Matthew 1 - Birth of Jesus

MATTHEW 

Chapters: 28
Author - Matthew - Apostle of Christ


MATTHEW 1 - BIRTH OF JESUS

Jesus' birth was much awaited by the Jews, as God them promised that the Messiah - the Saviour will be born from the Jews itself.

There are a lot of references about the birth of Jesus Christ in the old testament.

God promised Abraham in Genesis 22.18 through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed...

Again He promised David in 2 Samuel 7:12-16 that I will raise up your offspring to establish his own Kingdom..

(Mathew 1.1   referred Jesus as the son of David,  of Abraham )

Isaiah prophesied in Isaiah 7.14 that a virgin will give birth to a child...

Jesus came to this world as the much awaited promise of God, the king of Jews who established His own Kingdom in this world. .. to save people from slavery..

Jesus is born of a woman, but not by normal union, but by the power of the Almighty . He became a complete man and complete God in this way.

He was created just like Adam... directly from God. He was the second Adam. But through Adam sin entered the world and Jesus came to defeat the sin and to take victory over the death.

Mathew 1.21  Jesus saves His people from their sins... 
Jesus means "THE LORD SAVES.."
God sends His only son to earth to become a sacrifice for our sins and to save us from the wrath of His father Almighty.

Mathew 1.22, 23  ...  He is Immanuel ... God is with us... God no longer stays inside the church or tabernacle. . He stays within us...  

Isaiah 43:2 says, "When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze."

Isaiah 9:6, "For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."

Jesus came to this world and suffered all the pain and even the death in the cross for our sake. Through His death he made us all free from sins. He is with us always to guard us and guide us. We have to listen to His voice and walk in His way.

Genesis 1 - In the beginning

GENESIS

CHAPTERS: 50
AUTHOR: MOSES



CHAPTER 1  - GOD AS CREATOR

• God - Elohim - the creator of the world and man.
• He is the originator of all things in the world - we are serving a God who created the entire universe, all the living and non-living things in such a perfection. He is the perfect designer, architect, engineer and doctor. 
• He created everything so beautifully from void, empty and darkness - He is capable of making our life beautiful even if it seems to be empty and dark..
• Holy spirit was hovering over the water - If the holy spirit comes in your life... you will walk in the dry land among the water of your problems. Spirit of Lord will bring life and power to what seemed to be dead and useless.
• God used His word to create everything - Let there be light, Let the water gather" - God's words give life. God communicates to the world through His word. He sent Jesus to this world as His word. John 1:1 says that "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God..The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us." 
• God made man in His own image - We are such a privileged lot to be made in God's own image. We are made with more care and love - unlike the other creations. We are His creations and nothing can separate us from God. We are the last in creation and we are created with a purpose. We need to seek what is God's expectation from us and need to fulfill that. 
• God gave us the authority to rule over all the other creations -   We are given the complete authority to take possession of the entire creations of the universe. But still we are not understanding our power. We are getting obliged to Satan - the ruler of this universe and living a life of slavery. God wants us to be aware of our power and rights and live a life of authority.
• Finally God saw that whatever He created is good ... including us. We are so precious for Him. He made everything to be meaningful and complete. 

Life in Christ

After living so many years under the false belief that I am in the right track as a Christian, God gave me a chance to understand His Words and to realise that I can become a true Christian and achieve salvation only by God's Grace and the unlimited Faith towards Jesus Christ.

Even though we were sinners, Jesus redeemed us through His blood, which He shed for us on the Cross. Jesus gave as a great privilege to be called as the Children of God, who shares the same rights that He himself has on Heaven.

How can we repay for this great love?
     By living our life in the way He wants...
     By not allowing the spirit of darkness to enter our lives and to take lead of our lives....
     By not allowing our lives to go behind the worldly pleasures and idol worships....
     By prioritising Jesus over and above everything....

And this is possible only by having constant fellowship with The Holy Spirit - the mediator that Jesus gave for us when He went back to heaven - to stay with us and to lead us in the correct way that lead to Heaven....
The weapon that we can use to fight against the evil's temptations is the Word of God (Ephesians 6:14).

Reading and meditating the word of God will strengthen our Faith.

God blessed me abundantly and gave me a chance to study and understand His Word in the true sense. I am sharing the wisdom provided to me by Jesus through His HOLYSPIRIT.