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Introduction
Christmas is about hope.
Even the secular world believes that.
It is echoed in Christmas movies.
Christmas is that one day of the year, when we hope we can be the person we have always wanted to be.
And that isn’t a bad thing, but the Apostle Paul said, ( (ESV))
“If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied.”
Christ was born - the fulfillment of a Promise.
In fact, the word Christ, is used to indicate the “Anointed One”, the Special One promised from long ago.
“May they be secure who love you!
Matthew begins his version of the Christmas Story, “Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way”
But for us to understand how His birth caused a celebration - we have to understand the promise.
Matthew quotes , Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign.
Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.”
WHICH MEANS???
The Holy Bible: English Standard Version.
(2016).
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Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles.
So Isaiah gave the people a clue - but it didn’t happen until 700 years later.
But during that time, the people had hope, they hoped that God would keep His promise.
Kind of like us, when my son got married Mj Pam and I hoped for grandchildren.
We didn’t get them until four years later, but the wedding was a promise of things to come.
Then when our cute daughter in law got pregnant, we hoped even more.
It was hard waiting…but it must have been some kind of promise that God made, that 700 years later the people still had hope.
The Holy Bible: English Standard Version.
(2016).
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Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles.
How is God supposed to give us hope?
Pray
Born for the Task
In the book of Isaiah, and the time of Isaiah, God’s people turned their back on God.
It wasn’t the first time and it certainly wasn’t the last time - but this particular time God withdrew His favor and His protection.
And without God, Israel was conquered.
Many/most of their people were carted off to Babylon.
But even before it happened, God promised He would reach out to them and SAVE them.
In fact in , God elaborated on His promise.
How is God supposed to give us hope?
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
“May they be secure who love you!
As we start the Advent season this year, let me remind you that the appeal of this Promised Savior - this infant King, is that He will be different.
His character will include “wisdom, understanding, counsel, power, knowledge, and the fear of the Lord”.
David McKenna writes that these are “qualities that Isaiah found missing in the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem.”
Isaiah wasn’t the only to notice a lack of wisdom and power, knowledge and the fear of the Lord.
The people did as well, and they longed for a leader whose character demonstrated the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit.
So when Isaiah proclaimed the Promise of a Savior - he assured his people:
McKenna, D., & Ogilvie, L. J. (1993).
(Vol.
17, p. 154).
Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Inc.
And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him,
the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and might,
, D., & Ogilvie, L. J. (1993).
(Vol.
17, p. 154).
Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Inc.
the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.
And his delight shall be in the fear of the LORD.
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And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him,
the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and might,
the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.
3 And his delight shall be in the fear of the LORD.
And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him,
the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and might,
the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.
3 And his delight shall be in the fear of the LORD.
So today, as we celebrate Advent - this is the hope - the Promise of Ages, this is the King the people wanted, it is the King the people needed.
So imagine Philip’s excitement when he tells his friend Nathanael, “We have found the very person Moses and the prophets wrote about!
His name is Jesus, the son of Joseph from Nazareth.”
He will wear righteousness like a belt
and truth like an undergarment.
Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist,
and faithfulness the belt of his loins.
He will wear righteousness like a belt
and truth like an undergarment.
He will wear righteousness like a belt
and truth like an undergarment.
He will wear righteousness like a belt
and truth like an undergarment.
and faithfulness the belt of his loins.
The Holy Bible: English Standard Version.
(2016).
().
Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles.
700 years after Isaiah predicted it, a Son was born.
Jesus was born to be the person God had promised down through the ages.
And He was everything the prophets proclaimed - and more.
He was born to comfort the hurting, to feed the hungry, to set the prisoner free.
He was born to proclaim the Kingdom of God.
Jesus said, “I have come into the world—to bear witness to the truth.”
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Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist,
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The Holy Bible: English Standard Version.
(2016).
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Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles.
and faithfulness the belt of his loins.
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The Messiah was Qualified for the Task.
of course, that first Christmas, when Jesus was born - He bore witness to the truth of a couple prophecies, but no one was asking Him the purpose of life.
No one was checking His theology.
No one came to Him to be healed.
He was a baby.
But there is no doubt that as He grew - His character began to reveal itself.
When David was king, God promised him that his heirs would rule Israel.
When his son Solomon became king - he asked God for the wisdom to be a good King.
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