The 5 Minute Discipleship Podcast
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The 5 Minute Discipleship Podcast
#493: Emmanuel, God With Us
The Big Idea:
What a revelation! What a promise! What a life-changing truth! We have a God who is with us. God is not distant. He has not isolated himself from his creation. No, he is Emmanuel, God with us.
Main Points:
1. Loneliness is not just our separation from one another (meaningful relationships), but ultimately our separation from God. Jesus has come to restore us to God. If we miss this truth, we miss everything about Christmas.
2. Before Jesus came, sin separated us from God. It prevented us from enjoying His presence. But, thanks to Christmas, when a human being like you or me…when someone admits that they are sinners—realizing that sin is what separates them from a relationship with our Holy God when they ask for forgiveness through faith in what Jesus did on the cross God gives it.
3. No matter what you are facing today, rest in the truth that you serve a God who is named, Emmanual. He is with you.
Today’s Scripture Verses:
Matthew 1:23 - “Mary will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel”—which means, “God with us.”
John 1:14 – “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
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