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The Names on Christ’s Birth Announcement
Isaiah 9:6 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.
What’s the worst thing a boss or a company has ever given you as a Christmas
bonus gift?
* The company commercial on DVD.’
* A cookie with the amount of millions the company made that year written on it
in frosting.
* $5 gift card to a local restaurant that had closed down years before.
* Everyone was given a calendar with each month having pictures of the business
owner.
* Two small containers of Play-Doh and a box of crayons. My supervisor said
his employees acted like a bunch of kids, so he got us kid stuff.
* The manager left out a pie tray covered in tin foil with a handwritten note saying,
‘Thank you, team, for all your hard work!’ I lifted up the foil expecting a pie.
He had just poured some saltine crackers in an empty pie tray.
* Employees were sent a text and told to help ‘celebrate the season’ by stopping
in on our break for a cookie and some punch with the HR guy.
* I work at a bakery and at Christmas time put in 60 to 70 hours a week due to
the holiday rush. The gift I received was a loaf of bread that I had baked over a
week prior and that I would’ve been able to buy for $1 with my employee discount
anyway.
* A former teacher said, “The principal game me a printed white piece of copy
paper with a lifesaver mint stapled to it and a note that said, ‘You were a lifesaver
this year.”
* A $50 gift card that was deducted from my paycheck a month later.
Psalm 127:3 (ESV) Behold, children are a gift of the Lord, the fruit of the womb
is a reward.
The only person who ever lived whose accomplishments were written before
He was born was Jesus Christ.
Isaiah 9:6 ” … A Son is given … ”
The Son of God given — That is the majesty of His deity
Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a Child is born… ”
A child is born — that is the mystery of His humanity
To quote the words of Charles Wesley (from “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”):
Veiled in flesh the Godhead see,
Hail the incarnate Deity.
The apostle Paul called it a great mystery in the New Testament.
1 Timothy 3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness:
God was manifested in the flesh,
John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory,
the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 1:3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made
that was made.
The wonder of wonders lyrics
The wonder of wonders as she looked down and smiled
That He was her Maker as well as her child
He created the womb that had given Him birth
He was God incarnate come down to the earth
Isaiah 9:6 “…And His name will be called …”
Isaiah 9:6 “And the government will be upon His shoulder.”
Isaiah 9:7 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 of hosts will perform this.
“Joy to the World” lyrics
He rules the world/With truth and grace/And makes the nations prove/
I. HIS NAME IS WONDERFUL.
Isaiah 9:6 “And His name will be called Wonderful…”
Song lyrics
His name is wonderful
Jesus my Lord.
He is the mighty King
Master of everything
His name is wonderful
Jesus my Lord.
What is so wonderful about His name?
Philippians 2:9 “Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him
the name which is above every name,”
Philippians 2:10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in
heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth,
Matthew 1:21 And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus,
for He will save His people from their sins.”
Matthew 1:23 “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they
shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.”
II. HIS NAME IS COUNSELOR.
Isaiah 9:6 “And His name will be called … Counselor…”
Colossians 2:3 ” In whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Psalm 119:105 Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and light unto my path.
III. HIS NAME IS MIGHTY GOD.
Isaiah 9:6 “And His name will be called … Mighty God,
Jesus received worship because He is the mighty God
Matthew 2:11 And when they had come into the house, they saw the young Child
with Mary His mother, and fell down and worshiped Him. And when they had
opened their treasures, they presented gifts to Him: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
They didn’t fall down and worship Mary, they “fell down and worshiped Him.”
Hebrews 1:6 But when He again brings the firstborn into the world, He says:
Let all the angels of God worship Him.
Matthew 14:33 Then those who were in the boat came and worshiped Him, saying,
Truly You are the Son of God.
Matthew 28:9 And as they went to tell His disciples, behold, Jesus met them,
saying, “Rejoice!” So they came and held Him by the feet and worshiped Him.
John 9:38 Then he said, “Lord, I believe!” And he worshiped Him.
IV. HIS NAME IS EVERLASTING FATHER.
Isaiah 9:6 “And His name will be called … Everlasting Father…”
John 10:30 I and My Father are one.
John 14:9 Jesus said to him, “He who has seen Me has seen the Father;
V. HIS NAME IS PRINCE OF PEACE.
Isaiah 9:6 And His name will be called …Prince of Peace.”
Isaiah 57:21 “There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”
John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world
gives do I give to you.
I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play,
and mild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
And in despair I bowed my head
“There is no peace on Earth, ” I said
For hate is strong and mocks the song
Of peace on Earth, good will to men.”
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep
God is not dead, nor doth He sleep
The wrong shall fail, the right prevail
With peace on Earth, good will to men.
No Jesus, No peace.
Know Jesus, Know peace.
Isaiah 9:6 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.
