Sunday December 2, 2018

And you see here the the names attributed to Jesus wonderful counselor, Mighty God Everlasting father and Prince of Peace and the message this morning is simply his name is wonderful. And we're going to sing that song If the the end of our our time here, but I want you to think about how wonderful the name in the names of Jesus's are and what they mean to us as we come into this season. and the backdrop you find in Isaiah in chapter 9

Isaiah let me read it to you.

If you have your Bible, so you could turn to Isaiah chapter 9 verse 6.

For unto 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 And of the increase of his government and peace, there will be no end. And he will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom establishing and upholding that with Justice righteousness from that time and 4evermore. The Zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this

now the backdrop is that when Isaiah is writing these words Isaiah the prophet the first of the Major Prophets. He's writing during one of the darkest times for the people of Israel and of Judah the kingdom has been divided for some time, but the 10 tribes to the north. With their city and Samaria their capital city, and then there are the two tribes of Benjamin and Judah. Who are the Southern kingdom in Jerusalem?

and at this time

The worrying has been all around them Assyria has been assailing them and by now with the writing of these words from the prophet Isaiah the northern kingdom those 10 tribes have been captured and taken off into captivity.

And there was wailing there was crying emotionally There Was Fear because they didn't know when the Assyrians were going to be attacking or could be the Babylonians. We're going to be attacking they had enemies on every side of them.

And to say that there was a certain amount of worry and fear and darkness over the Land There was war and rumors of War.

And to this backdrop 700 years turn to your neighbor and say 700 years.

And in those City next to you turn back to the other person say that's a long time.

700 years before the birth of Jesus Christ Isaiah pins nice words for unto us a child is born and this was mentioned earlier. They had to wait. times 14 generations for that prophecy to be fulfilled

And yet when Isaiah wrote writes these words he pins these words down

He was giving hope. to a weary and Restless people Darkness despair discouragement was all around. And they needed hope and the candle of Hope was lit this for me by Jeannie and family and we thank you for hope. Are you glad there's hope in the world today? I mean today. In which we live. We talked about the Advent season is of looking forward to the the birth of Christ.

But now we know which one he 20 Heights site price did cup. He was born this scripture written 700 years before the birth of Christ and 700 years is a long time.

That scripture was fulfilled but now we are living in the second Advent or the looking forward to the second coming of Christ. Are you looking forward to Jesus coming back again? Beautiful song it Christmas. If I would have thought to have them play it.

It says it says.

Wouldn't you come and take us all home? for Christmas

come down in your sleigh lorded and pick up your people in and take us home. Wouldn't it be great to go home to meet with you at Christmas? It's a beautiful Christmas song. But today in the age that we live in their wars and rumors of wars even now is there trying to have a trade between the reasonable between China and the United States? We don't want them cheating. They've been stealing our intellectual property and their jets look extremely amazingly like our supersonic stealth Jets. Their new baby that they are building looks quite a bit like ours because they copied all of our technology and even improved on it. It's so many ways. Right now they're talking about.

the new kinds of Ways that we can wage war on each other?

with robotics

an animation and cyber warfare

and we'd like the Israelites of that day the Jews who were together in Jerusalem wondering when the attack was going to come we could say where we could live in fear, but don't live in fear. Be excited that Jesus is coming again. And he has plans for you there plans for Hope and a future.

I have it on good authority.

then if a tribulation is coming he's going to take his bride home to be with him before we endure those things, but even if it were not so can you have faith to believe? If the Lord is with us. The church, but I want to give you is found. In the scriptures that Isaiah rights 700 years before the birth of Christ and 700 years is a long time before the birth of Christ. He said For unto us a child is born do us a son is given and the government will be upon his shoulders and he will be called at least two of the four titles that they give him. He will be called wonderful counselor.

wonderful counselor and I need for us to look at that name. Now, I don't know if you've ever had to go to a counselor, but Dale and I do a pretty good job of counseling. We have done it for what some 32 years now, but she just out of the your shot. 32 years of ministry that we have been helping people plan their weddings plan their funerals

We have been privileged in it wasn't an easy thing to do to sit down with couples and save their marriage. They were on the Rocks. They were heading in the wrong direction, but Through God's presence. It is help. We're able to guide couples turn around. Families that were held together counseling is a good thing if you take advantage of it.

and here Isaiah is describing the King of Kings the Lord of lords. The new little baby who was going to be born in a manger. a wonderful counselor

He is someone that you can pour out your problems to your complaints to. Yes, and your Thanksgiving too and he'll listen to you and he'll not condemn you. The Shield guy with a good counselors listening ear and wisdom to know what steps to take

this child that is being born in a manger is a wonderful counselor.

