Introduction: 

8. Is there proof Jesus keeps His promises?

1. Who foretold of HOW the Saviour would be born? (Isaiah 7:14)

“Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call[1] his name Immanuel.”

{Is the book of Isaiah credible? In the affirmative….because of the confirmation of archaeology; namely the DEAD SEA SCROLLS. The manuscript of Isaiah was preserved in the Qumran caves dating after the writing of Isaiah but before Matthew’s gospel according to some archaeologists}

{The word “virgin” in the Hebrew is almâh, which means a young woman at a marital age, virgin}

{The Greek translates this word almâh into parthénos, which means a woman who had never had sexual relations with a man according to both Mounce and Thayer}

“All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness” (2Tim 3:16)

2. Who declared WHEN the Saviour was born as a fulfillment of the Old Testament passage? (Matt 1:21-23)

“And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS:[1] for he shall save his people from their sins….

Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying….

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.”

{Notice the credible witness, Matthew, who specified this was a fulfillment of the prophet – he was speaking of Isaiah}

{Also notice the purpose of Jesus’ birth was to “save the people from their sins”}

3. Who foretold WHERE the Saviour would be born? (Micah 5:2)

“But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.”

{Did you notice the prophet Micah, whose name means, “who is like unto God,” foretold the birthplace was to be in Bethlehem Judea?}

{It just so happens that at the time when Mary was to deliver her baby – Jesus – that her and Joseph could have gone about 6 miles north of Nazareth to Bethlehem, Galilee. However, instead, they traveled 85 miles down to Bethlehem, Judah. Why? Because it was a fulfillment of the prophet Micah, who predicted it. Another confirmation of the reliability of Scripture}

Personal Application: Who and how could one make such a bold prediction with confidence?

“For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty….. We have also a more sure word of prophecy…… Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation…. For the prophecy came not in old time[1] by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost,” (2Pet 1:16-21).

4. Who declared WHERE the Saviour was born? (Matt 2:1)

“Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem.”

{Matthew’s writing approximately 700 years after the prophet Micah, who foretold of this event, verified that Jesus was born in Bethlehem}

Personal Application: Not only is the birthplace of Jesus pinpointed but also the timing of Jesus’ birth was appointed as well.

“But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,” (Gal 4:4).

Have you?
Will you?

This prediction and fulfillment in the past concerning Jesus Christ’s first coming is proof that the Word of God will be fulfilled in the future….Jesus will come again….the next time as the Bridegroom and then the “KING of KINGS” and “LORD of LORDS”!