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God is always with us
Tracing Bible prophecies and their fulfillment helps us understand that God has always been and will always be with His people. Isaiah prophesied of the coming Messiah, "Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel" Isa. 7:14. (a Hebrew word meaning "God is with us").
God's Son, Christ Jesus—born of the Virgin Mary—fulfilled this prophecy. He proved through redeeming inveterate sinners, healing incurably sick people, and raising the dead, just what it can do for us to understand that God is with us. Jesus' disciple Peter, briefly summarizing his own eyewitnessing of Jesus' works, said, "God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed ...; for God was with him." Acts 10:38.
Jesus exemplified the Immanuel; but his brief ministry was neither the beginning nor the end of the unfolding proof that God is with us. Centuries earlier, God had fulfilled His promise to Moses, "Certainly I will be with thee." And of the divine revelation that accompanied this promise—"I AM THAT I AM" Ex. 3:12, 14. —Mrs. Eddy wrote centuries after Jesus, "This supreme potential Principle reigns in the realm of the real, and is 'God with us,' the I am." Miscellaneous Writings, p. 331.
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December 23, 1985 issue
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The daystar and peace
ELVEY WILLIAM ALFRED BARTON
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"Joy to the world"—just at Christmas?
HELEN R. CONROYD
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The gift of gifts
REITA N. DONALDSON
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Who heard the angels sing?
MAXINE SHORE
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The light of Christmastide
R. BRIDGET KASSABOVA
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Shhh! Angels afoot!
HILLARY HAUSER
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"He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh"
MARK RUBLE
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Understanding your worthiness
EDNA LE BARON
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Our true stature in Christ
FRANCES STEVENS STUART
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Discover your real Father
CHARLES T. ALLISON
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"Friend of the friendless"
ALLISON W. PHINNEY
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God is always with us
CAROLYN B. SWAN
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Learning to trust God
Geoffrey H. Mansergh
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Many years ago, when our daughter was...
FLORENCE B. GOFF with contributions from HARRY GOFF, MARTA CONE
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When questions arise regarding contagion and the care of...
SALLIE SUE DANIELSON
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While visiting Israel with a friend in July of 1981, I became...
LORIE CLARKE POLINIERE
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Over forty years ago, when my wife and I became Christian Scientists,...
FRED P. STAEDEL, SR.