Immanuel — God With Us
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Isaiah 7:14 (ESV)
Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel (which means, God with us).
Matthew 1:23 (ESV)
Separated From Christ
You are severed from Christ, …; you have fallen away from grace.
Galatians 5:4 (ESV)
Christ is become of no effect unto you, …; ye are fallen from grace.
Galatians 5:4 (KJV)
What It Means to Be “God With Us”
1. No Lack
Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
Psalms 91:9–10 (KJV)
For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Jeremiah 17:8 (KJV)
The LORD watches over you— the LORD is your shade at your right hand; the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. The LORD will keep you from all harm— he will watch over your life.
Psalms 121:5–7 (NIV)
2. Whatever You Do Shall Prosper
And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
Genesis 39:2–3 (Part 1)
His master saw that the LORD was with him and that the LORD caused all that he did to succeed in his hands.
Genesis 39:2–3 (Part 2)
3. Authority and Leadership
But the LORD was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
Genesis 39:21–22 (ESV) (Part 1)
And the keeper of the prison put Joseph in charge of all the prisoners who were in the prison.Whatever was done there, he was the one who did it.
Genesis 39:21–22 (ESV) (Part 2)
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, ‘See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.’
Genesis 41:41 (ESV)
4. Enemies Became Helpers
His brothers also came and fell down before him and said, ‘Behold, we are your servants.’ As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.
Genesis 50:18, 20 (ESV)
When a man’s ways please the LORD, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Proverbs 16:7 (NKJV)
Separated From Christ
You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace.
Galatians 5:4 (ESV)
Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
Galatians 5:4 (KJV)
Having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.
Colossians 2:14 (NKJV)