Carols of Christmas part 3

Notes:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzfgQEpx_4vOY0JocjVGdk5FWXM

CAROLS OF CHRISTMAS – 3

O COME O COME EMMANUEL

 

O come, O come, Emmanuel and ransom captive Israel

That mourns in lonely exile here until the Son of God appear

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.

 

O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free thine own from Satan’s tyranny

From depths of Hell Thy people save

And give them victory o’er the grave

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel.

 

O come, Desire of nations, bind
in one the hearts of all mankind


Bid Thou our sad divisions cease, and be Thyself our king of peace



Rejoice, Rejoice, Emmanuel
shall come to thee, O Israel!



So Rejoice, Rejoice, Emmanuel


Has come to thee, O Israel!
 Has come to thee, O Israel!
Israel!

 

 

·     Emmanuel means God with us.

 

 

(Matthew 1:18-23 NIV) This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. 19 Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.

 

20 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

 

21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins."

 

22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 23 "The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Emmanuel"—which means, "God with us."

 

 

(Isaiah 7:1-2 NIV) When Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, King Rezin of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel marched up to fight against Jerusalem, but they could not overpower it.

2 Now the house of David was told, “Aram has allied itself with Ephraim”; so the hearts of Ahaz and his people were shaken, as the trees of the forest are shaken by the wind.

 

 (Isaiah 7:6 NIV) “Let us invade Judah; let us tear it apart and divide it among ourselves, and make the son of Tabeel king over it.”

 

 

(Isaiah 7:3-4 NIV) Then the Lord said to Isaiah, “Go out, you and your son Shear-Jashub, to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct of the Upper Pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field. 4 Say to him, ‘Be careful, keep calm and don’t be afraid. Do not lose heart because of these two smoldering stubs of firewood—because of the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and of the son of Remaliah.

 

 

1.  The answer to our problems is primarily spiritual, not physical.

 

 

2.  Having faith is more important than understanding facts.

 

 (Isaiah 7:5-6 NIV) Aram, Ephraim and Remaliah’s son have plotted your ruin, saying, 6 “Let us invade Judah; let us tear it apart and divide it among ourselves, and make the son of Tabeel king over it.”

 

 

(Isaiah 7:7 NIV) Yet this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘It will not take place, it will not happen,

 

(Isaiah 7:8-9a NIV) for the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is only Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be too shattered to be a people. 9 The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is only Remaliah’s son.

 

 

(Isaiah 7:9b NIV) …If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.” 

 

 (Isaiah 7:10-14 NIV) Again the LORD spoke to Ahaz, ‘Ask the LORD your God for a sign, whether in the deepest depths or in the highest heights.” But Ahaz said, “I will not ask; I will not put the LORD to the test.”

Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, you house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of men? Will you try the patience of my God also? Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.

 

 (Matthew 1:20-21 NIV) …“Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” 

 

(Matthew 1:22-23 NIV) All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 23 “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).

 

3. God with us = God for us.

 

(Romans 8:31b NIV) If God is for us, who can be against us?