Everlasting Father

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"And He will be called Everlasting Father"

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“And He will be called...”

Today we light the third candle of the advent season.
The first candle symbolizes hope and is called the "Prophet’s Candle." The prophets of the Old Testament, especially Isaiah, waited in hope for the Messiah’s arrival.
The second candle represents faith and is called "Bethlehem’s Candle." Micah had foretold that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem, which is also the birthplace of King David.
Now the third candle symbolizes joy and is called the "Shepherd’s Candle." In the good news will cause great joy. Now traditionally the color rose or pink points to joy.
Luke 2:8–20 NIV84
8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. 11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. 12 This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” 13 Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, 14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.” 15 When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.” 16 So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. 17 When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, 18 and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. 19 But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. 20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.
Luke 2:8–17 NIV84
8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. 11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. 12 This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” 13 Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, 14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.” 15 When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.” 16 So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. 17 When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child,
Luke 2:8-
And the word they spread, we continue to spread today, and the joy it brought continues to bring us joy today.
Light candles and pray
Today is also the third week in our sermon series

“And he will be called...”

“And He will be called...

And He will be called...

Wonderful CounselorWonderful being Supernatural, beyond comprehension, Counselor bing one that gives advice, direction, instruction and comfort.

Wonderful Counselor

His Counsel ie His Word (The Bible), more than a suggestion Now today we move to the next description of character, the next name listed that He will be called,

Mighty God - El Gibbor

He is my Strong mighty powerful heroic God
Jesus our Mighty God who supplies for our greatest need, has always been within reach at the moment of your greatest need. And He Always Has been and always will be.
Which leads us right into todays focus

Everlasting Father

Let’s read together
Isaiah 8:19–22 NIV84
19 When men tell you to consult mediums and spiritists, who whisper and mutter, should not a people inquire of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living? 20 To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn. 21 Distressed and hungry, they will roam through the land; when they are famished, they will become enraged and, looking upward, will curse their king and their God. 22 Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom, and they will be thrust into utter darkness.
Isaiah 8:19–9:7 NIV84
19 When men tell you to consult mediums and spiritists, who whisper and mutter, should not a people inquire of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living? 20 To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn. 21 Distressed and hungry, they will roam through the land; when they are famished, they will become enraged and, looking upward, will curse their king and their God. 22 Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom, and they will be thrust into utter darkness. 1 Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future he will honor Galilee of the Gentiles, by the way of the sea, along the Jordan— 2 The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned. 3 You have enlarged the nation and increased their joy; they rejoice before you as people rejoice at the harvest, as men rejoice when dividing the plunder. 4 For as in the day of Midian’s defeat, you have shattered the yoke that burdens them, the bar across their shoulders, the rod of their oppressor. 5 Every warrior’s boot used in battle and every garment rolled in blood will be destined for burning, will be fuel for the fire. 6 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. 7 Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this.
The nation is divided and the northern section has been taken over, the people are in need of Hope, Faith, Joy, and a prophet of the Lord, Isaiah steps in and gives a word, that would be a source of all of that, a prophecy of the coming Messiah.
See they needed a ruler, a Kingly ruler that would do everything an ideal king would do:
Lead
Provide
Protect
Establish
You have to love this prophecy of a King, that would come first as a child “and the Government will be on his shoulders” a king. yet there is no need to call him a King, but to describe His greatness that describes other kings weaknesses. It can be seen as a jab at the short fallings of the other kings of that day.
Speaking of kings of that day… one of His greatness attributes is his everlasting rule.
See they didn’t just need a king to sit on a throne for a while then be overturned, or run out, or killed, or just pass away. There was a need for a forever King.
Psalm 45:6–7 NIV84
6 Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever; a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom. 7 You love righteousness and hate wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy.
Ps
El The God pointing to the Messiah, Jesus, the Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
The increase and the ruling with justice and righteousness forever.
Hence He will be called Everlasting Father
Now at first glance this could be seen as problematic, in the area that we looked at last week, in the Trinity.
If this child born, son given, is pointing to the Messiah, and we understand and believe that to be Jesus, as the Son of God.
One of the 3 persons in the Trinity, Father Son, and Holy Spirit.
How can the Son be the Father?
Well its only problematic if you think that this is referring to His relation to the rest of the trinity, but in fact thats not what the reference is pointing to.
See its unto us, unto us that this Child is born that the Son is given.
So the reference then is to us, but not nessessarly the relation as one might think.
See the Bible is so deep and so impactful and so rich in meaning, we can look at this term in a number of different ways.
First Everlasting Father - Father of Eternity.
See in the States people will often refer to George Washington as the father of the country.
Here in Canada we have the fathers of confederation
John A. Mcdonald is commonly referred to as the chief architect of Confederation.
Joesph (Joey) R. Smallwood is considered a father of confederation. being that he was the leader to sign Newfoundland into Canada.
These men are referred to as father because they are the originators, there in the beginning of something.
The Everlasting Father or the Father or Eternity, see much the same was the custom among the Jews as with us now, In the commentary “Be Comforted” by Warren W. Wiersbe he states this about the Everlasting Father terminology
Be Comforted 3. Shear-Jashub: A Promise of Mercy (Isa. 9:1–11:16)

Among the Jews, the word “father” means “originator” or “source.” For example, Satan is the “father [originator] of lies” (John 8:44, NIV). If you want anything eternal, you must get it from Jesus Christ; He is the “Father of eternity.”

