[Ohio-Communities-of-Faith] The With Us God by Max Lucado

[Maggie Stringer]

The babe of Bethlehem. Immanuel. Remember the promise of the angel?
“‘Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall
call His name Immanuel,’ which is translated, ‘God with us’” (Matthew
1:23). Immanuel. The name appears in the same Hebrew form as it did two
thousand years ago. “Immanu” means “with us.” “El” refers to Elohim, or
God. Not an “above us God” or a “somewhere in the neighborhood God.” He
came as the “with us God.” God with us. Not “God with the rich” or “with
the religious.” But God with us. All of us. Russians, Germans, Buddhists,
Mormons, truck drivers and taxi drivers, librarians. God with us. Prophets
weren’t enough. Apostles wouldn’t do. Angels won’t suffice. God sent more
than miracles and messages. He sent himself; he sent his Son.
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