Daily Devotion

 With Pastor Ancel Presnell

“EMMANUEL”

Matthew 1:23 “23 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.” There are only two other places His name, as Emmanuel, is referenced in scripture: Isaiah 7:14– “Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” Isaiah 8:8– “And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.” 

 Many that believe in God, believe that He is off in the far distance! Total rejection of Christ is stopped just short of by many but feel as if God is still so far away! 

Often, folk can believe that God is with others and their needs, but not so much present for theirs. 

The agnostics believe that if there is a God is out there, He cannot be known or experienced! 

This leaves little room for the belief that God is with us! They are mild atheists! 

Then there is the Atheist that claim to have no belief in God! Some will argue for the non-existence of God, while other confident atheists won’t give the time of day to the argument; They just firmly deny His existence.  Then there are the cults and ism’s that create their own God within their religion and really worship a false god, such as, the Mormons and the Jehovah’s Witnesses. They both worship a fabricated god! 

There is one true God, Jehovah God; He is and forever will be with Us!  As we inch closer to the day that we celebrate the birth of our Savior, we must never limit His beginning nor His presence to the manger scene. The name Emmanuel, “God with Us” is eternally in past, present, and future!