Christmas Peace Series

Christmas Peace

Isaiah 9:6-9:7

Good morning to our online friends. We are glad that you are here to join us.

Would you turn in your bible or mobile app to Isaiah Chapter 9?

We have been in a series “In the manger” and last week we looked at Christmas Hope- the Hope we find in Jesus.

We are going to look today at a “Christmas peace”.

Peace is an elusive thing- if we find it, we say we are at peace, if we don’t find it, the lack of our peace is disturbing to us.

We cannot experience the peace of God without God.

That ought to get you thinking as we see a world trying to have the blessings of God without God.

We say we want the things of God yet we are taking Him more and more out of our daily lives.

Christmas for a believer should be a time of reflection-Reflecting on what Jesus has done for us- and upon reflection, it should show us where we are in our relationship with Him.

I want you to know the story of Christmas never…never gets old.

In fact we should be spreading the message of Christmas all year long. AMEN

Each year I try to look at Christmas with fresh eyes, but I should not have to. It should not get old because a dying world lost in sin with no way of escaping itself is a dilemma-die in our sins or find someone else to take the punishment.

For believers Christmas time is a reminder of a God who cares deeply for each one of us.

He is not caught by surprise that we are lost and has by choice come into this world.

Jesus Christ the Messiah, the Savior of mankind started in that manger but has completed the redemption process at the cross.

We cannot have one without the other. You cannot love the baby Jesus and not accept the risen savior.

You cannot make light of all the Scriptures that give us direction on salvation and cling to an idea of a God who overlooks sin.

Background of Isaiah writing-

Between 700- 800 years of Jesus coming, Isaiah the prophet prophesies that there is a coming a savior.

He describes the people of the time as a nation of gloom.

A people that have no future without a savior; someone had to come and redeem this lost world.

Isaiah speaks of a people oppressed and in darkness- whose darkness is lifted by a great light coming to shatter the yoke of our sin.

A promised child who would come from our heavenly Father and one who would far exceed all human rulers that they were looking for at the time.

This great light is none other than God Himself- the creator of light and light Himself. Light that would push back darkness and sinless Jesus took sin upon Himself so that mankind had a way of redemption.

Isaiah 9:6-9:7 Text

“To us a child is born”- The Savior of mankind.

“A Son is given”- From God the Father.

The weight of the world, the weight of sin is on his shoulders.

No one else could ever come and redeem mankind.

In the book of Hebrews, the 4 throne names of the messiah carried a lot of weight for those looking for Him.

Wonderful Counselor- The counsel that Christ brings defies the expectations of mankind and exceeds our human ability to understand.

Furthermore, Christ goes beyond merely being a counselor as we understand that term, but he is the one who derives the plan.

The counsel that Jesus brings is the plan for our salvation.

Mighty God

Everlasting Father

Prince of Peace.

The Hebrew word for “peace,” shalom, is often used in reference to an appearance of calm and tranquility of individuals, groups, and nations.

The Greek word Henosis (hen-o-sis) means “unity and one accord”; Paul uses to describe the objective of the New Testament church.

The deeper, more foundational meaning of peace is “the spiritual harmony brought about by an individual’s restoration with God.”

In our sinful state, we are enemies with God (Romans 5:10). “But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8). Because of Christ’s sacrifice, we are restored to a relationship of peace with God (Romans 5:1). This is the deep, abiding peace between our hearts and our Creator that cannot be taken away (John 10:27–28) and the ultimate fulfillment of Christ’s work as “Prince of Peace.”

From the bloodline of David has come a mighty God and a mighty counselor.

A royal that will cause the world to marvel, a redeemer who will do marvelous things, fulfill prophecy, and He will be powerful, enduring, compassionate and protector of God’s people.