1. Immanuel - God with us
Matthew 1:23

2. Cardinal Sin

3. Shanda Lear

4. Dr. De’ath

5. Matthew 1:23
"Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel" (which means, God with us).

6. Immanuel: What’s in a name?

7. Immanuel: What’s in a name?
The prophecy

8. Isaiah 7:14
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

9. Immanuel: What’s in a name?
The prophecy
The problem

10. Genesis 3:8
And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.

11. Isaiah 59:2
But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear.

12. Immanuel: What’s in a name?
The prophecy
The problem
The provision

13. Matthew 1:18-25
Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. But as he considered these things,

14. Matthew 1:18-25
behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins." All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by

15. Matthew 1:18-25
the prophet: "Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel" (which means, God with us). When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife, but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. And he called his name Jesus.

16. John 14:16-17
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.

17. Immanuel: The implications of that name

18. Immanuel: The implications of that name
We can be reconciled to God

19. Colossians 1:19-22
For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross. And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him

20. Immanuel: The implications of that name
We can be reconciled to God
We are not alone

21. Immanuel: The implications of that name
We can be reconciled to God
We are not alone
And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age. (Matthew 28:20)

22. Immanuel: The implications of that name
We can be reconciled to God
We are not alone
I will never leave you or forsake you (Hebrews 13:5)

23. Immanuel: The implications of that name
We can be reconciled to God
We are not alone
See the beautiful expression of this reality in Romans 8:31-ff

24. Immanuel: The implications of that name
We can be reconciled to God
We are not alone
We need not fear

25. Immanuel: The implications of that name
We can be reconciled to God
We are not alone
We need not fear
See the disciples in the storm (Luke 8:23-25)

26. Immanuel: The implications of that name
We can be reconciled to God
We are not alone
We need not fear
See the 3 Hebrew children in the furnace (Daniel 3)

27. 1st John 4:18
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.

28. Immanuel: Living in light of that name

29. Immanuel: Living in light of that name
Make time for His presence

30. Immanuel: Living in light of that name
Make time for His presence
Don’t be discouraged or afraid by your circumstances

31. Isaiah 43:1-2
… "Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.

32. Immanuel: Living in light of that name
Make time for His presence
Don’t be discouraged or afraid by your circumstances
Get busy doing His work - no matter how impossible it seems

33. Immanuel: Living in light of that name
Make time for His presence
Don’t be discouraged or afraid by your circumstances
Get busy doing His work - no matter how impossible it seems
See Joshua

34. Immanuel: Living in light of that name
Make time for His presence
Don’t be discouraged or afraid by your circumstances
Get busy doing His work - no matter how impossible it seems
See Haggai