Immanuel

" ...and they will call him Immanuel -

which means,

God with us."

Matthew 1:23

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"Surely he took up our infirmities

and carried our sorrows,"

Isaiah 53:4

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It would have been an amazing enough act of grace for God to send Jesus to pay for our sins. But he did even more. He sent Jesus to live here among us. To experience all of the consequences of sin - to take up our infirmities and carry our sorrows.

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"For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses... Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need."

Hebrews5:15,16

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"Glory to God in the highest,

and on earth peace to men

on whom his favor rests."

Luke 2:14