When I Think About The Birth Of Jesus

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Pastor Charles Omofomah 18 “Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit.

19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not wanting to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly.

20 But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.

21 And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”

22 So all this was done that it might be fulOilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying: 23 “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.”

24 Then Joseph, being aroused from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took to him his wife, 25 and did not know her till she had brought forth her Oirstborn Son. And he called His name Jesus.”

Matthew 1:18-25

According to the Jewish culture, girls were

Oiancée, Mary, was pregnant. The Bible said

everything that is said over your life, because

that he secretly wanted to break up with

of Him, will surely come to pass.

Mary, but while he was contemplating this, God had to intervene and the birth of Jesus

As a Christian, it is time to do away with

Christ came to pass; and it was a fulOillment of

anything you think is not wonderful because

prophecy.

all you are meant to experience should be wonderful. You must let go of fornication,

I am sure at some point in your life you may

adultery, lack, poverty, you must do away with

have wondered if Jesus was really born on the

anything that is not wonderful because the

25th of December, what is important is that

Bible says, “And His name will be called

this is a Man who could win the heart and

Wonderful” (Isaiah 9:6). Walk in the

affection of many people. So, it is not whether

consciousness that Jesus has been born and

it is pagan worship day or not. We are not

He has fulOilled the prophecies that were said

celebrating a day but a Person, the King of

about Him. The Scripture says His name shall

kings and the Lord of Lords, and His name is

be called Wonderful. Since the prophecy of

Jesus.

the birth of Jesus was fulOilled, everything that is promised in the Word of God will be fulfilled.

The Birth Of Jesus Is A Fulfillment Of Prophecy 6 “For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”

Isaiah 9:6

When Joseph was about to take a very important decision in his life, which would

You are a born again child of God, so, everything about your life should be wonderful and you will possess a life of wisdom as you declare and possess all that you have been promised in the Word of God.

The Birth Of Jesus Guarantees Divine Direction and Guidance 2“The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,

have been a wrong decision, an angel showed

the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit

married. If a girl was discovered as not being

up and told him what the prophets had

of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD.”

a virgin, she was to be taken out and stoned

prophesied in Isaiah long before Jesus was

to death. However, from the portion of

born. This tells me that the birth of Jesus is a

Scripture that we read, we see that Joseph, a

fulOillment of prophecy. If you see the birth of

Mary was pregnant before the actual

just and righteous man discovered that his

Jesus as a fulOillment of prophecy, then

marriage yet Joseph was still with her. Some

meant to remain virgins until they got

Isaiah 11:2

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people would have thought he was crazy, and

nobody who goes the wrong direction can

tagged impossible will become possible to

some of them would have called him a liar.

ever arrive at the right destination. You are

you because of the Spirit of might. Some of

They may have thought that he was the one

on the right direction and you will get to the

you who work will be able to solve problems

that impregnated her and was only trying to

right destination.

at work which your bosses have tried to

do the “honourable” thing by going ahead to

solve without success because you

marry Mary, some other people

have the Spirit of might.

who knew Joseph as a righteous man would have wondered why he

Jesus is called the Everlasting

was still with her even though she

Father because all that He does is

had been obviously impregnated

everlasting, and everything that His

by another man. One thing they did

birth has brought is everlasting. With

not know in all their guesses and

this knowledge, I entreat you to

speculations was the fact that

always expect continuity, and

Joseph had counsel from God.

expect it to last. The most amazing thing is that you will be able to

Isaiah 9 verse 6 says that one of the

accomplish all that God has

names that Jesus would be called is

planned for you to do in perfect

“Counsellor.” A counsellor is a

peace. It does not mean that there will not be turmoil, but thank God

person trained to give guidance on personal or psychological problems. If Jesus is our Counsellor that means we have divine direction and guidance. You can take steps and actions that are motivated by God’s counsel, which to other people may be foolish, that will lead you to right path in life; the path that God wants to lead you to. You will look back to discover that what seemed to be a “foolish” decision had turned out to be the best decision you ever made because you followed God’s counsel, and the Scripture will be fulOilled which says that the foolishness of God is wiser than men (1 Corinthians 1:25).

God has created a path for you, a path where there is no confusion, a path where you can enjoy only divine guidance and direction.

Some Christians, however, are not walking in that path that God has created for them, either because of their ignorance or because they choose not to yield to God’s guidance and direction. Nevertheless, you must realize that God is so willing and able to take you from the wrong path and turn your feet to walk in the right path. This goes to show that when you have godly counsel, you will not go in the wrong direction. You will have counsel and you will go in the right direction because

The Birth Of Jesus Brought To You Everything In His Name From the text in Isaiah 9:6, Jesus is called the Mighty God, the God who is mighty in His power. When He gives you His counsel, He is able to propel and guide you by His mighty power. When the strength of others fail them, the strength of the mighty God will give you that ability to do what ordinarily would have been impossible for you to do.

I heard a testimony of a farmer whose son was hit by a truck. While his son was stuck under the truck, he prayed, “Lord, let the Spirit of might come upon me.” The Spirit of might came upon him and with his bare hands, he pushed the truck off his child and the child was safe. The Spirit of God is able to come upon you, be it in spiritual things or in physical things and you will do what you would ordinarily not be able to do.

When Joseph was in the foreign land he was

that we have the Prince of peace, who is always there to give us peace in the midst of a storm. The peace that we have is not as in a situation where you have money and all it can buy but you are sick from January to December. No! The peace we have is all about your well being, with nothing missing and nothing broken. You have money and all that it can buy, and you will enjoy it all.

This is what I see when I think about the birth of Jesus Christ. I think of different kinds of gifts all packed into one beautiful package.

When I think about the birth of Jesus, I think about the fulOillment of prophecies, I think of these things and the fact that everything said concerning Him is what I will experience.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

able to solve problems and took care of issues that arose because He had the Spirit of counsel and power. You, as a child of God, have this Spirit also, and this differentiates those that dwell in “Egypt” from those that dwell in “Goshen”, for the Spirit of might will come upon you and the things that have been

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