“All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said …: ‘The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel’—which means, ‘God with us.’”
Matthew 1:23
British Baptist (and then Anglican) minister Octavius Winslow, 1808-1878:
“Oh beloved, what an assuring and comforting truth is this: God with us! Now we feel equal to every service, prepared for every trial, armed for every assault. Deity is our shield; Deity is our arm; Deity is our Father and our Friend. … Deity has died for us, has atoned for us, has saved us, and will bring us safely to the realms of bliss….
“Come then, and lean upon His omnipotent arm. You have no need which from His infinite supplies cannot be met, no stone of difficulty in your pilgrimage which His might cannot remove, no burden which His arm of power cannot bear, no perplexity which His wisdom cannot guide—in a word, no condition to which Christ our ever-present God is not equal.
“In faith and humility make practical use of your Savior’s divinity; and when all that is merely human has failed, broken like a rope of sand, … then take hold of this precious truth and say, ‘My Savior God is with me in all the boundless resources of His Godhead; why then should I fear?’”
“Oh beloved, what an assuring and comforting truth is this: God with us! Now we feel equal to every service, prepared for every trial, armed for every assault. Deity is our shield; Deity is our arm; Deity is our Father and our Friend. … Deity has died for us, has atoned for us, has saved us, and will bring us safely to the realms of bliss….
“Come then, and lean upon His omnipotent arm. You have no need which from His infinite supplies cannot be met, no stone of difficulty in your pilgrimage which His might cannot remove, no burden which His arm of power cannot bear, no perplexity which His wisdom cannot guide—in a word, no condition to which Christ our ever-present God is not equal.
“In faith and humility make practical use of your Savior’s divinity; and when all that is merely human has failed, broken like a rope of sand, … then take hold of this precious truth and say, ‘My Savior God is with me in all the boundless resources of His Godhead; why then should I fear?’”
Scripture Focus
Psalm 46
Insight
“Glorious now behold Him arise;/ King and God and Sacrifice:/ Alleluia, Alleluia,/ sounds through the earth and skies.” (John H. Hopkins, 1857)
Bible In A Year
- Daniel 7-8
- Proverbs 8
- Hebrews 11