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Opening Comments:
How many people got what they wanted for Christmas?
Did you hear about the guy who went out and bought his wife a beautiful diamond ring for Christmas?
His friend said, “I thought she wanted a new SUV?”“She did,” he replied.
"But where am I gonna find a fake Jeep?”
Well, today, we’re going to look at a perfect gift that is the real deal.
It’s the best gift of Christmas and it comes in the form of a little baby.His Name is Jesus.
He’s the reason why we celebrate Christmas.That’s why we’ve been looking at His Names as found in Isa.
9:6.
Turn there.
Introduction:
This little baby is our Messiah, our Savior, our Wonderful Counselor, our Mighty God.Today, we discover that He is also our Everlasting Father.
Have you ever had a best friend growing up?
Where is he/she now?
Do you still stay in contact with each other?
The truth is, most of our close friends through the years, drift away.
But I want to tell you about a true friend Who will never drift away.
His Name is Jesus, our Everlasting Father.
What does it mean to say that Jesus is our Everlasting Father?
How is Jesus like a Father to us?
I. HE HAS A PERMANENT RELATIONSHIP WITH US.
Everlasting – perpetual, eternal, forever, without end.
Last week, we discovered that Jesus Christ is eternal, without beginning/end.
Today, we’re going to discover that His relationship with us is eternal as well.
This Messiah came to earth to establish an eternal, permanent relationship with us!
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I remember some of the friendships I’ve had over the years.
I had some great friends growing up.
We would do everything together.
Over the years, those friendships have drifted apart.
Some of them I’ve stayed in contact with.
Others I haven’t seen in years.I miss those times, those friendships.
I’m sure many of you can relate.
The great thing about Jesus, our Messiah, our Everlasting Father, is that He never outgrows us or loses interest in us.
He never drifts apart or loses touch with us.
He’s always there.
He is the same yesterday, today and forever!
Because He’s our Everlasting Father, His relationship with us is permanent.
What kind of relationship does this Everlasting Father have with us?
Scripture gives us three aspects of this permanent relationship He has with us.
A. His love toward us is everlasting.
Jesus will never stop loving us.
He can never love us any more or less than He already does right now.
B. His covenant with us is everlasting.
God has entered into a covenant relationship with us.
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A marriage covenant, for example, says, “till death do us part”.
There’s no such clause in God’s covenant with us!
C. His salvation for us is everlasting.
God came to earth to develop/establish a permanent relationship with us.That relationship could only be established once we had been delivered from sin.
When Jesus saves us, He saves us forever.
If you’ve entered into that covenant with God by trusting completely in and giving your life to Jesus Christ, you can be assured that His covenant, His salvation, will never end.
Our Messiah, our Everlasting Father, has a permanent relationship with us.
His love, His covenant, and His salvation are everlasting.
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HE HAS A PATERNAL RELATIONSHIP WITH US.
Isaiah says this child to be born would be called “Everlasting Father”.
Why does Isaiah refer to the Messiah as a Father?
This sounds confusing to call Jesus Christ, “Father”.
Up to this point in scripture, only God was referred to as Father.
And yet, Jesus Himself claims to be like the Father to us.
Jesus Christ is like a Father to us.
He does things that a good Father would do.
What does a Father do?
Better yet, what does our Everlasting Father do for us?
A. Our Father gives life.
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In a human sense, we were “created” by our parents.
In a larger sense, we were created by our Heavenly Father.
Jesus gives us not only physical life, but more importantly, spiritual life.
Our Everlasting Father, Jesus Christ, gives us everlasting life!
B. Our Father gives advice.
We looked at this 2 weeks ago when we learned that Jesus is our Wonderful Counselor.
How many times over the years have we asked our fathers for advice or wisdom?
After all, they’ve already been where we’re at.
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Mark Twain said, "When I was a boy of 14 my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around.
But when I got to 21, I was astonished at how much the old man learned in 7 years."
Why do we go to our fathers?
Because we trust them.
We know that they have our best interests in mind.
More importantly, we can always go to our Everlasting Father, Jesus Christ, Who loves giving us advice and wisdom and counsel because He has our best interests in mind.
C. Our Father loves us.
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I love it when my kids want to snuggle with me.In my arms, they know they’re loved.
That’s the way I look at Jesus as a Father.I know He loves me, even more than any earthly father could ever love me!I know He’ll always be there to put His nail-scarred hands around me and remind me of how much I am loved.
D. Our Father protects us.
Again, we saw this last week in Jesus, our Mighty God.
When our kids are afraid, where’s the first place they run?
To their dads.When my kids are in my arms, not only do they know they’re loved, they also know they’re safe and secure, no matter what is happening around them.
They know their father will protect them.
Jesus does the same thing.
Jesus never lets His guard down, He never lets us down.He is always there for us to run to, to keep us safe, to protect us from evil.He will never allow us to slip away from Him.
Jesus is our Everlasting Father.
He has a permanent and paternal relationship with us.
Together, they make the third point…
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WE CAN HAVE A POWERFUL RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.
Jesus came to earth to be our Messiah, our Everlasting Father.
He’s not only Everlasting, He’s also a true Father to us.
Some of you have lost your earthly fathers.
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