Emmanuel - More Than A Hero - Isaiah 7:14

This is Namma for Christ with the one hundred twenty-fourth  inspirational message dated Saturday, December 16th, 2017.   The title of this message is "Emmanuel – More Than A Hero - Isaiah 7:14".  The first word of the title of this message is also the title of the above inspirational gospel song/video (with lyrics) as sung by Norman Hutchings. The scripture comes from the fourteenth verse of the seventh chapter of the book of Isaiah:

Isaiah 7:14

New King James Version (NKJV)

¹⁴ Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.

For many years, I have enjoyed reading the daily inspirational messages as provided by RBC Ministries in their
publications of "OUR DAILY BREAD".  On Friday, December 15th, I read the message for the day and found it to be so beautiful and inspiring,
I wanted to share it with you (see the below message). Our Daily Bread Ministries has the website of:  www.ODB.com so that you can read and enjoy life-changing wisdom of daily inspirational messages based on scripture from the Bible. Please read and enjoy:

 More Than A Hero

12/15/17

 We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14

 As Star Wars fans around the world eagerly await the release of Episode 8, “The Last Jedi,” people continue to analyze the remarkable success of these films dating back to 1977. Frank Pallotta, media reporter for CNNMoney, said that Star Wars connects with many who long for “a new hope and a force of good at a time when the world needs heroes.”

At the time of Jesus’s birth, the people of Israel were oppressed and longing for their long-promised Messiah. Many anticipated a hero to deliver them from Roman tyranny, but Jesus did not come as a political or military hero. Instead, He came as a baby to the town of Bethlehem. As a result, many missed who He was. The apostle John wrote, “He came to that which was His own, but His own did not receive Him” (John 1:11).

Lord Jesus, You are our Savior, and we praise You for coming to die that we might live.

More than a hero, Jesus came as our Savior. He was born to bring God’s light into the darkness and to give His life so that everyone who receives Him could be forgiven and freed from the power of sin. John called Him “the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth” (v. 14).

“To all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God” (v. 12). Indeed, Jesus is the one true hope the world needs.

Lord Jesus, You are our Savior, and we praise You for coming to die that we might live.

At Bethlehem, God demonstrated that to love is to give.

By David C. McCasland | See Other Authors

INSIGHT

Many times when we think of heroes we think of someone who “rescues.” This is especially true of Jesus, who is the greatest hero of all time. Paul wrote in Galatians 1:4 that Jesus is the One “who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father.” Second Timothy 4:18 declares, “The Lord will rescue [us] from every evil attack, and will bring [us] safely to His heavenly kingdom. To Him be glory for ever and ever. Amen.” The greatest hero of all provides the greatest rescue of all—eternal life.

Who might you want to tell about your story of Jesus’s rescue?


Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Please enjoy the above anointed song/video entitled "Emmanuel" (with lyrics) by Norman Hutchings.

 (I do not own the rights to this song.)


BE BLESSED!