Emmanuel “God with us”

Christ Born of Mary
Matthew 1: ¹⁸ Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. ¹⁹ Then Joseph her husband, being ^[f]a just man, and not wanting to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly. ²⁰ But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is ^[g]conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. ²¹ And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name ^[h]Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.” ²² So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying: 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.” ²⁴ Then Joseph, being aroused from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took to him his wife, ²⁵ and ^[i]did not know her till she had brought forth her^[j] firstborn Son. And he called His name Jesus.
What we have just read is a mystery of God of Christs incarnation, we need to adorn, not to be pried into, like how are the bones developed and when does the blood enter the new body. Jesus was formed in the womb giving the blood of life to all to live and breath. We are not an accident Ecclesiastes 11:^5 says, As you do not know what is the way of the ^[a]wind, Or how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child, So you do not know the works of God who makes everything. It is still a secret how Life develops in the womb for which we can be thankful fo if we knew we would be scared for sure. 
Here we see Mary espoused to Joseph, not yet completely married, for Christ was born of a virgin that was betrothed, which was honorable above all. Joseph was a carpenter, so Jesus was going to be the Son of a Carpenter.  Joseph was a just man and Mary was a virtuous woman, before they came together, when she was found with child by the Holy Spirit. She was with Elizabeth for 3 months as we see in Luke 1:39 to 45 ³⁹ Now Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, to a city of Judah, ⁴⁰ and entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. ⁴¹ And it happened, when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, that the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. ⁴² Then she spoke out with a loud voice and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! ⁴³ But why is this granted to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? ⁴⁴ For indeed, as soon as the voice of your greeting sounded in my ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. ⁴⁵ Blessed is she who ^[h]believed, for there will be a fulfillment of those things which were told her from the Lord.” Here we see Mary wanting to hide what was going on in her body and went to stay with Elizabeth three months, yet we can’t hide the presence of God in our lives, for He is going to make himself known. Never was a daughter of Eve so blessed as Mary as she was entrusted by God to take care of the Son of God with-in her. Elizabeth found a blessing from Mary as her babe leaped within her and she was filled with the Holy Spirit. I hope we are wanting the Holy Spirits will to manifest Himself to all of us, in the day we are living in. So that we know without a shadow of doubt, God is in control to give us the assurance, He is in charge of all that is going on with lawlessness we see around the world. 

We Need Our Church Community

Hebrew  10:19-25  was our devotion Wed the 1^st of December and I said Honey I am going to develop a Message so we can Hold Fast Our Confession that has been a part of my life being raised in a Christian home, where we even played Church, singing hymens’ and taking an offering and someone preaching. We went to Church Sunday Morning, Sunday night and Wed night and if we had a revival service we attended 2 or three weeks consecutively. We looked forward to Church, for it was a time of feasting upon the thing of the Lord, we wanted more of God. Everyone of us had a relationship with the Lord and shared it where ever we went. We always knew God was with us as we abode with Him. So we never forgot who we were, and when we did sin we asked the Lord to forgive us, and he did. Ellis, Lowell and our Sister Anna Lee where all married and we saw our families grow up with the same type of love for the Lord as we had. It was always great to spent time with my brothers and Sisters family, for God was always giving us showers of blessing. My Dads Family came to the USA in 1050 from England where the Canterbury’s, a Religious group dictated to them. They wanted Freedom and came to the United States. So the Campfield Family has a history of being followers of the Lord. So here we are preaching the Gospel in Harrah and are so thankful, for what the Lord has in store for all of us here in the White Swan School District.  Let’s look at Romans 10:19 to 31.
¹⁹ Therefore, brethren, having boldness^[a] to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, ²⁰ by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, ²¹ and having a High Priest over the house of God, ²² let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Thank the Lord He’s provided all who call upon Him honor and the privilege to follow Him by choice. 1. We can come boldly into the Holy of Holies as we enter His Presence. The Lord gives us a liberty of Spirit to tell the good-news, Jesus saves as we abide in His Spirit! He gives us the assistance needed to prove our acceptance of His Righteousness. 2. He is our High Priest, over the House of the Lord His Church. He presides over His Church militant, as Ambassadors in the Kingdom of God, triumphant in heaven as on earth. We see fallen man can’t dwell with God without a High Priest, for He is our mediator to reconcile us to bear good fruit. We need to enjoy one another by the blood of the Lamb, for He purchased us, to have free asses to Gods glory and grace. It was His blood sprinkled on our conscience chasing away slavish fear, giving us the assurance of Safety in His presence. 
Verse 20 shows 1. He is the only way truth and life, no other way. 2. It is a new way, no longer law, but now grace. Not of works lest we could boast, it is God’s love, mercy and grace. 3. It is a living way, a living Savior seated on the Right side of God. Here he lived among us, died and after three day rose to be with His Father God. Very much alive interceding for us. 4. He is Christ consecrated to us, through the Temple vail that was ripped from top to bottom, so we may see into Gods glory now. It is so good and precious to know the Lord in such a way, as He is personally by our side, as He promised to be. How does this all happen? By drawing near to God, as we do not want to keep a distance, but be like Enoch who walk with God and God took him. I trust you truly dependent upon the Lord to guide you through this world of confusion and turmoil of Lawlessness, so you do not fall, or even stumble. 
We need to have a new heart, that is full of assurance without lack of faith, as our faith is in God, who you want to please. This happens when we want our hearts sprinkled with the Blood of the Lamb, so we are pure and holy, sanctified by Gods Holy Spirit living in us as followers.  We need that washing of Gods pure water of baptism daily, moment by moment, which is the sanctifying, of the Holy Spirit of God given to us by Jesus who lives in us, keeping us holy and pure. Remember the Priest washed before going into the Temple where God Spirit was.