Isaiah 9:6-7
6 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. 7 Of the greatness of his government and
peace there will be no end. He will
reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it
with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish
this.
Last week we looked at the first part of this scripture. This morning we will look at the second
part. In summary: Jesus is a child born for a purpose. He is the Son given to us for salvation. The government of the church and our heart is
centered around, Him and He has authority in our lives. He is the wonderful counselor. He is the mighty God. The Everlasting Father and the Prince of
Peace.
1. Isaiah is prophetically
looking into the future and seeing the government and greatness of His
reign. Jesus currently reigns in the
heart of His people. Jesus told Pilate
that His Kingdom is not of this world.
He reigns in our hearts, minds and lives. His Kingdom is righteousness peace and
joy. But in the future after He comes
back with His church He will reign on the earth for a thousand years and then
in the new heaven and new earth. The
beauty of this is that we will reign with Him.
Our lives right now are preparing us for the future. Please never shortchange or give up what you
have for the things of this world. Jesus
said to store up your treasures n heaven.
The present and future government of Christ has two qualities. One it will be great. You have the great God ruling right now in
your heart and in the future you will reign with Him. The second quality is peace. Absence of internal, warfare, strife and
conflict. You have the peace the world
cannot give and the world cannot take it away.
2. He will reign on David’s throne and over His Kingdom. Jesus is a direct descendant of David. Both Mary and Joseph were of David’s
family. He was born in Bethlehem the
city of David. This was the promise
given to David in Psalms 89:34-37, “My covenant I will not break, nor alter the
word that has gone out of My lips. Once I have sworn by My holiness; I will not
lie to David: his seed shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun
before Me; it shall be established forever like the moon, even like the
faithful witness in the sky." Jesus
fulfilled that is what Matt 1:1-17 and Luke 3:23-38 show. When Jesus comes back He will fulfill this
scripture. A lesson we can take from
this is that when God makes a promise He will fulfill it even if it take
generations. Like the old song says
every promise in the book is mine, every chapter every verse every line. I am trusting in His grace divine. 2 Cor 1:20, all the promises are yes and
amen. Like David trust God for His promises. God will not alter, lie or break a promise
He gives. To do so would go against His
character. God is not a man that He
would lie. What do you need today God will give it to you?
3. The Lord will establish and uphold or sustain this kingdom. The Lord has the authority, power and right
to establish His reign and rule. He will
also sustain it. You have the mightiest
power in the universe keeping, sustaining and upholding it. Once done nothing and no one will be able to
depose Him. Remember when Jesus does
this, satan, the demons, the beast and the false prophet have been judged. What a day that will be when satan is
judged. No more tempter, deceiver and
accuser. No more robbing, killing
destroying. Remember when satan reminds
you about your past remind him about his future. Two more characteristics of His kingdom and
reign is justice. The word “justice”
means “to make right.” Justice is, first and foremost, a relational term —
people living in right relationship with God, one another, and the natural
creation. ... As God is just and loving, so we are called to do justice and
live in love. God will be in a right
relationship with His people. We will be
living in a right relationship with each other.
This last part is so beautiful this reign will be unconditional love. No pain, sorrow, hurt, offense and
death. To be in a place of grace, mercy
and love always. The second
characteristic is righteousness. That is
being right with God and each other. It
is being morally right. You will never
have to worry about breaking the Ten Commandments or what people of today often
think they are which is the ten suggestions, because you will have a new nature. You will always do what is right. You be like the Lord. Your mortal has put on immortality and your corruptible
has put on incorruption. There will be
none of the sins, flaws, and foibles of now.
That is your future.
4. The zeal of the Almighty will accomplish this. This means the passion, great energy or
enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or an objective. The omnipotent, all powerful creator of the
universe will do this. Almighty means to
have absolute power. The one who has all
the power, glory and authority will put all His energy, passion and zeal behind
this. Nothing and no one can stop Him. Jesus will reign and rule. That is the future. When that little baby was born in a manger in
Bethlehem. The only witnesses were farm
animals. It was a grotto a cave. Only after He was born did shepherds come and
then months later Wise men came with gold frankincense and myyrh. I saw a cartoon this week. After the wise men came the wiser women
came. Their gifts were pampers,
casseroles and formula. Just a note
here. The shepherds were common folk who
came to see the savior and the wise men were the rich folk. Jesus came for all people. He is the universal Savior and the personal Savior. In your celebrations this week make room for
the Savior. The Inn keeper, Herod and
the Scribes did not. Be like the
shepherds and wise men and do. The candy
cane represents his blood and purity and the gifts represent His life. The light means His light. The star means the guidance of the Lord. Remember Jesus is the reason for the season
and without Christ in Christmas you just have a mess.
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