SUNDAY TEACHING NOTES
December 3, 2023 (Sunday Worship Times: 9:00am & 11:15am)
HE SHALL BE CALLED | Part 2: Mighty God
ISAIAH 9:2 & 6
(2) The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned. ... (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.
(2) The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned. ... (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.
012 HE SHALL BE CALLED ____________________________ ____________________________
1. The title “God” for a child was strange to ___________________________.
2. The word “Mighty” is strange to ___________________________.
- Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. (Deuteronomy 6:4)
- “[the people] will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom, and they will be thrust into utter darkness.” (Isaiah 8:22)
2. The word “Mighty” is strange to ___________________________.
- The ancient world was full of gods. Not every god was mighty.
- Every nation had their own gods.
- Every conflict between nations was a conflict between _________________________ _________________________.
- “...choose today whom you will serve. Would you prefer the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates? Or will it be the gods of the Amorites in whose land you now live? But as for me and my family, we will serve the Lord.” (Joshua 24:15, NLT)
The question was, is, and will always be: What ___________________________ will we ___________________________?
- Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future he will honor Galilee of the nations, by the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan... (Isaiah 9:1)
- “...on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades[c] will not overcome it.” (Matthew 16:18)
CHRISTMAS DEFIANTLY DECLARES THAT JESUS IS THE MIGHTY GOD.
