5 Names For The Christmas Child
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5 Names For The Christmas Child
5 Names For The Christmas Child
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.
pray
Confession of Faith
I am not moved by what I see or by what I feel. I am moved by what I believe. I believe the WORD of God! The victory is mine! I have it now! I can see it through the eyes of my faith! In Jesus Name
I. INTRODUCTION
A. NAMES TODAY
1. The names given in the Scriptures to our Lord are highly significant.
a. Someone has said that there are more than 500 proper names and descriptive terms used in Scripture to portray God.
b. And, names in Bible times had much significance.
c. Today we are going to talk about five of them;
c. Today we are going to talk about five of them;
BIBLE NAME
BIBLE NAME
1. In Bible times, AND among the Hebrews, names had very definite significance.
(1) Abraham, the father of the Hebrew nation, left the idolatry of Chaldea and erected altars to the true and living God.
(2) And it was the Lord Himself who changed the patriarch’s name from Abram, which means “high father,” to Abraham, which means, “the father of many nations.”
2. Abraham became the father of the Israelites, of the Ishmaelites, of the Midianites, and of other nations of history.
a. And, in a wider, spiritual sense, he became “the father of us all” who are born again believers.
3. Pharaoh’s daughter gave Moses his name because she “drew him out” of the water.
4. Jacob’s name, signifying “supplanter;”one who takes the place of another, was changed by the Lord to Israel, meaning, “a prince with God.”
a. When Jacob saw the ladder that reached to heaven, he called the place where he saw the Lord, Beth-el, which means, “the house of God.”
b. When he wrestled with the angel, he called that place Peniel, meaning “the face of God.”
c. All twelve of Jacob’s sons were given names suggesting certain conditions existing at their birth.
(1) Samuel means “asked of God.”
(2) David signifies “beloved.”
5. I could go on endlessly, illustrating from the Hebrew names the significance attached to them. Therefore, they were deeply impressed by the many beautiful names that God gave to them concerning Himself.
HIS NAME
HIS NAME
When God spoke to Moses from the burning bush, He called His name “I AM THAT I AM,” indicating both self-existence and eternity.
a. When the Lord Jesus was on earth, He applied this name of deity to Himself many times, saying:
(1) “I am the light of the world;”
(2) “I am the bread of life;”
(3) “I am the good shepherd;”
(4) “I am the door;”
(5) “I am the resurrection and the life;”
(6) “I am the way, the truth, and the life;”
(7) “I am the vine.”
58 Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM.”
(a) And when He said to the unbelieving Jews, “Before Abraham was, I am,” they sought to stone Him for claiming to be God .
2. His name, Jesus, means “Jehovah has become Savior.”
a. Messiah is the Hebrew for the Greek word Christ. THE Anointed One
(1) The Lamb of God speaks to us of His sacrificial work on the Cross.
(2) Lord is a name for deity.
(3) Jehovah means “the self-existent One who reveals Himself.”
(4) Son of God emphasizes His Deity; while, Son of Man emphasizes His humanity.
(5) As the eternal Word who was “made flesh, and dwelt among us,” He told forth the very thoughts of God toward us – never-dying love.
(6) The Holy One of God tells us that He was without sin.
(7) Redeemer speaks to us of how He bought us from the penalty of everlasting condemnation.
Then He is called “The King of glory;” and Shilo, which means “Peacemaker.”
The Good Shepherd, The Great Shepherd, and The Chief Shepherd – these three names signify:
His atoning work on the cross,
His intercessory work at “the throne of grace,” and...
His kingly glory.
He is called “The rose of Sharon,” the “Lily of the Valley,” “The Chiefest among Ten Thousand,” the One “altogether lovely” – all reminding us of His beauty and perfection.
“The Nazarene,” “The Carpenter,” “The Servant of Jehovah” – these tell us of His humble, lowly obedience to His Father’s will.
Whole volumes have been written on the many beautiful names given to the one, true God; but these are a few to illustrate the importance that the Scriptures attach to the names of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
They will serve to prove to us that Isaiah and the people to whom he wrote realized something of associated with the names given to the promised Messiah!
No doubt, they ran out “good tidings of great joy” to a people who sat in darkness; for they heralded the coming of “a great light,” even the One whose name shall yet be called, by all men everywhere, “Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”
HIS NAME SHALL BE CALLED WONDERFUL
HIS NAME SHALL BE CALLED WONDERFUL
1. First of all, let us consider the fact that His name shall be called “Wonderful!”
a. The fact is, our Lord has always been “Wonderful.”
(Before the heavens and the earth were created, He was wonderful in His Being – in His glory and beauty.
