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PROPHECIES CONCERNING CHRIST AND THEIR FULFILLMENT |
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| Prophecy |
| 10.The kings of Tarshish and of distant shores will bring tribute to him; the kings of Sheba and Seba will present him gifts. |
| Psalm 72:10 |
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| Fulfillment |
| 1.After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem 2.and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him." 3.When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. 4.When he had called together all the people's chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Christ was to be born. 5."In Bethlehem in Judea," they replied, "for this is what the prophet has written: 6."But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of my people Israel."
7.Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. 8.He sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and make a careful search for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him."
9.After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the eastwent ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. 10.When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. 11.On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh.
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| Matthew 2:1-11 |
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| Author: In Touch Ministries |
September 10, 2010 |
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| God’s Plan for Believers |
| Romans 8:28-30
God calls all people to have a relationship with Him, but He knows that only a few will accept His invitation. Those of us who do can expect Him to use every situation and experience in our life to achieve His ultimate purpose of conforming us to the image of His Son Jesus Christ. Today’s Scripture passage is Paul’s description of God’s plan to transform our inner being so that we act and speak as Christ would.
The past, present, and future are all visible to God. Even before the events of Genesis 1, He knew which people would respond to His salvation gift and appointed these few to be made like His Son. But no one has an excuse for rejecting His offer—everyone has received revelation of Him, if not in written form, then through creation (Romans 1:20). Those saved through faith in Jesus have been forgiven and declared blameless by God.
Salvation begins the great adventure where the Lord works every circumstance, whether positive or negative in itself, to bring spiritual good and grow the believer’s faith. However, even as we mature in our faith and yield ourselves to the Holy Spirit’s work in our life, we still live in these fleshly bodies and will sometimes fail to represent Christ honorably.
To be truly like Jesus, we must stop living according to the flesh. God has already set the time for each of His children to be glorified, becoming like Christ in body, soul, and spirit forever (Psalm 139:16). The day of perfection is still ahead; until then, we continue the adventure of following God’s will and being made like the Savior.
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