Tag: Emmanuel

Advent ABC: Word

Isaiah 40:8, 21; John 1:14 The Word of our God stands forever. … Haven’t you heard? Don’t you understand? Are you deaf to the Word of God—the Word he gave before the world began? … The Word became human and made his home among us, full of unfailing love and faithfulness.

In the beginning, the Word already existed.

The Word was with God, and the Word was God.

He existed in the beginning with God.

God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him.

The Word gave life to everything that was created, and his life brought life to everyone.

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.

John 1:1-4

Adore, Chris Tomlin

Advent ABC: Immanuel (sometimes spelled Emmanuel)

Isaiah 7:14 (Matthew 1:23) The Lord himself will give you the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel (which means ‘God is with us’).

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With us.

We’re not abandoned.

Not alone.

Not rejected.

Not forgotten.

Not ignored.

Not invisible.

Immanuel: God—the sovereign Creator, King of kings and Lord of lords, is with us.

Incarnate God taking on our humanity, our frailty, our vulnerability, our mortality.

He understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin. So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most (Hebrews 4:15-16).

So the Word became human and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness (John 1:14).

Immanuel, Michael Card