At the end of all the things to call a little baby who is going to be born. Everlasting father Everlasting

and he truly is in the beginning. What's the word John says and the Word was with God and the Word was God all things that came into being John chapter one says all things that needed to be done came into being by him Jesus Christ. He was there in the beginning with God. He was God and he is our ever lasting father.

Impact another name attributed to this new baby boy who is to be born in Jerusalem. the Bethlehem Mighty God

Mighty God you're looking a little baby boy and

I'm going to be Sunday's coming up here soon. We do our Christmas play. I think that's the 16th. It's actually the 16th in your want to be here are children that are adults go to be putting on our Christmas Story right here.

Somebody's going to be singing Mary Did You Know? And I think to myself every time I hear that song written by Mark Mark Lowry. It will who you usually notice a comedian? And a singer with the the Gaither Vocal Band, but he's quite a songwriter to and the words the deep end for Mary. Did. You know that that baby boy? would save our sons and daughters Mary Did You Know

This baby boy.

Would be ruler of the Nations.

He is a mighty God.

the Everlasting father And this last name attributed to him the Prince of Peace?

And if there's anything we could be praying for. For our land for our nation and for our world is for peace. You pray that when you go to your knees, do you pray for the Peace of our nation? He said the world.

It seems so far-fetched that we could even conceive that that rulers in Nations that are bent on our own destruction could come to a place of peace. But God can do all things.

Is there anything impossible for our God?

He could bring peace to this world. He is the Prince of Peace.

Peace, he says I give to you not as the world gives my peace. I give to you.

We want the Lord to give us his peace to extend unto us. The kind of peace that in the midst of the storm when you remember that story that Jesus fell asleep in the boat. He told them to go to the other side they were going Across the Sea of Galilee in a storm came up and Jesus was peacefully sleeping in the boat with the disciples saw the storm coming then the waves begin to rise up and I've seen pictures. Rod's brother L is quite the photographer and he's taking some pictures of Lake Michigan when the storms are coming in and the waves are breaking over the lighthouse. And it's in in it almost unimaginable the think that that's a late and not the ocean. The waves are so high.

and here on Lake

Galilee the boat is want to be sunk by the waves crashing over the boat the wind pushing so hard against the sale and they wake Jesus up.

And they say don't you care that we're about to sink don't you care that we're about to die at least help us bail the water out of the boat. And Jesus looks at them and he moves to the battle of the boat. He looks out over the storm and he raises his hand and he says these words. Peace. be still and the Prince of Peace brought call office. the skies cleared the waves subsided And all of the disciples it says went to the other side of the boat. It said who is this that even the winds and the waves obey him? Who is this?

I can tell you.

He's the wonderful counselor. He's the Mighty God. He's the Everlasting father and he is the Prince of Peace. Do you know him today? Do you know his peace in your life? As we talked about the darkness deep darkness that the people were in and they were waiting for a savior to come.

They have anticipated for a savior to come they had hope for a savior to come.

Do we have hope this morning?

Did the wonderful counselor? The Mighty God the Everlasting father the Prince of Peace would come to us. Emmanuel God With Us. He is with us today. Now your heads with me, but you Are gracious and loving Heavenly Father?

We have longed for the day with hope in our hearts we have long for you to come again. You came once in there was expectation. That was hoping. There were people praying that the Savior would come and you came.

And now father we were waiting the day when you will come again to take us to be with you. You said that you were building a home for each of us if it were not so you said you would have told us but you are going to prepare a place for us that where you are. We would be also.

Atomic said but we don't know the way that Jesus said. Yes you do. I've been with you all these many days and you still don't realize that I am the way the truth and the life no man comes to the father, but by me.

This morning Father is we turn our attention to you. Perhaps there is someone here this morning who is never accepted you as Lord and Savior this morning. We want to be able to say yes, I believe I am a sinner in need of a savior. I have one who is been lost and I want to be found Lord. Would you come into my heart and make your home in my life and I will live no longer for myself, but for you if that is you would you raise your hand and say please would you pray for me this morning?

Thank you. gracious and loving Heavenly Father

be our wonderful counselor, Mighty. God be our Everlasting father and be our Prince of Peace. Billy Emmanuel God With Us today, we pray in Jesus name that everyone said amen. Would you stand with me as we singing closer?

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