{"id":1572,"date":"2023-12-03T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/?p=1572"},"modified":"2023-12-03T03:23:11","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T03:23:11","slug":"sermon20231203","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/sermon20231203\/","title":{"rendered":"Emmanuel God with Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"sermonNotes2023\">\n<p>2023 Church Theme: Advancing God\u2019s Kingdom in the New Normalcy<br \/>\nScripture: Genesis 1:27, 2:8, 3:8; Matthew 1:15-16; Revelation 21:1-3<\/p>\n<p>Speaker: Mr. Alex Chan<\/p>\n<div class=\"audio-container\"><audio controls=\"controls\"><source src=\"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/mp3\/English\/2023_1203_E.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><\/audio><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Genesis 1:27, 2:8, 3:8<\/span><br \/>\n<span id=\"en-NIV-28365\" class=\"text 1Cor-1-1\">1: <span class=\"text Matt-18-18\"><span class=\"woj\"><span class=\"text Matt-28-18\"><sup class=\"versenum\">27 <\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them;<br \/>\nmale and female he created them.<br \/>\n2:<span class=\"text Matt-18-18\"><span class=\"woj\"><span class=\"text Matt-28-18\"><sup class=\"versenum\">8 <\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the<br \/>\nman he had formed.<br \/>\n3:<span class=\"text Matt-18-18\"><span class=\"woj\"><span class=\"text Matt-28-18\"><sup class=\"versenum\">8 <\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the<br \/>\ngarden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the<br \/>\ngarden. <\/span><span id=\"en-NIV-28373\" class=\"text 1Cor-1-9\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"top-05\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Matthew 1:20-23<\/span><br \/>\n<span id=\"en-NIV-23165\" class=\"text Matt-1-20\"><sup class=\"versenum\">20\u00a0<\/sup>But after he had considered this, an angel\u00a0of the Lord appeared to him in a dream\u00a0and said, \u201cJoseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-23166\" class=\"text Matt-1-21\"><sup class=\"versenum\">21\u00a0<\/sup>She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus,<sup class=\"footnote\" style=\"font-size: 0.625em; line-height: normal; position: relative; vertical-align: text-top; top: auto; display: inline;\" data-fn=\"#fen-NIV-23166f\" data-link=\"[&lt;a href=&quot;#fen-NIV-23166f&quot; title=&quot;See footnote f&quot;&gt;f&lt;\/a&gt;]\">[<a title=\"See footnote f\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew%201&amp;version=NIV#fen-NIV-23166f\">f<\/a>]<\/sup>\u00a0because he will save his people from their sins.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-NIV-23167\" class=\"text Matt-1-22\"><sup class=\"versenum\">22\u00a0<\/sup>All this took place to fulfill\u00a0what the Lord had said through the prophet:<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-23168\" class=\"text Matt-1-23\"><sup class=\"versenum\">23\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cThe virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel\u201d<sup class=\"footnote\" style=\"font-size: 0.625em; line-height: normal; position: relative; vertical-align: text-top; top: auto; display: inline;\" data-fn=\"#fen-NIV-23168g\" data-link=\"[&lt;a href=&quot;#fen-NIV-23168g&quot; title=&quot;See footnote g&quot;&gt;g&lt;\/a&gt;]\">[<a title=\"See footnote g\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew%201&amp;version=NIV#fen-NIV-23168g\">g<\/a>]<\/sup>\u00a0(which means \u201cGod with us\u201d).<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"sermonNotes2023\">\n<div class=\"sermonNotes2023\">\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Revelation 21:1-3<\/span><br \/>\n<span id=\"en-NIV-23165\" class=\"text Matt-1-20\"><sup class=\"versenum\">1 <\/sup><span class=\"text Rev-21-1\">Then I saw \u201ca new heaven and a new earth,\u201d<sup class=\"footnote\" style=\"font-size: 0.625em; line-height: normal; position: relative; vertical-align: text-top; top: auto; display: inline;\" data-fn=\"#fen-NIV-31056a\" data-link=\"[&lt;a href=&quot;#fen-NIV-31056a&quot; title=&quot;See footnote a&quot;&gt;a&lt;\/a&gt;]\">[<a title=\"See footnote a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Revelation%2021&amp;version=NIV#fen-NIV-31056a\">a<\/a>]<\/sup>\u00a0for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away,\u00a0and there was no longer any sea.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-31057\" class=\"text Rev-21-2\"><sup class=\"versenum\">2\u00a0<\/sup>I saw the Holy City,\u00a0the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,\u00a0prepared as a bride\u00a0beautifully dressed for her husband.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-31058\" class=\"text Rev-21-3\"><sup class=\"versenum\">3\u00a0<\/sup>And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, \u201cLook! God\u2019s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2023 Church Theme: Advancing God\u2019s Kingdom in the New Normalcy Scripture: Genesis 1:27, 2:8, 3:8; Matthew 1:15-16; Revelation 21:1-3 Speaker: Mr. Alex Chan Genesis 1:27, 2:8, 3:8 1: 27 \u00a0So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. 2:8 \u00a0Now the Lord &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/sermon20231203\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Emmanuel God with Us&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2023-sermon","category-mr-alex-chan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1572"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1573,"href":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1572\/revisions\/1573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}