Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … Please take the time to take in a video of Mark Lowry singing singing the precious Christmas song he wrote … Mary Did You Know, declaring the reality of what was prophesied 700 years before Mary’s birth by Isaiah, that her baby would become the great “I AM,” … our Messiah, Who would one day usher in the greatest peace ever seen by man. … and THEN ON TO THIS LINK where Lauren Dangle sings her poignant contemporary Christmas offering … Noel, declaring the reality of whom, in reality, was found in that manger on the first Christmas. … He was/is the great I AM.
Highlight Passage: John 6:38 [NKJV] …
38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
… Jesus states His mission; but His Disciples didn’t get it.
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Highlight Context – John 6:32-40 [NKJV] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus declare WHO He is; but His followers didn’t understand.
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Reference Passage #1 - Luke 2: 7-14 [NKJV] … USE THIS LINK …
... Ultimate truth was seen in the birth of our King, Jesus, … the great I AM.
Reference Passage #2 - John 6:35; 8:12; 10:9; 10:11; 11:25; 14:6; 15:1 [NKJV] … USE THIS LINK …
… Seven times in John’s Gospel Jesus declares “I AM;” and we must believe HE IS to follow Him into Heaven.
Reference Passage #3 - Philippians 2:6-11 [NKJV] … USE THIS LINK …
… Who Jesus was/is forevermore!!
My Journal for Today: Today’s Our Daily Bread author, David C McCasland, had a very poignant devotional entry in this morning’s ODB. And I would advise those who want to be touched by this author to use the link below and meditate on his entry. However, what McCasland wrote today took me in a slightly different direction than the author’s, causing me to ask the most important question anyone can ask - and must answer - in this Advent Season.
And that question is … WHO REALLY WAS THAT BABE IN A MANGER? Because God’s word, and even more importantly, Jesus, was really quite clear on the matter. In the Apostle John’s gospel account, Jesus, on seven occasions, in seven different ways [see the links above] reported that He, the One Who was born in that manger scene depicted in Luke, Chapter 2 (linked above), is the “I AM” which God declared to Moses from that burning bush.
Now, if one is to be a disciple of Jesus, as The Lord was trying to get His inner 12 to believe during His walk on earth, we must truly believe - deep in our hearts - that Jesus is Whom He declared Himself to be - i.e., GOD! And in so believing, we will find what He declared to Nicodemus that night in the garden … eternal life [I’m sure you know the truth of John 3: 16-17]?
So, will you join me this Christmas in seeing that babe in a manger as the one He was to His mother, Mary? … GOD incarnate!!! … Please take in the two songs above; and I pray you will join me in worshipping the great I AM this Christmas … and forevermore!!!
My Prayer Today: Heavenly Father, … Yes, Noel, Noel!!! … My Lord!! … You are THE I AM; and we worship You in the manger, on that cross, and as You sit on Your throne in Heaven … forevermore. … Amen
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