Msg #1349 Believing It All

What The Bible Says

Good Samaritan's Penny Pulpit by Pastor Ed Rice

Gabriel's announcement to Mary is so miraculous that one may miss the seven things it communicates about God's Messiah, things which are flat out believed by anyone who would attain the eternal life offered in John3:16. There is a lot in a name and his was JESUS, “for he shall save his people from their sins”. This must be added to other names, for unto us a child is born... and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace, … Emmanuel, which is God with us. That quite captures the next revelation from Gabriel, “And he shall be great.” Another title connecting him to the “decree” in Psalm 2, “the Son of the Highest,” if one missed that it is reiterated in his next sentence, “Son of God.” Forth, “The Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David.” In Luke20:42 Jesus messed with the Pharisee's minds with this revelation because David called him Lord. Fifth, this JESUS “shall reign over the house of Jacob.” Calvin's reformed theology twists and doubts this revelation, but a Bible believer dare not. Sixth, he will be on the throne forever, and if one miss that, it continues, His kingdom shall “never end.” He is presently enthroned in the heart of the believer where he is indeed Counselor, Comforter and Prince of Peace. What a Wonderful revelation from Gabriel. Oh, that seventh revelation reiterated here by Gabriel, a revelation staunchly affirmed by the Fundamentals of the last century, a revelation soft peddled by the American Baptist sect who refused the Fundamentals, a revelation maligned by modernists with corrupted texts of the the Bible, it is in Isaiah 7:14, “Behold a virgin shall conceive.” I trust this Christmas finds you believing it all.

An Essay for week #49 Sun, Dec 8, 13

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