Let’s pray. To know God as your everlasting Father is a privilege beyond description! That word Father can bring up a lot of emotions within us. Sometimes my kids will slip up or, for fun, call me by my first name: "Todd," they'll say. Jesus provides the way for us to be reunited with our heavenly father. From the point of the Trinity, how can the son be called the father? Through his Son. If you or your spouse ever dated anyone, that name is off limits from now until the end of time. 10:32-33). 6 For a child will be born for us, a son will be given to us, and the government will be on his shoulders. He is our Joy. He is to us “the everlasting Father.”. For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does. Everlasting Father. Trans: So the second part of this name, Everlasting Father, talks not so much about the relationship between the two, but describes the way he relates to us. Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Well, in Matthew 6, in the famous Sermon on the Mount, Jesus focuses largely on the fatherhood of God and presents us with a character description of God, our Everlasting Father. We all need the love and acceptance of a father. But I wouldn't die for most of my friends. What mortal could bear such a title? this verse is not talking about, our father in heaven. I'd die for you. You learn to look to the Father in prayer with a childlike boldness. His character would be the one who would one upon whom we could relay. The great thing about Jesus, our Messiah, our Everlasting Father, is that He never outgrows us or loses interest in us. Often, when difficulty comes into the life of a Christian, they can feel like God is farther away, less available, or less intimate. Sermon image. So you call me dad or father.". The everlasting Father. IN our western culture, most people will view and get their ideas about God from how they view their fathers. He is the same yesterday, today and forever! The Hebrew word translated “everlasting” has the idea of “in perpetuity” or “without end.” Isaiah 9:6-7. You can't have the one without the other. 6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon [1] his shoulder, and his name shall be called [2] Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. IT’S WHO HE ALWAYS IS- THE ETERNAL I AM- THE EVERLASTING FATHER. He came to make sons and daughters out of his enemies. In Isaiah 9:6 the Messiah is described as both a Son (“unto us a Son is given”) and a Father (“His name will be called… Everlasting Father”). But there are a few flashes of hope coming forth from the stories of tragedy. F.     This is a plan which is a permanent fix, not temporary. 5. 1:6; Rev. First, the belt we thought was missing was… A theme for great rejoicing on our part. Aren't we all God's children? C.     This is a plan put in place long ago, before creation. In fact, it is the distinctive privilege and distinctive mark of a Christian to know God as everlasting Father. He never drifts apart or loses touch with us. Christ for the Crisis: Everlasting Father. Week 3 of Advent - Everlasting Father. He only becomes our Father when we stand in a unique relationship to him. Now often it is common for people to see God through the lens of their earthy Father. Sometimes people ask whether Christians and Muslims worship the same God. But the fact is that the Bible doesn't talk about God as Father by virtue of his being our creator—only because he has become our redeemer. Thursday and Friday, I worked on the mini bus. Many orphans will be passed from family to family, sometimes three, four, or more times—which is very difficult for the child, leaving them with a profound sense of insecurity and uncertainty about their place in the world and their value in the world. A. But before we look at how Jesus reveals to us God as the everlasting Father, we need to address a question that may already be surfacing in some of your minds. So too the Spirit who has been sent to formalize the adoption in our lives has been given: not temporarily, but permanently, forever and ever. This is the Father’s gift to us at Christmas. We have studied about the Wonderful Counsellor. This is why we also often find Jesus calling God "my father." Need something permanent in your life right know? It should be a simple thing, to change a belt. Adoptive families now talk about the forever family for these children. Introduction: We return to the book of Isaiah this morning. 2. You want me, you need me, to be dad or father, not Todd. Here at LakeRidge, as we progress through the season of Advent, we are looking at some of the Old Testament prophecy names that were given to Jesus some 700 years before he was ever born. Sermon series; Sermons; Everlasting Father Everlasting Father. We have met the Wonderful Counselor, and the Mighty God. In fact, the Bible insists we are children of wrath. Ephesians 6:4. B. IT’S WHAT A FATHER DOES-- Everlasting FATHER So, here's what the scripture says in Isaiah, chapter 9. As Everlasting Father, Jesus is Eternal. You know God as Father. GOD IS PRESENT “Be careful not to do your ‘acts of righteousness’ before men, to be seen by them. So, if the “everlasting father” of Isaiah 9:6 Isaiah 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given: and the government shall be on his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. This is an eternal fix to the fall of man. 91 x in John, Jesus speaks of the Father. – Isaiah 9:7. Contributed by John Oscar on Jan 9, 2020. We live in a world of quick fixes. It is tempting, for all sorts of reasons, to answer "yes." Joy. He is before, above, and beyond time. Sometimes, things are simply hard. Stay connected to the Summit on the go! (Isaiah 9:6) 1. Spurgeon (1834-1893) over the course of his ministry in London during the 19th century, transcribed from manuscripts edited by Emmett O'Donnell. E.     