Notes of Faith December 22, 2025
Foresight
This Good News was promised long ago by God’s prophets in the Old Testament.
Romans 1:2, TLB
Can anyone accurately describe what life on earth will be like seven hundred years from now, should Christ tarry? We can’t imagine it. We can’t even keep up with the technological challenges of our own time. Yet every aspect of the birth, life, and ministry of Jesus was predicted centuries before He was born.
Recommended Reading:
Romans 1:1-7
We’re told He would be born to a virgin (Isaiah 7:14) in the town of Bethlehem (Micah 5:2) and that innocent children would be killed (Jeremiah 31:15). He would be a descendant of Abraham and David (Isaiah 11:1-3). His parents would flee to Egypt to save Him (Hosea 11:1), and He would return to grow up and begin His ministry in Galilee (Isaiah 9:1-2).
That’s only the beginning! On the road to Emmaus with His two disciples, “Jesus quoted them passage after passage from the writings of the prophets, beginning with the book of Genesis and going right on through the Scriptures, explaining what the passages mean and what they said about himself” (Luke 24:27, TLB). We have a Savior the skeptics cannot explain away! You have a Lord you can trust today!
The New Testament is thus the decryption key for unlocking the meaning of the Old Testament Scriptures.
Josh McDowell
The Bible is the Word of God! It declares to us the glory of God and His desire for relationship with mankind (His chosen people: Israel, the bride of Christ: the church, and every individual: His children). There is nothing that should have been left out of the Old or New Testament, as we call the Bible today.
Rom 1:1-7
Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, 2 which He promised beforehand through His prophets in the holy Scriptures, 3 concerning His Son, who was born of a descendant of David according to the flesh, 4 who was declared the Son of God with power by the resurrection from the dead, according to the Spirit of holiness, Jesus Christ our Lord, 5 through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles for His name's sake, 6 among whom you also are the called of Jesus Christ;
7 to all who are beloved of God in Rome, called as saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 1:20-21
20 Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet's own interpretation. 21 For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
2 Tim 3:16-17
16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
John 14:1-3
Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 "In My Father's house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. 3 "If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also.
We wait in trust and faith for the return of Jesus, for His kingdom on earth, and the promise of eternal life with Him in the New Jerusalem that will come down from heaven!
Look up! For your redemption draweth nigh…
Pastor Dale