"EVERLASTING  FATHER" 


Advent Devotional 3 - Week 2 
Isaiah 9:6
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, Almighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

For the world, Christmas has become a commercialized frenzy of crazed shopping. If we’re not camped out over night to get the best deals, we’re practically trampling each other for a shot at purchasing what’s left of the “perfect” shoes, toys or electronics. Many have forgotten what Christmas is truly about… God becoming man so that He might redeem us from the consequences of our own sin.

For the true believer, Christmas is a time of celebrating the birth of the Lord God into our world, bringing His perfect plan of salvation. Isaiah 9:6 is a prophecy that is fulfilled in Jesus who was born so that he might die. However, that’s not the end of the story. Not even close! It was Jesus who was born in a manger so that he might win the greatest victory in history on a cross. It was also Jesus who rose again to live for all of eternity as Savior and Lord. In the birth of Christ is our redemption, our blessing and our cleansing. In His resurrection is all of our hope.

“God with us” is the greatest reality of all time and will remain that way for all of eternity because He is the Everlasting Father!

Spend a few moments checking out these passages of Scripture that remind us of just how powerful this truth of everlasting paternity really is:

John 10:30,  “I and the Father are one.”

John 14:7,  “If you really know Me, you will know My Father as well. From now on, you do know Him and have seen Him.”

John 14:9,  “Jesus said to him, “Have I been so long with you, and yet you have not come to know Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how do you say, ‘Show us the Father’?”

Heb. 1:3,  “And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature…”

Rev. 1:18,  “...and the living One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.”


Discover your joy in the EVERLASTING FATHER!