Mighty God & Everlasting Father

Mighty God & Everlasting Father 2. Jesus’ Power is at Work Within You • Philippians 2:13 - 13 for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. • Colossians 2:12 - 12 having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead. • Colossians 1:29 - 29 For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me. Isaiah 9:1-7 December 9, 2018 The Background to God’s Promise: THE BIG IDEA: God speaks to our powerlessness when He declared 3. God’s Power is at Work For You Jesus is our Mighty God. God speaks to our aloneness when He declared Jesus is our Everlasting Father. His heroic power over all our enemies is on display, saving us, teaching us faithfulness, and at the same time revealing to us His love, care, and presence that will never end. • Romans 6:4 - 4 We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. • 2 Peter 1:3 - 3 His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6 (ESV) à à à à • • Wonderful Counselor - the PERSON of Christ Mighty God - the POWER of Christ Everlasting Father - the PROMISES of Christ Prince of Peace - the PEACE of Christ “MIGHTY” - of heroic proportion, supernaturally strong “GOD” - the promise is of a King. Deliverer who will be more than just another man – He will be God. “Ah, Lord God! It is you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you. Jeremiah 32:17 (ESV) HOW IS JESUS, “THE MIGHTY GOD” SHOWING HIS POWER? 1. Jesus’ Power is at Work Around You • Colossians 1:16-17 (ESV) - 16 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. 17 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 4. Jesus’ Power is Working Through You • Colossians 1:10-11 - 10 so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. 11 May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy, • Ephesians 1:19-20 - 19 and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might 20 that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, Our Everlasting Father is… 1. Compassionate The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. Psalm 103:8 (ESV) 2. Caring For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11 (ESV) 3. Always There 5 Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5 (ESV) 14 15 But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me, the Lord has forgotten me.” “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! 16 See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me. Isaiah 49:14-16 (NIV)