The Benefits Of Jesus' Birth

 Luke 1: 31-33 

³¹And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.

 ³²He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
 ³³And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.

Call this my Christmas message in blazing hot September. Before we can talk about the benefits of Jesus' birth we must establish that the incarnation is a fact, what it is and what it is not. John 1:1 says, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." John 1:14 says, "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth."

     So when Jesus was born in Bethlehem He was God with a capital G not a lowercase g meaning a demi or little god like monotheist believe. I John 4:1-3 says, "Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God. And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist ..." The Godhead got together in heaven before the creation of time and space and planned for God the Son to come one day to Earth for Isaiah 6:8 says, "Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I, send me." I Peter 1:20 says, " Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you." 

     Jesus was not just fully God, He was fully man also for I Timothy 2:5 says, "For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man  Christ Jesus:" The word man in the Greek is anthropos from which we get our word anthropology which is the study of mankind. The Bible wants us to know that Jesus was also a man and to look at His life down here on Earth. Isaiah 53:1-2 says, "Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him." So we see that Jesus was also fully man. So here in lays the divine paradox called the incarnation; God the Son took upon Himself the full nature of a man and yet retained the full nature of God of Colossians 1:15 says, "For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily." Now that we have established the Incarnation as a fact, we can move on to the benefits of the birth of our Lord.

1. We have God with us. Matthew 1:23 says, "Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us." Now God could experience life as one of us, and empathize with us. Hebrews 4:15 says, "For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need." And again Hebrews 5:7 says, "Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared; Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him."

Now God was able to bring to pass Job's desire he requested. Job 9:32,33 says, "For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgement. Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both."

2. We have power in the name of Jesus. Luke 1:3 says, "And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS." Before Jesus was born, God had many different names to describe Himself; Jehovah-Jireh, The Lord will provide, Jehovah-Nissi, The Lord my Banner, Jehovah-Shaloam, The Lord is Peace, Jehovah-Rapha, The Lord our Healer, Jehovah-Sabaoth, The Lord of Hosts, Jehovah-Maccaddeschcem, The Lord thy Sanctifier, Jehovah-Rohi, The Lord my Shepherd, Jehovah-Tsidkenu, The Lord our Righteousness and Jehovah-Shammah, The Lord who is Present. Now that we have the name of Jesus, it replaces all thoses names. Philippians 2:9 says, "Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."

3. We have life through His body and blood. John 6:53 says, "Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, Verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed."  This is not the false Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation but appropriating by faith the cleansing, life-giving power of the body and blood of Christ. This is not talking about just being saved by the blood or communion only, but whenever we as believers ask the Holy Ghost to wash us in the blood of Jesus also. This is because the Holy Ghost is the Sanctifier and the sanctifing agent that He uses is the blood of Christ. Look at what Hebrews 9: 13, 14 says, "For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?" This is what the Apostle John had in mind in I John 1:9 when he says, "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." The blood should be active in the life of the believer, not just when they get saved or during communion. 
It is continually cleansing and empowering us. Demons tremble at the sight of it on your life. I ask God to lavish on me to make sure no spot on me is missed. We have victory through it, so let us forever proclaim its' power.

     These are just a few of the benefits of Jesus' birth, but this should be enough to cause you to thank God for sending forth His son, born of a virgin.