12.13.15 // PRESENTS OR PRESENCE

The Gift – Part 2
Scott Young.com – Pastor of Hope

Matthew 1:22 - So all this was done that it might be fulfilled 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 His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.”

 God Is With Us
Matthew 28:20 - And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.

 God Is For Us 
Romans 8:31 - What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

 God Is In Us
1 Corinthians 3:1 - Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?

THE BLESSINGS OF GOD WITH US …

1. Surprised By The Spirit 
Matthew 1:18 - 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.

2. Guided By God
Matthew 1:19 - 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.

3. Forgiven By Our Father
Matthew 1:21 - And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”

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