Mighty God

Isaiah 61:1-2
During a chaotic season of their life the prophecy of 9:6 is given.
Zoo in China got caught painting puppies like baby pandas so people will come.
People wanted their money back because they had one expectation and got something different.
Unmet expectations drive us crazy.
Deep yearning within our soul for a savior (whether we believe in God or not)
Someone to deliver us from the pain and suffering of this world.
Our natural response is escape.
Natural for us to aspire to be like our hero’s.
We begin to place messianic expectations on people in our life (oops).
No human being can live up to messianic expectations.
Side note: Holy Spirit authors all of the Bible through the scribes of the Bible.
Isaiah 9:6

Jesus is “Mighty God”
- Devine warrior and savior
- He’s not weak he’s meek
- Because Jesus is mighty, he can do for us what we cannot do for ourselves.
- Our bill doesn’t get paid unless we surrender our life to Jesus.
- If we don’t, we are on the hook for the bill.
- Jesus is God
- Mark 2:8-10
- Jesus is not a way, he’s The way. The only way to get to the top of the mountain.
Jesus is an “Everlasting Father”
- John 1:1,4
- Jesus is eternal (this is a specific belief of Christian’s, and the only way to be saved is to believe this).
- Everlasting Father: protector, provider, source of life.
- Circumstances do not have anything to do with the truth of the above.
Jesus is the true Messiah
- BTW Isaiah was written 700 years before Jesus was born.
- Jesus said “today is the day this happened”
- Luke 4:17-21