1. OUR MISSION: To guide those far from God into the new start found in Jesus Christ.

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3. Isaiah 7:14 “Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.” (NKJV) Isaiah 7:14 Immanuel There is tension around the birth of Jesus “…how could I worry about my Christmas sermon sounding clichéd… when the Incarnation has no equal in the history of ideas!?” - John Dickson God became one of us Immanuel = God with us

4. GOD “God intrudes. Whether you like it or not, God is knocking on the door of your life and the door of human history, and He will knock on your door over and over and over again. Whether you like it or not, He is intruding.” Peter Larson – (Prism Jan/Feb 2001) Isaiah 7:14 Immanuel

5. GOD “God intrudes. Whether you like it or not, God is knocking on the door of your life and the door of human history, and He will knock on your door over and over and over again. Whether you like it or not, He is intruding.” Isaiah 7:14 Immanuel Despite our efforts to keep him out, God intrudes. The life of Jesus is bracketed by two impossibilities: a virgin's womb and an empty tomb. Jesus entered our world through a door marked, "No Entrance" and left through a door marked "No Exit." Peter Larson – (Prism Jan/Feb 2001)

6. GOD Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” Isaiah 7:14 Immanuel Immanuel came through a virgin’s womb and left through the empty tomb 2 Corinthians 4:6 “…so we could know the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ.” (NLT) Matthew 18:20 “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” (KJV)

7. GOD 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.” Isaiah 7:14 Immanuel First Thought Immanuel... He comforts the afflicted God comforts like a mother comforts her children Isaiah 66:13 “As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you…”

8. GOD Matthew 10:34 “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.” Isaiah 7:14 Immanuel Second Thought Immanuel... He afflicts the comfortable “Glory to God in the highest. Peace on earth and good will to all men.” (Luke 2:14) Matthew 19:21 Jesus answered, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me." There is something about the presence of Immanuel that afflicts the comfortable The Bible say the Devil believes in Immanuel too... and he trembles (James 2:19)

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10. OUR MISSION: To guide those far from God into the new start found in Jesus Christ.