Jesus is Immanuel

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.  Isaiah 7:14


“The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).  Matthew 1:23

Immanuel.  God with us.  God - the creator of all things, the giver of all life, the eternal Father who exists outside the realms of time - THAT God with us. 

How amazing that THAT God would want to make Himself finite, just to come and walk with us.  How amazing that THAT God would want to make Himself small, just to come and talk with us.  How amazing that THAT God would want to make Himself breakable, just to come and be with us. 

Notice, I'm not saying "need."  God the Son wanted to do these things, just as God the Father ordained them to be done.  God didn't NEED to send His son.  But . . .

We NEEDED Immanuel.  We NEEDED God with us.  And He came.

These names we've studied so far this week are very similar . . . and remind me of the need to praise Him for who He is!  Not just for what He's done for me, but because He is Christ . . . Messiah . . . Savior . . . Immanuel.