so the name of Christ must be removed. Call …

Our passage this morning in Isaiah is a prophecy of Christ, illustrating His majestic title and position as the King of Kings and Lord of Lord’s, Who when He entered this world in Bethlehem, was much more than a baby in the manger. I hope you see the birth of Christ as much more than a Christmas time story. More than a tradition that brings with it eggnog, presents, feasts and day after sales. Let’s examine our passage.

“For Unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given…..”…

This is that time of year where everyone is in a rush to go shopping, to get a present for a loved one, to push and shove your way through your favorite store, only to be fifteen minutes into the adventure and then having a desire for it to all be over. The commercial part of Christmas that is. That’s probably due to losing our perspective of what the season is suppose to represent. The significance of the birth of Jesus is that it made possible…..

• The establishment of the kingdom

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In (Genesis 3:15) God declares that from the woman’s seed would come One who would destroy Satan’s work and power. That is precisely what Jesus did (1 John 3:8). So amazing is God’s plan of redemption that God knew the right time for Jesus to be born to accomplish His purpose (Galatians 4:4). From the beginning God began to move an ancestral line which would bring about the birth of Jesus Christ, and we can read of this genealogy of Jesus Christ in (Matthew 1:1-17)(Luke 3:23-38).

Matthew’s genealogy …

(Hebrews 12:24)…..to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel. The Blood testifies that Jesus set us free from all the curse and made us able to partake of the inheritance of the saints. The Blood testifies that Jesus bought our redemption and set us free from the sin, God’s wrath, and death. And that we who believe the gospel of Jesus Christ are redeemed and forgiven.

(Ephesians 1:7)…..In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness …

Have you ever realized that there are some things that God cannot do. Think about it, God cannot lie! Titus tells us that in (1:2). He can’t do anything that conflicts with His holy character and nature. What God is,determines what God does. Since He is holy as His words tells us (Leviticus 11:44) (1 Peter 1:16), then all of His attributes share in that perfection.

As a holy God, He is perfect in His righteousness, justice, truthfulness, and faithfulness.

1) His perfect righteousness assures us that we can …

“Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous! For praise from the upright is beautiful.” (Psalm 33:1)

PRAISE will ever be a part of adoration. Adoration, when it has entered God’s presence and had fellowship with Him, will ever lead to the praise of His name. Let praise be a part of the incense we bring before God in our quiet time.

It was when the children of Israel, at their birth as the people of God at the Red Sea, had been delivered from the power of Egypt, that in the …

David’s request of God, that He would take notice of David’s afflictions, his troubles, which caused so many tears, and remember them and deliver him out of them. His tears are noticed by God, being put into God’s book (possibly His book of remembrance? – (Malachi 3:16). Does God record even our tears that are shed in time of trouble and despair? Possibly! God knows everything we are going through. He takes note of the big and the small things because He truly is a personal God (Matthew 10:29-30).…

We know as Christians, we are heirs of God, and joint heirs with Jesus Christ, right? At least as a believer in Jesus Christ, and a follower of His, you should know that to be true. As heirs, we will suffer with Christ (Philippians 1:29) (2 Timothy 2:11) (2 Timothy 3:12), and that’s not something we often think about. But as Christians we must remember that we are not home yet. We are waiting to be delivered from a world that is under a curse due to Adams sin. But …

(Matthew 12:40)…..“For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.” Jesus called this the sign of the prophet Jonah (Jonah 1:1-2:10). The heart of the earth simply means under the ground. Three days and three nights means, literally, three of our days and three of our nights. Christ said He would be in the grave as long as Jonah was in the belly of the …