The mystery and the miracle of the birth of Christ was the fulfillment of the promise that God would be with his people.

The very name Emmanuel means God with us, and Jesus Christ is our Emmanuel. In this study, Scott Pauley reminds us of our

ever-present Savior, God with us.

We must never take sin lightly, and we must never take God for granted.

And it's so easy to begin to handle holy things that you forget how truly blessed we are.

That it's all mercy, that it's all grace, that the presence of God must never be taken for granted.

We turn our attention now to the Chronicles.

You know, there are people who kind of skip over the Chronicles

and even some of God's best people skimmed them

because we think, oh, my lands, all these names,

1,500 names, you know, in the first nine chapters of First Chronicles,

and difficult names too.

And yet, these books are more than just names.

The record here is a revelation, and there's so much rich truth in it.

And Second Chronicles, chapter number 15, we come to one of those stories, connected to the life of Asa,

one of the kings. Chronicles tells us more detail about Asa than any other book. And this particular chapter, Second Chronicles

chapter 15, brings us back to our story. The continuing saga, the unfolding drama of the Lord's presence with his people.

Let's begin in verse number one.

And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah, the son of Oded.

And he went out to meet Asa and said unto him, hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin.

The Lord is with you while ye be with him.

And if you seek him, he will be found of you.

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