Author Pastor Randy Moll

  • In Luke 2 we read of the birth of the Christ Child, how it was that He was born in Bethlehem in fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy in Micah 5:2. We heard how He was born, not in the best hotel in Bethlehem, but outdoors or in a stable and was laid in a manger “because there was no room for them in the inn.”
    But what does it all mean? It was far more than a quaint story of a humble birth. It was the fulfillment of God’s promises, made since the world began. For, in the fullness of time, God kept His promise to send the Seed of the woman who would undo the work of Satan in the Garden (Gen. 3). He fulfilled His word to send the Seed of Abraham who would bring blessing to all the families of the earth (Gen. 12:3; 22:18). He fulfilled His word to “redeem Israel from all his iniquities” (Ps. 130:8); to send the one who would suffer and die to bear our iniquities and rise again (Isa. 53, Ps. 22).

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  • “Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, but now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith: to God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.” Romans 16:25-27

    Consider the message of the apostle Paul’s doxology. It summarizes the working of the eternal and only-wise God. And to God be glory through Jesus Christ forever!

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  • It appears to be time once again for the great Christmas shutout! It’s nothing new; it happens every year at this time. No, it’s not a sports event, though sports may be a part of it. It’s a spiritual event, shutting out Christ from Christmas. It seems somewhat ironic. We set aside a day and a season to remember the birth of Jesus Christ, sent by God to be the Savior of the world, but we shut Him out and exclude Him from a time created to honor Him. We do it at Easter too!

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  • This ancient prophesy, given as a sign to King Ahaz of the coming judgments upon his enemies, Syria and the northern kingdom of Israel, points some 700-plus years beyond the immediate threats against the kingdom of Judah to the birth of Messiah Jesus. This sign which the LORD gave was far greater than any normal human event, for a virgin would conceive and bear a son – something not humanly possible, but “with God nothing shall be impossible” (Luke 1:37).

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