For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.For a child is born to us. A son is given to us; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
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… which means God with us. Isaiah 9, verse 6, For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon his shoulder. His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, notice Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. And of the increase of his government and peace, there will be no end. John 1, 1, In the beginning was the Word, the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. And for those that you may hear claim Jesus never claimed to be God. They said, Jesus never claimed to be God, therefore I don't believe he's God. Here's Jesus claiming to be God in John chapter 10 verse 30. He said, I and my father are one. You're like, well that doesn't sound like a claim to be God. Oh yeah, look at what the Jews did. They took up stones to stone him. Then he says, many good works I have shown you from my father. …
In the words of R.C. Sproul, the very dimension of the sheer fulfillment of prophecy of the Old Testament scriptures should be enough to convince anyone that we are dealing with a supernatural piece of literature. And one of the places that talks about Jesus' coming is Isaiah chapter 9, verse 6, where we read. So this was written seven centuries before he came. Let's say this verse out loud together. Isaiah 9, 6. Will you read it with me? For to us a child is born. To us a son is given, and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Then let me just read the verse that comes after. Of the increase of his government and of peace, there will be no end. In the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this. …
… he prophesied the amazing news. For to us, Isaiah 9 verse 6 says, for to us a child is born. To us a son is given. And the government will be on his shoulders and he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace. Seven centuries before Jesus was born, the prophet declared that God would send a child, not a soldier, not a politician, not a king on a throne, but a baby born into brokenness to bring us a peace that brokenness couldn't touch. And fast forward from that prophetic declaration 700 years later, and guess what God's people are doing? They were still waiting, many afraid, some feeling forgotten, living in a time where there was no real peace and no stability, until one night in a place called Bethlehem, when everyone thought God was silent, heaven started singing. Luke chapter two, verse 13 tells us this. Suddenly, a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God in heaven and saying, glory to God in the highest heaven. …
… God, do a healing work in our hearts, we pray in Jesus' name. And everybody said, amen. Let's look at God's word, Isaiah 9, verse 6. This is what the prophet said, seven centuries before the birth of Christ, Isaiah said this, for to us, a child is born. To us, a son is given. And the government will be on his shoulders, and he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. One of the titles we see that Isaiah gave the son that would be born is that he'd be called Everlasting Father. Now, just like you might feel some emotion when you hear that, when the people of Judah heard this prophecy that he'd be called everlasting father, chances are that prophecy and that title would hit many people with very deep emotion. One of the reasons is that the kings were also called fathers. And the kings that the people knew during that day were inconsistent at best, insecure, and temporary. They didn't last. So whenever Isaiah said everlasting father, he wasn't just describing like a good father or a better father. He was describing a perfect and an everlasting father, which would have been shocking to the people of that day. …
… We're meditating on soaking in one of the most famous verses in all the Bible, written about 700 years before he even came in Isaiah chapter 9, verse 6. This verse, it gives us four names for Jesus. We're going to look at the second name today, which I'll go ahead and show you is Mighty God. That's what we're going to camp out on. But I want to spend a good bit of time on the context that comes before that so that you feel the wonder of this name as it pops on the page. So Mike hit on some of this context last week. If you weren't here, he talked about how God's people were face-to-face with the chaos of this fallen world as a foreign army. So the superpower nation of Assyria was oppressing them and threatening to destroy them, which then leads to the last verse of chapter eight. So look with me at the end of Isaiah chapter 8, verse 22. It says, they will look to the earth, but behold distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish. …
… going to see four different names prophesied about Jesus 700 years before he was born. This is what the word of God says in Isaiah chapter nine, verse six. The prophet says, for to us, a child is born. To us, a son is given. Seven centuries before Mary gave birth to the son of God, he prophesies, and the government will be on his shoulders. And Isaiah shows us four different names or titles of who this savior would be. He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace. For unto us, a child will be born. And one of the titles, we're gonna look at all four, one at each different week. One of the titles was, he will be called Wonderful Counselor. Now, in Hebrew, these two words are very, very rich. They're the words Pele Yontz. Now, Pele in Hebrew actually means a world-class soccer player. That's not what it means in Hebrew, but that's what it means in another language. …
… just get your gospel track shoes on. I just, I don't know, I think today we'll just call it rambling. Rambling through Christmas, something like that. All right. Verse 6, Isaiah 9, verse 6, For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon his shoulder, and his name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace, there will be no end. Upon the throne of David and over his kingdom, to order it and establish it with judgment and justice. from that time forward, even forever, the zeal of the Lord will perform this. Go back to verse 6. For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given. The government will be upon his shoulders, and his name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Just a couple things that I want to draw your attention to. A son was given, and one of his names was Everlasting Father. …