“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, counselor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace.”
Isaiah 9:6 is perhaps the most often quoted prophecy about the Messiah. I will share with you the description that the prophecy gives us of Jesus. The first description that we will consider is "Wonderful." (I am aware that other translations of this text translate this as "wonderful counselor." He is that, but the description of wonderful also stands alone in describing Jesus.) Jesus is wonderful in His person. In Luke 2:52 Luke described Jesus as He grew from childhood to adulthood: “And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.” Jesus acquitted Himself well in his dealings with people. We do not know much about His childhood, but we can assume from Luke’s description that He was a winsome person. As to His wisdom, in Luke 2:41ff, we are told that He impressed learned Jewish scholars in the temple in Jerusalem. In verse 47, we are told that “they were amazed at His understanding and answers.” Jesus is wonderful in His perfection. We read about Him in Hebrews 4:15 that: “For we have not an high priest who cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.” (I added the italics.) Jesus did what no other human being has ever done; He lived without sinning. The Bible tells us that “all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23) The amazing thing was that our wonderful Savior “was tempted in all points like as we are…” There is no temptation that we have not faced that Jesus did not face - “yet without sin…” Jesus is wonderful in His purpose. He came in the flesh and lived through the temptations and trials of life not just to prove that He could do it. He did it in order to save us. Here is what Paul wrote about Him in 2 Corinthians 5:21: “For (God) has made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.” It is still His purpose to save all who come to Him in faith. All who have trusted Jesus as thier Savior over the last two thousand years have experienced Him as "Wonderful." It is my prayer that you know Him as your Wonderful Savior. Bro. Joe
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