Matthew 1:23 (NKJV) 23 “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.”
God with us.
Those three words change everything for those who understand them.
We’ve taught on this before, but it’s always good to touch on important things again once in a while.
The word could have said “God is with us”. But it didn’t. It said “God with us”. There is a vast difference between those two phrases, but many people don’t realize the difference, so let’s take a look at it for a moment.
You see, the name Immanuel literally means “God with us”, not “God is with us”.
Saying God is with us is a very general statement that could be taken many different ways.
But saying God with us literally means that Jesus is God, with us.
He is God and He is with us.
God is here, with us. He is among us, living with us, dwelling with us and spending time with us, in person.
God with us. Do you see it?
So as you begin to see the reality and the scope of this, it brings a whole new meaning to that phrase and to why He was called Immanuel.
It takes the notion of God being a distant entity somewhere out there in the universe, and destroys it. It shows us that God chose to come to earth in the form of a man and live among us. Hence, God, with us.
Ponder on this for a bit and try to let it sink in. And then praise Him for the reality of the fact that He did come and dwell with us.
He is God, with us!
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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