This is a plan that completely fills the needs of all. The everlasting Father is the Son given- condescension in taking our nature upon him. Sermon Audio. If fact, we know God because we know Jesus. Everlasting Father. When you know God as Father, not simply as a cosmic force, it changes the way you address God; it changes the way you pray. But whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven" (Matt. Purpose: To help this congregation to find a permanent savior. One is from a survivor of the 2015 San Bernardino shootings, 27-year-old Denise Peraza. Christmas sermon series preaching through the names of the Messiah found in Isaiah 9:1-7. In the Hebrew construction of the phrase, father is the primary noun, and everlasting (ESV, NIV, KJV) or eternal (NASB) is the term that describes His fatherhood. I'd put myself in this category. This audio sermon and transcript is entitled 'Mighty God, Everlasting Father', and is from the ministry of David Legge, a Christian preacher and Bible teacher from Belfast, Northern Ireland. What's at the top of your list this season. Our adoption is guaranteed for all eternity; we are, by faith in Jesus, part of God's forever family. And the answer the Bible, and Paul, gives is this: God is the one Jesus calls Father. A father provides protection 27 My sheep… Friends call me Todd. 1.     v 7, "if you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. Just one tap away from sermons, blogs, and other resources. Your dad wasn't very good to you, and you live with the scars from that: the hurt, the wounds, the damage. Because He’s our Everlasting Father, His relationship with us is permanent. 2. Everlasting Father. This is how Jesus taught us to pray: with childlike boldness to our everlasting Father. These are God's three words to you, not just in time of need, but all the time. He came to make sons and daughters out of his enemies. Jesus, your Everlasting Father, came down at Christmas into a broken and sinful world to fill our hearts with heaven’s love, and to teach us how to love one another. Matthew 11:25-26. 2. Everlasting Father Prince of Peace, pt. Listen to her recount the situation. He address God as a son addresses a father. . 2. THIS MORNING – as we continue in our message series, ‘Name Above All Names’ we will be unpacking another title that we find in Isaiah chapter 9:6… HOWEVER – before we look at that verse and begin to drill down on that title, I want us to we put it into its historical context. But I'm always eager to correct them just the same. The everlasting Father. (Synoptics, 58x). J.D. And keep this passage open on your laps. Yet not what I will, but what you will" (Mark 14:36). D.     This is a plan which has been patiently executed. I. Jesus, your Everlasting Father, came down at Christmas into a broken and sinful world to fill our hearts with heaven’s love, and to teach us how to love one another. A. God sent His Son as a baby, who would be our "Everlasting Father", literally meaning, He would care for His own as a perfect father forever. today, we see that he shall be called Everlasting Father. | 1,803 views. Downloads & Resources. Did you know that God has a forever family, of which he is everlasting Father? Don’t project the shortcomings of your earthly father onto your perfect heavenly Father. What a privilege, what a gift, what a grace! But we also learn to approach God in prayer with vulnerable dependence: that is, when we find ourselves in a difficult spot—pain, fear, doubt, hardship—we learn to cry out to God with the words "Abba, Father!". How is that even possible for Jesus, God’s only Son, to also be Father? Greear 12/10/2017Isaiah. Jesus is Everlasting Father because He reveals the Father to us. He is Father forever. In this message, Alistair Begg explains that our heavenly Father pursues and secures relationship with us through the cross of Christ. But for others, perhaps the majority, fatherhood is a painful thought. How can we know God as Father? Everlasting Father.” Shrouded in Mystery. Small Group Guide. In the names Isaiah gives Jesus, one is deals with this relationship. From before the beginning, to beyond the end he is. A. From that time on and forever. So John 1:18, “No one has ever seen God, but the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has made Him known.” This opens in a new window. Thursday and Friday, I worked on the mini bus. Only one person has that right: Jesus Christ. Sermon Transcript. Sunday, December 15th, 2019 - 12:00 pm. The One who has secured your adoption through his sacrifice, Jesus Christ, always lives to intercede for us and thus guarantees the bond will endure forever. Jesus as “Everlasting Father” shows us: 1. We were made to live forever. The light of the text divides itself into three rays: — Jesus is “Everlasting;” he is a “ FatherEverlasting Father .”. 2.     v 9, "Anyone who has seen me as seen the Father, how can you say, 'Show us the Father?'". We look here, at a hard topic. This sermon is part of “The Gift of the Son” sermon series. He is also God's "one and only" Son (monogenēs, John 1:18). Which meant that something else was wrong, alternator. You are mine, part of my forever family. If you deny the Son-ship of Jesus, you lose the fatherhood of God. Clearly, then, Jesus enjoys a unique relationship with God. Speaking to the theme of fatherhood will indeed strike a deep chord in your heart, but it won't make a pleasant sound—perhaps it will make a painful one. A Sermon Delivered On Sunday Morning, December 9, 1866, By C. H. Spurgeon, At The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. Her life was spared, not because the shooters saw her and turned the other way, but because a valiant man named Shannon Johnson shielded her body with his own and saved her life. You can't have the fatherhood of God without embracing the Son-ship of Jesus. Don’t even suggest it … 1. During this season of Advent let the Everlasting Father be the one who protects you, the one who provides for you. Like the name “Mighty God”, for centuries this name, “Everlasting Father”, was shrouded in mystery. Everlasting Father. Of all the names we have looked at this Advent season, this one is the most troubling. But here's the truly beautiful thing. Not so from Jesus. Isaiah 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. What does it mean for us to experience Jesus as our Everlasting Father? 