Among the Jews, the word “father” means “originator” or “source.” For example, Satan is the “father [originator] of lies” (, NIV). If you want anything eternal, you must get it from Jesus Christ; He is the “Father of eternity.”
He was there at creation, He was there before creation, He has been there all along your life’s journey, and He is already there at the end…
Like I said last week, He has always been within reach, we only need to reach.
Revelation 1:17–18 NIV84
17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. 18 I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.
He is the father of Eternity
We can also look to this reference and see the Leadership side as well, after all in the very next verse the eternal reigning on the throne is mentioned.
“He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever.”
As the forever king on the throne, His kingly Rule includes as I mentioned earlier the great ability to :
Lead
Provide
Protect
Establish
Much like what a father does, or ought to do. It speaks to the intended or proper fatherly heart.
and if we are to look at this reference of Everlasting Father in terms of the fatherly role, then yes the Heart of the Messiah definitely displays and reveals a Fatherly Heart.
One that:
Leads his people with the love of a father
Provides for his people with the love of a father
Protects his people with the love of a father
Establish’s his kingdom with his people with the love of a father
See it’s the love of a Father, a Fatherly Heart that Jesus our Messiah, our Shepherd has for and leads His people with.
Psalm 23 NIV84
A psalm of David. 1 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, 3 he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. 4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. 5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. 6 Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
The imagery of Him as father is also seen here in
Hebrews 2:10–17 NIV84
10 In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering. 11 Both the one who makes men holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers. 12 He says, “I will declare your name to my brothers; in the presence of the congregation I will sing your praises.” 13 And again, “I will put my trust in him.” And again he says, “Here am I, and the children God has given me.” 14 Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil— 15 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death. 16 For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham’s descendants. 17 For this reason he had to be made like his brothers in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people.
Oh the heart of a father that is everlasting.
And He will be called Everlasting Father
Now if you still feel the need to see this name in a Trinitarian stance, then sure lets go there as we get ready to bring all of this into a beautiful joyous conclusion.
John 10:38 NIV84
38 But if I do it, even though you do not believe me, believe the miracles, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.”
John 10:
Jesus’ life points to the Father
John 14:9–10 NIV84
9 Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work.
Jesus Reveals the Heart of the Father as He Reflects the Fathers Heart in his heart.
Jesus came to reveal to the world the Heart of the Father.
Jesus reveals to us the foreverness of the Fatherly Heart
Jesus reveals to us the foreverness of the Fatherly Heart
See this passage in Isaiah it bought hope, faith, joy to a people then in great need.
But this passage in Isaiah it brings hope, faith and joy to us today.
See when Jesus reveals to us the foreverness of the Fatherly Heart, He does it through forgiveness.
See a fathers Heart forgives.
Hebrews 2:10-17
Hebrews 2:10–17 NIV84
10 In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering. 11 Both the one who makes men holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers. 12 He says, “I will declare your name to my brothers; in the presence of the congregation I will sing your praises.” 13 And again, “I will put my trust in him.” And again he says, “Here am I, and the children God has given me.” 14 Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil— 15 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death. 16 For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham’s descendants. 17 For this reason he had to be made like his brothers in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people.
Hebrews 2:13–17 NIV84
13 And again, “I will put my trust in him.” And again he says, “Here am I, and the children God has given me.” 14 Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil— 15 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death. 16 For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham’s descendants. 17 For this reason he had to be made like his brothers in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people.
Hebrews
Philippians 4:19 NIV84
19 And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
Now that provision might look different than how you expected because well
Isaiah 55:9 NIV84
9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
But The Heart of the Everlasting Father is always thereto provide.
2 Thessalonians 3:3–5 NIV84
3 But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen and protect you from the evil one. 4 We have confidence in the Lord that you are doing and will continue to do the things we command. 5 May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance.
The Heart of the Everlasting Father always is there for protection.
See like last week Jesus our Mighty God and our everlasting father who supplies for our greatest need, has always been within reach at the moment of your greatest need.
See the foreverness of the Fatherly Heart desires for all to know Him
1 Timothy 2:3–6 NIV84
3 This is good, and pleases God our Savior, 4 who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all men—the testimony given in its proper time.
1 Tim. 2:3-6
Jesus desires for all to recive His gift of forgivness and salvation.
This Christmas be sure to open that gift. dont leave that one unwrapped.
Be sure to give that gift, dont keep it to yourself.
Salvation call.
Now once you have given him Kingly Rule in your life, let Him stay there.
The Foreverness is key, with that it keeps getting better…
Isaiah 9:7 NIV84
7 Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this.
The Zeal …
Isaiah
Get this, Spence writes this in “The Pulpit Commentary” concerning
The zeal; or, jealousy. God’s jealousy of his own honour, which is bound up with the prosperity and final triumph of his people over all their enemies, will assure the performance of all that is here prophesied.”
The zeal; or, jealousy. God’s jealousy of his own honour, which is bound up with the prosperity and final triumph of his people over all their enemies, will assure the performance of all that is here prophesied.”
His honour is wrapped up in your prosperty and triumph in your lifes calling. He is concerned for you, His desire is for victory in your lifes divinly submited ambitions. When your life is submitted to Him, and your lifes ambitions are shaped according to His leading, victory is important to Him, and His Zeal is avialable to you to see it through.
His helping hand, His empowering Spirit, His provision is not a passive hand, Spirit, provision, no, His
His helping hand, His empowering Spirit, His provision is Zealous in nature. Therefor I will pursue Him, His hand, His Spirit, His provision, His face with zeal and passion.
Don’t let anything else take away from your pursuit of your Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father and as we will see Next week your Prince of Peace.
After all pursuing Him, and spreading the Good News like the shepherds did after their encounter with the Messiah, ought to be life’s Great Joy!
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