MISSING WONDER

“I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”  Genesis 3:15 (NIV)

The Lord had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you.  I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others.  I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you.”  Genesis 12:1-3 (NLT)

“The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from his descendants, until the coming of the one to whom it belongs, the one whom all nations will honor.”  Genesis 49:10 (NLT)

“Your house and your kingdom will continue before me for all time, and your throne will be secure forever.”  2 Samuel 7:14 (NLT)

All right then, the Lord himself will give you the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child!  She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel (which means ‘God with us’).  Isaiah 7:14 (NLT)

“This is a record of the ancestors of Jesus the Messiah, a descendant of David and of Abraham…”  Matthew 1:1 (NLT)

“This is how Jesus the Messiah was born. His mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph. But before the marriage took place, while she was still a virgin, she became pregnant through the power of the Holy Spirit.”  Matthew 1:18 (NLT)

“So the Word became human and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son.”  John 1:14 (NLT)

SINNERS CANNOT RECONCILE SINNERS WITH A HOLY GOD BUT A PERFECT AND PERSONAL GOD CAN RECONCILE SINFUL PEOPLE WITH HIMSELF!