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One of my favorite twitter contributors is Church Curmudgeon he portrays himself as a cantakerous cranky old man in a humorous way. .
The other day he tweeted this parody and I thought it worth sharing this morning to help put us in the mood for the sermon:
Church Curmudgeon
@ChrchCurmudgeon
Oh, the sermon was simply frightful
And the choir is tired and spiteful
Our hunger is starting to show
Let us go, let us go, let us go!
Well, he doesn't show signs of stopping
And our eyelids are slowly dropping
Oh, why do you torture us so?
Let us go, let us go, let us go!
When we finally get dismissed
How we love to go out in the snow
But since Pastor has six more points
When that will be we don't know!
Well, the sermon is dragging longer
And the pastor is preaching stronger
But by now we're not listening so
Let us go, let us go, let us go!
@ChrchCurmudgeon
Oh, the sermon was simply frightful
And the choir is tired and spiteful
Our hunger is starting to show
Let us go, let us go, let us go!
Well, he doesn't show signs of stopping
And our eyelids are slowly dropping
Oh, why do you torture us so?
Let us go, let us go, let us go!
When we finally get dismissed
How we love to go out in the snow
But since Pastor has six more points
When that will be we don't know!
Well, the sermon is dragging longer
And the pastor is preaching stronger
But by now we're not listening so
Let us go, let us go, let us go!
Well maybe we ought to
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Introduction:
We have seen in the last two sermons how that even in darkness and judgment God’s hope is present and real.
In the darkness, he sent a great light.
In war, oppression, and bondage God sent a deliverer who would bring great joy.
We see in the two verses of our text who this Liberator is.
Five Characteristics About the Liberator
1.
He is a Child - A Son -
This first characteristic is given in parallel style.
“For unto us, a child is born.
Unto us, a Son is given.”
A child is born does not indicate gender.
It only implies a child of a young age.
It’s a generic reference to someone who is defenseless, innocent, non-threatening.
We are given more specific and descriptive identification next: Not just a child —but a Male Child.
A Son.
Not just a Male Child but a powerful Person.
The leader of great world power.
This also gives us one of the basic tenants of the Christian faith.
This Messianic deliverer was not going to be a superhuman half God half man but rather he is:
child-man
Son - God
This Child- Son will rise to be a leader - next, we see what type of leader
2. The Government will be on His shoulders
“The Government on His shoulders” Goes back to the yoke is a sign of servitude is broken.
The staff on the shoulder - is like the whip that strikes and beats, which is also broken.
The government on the shoulders implies two things
Kings and rulers used to wear the ensign of office on their shoulders this was a “token of sustaining the government.”
It also refers to the government being placed upon the Messiah’s shoulder.
He will have the authority to administer God’s kingdom (Bromiley) It means to take on the government to reign.
The shoulder is the part of the body that is known in Biblical times to carry heavy loads.
They were used to Assyrian kings, Persian Kings, Philistine Kings, Roman Kings - but this King was going to be different -
“But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; Whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.”
(, KJV 1900)
“And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: In that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one.”
(, KJV 1900)
This God-Man Governor is further described -
3.
He has four descriptive names
Giving these four descriptive names imply two things.
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Naming was an act of dominion.
In the creation story, God named some things - the heaven, the earth, the dry land - it was a sign of his authority and sovereignty over the created things.
Typically parents name their children, because they are their children.
As one said, “the neighbor kids down the street may call our children by many other names, but that is not their real names - they have no authority or right to exercise dominion over them.”
The name also refers to a persons reputation or fame such as in talks of the “men of renown.”
literally “men of a name.”
It also reveals aspects of the character.
We see this first in Where “The Lord proclaimed the name of the Lord” and then follows a list of divine attributes
He is “Lord”
“Merciful”
Gracious
Long-suffering (slow to anger)
abundant in goodness and truth
and more.
This is the same type of listing we find in our text in “This list of names signifies the very essence of his character.”
(Kaiser)
This is the same type of listing we find in our text in “This list of names signifies the very essence of his character.”
(Kaiser)
Wonderful - God’s very name is “Wonderful”
This is what the one who visited Samson’s parents said his name was “Wonderful”
It is also what the LORD said about the miracle God was going to do for Abraham and Sarah.
She was ninety years of age and God’s question to Sarah who wasn’t fully convinced yet “Is anything too hard for the Lord?” ()
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