Immanuel

 

 

Therefore

The Lord himself shall give you a sign;

Behold,

A virgin shall conceive,

And bear a son,

And shall call his name

Immanuel.

 

A prophecy from Isaiah

Fulfilled in the Christ,

Jesus, the anointed One

Does suffice.

 

Yes, he is sufficient

For both you and me

And his once for all sufficiency

Was shown at Calvary.

 

A figure of ridicule

Rejected by his own

Mocked and scorned by Jews

And there died alone.

 

True there were others

But for their crime they died,

But Immanuel, the God-Man,

For us there abide.

 

None was good enough

To pay sin’s ransom,

Only Jesus, the Christ could-

God’s only Son.

 

So, at this festive time

We call the Christmas tide,

As we celebrate his nativity

Note he also died.

 

From a cradle at Bethlehem

To a cross at Calvary,

God in his humanity paid

Sin’s price for you and me.

 

 

Once and for all!

There can be no repeat,

For he triumphed over the grave

And sits in his heavenly seat.

 

Given a name

That is above all names,

The born-again can now say

Our Messiah reigns.

 

On that Christmas morn

When the heavens did ring,

Listen, as the herald angels sang

Glory to the new born king.

 

So, we celebrate a cradle,

A cross and a crown

And thank our Heavenly Father

That Jesus came down…

 

From heaven to earth

That first Christmas morn

And the impossible is possible,

A man can be reborn.

 

 

 

In fact, rebirth is a must

As Jesus told Nicodemus

And this can only be accomplished

Because of Jesus.

 

For God so loved,

That He gave Jesus, His Son,

That the penitent sinner

To Him can come.

 

Come to Him today

At this Christmas tide,

For the promise is to you and me!

In us He will abide.

 

God with us

Says his name, Immanuel,

With Jesus as our Saviour,

All is well.

 

Stewart Russell © December 15, 2023