In Old Testament times He was wonderful in His patience and love with His sinning creation.
How faithfully He led and taught and chastened them throughout all the centuries!
He was wonderful in His birth; for He was born as no other human being was ever born.
God was His Father; He was “conceived by the Holy Ghost;”
He was the “only begotten Son of God.”
A beautiful star led the Wise Men to His crib;
Angels filled the sky on the night when He was born.
Humble shepherds and learned scholars worshiped Him in His lowly manger.
He was wonderful in His birth!
Jesus Christ, our Lord, was wonderful in His life.
Jesus Christ, our Lord, was wonderful in His life.
He lived a holy, sinless life on earth.
17 And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
5 While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and suddenly a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him!”
29 And He who sent Me is with Me. The Father has not left Me alone, for I always do those things that please Him.”
15 For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.
The apostles spoke of Him with authority,
(a) He “was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.”
26 For such a High Priest was fitting for us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens;
Jesus Christ, was wonderful in His life!
Jesus Christ, was wonderful in His life!
Jesus was wonderful in His works.
Jesus was wonderful in His works.
Because He was God could He perform His mighty deeds.
because He always was, is now, and ever shall be the God of Love, He had compassion on the multitudes...
He healed the sick. - That’s wonderful
He opened the eyes of the blind. - That’s Wonderful
He raised the dead back to life. - That’s wonderful
He cast out demons. - That’s Wonderful
He comforted the brokenhearted. - That’s wonderful
He forgave sins. - That’s wonderful
Only God could do those things!
Only God could do those things!
As the Creator, He manifested His power over nature,
turning the water into wine,
stilling the tempest,
walking upon the sea,
multiplying the loaves and fishes.
He showed His power over nature, sickness, demons, death and sin. - That’s Wonderful
He showed His power over nature, sickness, demons, death and sin. - That’s Wonderful
Jesus was wonderful in His works, in order to prove that He had every right and all power to become our Sin-Bearer, our Lord and our King.
Jesus was wonderful in His words.
46 The officers answered, “No man ever spoke like this Man!”
a. Even the officers who were sent by the Pharisees to take Him prisoner could only reply, “Never a man spake like this man” (John 7:46).
(1) He always spoke the truth about God!
(1) He always spoke the truth about His plan of salvation.
(2) He always spoke the truth about things to come.
(3) He always spoke the truth about man’s moral and ethical obligation to God and to each other
Although, it is Christmas - I need to remind you that
Jesus was wonderful in His death.
Jesus was wonderful in His death.
a. No one else ever died as He did – a final payment for sin.
(1) He died that we might live.
(2) He died willingly and gladly for lost souls!
Jesus was wonderful in His resurrection.
a. In His glorified, yet very real, body Christ bore the keys of death and hell (Revelation 1:18).
(1) He broke the bands of death, robbing Satan of his mightiest weapon.
(2) Because He lives, we too shall live!
HIS NAME SHALL BE CALLED COUNSELOR
HIS NAME SHALL BE CALLED COUNSELOR
Not only shall His name be called “Wonderful,” but His name shall be called “Counselor,” as well.
Today the unbelieving world still rejects His counsel.
2 The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying,
26 The kings of the earth took their stand, And the rulers were gathered together Against the Lord and against His Christ.’
27 “For truly against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together
28 to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done.
25 to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
The godless world crucified the “only wise God our Savior”
a. Even those of us who love Him and truly want His counsel all too often fail to go to Him for wisdom and guidance!
We are self-willed, impatient, forgetful of our dependence upon Him who “does all things well.”
3. But in the ages to come it will not be so.
a. All men shall call Him “Counselor.”
b. In His inherent worthiness, He has always been the only safe and true Counselor; but never yet has the sinful world accepted Him as such.
34 “For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has become His counselor?”
But when Christ sits upon the throne of David, then all men everywhere will ask, “Who hath been his counselor?”
He shall judge in righteousness and equity;
2 The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him, The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.
HIS NAME SHALL BE CALLED MIGHTY GOD
HIS NAME SHALL BE CALLED MIGHTY GOD
1. Jesus Christ is the Almighty God throughout the past eternity.
a. He is God with us” in His incarnation.
As the God-man, He moved among men, performing mighty miracles.
Then, in His death, it looked to the world as if His claims to deity had proved false.
The world thought He was a failure.
But His resurrection, foretold in the Old Testament and by the Man of Galilee Himself, proved for all time and for all eternity that Jesus was the Almighty One, the One into whose hands had been committed “all power in heaven and in earth.”
For 40 days He showed Himself alive to those who loved Him;
Then in His ascension He added further proof that all His claims to deity were forever established.
