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When I think of
the birth of
JESUS
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 H i s n a m e I m m a n u e l ,” w h i c h i s 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 meant to remain virgins until they got married. If a girl was discovered as not being a virgin, she was to be taken out and
Bible said that he secretly wanted to break u p w i t h M a r y, b u t wh i l e h e wa s contemplating this God had to intervene, and so the birth of Jesus Christ came to pass, a fulOillment of prophecy. I am sure at some point in your life you may have wondered if Jesus was really born on the 25th of December, or if the date was set for a pagan worship. Personally, if
prophets had prophesied in Isaiah long before
you ask me, I do not believe that Jesus was
Jesus was born. This tells me that the birth of
born on that day. Even at that, imagine a
Jesus is a fulOillment of prophecy. If you see the
Man so powerful that He hijacks a day and
birth of Jesus as a fulOillment of prophecy, then
everybody in the whole world celebrates
everything that is said over your life because of
His birthday. He must be a Hero! However, the issue is not whether or not He was born on 25 th of December, what is important is that this is a Man who could win the heart and affection of many
Him will surely come to pass. As a Christian, it is time to do away with anything you think is not wonderful because
people. So, it is not whether it is pagan
all you are meant to experience should be
worship day or not. We are not celebrating
wonderful. You must let go of fornication,
a day but a Person, the King of kings and
adultery, lack, poverty, you must do away with
the Lord of Lords, and His name is Jesus.
anything that is not wonderful because the
The Birth Of Jesus Is A Fulfillment Of Prophecy
Bible says, “And His name will be called Wonderful” (Isaiah 9:6). Walk in the consciousness that Jesus has been born and He
6 “For unto us a Child is born, Unto u s a S o n i s g ive n ; A n d t h e government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” Isaiah 9:6
has fulOilled the prophecies that were said about Him. The Scripture says His name shall be called Wonderful. Since the prophecy of the birth of Jesus was fulOilled, everything that is promised in the Word of God will be fulOilled. You are a born again child of God, so everything about your life should be wonderful and you
stoned to death. However, from the portion
When Joseph was about to take a very
of Scripture that we read, we see that
important decision in his life, which
Joseph, a just and righteous man discovered
would have been a wrong decision, an
and possess all that you have been promised in
that his Oiancée, Mary, was pregnant. The
angel showed up and told him what the
the Word of God.
will possess a life of wisdom as you declare
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The Birth Of Jesus Guarantees Divine Direction and Guidance
for them, either because of their ignorance
2 “The Spirit of the LORD will rest on
guidance and direction. Nevertheless, you
him - the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD.” Isaiah 11:2
must realize that God is so willing and able
Mary was pregnant before the actual
will have counsel and you will go in the
marriage yet Joseph was still with her. Some
right direction because nobody who goes
people would have thought he was crazy,
the wrong direction can ever arrive at the
and some of them would have called him a
right destination. You are on the right
liar. They may have thought that he was the
direction and you will get to the right
one that impregnated her and was only
destination.
or because they choose not to yield to God’s
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
trying to do the “honourable” thing by going ahead to marry Mary, some other people who knew Joseph as a righteous man would
The Birth Of Jesus Brought To You Everything In His Name
have wondered why he was still with her
From the text in Isaiah 9:6, Jesus is called
even though she had been obviously
the Mighty God, the God who is mighty in
impregnated by another man. One thing
His power. When He gives you His counsel,
they did not know in all their guesses and
He is able to propel and guide you by His
speculations was the fact that Joseph had
mighty power. When the strength of others
counsel from God.
fail them, the strength of the mighty God will give you that ability to do what
Isaiah 9 verse 6 says that one of the names
ordinarily would have been impossible for
that Jesus would be called is “Counsellor.” A
you to do.
counsellor is a person trained to give guidance on personal or psychological
I heard a testimony of a farmer whose son
problems. If Jesus is our Counsellor that
was hit by a truck. While his son was stuck
means we have divine direction and
under the truck, he prayed, “Lord, let the
guidance. You can take steps and actions
Spirit of might come upon me.” The Spirit of
that are motivated by God’s counsel, which
might came upon him and with his bare
to other people may be foolish, that will
hands, he pushed the truck off his child and
lead you to right path in life; the path that
the child was safe. The Spirit of God is able
God wants to lead you to. You will look back
to come upon you, be it in spiritual things
to discover that what seemed to be a
or in physical things and you will do what
“foolish” decision had turned out to be the
you would ordinarily not be able
best decision you ever made because you
to do.
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dwell in “Goshen” for the Spirit of might will come upon you and the things that have been tagged impossible will become possible to you because of the Spirit of might. Some of you who work will be able to solve problems at work which your bosses have tried to solve without success because you have the Spirit of might. Jesus is called the Everlasting Father because all that He does is ever lasting, and everything that His birth has brought is everlasting. With this knowledge, I entreat you to always expect continuity, and expect it to last. The most amazing thing is that you will be able to accomplish all that God has planned for you to do in perfect peace. It does not mean that there will not be turmoil, but thank God 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.
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
When Joseph was in the foreign land he was 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
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