A SAVIOR WAS BORN - HIS NAME IS JESUS

My sermon on Sunday, December 19,  was very similiar to our Sunday school lesson. At that time I did not
know it; also I did not realize I was next in line to speak.God does improvise because he said in his word, "Within the hour he will give us what to say."


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.

Mary who was to wed Joseph was found with a child. Going to Egypt to pay taxes Mary got sick so she and Joseph came to an Inn. There was no room in the Inn and baby Jesus had to be born in a stable with animals. As the scriptures said, "He had no place to laid his head. Growing up he taught doctors, lawyers and
leaders in the synagogue.

Jesus was born to save us from our sins. He died so that we might live and have eternal life. God looked in the earth among men to see if any was worthy to die for our sins. Not Paul, David, Solomon or Moses. He had to come down as a baby. The cheif priests and others were looking for a King of Kings and Lord of Lords to come down dressed in glory.

To do the work of his father, God, Jesus endured many things he was whipped with 39 stripes - each stripe had healing powers in it, "With his stripes we were healed, the scripture says."

They hung him high on the cross and stretched him wide. The son of man had no place to lay his head. He laid his head between the locks of his shoulder. He was laid to rest  in a borrowed tomb - Joseph's new tomb.

That baby born in a stable had no place to lay his head. That same savior on the cross had no place to lay his head. The son of God that  laid in a borrowed tomb did not have his own place to lay his head. His name was Jesus, our Lord and savior, Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

He is called Wonderful because no one can bless, treat and have mercy on us like Jesus. He is our Counsellor because when we lay down at night and it seems as though the world is on our shoulders - he wipes our tears away. He rocks us to sleep when weeping has endured for the night then joy comes in the morning.  He is our mighty God because no one can do wonderful works like he can. You know he formed the heavens and earth. He is our everlasting Father because he was here from the beginning and he is here now.  He also predestined us to be here today. He is our Prince of Peace because when we are trouble he makes things better when we pray to him in the name of Jesus.

*** Think on this wise, the son of man, Jesus, had no place to lay his head. We are very blessed to have large and sometimes two story homes, a nice car and bank account, blessed family and friends. He world was on our Lord and savior shoulders. He had no friends except his disciples and some of them denied him.


For us a child was born and God's only begotten son was given to save us from our sins - his name is Jesus.


Lets be a true disciple to Jesus - until we meet again soon.