But it will not be until He takes the reigns of government in His omnipotent hands that the whole wide world will acknowledge Him as “The Mighty God.”
This name of our Lord takes us back to the days of Abraham when the patriarch first told that the God in whom he had put his trust was El Shaddai – “the God who is enough.”
It was when Abram was 99-years-old that El Shaddai appeared unto him to say,
1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
At this meeting of the Lord with when Abram’s name was changed to Abraham...
The Abrahamic Covenant was established...
And the birth of the son of praise was foretold for the ensuing year.
(1) “Walk before Me, and be thou perfect,” El Shaddai said unto Abram;
(2) And for such a walk the Almighty God promised strength and companionship by the way.
Almighty!
Almighty!
Symbolizes the source of all power, all majesty, and all might.
Jesus almighty power as Creator shaped a world into being.
Jesus voice brought order out of chaos,
Jesus voice brought light out of darkness,
Jesus voice brought eternal life out of everlasting condemnation and death.
By the power of the risen Christ, all nature fulfills its mission.
Every flower, every tree, every mountain, every valley, every bird-song, every flash of lightening
All of God’s universe speaks to us of His omnipotence.
Reading this - the question then becomes how does all this power help me?
Simply, because I know that the Almighty God is able to keep my soul that He has redeemed by His own precious blood!
Since He has “all power in heaven and in earth,” I can trust Him with all that concerns me, knowing that Satan and all his hosts cannot pluck me out of His all-powerful hands!
(a) On my pilgrimage to Heaven I often stumble and fall; but underneath are the “everlasting arms” of the Almighty God, El Shaddai, the God who is enough!
HIS NAME IS THE EVERLASTING FATHER
HIS NAME IS THE EVERLASTING FATHER
1. The name, “The Everlasting Father,” foretold of the coming of the One who was always both “The Only Begotten Son” and “The Everlasting Father.”
a. When He was upon earth, He told men that He and the Father were one and the same.
b. He said that He was in the Father and the Father in Him.
16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the Spirit, Seen by angels, Preached among the Gentiles, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory.
9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
Jesus came to manifest the Father!
(2) To Philip’s request that He show to the disciples the Father, Jesus said...
“The Everlasting Father” is a comforting name!
Everything about us is fleeting, changing, and temporary.
The world is ever seeking, yet never finding, that which will abide, apart from the message brought down to earth by the One whose “name shall be called The Everlasting Father.”
I read where Napoleon, while reviewing his army before the pyramids of Egypt, said, “There is nothing lacking here”; then, catching his breath, he added, “...except permanence.”
4. Think about it!
a. Today we carry in our pockets coins bearing the image of a past President of the United States of America.
b. Where are they now?
c. Even the metal of the coin is wearing away.
In the midst of all this change, you and I long for life.
We want to live, and rightly so.
We bury loved ones in the graves and someone will ask
14 If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, Till my change comes.
But the Word of God tells us in
25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.
26 And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?”
HIS NAME IS THE PRINCE OF PEACE
HIS NAME IS THE PRINCE OF PEACE
1. When Christ was born in Bethlehem, the angels appeared unto the shepherds as they watched their flocks by night;
14 “Glory to God in highest heaven, and peace on earth to those with whom God is pleased.”
27 Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
(2) The peace that Jesus gives to the redeemed includes “peace with God,” “the peace of God,” and “peace on earth.”
1 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
20 and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross.
14 For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation,
2. The sad truth is that many of God’s born-again children do not know what it means to have “the peace of God” in a restless, troubled world.
We are saved by His grace for all eternity; yet we worry and fret and fear what tomorrow may bring, while all the while God loves us and longs for us to rest in His sure promise of grace sufficient for every need.
6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;
7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
The Prince of Peace,” will come in glory to establish “peace on earth” which will be literal, world-wide, and abiding!
4 The Lord will mediate between nations and will settle international disputes. They will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer fight against nation, nor train for war anymore.
Brothers and Sister’s - it’s time to tell someone about the “good tidings of great joy” which the angels sang to the shepherds on the hills that first Christmas night.
So we think about the one who was the born of a virgin and fathered of the Holy Ghost.
We must tell someone about the only begotten” Son of the Father, “given” to a world lost in sin and sorrow.
Because there is a time in the future, when all men everywhere shall call His name:
(a) Wonderful
(b) Counselor
(c) The Mighty God
(d) The Everlasting Father
(e) The Prince of Peace
8 He shall judge the world in righteousness, And He shall administer judgment for the peoples in uprightness.
9 The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, A refuge in times of trouble.
10 And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; For You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.
As we CLOSE
9 And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid.
10 Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people.
11 For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
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.
