(NASB) Psalm 25:4-7 “Make me know Your ways, O LORD; Teach me Your paths. 5 Lead me in Your truth and teach me, For You are the God of my salvation; For You I wait all the day. 6 Remember, O LORD, Your compassion and Your lovingkindnesses, For they have been from of old. 7 […]
Joseph and Mary had waited eight days after Jesus’ birth to have Him circumcised and at that time named Him “Jesus”. Circumcision of a male baby was important. It was a commandment of God for it was a sign of the covenant of God with Abraham – to give the descendants of Abraham the […]
Jesus Jesus means to “save His people from their sins.” (See Matthew 1:21) Immanuel (NASB) Isaiah 7:14 “Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel.” Jesus was also to be called Immanuel, which translates to “God […]
Joseph was faithful to God’s words to him. He married Mary; he named the baby Jesus just as he had been told to by the angel messenger of God. (See Matthew 1:18-25) Jesus means “save His people from their sins”. This baby lying in a manger was also called Immanuel – “God with us”. Joseph […]
The shepherds had heard and seen the angels and their message; they had hurried to find the baby lying in a manger. (NASB) Luke 2:20 “The shepherds went back, glorifying and praising God for all that they had heard and seen, just as had been told them.” The shepherds went back to work – […]
(NASB) Psalm 108:1-5 “MY HEART is steadfast, O God; I will sing, I will sing praises, even with my soul. 2 Awake, harp and lyre; I will awaken the dawn! 3 I will give thanks to You, O LORD, among the peoples, And I will sing praises to You among the nations. 4 For Your […]
(NASB) Luke 2:19 “But Mary treasured all these things, pondering them in her heart.” What did Mary have to treasure, to ponder? She treasured the events, the words of God, people, circumstances – tucking them away in her mind and bringing them out one by one to think about them. Mary had much to […]
(NASB) Luke 2:16-18 “So they came in a hurry and found their way to Mary and Joseph, and the baby as He lay in the manger. 17 When they had seen this, they made known the statement which had been told them about this Child. 18 And all who heard it wondered at the things […]
(NASB) Luke 2:15-17 “When the angels had gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds began saying to one another, ‘Let us go straight to Bethlehem then, and see this thing that has happened which the Lord has made known to us. 16 So they came in a hurry and found their way to […]
(NASB) Luke 2:8-15 “In the same region there were some shepherds staying out in the fields and keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And an angel of the Lord suddenly stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them; and they were terribly frightened. 10 But the angel said to […]