Isaiah 9:6 "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace."
This verse is very familiar to all of us. We usually read it on Christmas cards
and are usually used as sermon texts around Christmas time. The names of our
Lord that are recorded here give us great comfort and encouragement when we
take time to meditate upon each one. The Lord willing, we will look at each
individual name this week, but this morning I want to look at them generally.
Let's look back at verse two of this chapter: "The
people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the
land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined." We looked
at this verse last Friday, but I want us to think about it in terms of today's
passage. Isaiah prophesied of a great light that would shine upon the people
who walked in darkness. We were reminded last week that the light is none other
than our Lord Jesus Christ. Let's see what the Apostle Paul had to say about
the light. "For God, who commanded the light to shine out of
darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the
glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ." (2 Corinthians 4:6) The
darkness was shattered when the light of Jesus Christ was shined into our
hearts. We have been given the knowledge of Him through God's
enlightenment.