Not ForgottenStudy the Word: Key Truth: God Sent the Servant (Jesus) to Redeem People From All Nations (Isaiah 49:1-13)Key Truth: God Does Not Leave or Forget His People (Isaiah 49:14-21)Key Truth: The Future Is Bright for God’s People Because He Is in Control   (Isaiah 49:22-26)How will I put this into practice this week?...  Read More

1.     In Isaiah 7:10-25, there is an initial fulfillment of prophecy in that time – it was evidence that God was with Israel still. However, the major fulfillment was in Jesus – “God with us” (Immanuel). Why does it matter that Jesus lived as a human before He died on the Cross.  Why would Isaiah include the detail about a virgin girl? 2.     In Isaiah 9:1-7 Jesus is described as a great light, W...  Read More

Galatians 4:4-7  (HCSB)4 When the time came to completion, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. 6 And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba, Father!” 7 So you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.Andrea Campo My sister di...  Read More

Matthew 4:12-17  (HCSB)Ministry in Galilee12 When He heard that John had been arrested, He withdrew into Galilee. 13 He left Nazareth behind and went to live in Capernaum by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali. 14 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: 15 Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, along the sea road, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles! 16 The...  Read More

Matthew 1:18-25  (HCSB)The Nativity of the Messiah18 The birth of Jesus Christ came about this way: After His mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, it was discovered before they came together that she was pregnant by the Holy Spirit. 19 So her husband Joseph, being a righteous man, and not wanting to disgrace her publicly, decided to divorce her secretly. 20 But after he had considered these thi...  Read More

Isaiah 9:1-7  (HCSB)Birth of the Prince of Peace9 Nevertheless, the gloom of the distressed land will not be like that of the former times when He humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali. But in the future He will bring honor to the Way of the Sea, to the land east of the Jordan, and to Galilee of the nations. 2 The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; a light has dawne...  Read More

Isaiah 7:10-25  (HCSB)The Immanuel Prophecy10 Then the Lord spoke again to Ahaz: 11 “Ask for a sign from the Lord your God—from the depths of Sheol to the heights of heaven.” 12 But Ahaz replied, “I will not ask. I will not test the Lord.” 13 Isaiah said, “Listen, house of David! Is it not enough for you to try the patience of men? Will you also try the patience of my God? 14 Therefore, the Lord H...  Read More

Promises KeptStudy the Word: Key Truth: Jesus Fulfilled What the Minor Prophets Foretold of His Birth (Hosea 11:1; Micah 5:2; Haggai 2:20-23; Malachi 4:5-6)Key Truth: Jesus Fulfilled What the Minor Prophets Foretold of His Life and Ministry (Zechariah 9:9; Malachi 3:1; Zechariah 11:12-13)Key Truth: Jesus Fulfilled What the Minor Prophets Foretold of His Death and Resurrection (Jonah 1:17; Zecharia...  Read More

1.     The Old Testament closes with what we call the “Minor Prophets” – because they are shorter than the other Prophetic books. 500 years before Jesus, they made several prophecies about Him. In Micah 5:2, Jesus was to come from humble beginnings. How does knowing Jesus couldn’t fake His genealogy make you more sure of His divinity?   2.     Zechariah 9:9 contains a prophecy that Jesus fulfilled...  Read More

Hosea 2:20-23  (HCSB)20 I will take you to be My wife in faithfulness, and you will know Yahweh. 21 On that day I will respond — this is the Lord’s declaration. I will respond to the sky, and it will respond to the earth. 22 The earth will respond to the grain, the new wine, and the oil, and they will respond to Jezreel. 23 I will sow her in the land for Myself, and I will have compassion on No Co...  Read More

Zechariah 9:9  (HCSB)9 Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout in triumph, Daughter Jerusalem! Look, your King is coming to you; He is righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.Becky Jenkins What an amazing sight it must have been seeing Jesus atop a donkey fulfilling the prophecy of that day. To recognize the promised Messiah would have been nothing sh...  Read More

Malachi 3:1-4 (HCSB)3 “See, I am going to send My messenger,  and he will clear the way before Me.  Then the Lord you seek  will suddenly come to His temple,  the Messenger of the covenant you desire—see, He is coming,” says the Lord of Hosts. 2 But who can endure the day of His coming? And who will be able to stand when He appears?  For He will be like a refiner’s fire  and like cleansing lye.  3...  Read More