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Matthew chapter 1, verse 22,

all this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet.

Behold, the Virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name

Emmanuel, which means God with us.

What a verse. What a reality from the very beginning, this introduction to Jesus

in Matthew chapter 1. And there are so many verses we could pray, according to in Matthew chapter 1.

But this verse specifically, talking about the miracle of the Virgin birth, the incarnation,

the humanity, and deity of Jesus in one. Behold, the Virgin shall conceive and bear a son.

There's this humanity, God, in the flesh, coming to us as a man born from a mother,

and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which means God with us.

If it's God, his deity, humanity in deity, in one person, Jesus,

fully man, and fully God, this is the miracle of the incarnation, arguably the most astounding

miracle in all the Bible. And you might think, well, resurrection of Jesus from the dead,

that's pretty astounding. Well, sure it is. But once you realize that Jesus is God,

it's not that remarkable that he rose from the dead. What's remarkable is that he died in the first

place, like this changes everything. This is the truth, which divides Christianity from Judaism,

Christianity from Islam, everything flows from this. And I just want to encourage us on this day

to pause in a fresh way and consider the wonder of who Jesus is. And all this means he is like us,

his familiar with our suffering, his sympathetic with our weaknesses, Hebrews 4 says,

and he is God. He is able to save us from our sin and to save us ultimately from suffering.

And one day he is coming back for us. So we pray, Lord Jesus, God the Son, fully human and fully

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