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18 декември ПЪРВО ЧЕТИВО Ще въздигна на Давид праведна Младочка. Четене из книгата на пророк Иеремия. 23, 5-8 ''Ето, настъпват дни, казва Господ - и ще въздигна на Давид праведна младочка и ще възцаря Цар, който ще постъпва мъдро и ще върши съд и правда по земята. В негови дни Юда ще се спаси, и Израил ще живее безопасно; и ето - Неговото име, с което ще го наричат: "Господ - наше оправдание." Затова ето, настъпват дни, казва Господ, когато вече не ще говорят: "Жив Господ, който изведе Израилевите синове из Египетската земя", а "жив Господ, който изведе и който доведе племето на Израилевия дом от северната земя и от всички земи, където ги бе изгонил" и ще живеят в земята си." Това е Божие слово. ОТПЕВЕН ПСАЛОМ Пс 71, 2. 12-13. 18-19 (О: срв 7) В негови дни ще процъфти правдата и ще има изобилен мир во веки. Боже, дай на царя твоето правосъдие, и на царевия син твоята правда, за да съди праведно твоите люде, и твоите бедни в съда. O Защото той ще избави бедния, стенещия и угнетения, който няма помощник, Ще бъде милосърден към бедния и сиромаха и ще спаси душите на бедните. O Благословен Господ Бог, Бог Израилев, който едничък прави чудеса; благословено името на славата му до века, и цяла земя да се изпълни с неговата слава! Амин, Амин. O АЛИЛУЯ O Алилуя. O Водител на дома Израилев, който даде на Мойсей закона връх Сиона: дойди да ни спасиш с протегнати ръце. O Алилуя. ЕВАНГЕЛИЕ Исус ще се роди от Мария, сгодена за Йосиф, сина Давидов. Четене от светото Евангелие според Матей. 1, 18-24 А Рождението на Исуса Христа стана тъй: След сгодяване на майка му Мария за Йосифа, преди още да бяха се събрали, оказа се, че тя е непразна от Дух Свети. А Йосиф, мъж й, понеже беше праведен и не желаеше да я посрами, поиска тайно да я напусне. Но когато намисли това, ето, Ангел Господен му се яви насъне и каза: "Йосифе, син Давидов, не бой се да приемеш Мария, жена си; защото заченалото се в нея е от Дух Свети. Тя ще роди Син, и ще му наречеш името Исус; защото Той ще спаси народа си от греховете му." А всичко това стана, за да се сбъдне реченото от Господа чрез пророка, който каза: "Ето, девицата ще зачене в утробата си и ще роди Син, и ще му нарекат името му Емануил, което ще рече: с нас е Бог." Като стана от сън, Йосиф направи, както му бе заповядал Ангелът Господен и прие жена си. Това е слово Господне.
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Christmas has come and gone one more year. The culture continues to try to take Christ out of Christmas as it has for years now. I read an article about the “X” people use to precede “mas” and how in the Greek it denotes Christ with X being the first letter and Christ being first or something like that, but it still grates at my heart to see it because Christmas is about Christ. As I prayed several mealtime blessings this Christmas season, I prayed that we would remember why we celebrate Christmas – yes Patti, it’s about the baby. It is ONLY about the baby. Reverend Meg Taylor wrote in the Newsletter that “there are essential Christmas doctrines that surround Christmas. If we don’t preach or teach them during Advent, often they aren’t mentioned the rest of the year. One that she focused on was “the Virgin Birth” . The Virgin Birth is prophesied in the Old Testament: Isaiah 7:14 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. This prophesy was fulfilled in Matthew 1:18-25 18 This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. 19 Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly. 20 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus,a because he will save his people from their sins.” 22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 23 “The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel”b—which means, “God with us.” 24 When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. 25 But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus. a Jesus is the Greek form of Joshua, which means the LORD saves. b Isaiah 7:14 The Holy Bible : New International Version. Grand Rapids : Zondervan, 1996, c1984, S. Mt 1:18-25 Rev. Meg says that she is amazed when she hears Christians say they don’t believe in the virgin birth. They will say that it doesn’t affect their belief in Christ. Well they are really saying they don’t believe scripture and we must believe in the scriptures totally or not at all – it is for me the whole counsel of God and not to be picked apart, extracting those verses that are difficult or that we don’t want to agree with and tossing them aside. Well, Rev. Meg goes on, “What will they do with Easter if they don’t believe the virgin birth of Jesus? Because if Jesus were born of two natural parents then he would have inherited the bent to natural sin, as all humanity did. But because the Holy Spirit impreganted Mary, we have a Savior who not only is the true Son of God, but also fully human and fully divine (holy). If we can’t believe this, then we only had a man dying on a cross for our sin. If Jesus wasn’t God-in-flesh, then not one drop of His blood could have taken away any sin. Let’s be sure we know His identity at birth so we know the real identity of our Savior at Easter. The shopping is all done, the gifts given, and in what place did you put Christ? Was He given priority in the celebration? Because if He wasn’t then we may just get exactly what we deserve. Christ will be taken out of Christmas. This holiday – HOLYday – is the Christian celebration of love coming to earth in the form of a baby born of a virgin. It can only be taken from us if we fail to acknowledge the true gift of Christmas. Thank you, Peggy – this utube was wonderful and you are too! Betsy