DAILY BREAD OF LIFE

(KJV.)  ST. MATTHEW 1:21-25

(21)  And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JE'SUS:  FOR he shall save his people from their sins.
(22)  Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
(23)  BEHOLD,  A VIRGIN SHALL BE WITH CHILD, AND SHALL BRING FORTH A SON,  AND THEY SHALL CALL HIS NAME EM-MAN'U-EL, which being interpreted is,  God with us.
(24)  Then Jo'seph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:
(25)  And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son:  and he called his name JE'SUS.


EM-MAN'U-EL, GOD WITH US!

Brethren, as believers and followers of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, we are to set aside times to rejoice and be exceedingly glad for our Lord and Savior is coming to save the whole world from bondage of iniquities and by his suffering, death and resurrection humanity receive salvation and eternity.

Case in point, this is an interesting and true story of events surrounding the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ.  Mary was to marry Joseph, before the wedding, she became pregnant by the Holy Ghost; then Joseph being a righteous man who did not want any public disgrace for them both decided to end up the commitment to marry her; how ever while he thought on what to do, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream; saying, "Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife:  for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost;"  (21) And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JE'SUS:  FOR he shall save his people from their sins.  Praise the Lord!  the Lord works in mysterious ways, he spoke to Joseph in a dream to explain the situation with Mary;  believers, let us pay attentions to our dreams, not all dreams are imaginations; at times, angels relate important messages from the Father through our dreams to direct our paths in the faith of his righteousness;  also, if enemies accuse us wrongfully, let us not defend ourselves, but pray to the Father through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior to visit our accusers in dreams and visions with the truth about all matters and it shall be so in Jesus Name!  Amen.


WORDS OF INSPIRATION:

Points to ponder,  (22)   Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,  We have a Father, who does things orderly, from start to finish; the prophets prophesied generations before about events surrounding the birth of the Messiah, the Lord honored his words;  let us be encouraged, if we have received prophesies or dreams regarding our lives, today, let us believe that no matter what enemies will do to derail those dreams, it shall not stand for the Lord is with us and will honor his promises in our lives for sure!  (23)  BEHOLD,  A VIRGIN SHALL BE WITH CHILD, AND SHALL BRING FORTH A SON,  AND THEY SHALL CALL HIS NAME EM-MAN'U-EL, which being interpreted is,  God with us.  Hallelujah! prophesy is about to be fulfilled in couple of days, the child Jesus will be born, and his name shall be called Emmanuel, meaning God with us;  the LORD of hosts himself will be with us in human form to experience what is really going on among his creation on planet earth; he knew what happened at the garden of Eden with Adam and Eve, but the devil cannot tempt the spirit of the Almighty God, but when he became flesh, he experience temptations from the devil in the wilderness; that is how he was able to know how crafty the adversary is among humanity on planet earth and he became our advocate sitting on the right hand of the Father to petition the Father of all our transgressions forevermore.

Fruits of thoughts,  (23) And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son:  and he called his name JE'SUS. Joseph was really a God fearing man; not only was he disgraced among his people to have married a pregnant virgin, but did not have any intimacy with her the whole nine months; he believed that the spirit of the Father in Mary's womb was pure, holy and cannot be tempered with by any sinful seed from the lineage of Adam from the garden of Eden; today, through the patience and obedience of one man called Joseph, JESUS was born peacefully and joyfully into this world to save humanity from bondage of sins to salvation and life everlasting.


CONCLUSION:

Dearly Beloved, let us rejoice and be exceedingly glad!  for the savior is coming to the world to take away all our troubles of this year and turn them into blessings, goodness and mercies of year 2015; it will surely happen!  Humanity will receive breakthrough and live peaceable lives by the grace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ forever and evermore.  Amen and Amen!


QUOTE OF THE DAY:

(KJV.)  Matthew 2:6  AND THOU BETH'LE-HEM, IN THE LAND OF JU'DA, ART NOT THE LEAST AMONG THE PRINCES OF JU'DA:  FOR OUT OF THEE SHALL COME A GOVERNOR,  THAT SHALL RULE MY PEOPLE IS'RA-EL.