Unto Us a Child is Born… Unto Us a Son is Given

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone. 3 You have multiplied the nation; you have increased its joy; they rejoice before you as with joy at the harvest, as they are glad when they divide the spoil. Isaiah 9:2-3 ESV

4 For the yoke of his burden, and the staff for his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, you have broken as on the day of Midian. 5 For every boot of the tramping warrior in battle tumult and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire. Isaiah 9:4-5 ESV

6 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

7 Of the increase of His government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over His kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this. Isaiah 9:7

I. MYSTERY OF HIS HUMANITY “For to us a child is born, to us a Son is given…” Isaiah 9:6a ESV

I. MYSTERY OF HIS HUMANITY “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel” Isaiah 7:14

I. MYSTERY OF HIS HUMANITY 34 And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin?” 35 And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God.” Luke 1:34-35

I. MYSTERY OF HIS HUMANITY “Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit” Matthew 1:18

I. MYSTERY OF HIS HUMANITY “[B]ehold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. ” Matthew 1:20

I. MYSTERY OF HIS HUMANITY “Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned.” Romans 5:12 ESV

I. MYSTERY OF HIS HUMANITY “For our sake he [God] made him [Jesus] to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” 2 Corinthians 5:21 ESV

II. MAJESTY OF HIS DEITY “Unto us a Son is given.” Isaiah 9:6 ESV

II. MAJESTY OF HIS DEITY “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 ESV

II. MAJESTY OF HIS DEITY “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” John 1:1 ESV

II. MAJESTY OF HIS DEITY “[A]nd the government shall be upon His shoulder… Of the increase of His government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over His kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. Isaiah 9:6b-7 ESV

III. MAGNIFICENCE OF HIS PERSONALITY “…His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” Isaiah 9:6b ESV

III. MAGNIFICENCE OF HIS PERSONALITY “Wonderful Counselor”

III. MAGNIFICENCE OF HIS PERSONALITY “Wonderful Counselor” “Revelation assures us that ‘Righteousness exalteth a Nation’—Communities are dealt with in this World by the wise and just Ruler of the Universe. He rewards or punishes them according to their general Character.” Samuel Adams

III. MAGNIFICENCE OF HIS PERSONALITY “Wonderful Counselor” “Professing themselves to be wise, they became as fools.” Romans 1:22 KJV

III. MAGNIFICENCE OF HIS PERSONALITY “Wonderful Counselor” “Where is the one who is wise?...Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?...Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.”1 Corinthians 1:20, 24-25 KJV

III. MAGNIFICENCE OF HIS PERSONALITY B. “Mighty God”

III. MAGNIFICENCE OF HIS PERSONALITY B. “Mighty God” “All things were made through him [Jesus], and without him was not any thing made that was made.” John 1:3

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III. MAGNIFICENCE OF HIS PERSONALITY B. “Mighty God” “Unite in preparing for a vigorous defense of your country, as if all depended on your own exertions. And when you have done all things, then rely upon the good Providence of Almighty God for success, in full confidence that without his blessings, all our efforts will inevitably fail.” Founding Father John Jay

III. MAGNIFICENCE OF HIS PERSONALITY B. “Mighty God” “[I]t is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the Providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor.” President George Washington

III. MAGNIFICENCE OF HIS PERSONALITY B. “Mighty God” “Faithful is he who calls you, who also will do it.” 1 Thessalonians 5:24

III. MAGNIFICENCE OF HIS PERSONALITY C. “Everlasting Father”

III. MAGNIFICENCE OF HIS PERSONALITY C. “Everlasting Father” “I and the Father are one.” John 10:30 “Whoever has seen me has seen the Father” John 14:9

III. MAGNIFICENCE OF HIS PERSONALITY D. “Prince of Peace”

III. MAGNIFICENCE OF HIS PERSONALITY D. “Prince of Peace” “Therefore being justified by faith we have peace with God thru our Lord Jesus Christ.” Romans 5:1

III. MAGNIFICENCE OF HIS PERSONALITY D. “Prince of Peace” “And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:7

III. MAGNIFICENCE OF HIS PERSONALITY D. “Prince of Peace” “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid..” John 14:27

D. Prince of Peace “[W]e cannot better express ourselves than by humbly supplicating the Supreme Ruler of the world that the rod of tyrants may be broken to pieces, and the oppressed made free again; that wars may cease in all the earth, and that the confusions that are and have been among nations may be overruled….”

III. MAGNIFICENCE OF HIS PERSONALITY D. “Prince of Peace” “…by promoting and speedily bringing on that holy and happy period when the kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ may be everywhere established, and all people everywhere willingly bow to the sceptre of Him who is Prince of Peace.” Gov. Samuel Adams, 1797

III. MAGNIFICENCE OF HIS PERSONALITY “…His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” Isaiah 9:6b ESV

Unto Us a Child is Born… Unto Us a Son is Given