Long
ago the prophet, God=s
messenger Isaiah wrote: AWho
has believed our report?@
He wrote when few people were listening to God=s
Word. He wrote about the time when the Saviour would come. How did he know about
the coming Saviour? God showed him what to write. He wrote about how the Saviour
would have to suffer and bleed and die and rise again from the dead. Few people
listened. Few people believed what Isaiah wrote. AWho
has believed our report?@
The most important story in all the world, a true story and few believed it. Who
has believed our report? (Have you?)
Even
though people didn=t
believe, God still kept His Word. Just because people say they don=t
believe God does not make God a liar. No, God is true. His Word is true. He
cannot lie. AForever,
O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven.@
God=s
Word is sure, unchanging, firm like a solid rock. Heaven and earth will pass
away, but God=s
word will remain the same forever and ever and ever. It pays to believe God=s
Word. But Isaiah wrote: AWho
has believed?@
(Have you?).
In
the fullness of time, the Bible tells us when the time was exactly rightBGod
always know the right timeBwhen
the time was exactly right, God sent His Son into the world. He caused Him to be
born as a little baby. He named Him Jesus which means Saviour. Because few
believed God=s
report, few were expecting Him. But some did expect Him and to them He sent the
Good News: AUnto
you is born this day . . . a Saviour which is Christ the Lord.@
The shepherds came and believed. Wise men came later and believed.
Wise
men and women, wise boys and girls, still seek Him out and believe on Him. ANeither
is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given
among men, whereby we must be saved.@
Do
you believe God=s
report? Have you believed on the Lord Jesus Christ as your only God and Saviour
from sin?