AFD DECEMBER 2020: EMMANUEL – JESUS THE CHRIST
MONTH DECEMBER 2020: EMMANUEL – JESUS THE CHRIST – BORN IN OUR HEARTS!
Month DECEMBER as all know, is the Month TWELVE (12) of the Georgian Calendar Months. It happen to be the last in the numerical Monthly count of the yearly numbering. Besides this, there are other indications of the number TWELVE. Herein are few for your perusal:
** The number 12 is ubiquitous — it’s the number of months in a year, hours on a clock face and the number of members on a typical court jury.
** The number 12 is mentioned often in the New Testament of the Bible, such as Jesus’ selection of 12 apostles. That choice was deliberate, with each apostle representing one of the 12 tribes of Israel. In the most of cases number 12 is actually a representation of authority and perfection.
** The number 12 can also represent the church and faith in general. It can be also used as a symbol of divine rule, actually the symbol of the perfect government of God.
While Month DECEMBER is unique in many ways, in terms of been the twelve as mentioned above, it’s also gracious to enhance the goodness and blessedness of the BEAUTY in DECEMBER as per the Scriptural writs of the month DECEMBER theme:
“For unto you is born THIS DAY in the city of David a SAVIOUR, which is Christ the Lord“ Luke 2:11.
“Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was JESUS THE CHRIST“ Matthew 16:20.
“Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name EMMANUEL, which being interpreted is, GOD WITH US” Matthew 1:23.
THIS DAY – BEING TODAY – LET – EMMANUEL – JESUS THE CHRIST – BE BORN – IN YOUR HEARTS. Upon this phrases in terms that the Month DECEMBER 2020 is Themed.
EMMANUEL – mean – God With Us – thus signifies God dwelling (or comes to dwell) with humanity – thereby creates a new passage for a new kind of RELATIONSHIP between us and Him. We lost this FELLOWSHIP in Eden of Adam; but God in His LOVE at the Birth of JESUS The Christ, RESTORED this awesome FELLOWSHIP to enhance our RELATIONSHIP In Him, in the CAUSE of His REDEMPTION for us in Christ Jesus stead.
God in humanity is JESUS in name; while CHRIST depicts Him as – the Messiah, the Saviour, the Redeemer and the Holy one of Israel for His cause on earth for human redemption.
We’ve been called into this FELLOWSHIP that we might enjoy God and the heavens on earth again, so we can say that as He is, so are we in this world and can joyfully ask of His will in our domain on this side of heaven call the earth as it’s written in the Holy Writ – 1 John 4:17, Matthew 6:10. This is the REASON then for the SEASON, the DECEMBER mood that comes along with CHRISTMAS which thus is:
“The Yearly And Annual COMMEMORATION And CELEBRATION of God’s LOVE In Christ Jesus And His REDEMPTION CAUSE On EARTH”
It is as we EXPLORE this relationship and fellowship of JESUS The Christ as our God EMMANUEL, who is now here living – IN us, FOR us and WITH us – that is when our PATH OF LIFE is ordered and we can then enjoy to the FULNESS the abounding PLEASURES of God in His grace and BLESSEDNESS forevermore.
Today as in this Month DECEMBER that prelude the CHRISTMAS season, let us take advantage of the indwelling EMMANUEL – JESUS the Christ, to enjoy continuously, God’s presence in fellowship and in our path of life – to keep us thriving, blossoming and glowing with His pleasures in life and godliness.
Therefore, in this Month DECEMBER, let’s commemorate and celebrate Him for He is indeed born in our hearts and in our being. His birth is the rebirth of:
*Peace and goodwill toward men
*Hope, Faith & Love for men
*Fellowship and Relationship with God
* Salvation for all mankind and more.
However, as wonderful as Christmas commemoration and celebration is, be it known that Christ is enthroned.
a. He’s no longer:
* The babe in the manger
* The servant to death
* The limited one and
* The Christ on the Cross.
b. He’s now the:
* God on the throne
* Omnipotent- (unlimited, all powerful)
* Omnipresent – (ever present, everywhere the same time) and
* Omniscience (all knowing, all understanding and all wise).
May Christ be all that is mentioned above to you, this Day, this December. I pray you have a blessed celebration and commemoration. Therefore Today, THIS DAY, I pray that Emmanuel comes to be in your life, in this Month DECEMBER, this season that prelude the Christmas, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK.
SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:
“Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; 15 and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage” Hebrews 2:14-15
“Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us” Matthew 1:23
“What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?” Romans 8:31
“Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world” 1 John 4:4
“And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. 45 Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures” Luke 24:44-45
“Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph” John 1:45
“God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 2 hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; 3 who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; 4 being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they” Hebrews 1:1-4
“God is FAITHFUL, by whom ye were CALLED unto the FELLOWSHIP of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord” 1Corinthians 1:9.
“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the CALLED according to his PURPOSE. 29 For whom he did FOREKNOW, he also did PREDESTINATE to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom he did PREDESTINATE, them he also CALLED: and whom he called, them he also JUSTIFIED: and whom he justified, them he also GLORIFIED” Romans 8:28-30.
“Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy PRESENCE is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” Psalms 16:11
Blessed regards,
Rev Chukie MORSI
THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST
The month December, which is the month of Christmas, of the same REASON for the SEASON, is coming up again, and very soon as we turn into month DECEMBER. And as such, I say hallelujah, glory to God in the Highest, and on earth peace, joy and goodwill toward men, on this upcoming Christmas, in Month December.
For it beholds God in His grace to call you His people in which I am empowered in this commission of the Gospel to publish of Him, while praying and trusting that you will find the good will of God to know that the DECEMBER period is all about – The Commemoration & Celebration of :
- God’s LOVE In Christ Jesus Birth That The Season Brings
- God’s REDEMPTION CAUSE In Christ Jesus Stead On The Earth
And by God’s enabling grace and BLESSEDNESS, I know the inward and upward working joy of the difference in doing life and living godly during December and Christmas season; I am emboldened to say that the knowledge and understanding of God in Christ Jesus stead – as our picture or selfie of God, makes the turn into December and Christmas season for the reason, to become meaningful, purposeful and fulfilling. Hence I feel it’s needful for one to have in essence the knowledge and understanding of a SCRIPTURAL STUDY on the “THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST”; which am making available through the REDEMPTION LIFE INTERNATIONAL CHURCH platform for your self or group search.
Why wait for an almighty everlasting message to be PREACHED at limited time frame to you on the Christmas Day on the THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST; hence, I hereby admonish and exhort you to follow this link for the full Bible Study on THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST for your perusal at no cost besides your schedule time devotion to study:
Brightening Your Life
Brightening Your Life With God’s Goodness!
The good Lord intend to crown our year and flourish our life with His goodness, and to cause our paths to drop with His Abundance. This He will do as we allow Him to brighten our life with His life. More of this will be expanded in course of the pastoral ministry in Church services by our dear pastor, Revd Chukie MORSI. There is a study outline themed “Daily Transformation” on the Scripture Search Study category to assist you also.
However the following scriptures may be a guide for you. Blessed reading and understanding:
Psalm 65:11-13 “11 You crown the year with Your goodness, And Your paths drip with abundance. 12 They drop on the pastures of the wilderness, And the little hills rejoice on every side. 13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; The valleys also are covered with grain; They shout for joy, they also sing.”
Psalm 16:11 “11 You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.”
Ezekiel 47:12 “12 Along the bank of the river, on this side and that, will grow all kinds of trees used for food; their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. They will bear fruit every month, because their water flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and their leaves for medicine.”
Proverbs 4: 18 “18 But the path of the just is like the shining sun (light), That shines ever brighter unto the perfect day.”
John 8: 12 “12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”
John 1: 1 – 5, 9 “1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend (overcome) it. 9 That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.”
Proverbs 4:20-22 “20 My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings. 21 Do not let them depart from your eyes; Keep them in the midst of your heart; 22 For they are life to those who find them, And health to all their flesh.”
Malachi 4:2 “2 But to you who fear My name the Sun of Righteousness shall arise with healing in His wings; And you shall go out and grow fat like stall-fed calves.”
Psalm 84:11 “11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield; The LORD will give grace and glory; No good thing will He withhold From those who walk uprightly.“
Acts 26:13 “13 at midday, O king, along the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who journeyed with me.“
Luke 9:28-29 “28 Now it came to pass, about eight days after these sayings, that He took Peter, John, and James and went up on the mountain to pray. 29 As He prayed, the appearance of His face was altered, and His robe became white and glistening.”
Romans 12:1-2 “1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.”
2 Corinthians 4:18 “18 while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.”
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