The Gift of Jesus: Everlasting Father, Isaiah 9:6; various texts

The Gift of Jesus: Everlasting Father

Isaiah 9:6; Various Texts

The Child’s Father

• This child who comes to rule is named ʾăbîʿad: “My father is Eternal”
  • It is not necessarily a claim that this child is the Eternal Father
  • But rather that he is Son of God
• The only human ever to be called God’s eternal son is the promised Messiah (2 Sam. 7:16; see Ps. 2; 89)
  • The Eternal Davidic King = The Christ

 

The Gift of the King

• This Eternal King comes to give access to His Eternal Father (John 14:6; Eph. 2:18-19)
  • A relationship with the Eternal God of the Universe
• And to have this relationship is to have Eternal Life (John 17:3)
• The gift that Jesus gives us is God Himself
  • And with Him, Eternal Life

 

The Gift We Can Give

• If we have this relationship with the Eternal Father through Jesus
  • We have Eternal Life to offer the world

 

So What?

• This Christmas, have you received the gift of Jesus?
• And if so, are you sharing Him with the world?

Meditation Verse: Luke 1:32