Gods Sign Post - EP 633 - God is in Control - 5/9/2025

A daily bible study to draw us closer in our relationship with GOD through our Savior Jesus Christ in prayer and reading the word of GOD.
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365 Devotions on the Power of Prayer:
2 Corinthians 2:14-16 NIV
14) But thanks be to GOd, who always leads us as captives in Christ’s triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere.
15) For we are to God the pleasing aromas of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.
16) To the one we are an aroma that brings death; to the other, and aroma that brings life. And who is equal to such a task?
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2 Corinthians 2:14-16 NKJV
14) Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place.
15) For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.
16) To the one we are the aroma of death leading to death, and to the other the aroma of life leading to life. And who is sufficient for these things?
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Life Lessons from Hebrews
Lesson #6 - God forgives and forgets
Hebrews 8:1-13
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Further Reading:
To Complete Hebrews during this Twelve-part study, read Hebrews 8:1-13.
For more Bible passages about God’s forgiveness, read Numbers 14:18-20; 2 Chronicles 7:14; Nehemiah 9:17; Psalm 86:5; Micah 7:18; Matthew 6:12-14; Mark 2:5-12; and 1 John 1:9.
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PRAYING THE NAMES OF GOD:
Week #27: EMMANOUEL - IMMANUEL
Key Scripture’s : Matthew 1:22-23

Understanding the Name:
THe name Immanuel (im-ma-nu-AIL) first appears in Isaiah 7:14 as part of a prophetic word that Isaiah spoke to King Ahaz of Judah (the southern kingdom) at a time when Aram and Israel (the northern kingdom) had formed a coalition against Assyria. The prophet Isaiah counseled Ahaz hot to join in their uprising against Assyria, he urged Ahaz to trust in the Lord. Then the prophet invited Ahaz to ask the Lord for a sign to confirm the prophetic word, but the king refused.
In response to Ahaz’s refusal to trust God, Isaiah proclaimed: “THerefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel” Isaiah 7:14 NIV.

Matthew’s gospel recalls Isaiah’s prophecy, applying it to the child who would soon be born to Mary (Matthew 1:22-23). The sign given hundreds of years earlier was meant for all God’s people. Infact, the Bible is nothing if not the story of God’s persistent desire to dwell with his people. In Jesus, God succeeded in a unique way, becoming a man in order to same the world not from the outside, but from the inside. Immanuel, God with us, to rescue, redeem, and restore our relationship with him.