Men of Israel, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know. Acts 2:22 God presented Himself to His people throughout history in many ways and by many titles. God is a God full of wonder! Read Isaiah 9:6. This verse using wonderful to describe Jesus. The Hebrew word for wonderful is pele. It means wonder, marvel, hard to understand, extraordinary. Reread Joshua 3:5. Can you see the association of these words? Wonderful cannot be disassociated from wonders, and marvelous cannot be disassociated with…
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Advent: Day Two
After these days, his wife Elizabeth conceived and kept herself in seclusion for five months. She said, “The Lord has done this for me. He has looked with favor in these days to take away my disgrace among the people.” Luke 1: 24-25 Elizabeth experienced a miracle. For years she was barren. For her, there was no hope that she would ever conceive. She was past the age of being able to conceive. Yet God gave her a child. She conceived at an old age. In our world today, we are probably more apprehensive than the anticipation of anything good. God has created life. Even in this life of…