OUR DAILY BREAD : LONGING FOR RESCUE

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February 24
Tuesday


LONGING FOR
RESCUE

READ:
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She will bring forth a
Son, and you shall call
His name JESUS, for He
will save His people
from their sins.
__Matthew 1:21
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The movie Man of Steel, released in 2013, is a fresh imagining of the Superman story. Filled with breath-taking special effects and nonstop action, it drew crowds to movie theaters around the world. Some said that the film's appeal was rooted in its amazing technology. Others pointed to the enduring appeal of the "Superman mythology."

Amy Adams, the actress who plays Lois Lane in the movie, has a different view of Superman's appeal. She says it is about a basic human longing: "Who doesn't want to believe that there's one person who could come and save us from ourselves?"

That's a great question. And the answer is that someone has already come to save us from ourselves, and that someone is Jesus. Several announcements were made regarding the birth of Jesus. One of them was from the angel Gabriel to Joseph: "She [Mary] will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins" (Matt. 1:21).

Jesus came__He did so to save us from our sin and from ourselves. His name means "the Lord saves" __and our salvation was His mission. The longing for rescue that fills the human heart ultimately is met by Jesus. __Bill Crowder

````````````````````````Shout salvation full and free,`````````````````````
``````````````````````Highest hills and deepest caves;````````````````````
`````````````````````````This our song of victory__``````````````````````
````````````````````Jesus saves! Jesus saves! __Owens``````````````````
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Jesus' name and mission are the same__
He came to save us.

**********************Today's Bible Reading __ Matthew 1:18-25***************************

18 Now the birth of Jesus
Christ was as follows: After
His mother Mary was
betrothed to Joseph, before
they came together, she was
found with child of the
Holy Spirit. 19 Then Joseph
her husband, being a just
man, and not wanting to
make her a public example,
was minded to put her away
secretly. 20 But while he
thought about these things,
behold, an angel of the
Lord appeared to him in a
dream, saying, "Joseph, son
of David, do not be afraid
to take to you Mary your
wife, for that which is
conceived in her is of the
Holy Spirit. 21 And she will
bring forth a Son, and you
shall call His name JESUS,
for He wills ave His people
from their sins."

22 So all this was done that
it might be fulfilled which
was spoken by the Lord
through the prophet, saying:

23 "Behold, the virgin shall
be with child, and bear a
Son, and they shall call His
name Immanuel," which is
translated, "God with us."

24 Then Joseph, being
aroused from sleep, did as
the angel of the Lord
commanded him and took
to him his wife, 25 and did
not know her till she had
brought forth her firstborn
son. And he called His
name JESUS.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
When the angel spoke to Joseph about Mary's baby, he said that
the child's name would be a clue to His identity: "You shall call His
name JESUS, for he will save his people from their sins" (Matt. 1:21).
Jesus would also be called "Immanuel," which means "God with us"
(v.23). Jesus came to rescue us.