12-18-17 Sermon from LakeRidge UMC on Vimeo. We strive for childlike boldness and vulnerable dependence, because God has become our everlasting Father. Sign Up For Our Newsletter We meet also the Everlasting Father. 3.     v 10, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. The everlasting Father = the Father of eternity. We only know God as Father because of Jesus Christ his Son, and because he sends his Spirit into our hearts to enfold us into the family of God as children of the heavenly Father. Of him we may sing with David, “Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever.”. Now the first thing we clear up is that our instinct is not to associate Jesus with the term Father. 8:15). You will notice in Paul's letters that he often uses the expression "the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ." they will ask me. The phrase answers the question, "Who is God?" Trans: So, we see here that Jesus shows us the father, and is like the father in many, many ways. “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (I John 1:9, ESV). "It's just that you don't want me to start treating you as though you only know me as Todd. 3.     v 22, The father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the son. My front tooth, temporary, quick fix. 26 Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight. This is at the heart of what it means to be a follower of Jesus. (Isaiah 9:6)1. The universal fatherhood of God and the universal brotherhood of man are not very biblical ideas. He is your everlasting Father through the Lord Jesus Christ, who will never leave you nor forsake you. If you Our physical bodies may cease to exist, but our true self, our soul, will live on. Easy, a few bolts and off it would come. Still, for others, it wasn't that your dad was bad or good—he was just gone. This sermon has been helped by Spurgeon’s 724th sermon (on the same text) and so it seems appropriate to begin with his prayer: “This morning I cannot pretend to dive into the profound depths of the word, but can only skim the surface as the swallow skims the sea. Conclusion, Jesus shares qualities and characteristic with the Father. 25 At that time Jesus answered and said, “ I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes. Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. In fact, only through Jesus do we learn to call God "Father"; only through Jesus can we call God our Father. Home > Sermons. This is at the heart of what it means to be a follower of Jesus. Question: "What is the meaning of ‘Everlasting Father’ in Isaiah 9:6?" Today's name, the third in Isaiah's list of four names, will strike a deep chord in all of our hearts. To say that Jesus would the everlasting Father is to say that Jesus would be the eternal source of God’s peace. 1. Download. This special prophetic word of Isaiah has some very interesting ideas and words which relate to Jesus. This is the Father’s gift to us at Christmas. Video; Audio; Print This Post. In fact, it is the distinctive privilege and distinctive mark of a Christian to know God as everlasting Father. Fresh sermon illustrations and updates on new sermons, preaching articles and much more! But here's the deal. D.     It begins with John 1:14, "We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth." At the new heaven and earth the Jesus we know and love, will still be at the center of it all. Have a seat. .". Almost in the same breath the prophet calls him a “child,” and a “counsellor,” a “son,” and “the everlasting Father.”. It is this connect that Isaiah reveals to us. Solution to this dilemma is found in the relationships between the two. He restores … God's fatherhood depends upon relationship with him. 1. The adoption is always final; the bond is secure. From the point of the Trinity, how can the son be called the father… Would you take your copies of God’s Word in your hands please and turn with me to the prophecy of Isaiah; Isaiah chapter 9. Our Everlasting Father Isaiah 9:2-7. you, O LORD, are our Father, our Redeemer from of old is your name. 2. It's the theme of fatherhood, and that third title is this: "Everlasting Father.". I love the way 1 John puts it, with the right sense of wonder and amazement: "See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! When we considering the universe and all its diverse parts, he is the “everlasting father” because he created it: “For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him” (Colossians 1:16). Subscribe to Podcast. You can find it on page 573 in the church Bibles. This is not a statement about the Trinity but about the character of our Lord. Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord. Of all the names we have looked at this Advent season, this one is the most troubling. What mortal could bear such a title? We remember that "[t]he Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. But don't miss the example of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane when he prays in this way: "Abba, Father … everything is possible for you. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father" (Rom. When we place our trust in the saving work of Jesus, we are forgiven completely, known thoroughly, and loved eternally. I. But, sadly, it's impossible to do so. You don't grope in the dark looking for some higher spiritual power or chase after some false and fickle deity. 4. INTRODUCTION 1. 2. Because He is eternal, He is the “Everlasting Father,” which is the title given to Him from God the Father. I say that not because I'm confident that the sermon will be moving, but because the theme itself can't help but move us. Listen Now. Well, it is true that God is the creator and sustainer of us all and so has a kind of fatherly relationship with his creation, including each and every human being. God the Father never changes his mind; he never decides to stop being your heavenly Father. 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