The world in which we live is often characterized by anything except for Peace. Today, we will look at Jesus as the Prince of Peace and discover what that title means for us as His followers.
Loving God, Loving Others, Making Disciples
Loving God, Loving Others, Making Disciples
Sermons on Isaiah (Page 2)
‘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 Often we look at the word Father and we see through the filter of our own earthly fathers.…
God is all-knowing, Ever-present, and all-powerful. But Jesus’ power is at work in each believer, for each believer, and is working through each believer.
The prophet Isaiah uses four titles for the coming Messiah. Today we will look at Wonderful Counselor.
2 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… 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…
People massage their lineage by scrubbing some from the family tree (don’t mention great-grandfather that was the village idiot or other unsavory characters. Matthew, however, when listing the family tree of Jesus, doesn’t scrub clean or try to hide anything from the line. So, he begins with Abraham and recounts generation to generation of real…
In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city; he sets up salvation as walls and bulwarks. Open the gates, that the righteous nation that keeps faith may enter in. You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Trust…
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6 It’s Christmas again, and you think, same old, same old. We’ve heard the songs. We know the story.…