What A Mighty God We Serve
December 6, 2020
Rev. Rico Patterson
Part of Christmas At The Heights 2020

TEXT: Isaiah 9:1-2, 6-7

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. Isaiah 9:6

1) Jesus Christ is the Mighty God because of His Deity
- Jesus Christ is more than just a man - Jesus Christ is God!
- Through the virgin birth, God “came to us” & dwelt among men, but He never stopped being God.
Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. – Isaiah 7:14
- We couldn’t meet God’s standard of perfection because we were born in sin:
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity and in sin did my mother conceive me. - Psalm 51:5

But Jesus, as the God-Man, is the perfect sacrifice who has no sin, has no faults and is perfect in every way. This is why He could pay the price for our sin. And the scriptures clearly teach that Jesus Christ is the Mighty God

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2) Jesus Christ is the Mighty God because of His Sovereignty
Jesus Christ is sovereign which means He is in control of all things:
…My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: - Isaiah 46:10
…he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou? – Daniel 4:35
…our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased. – Psalm 115:3

If we truly believe that Christ is sovereign, then we can be content, we can have peace, and we are willing to thankfully receive whatever He sends out way (Phil. 4:11; Is. 26:3; 1 Sam. 3:18.)

3) Jesus Christ is the Mighty God because of His righteousness
Jesus Christ has fulfilled all righteousness, He demands perfect righteousness, and one day He will bring in everlasting righteousness:
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. – Jeremiah 23:5-6

No matter how long He may tarry, the time is soon coming when Jesus Christ will establish His earthly and eternal righteous kingdom:
…The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. – Revelation 11:15

And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. – Daniel 7:14

Jesus Christ in the Books of the Bible
GEN – SEED OF WOMAN
EX – PASSOVER LAMB
LEV – GREAT HIGH PRIEST
NUM – STAR OUT OF JACOB
DT – PROPHET LIKE MOSES
JOSH – CAPTAIN OF OUR SALVATION
JUDG – GREAT DELIVERER
RUTH – KINSMAN REDEEMER
SAM – REJECTED KING
KING & CHR – REIGNING KING
EZRA – FAITHFUL SCRIBE
NEH – REBUILDER OF BROKEN DOWN WALLS OF OUR LIFE
ESTHER – OUR MORDECAI
JOB – RETURNING REDEEMER
PS – LORD OUR SHEPHERD
PR & ECC – GREAT WISDOM
S.S. – LOVER & BRIDEGROOM
IS – PRINCE OF PEACE
JER – RIGHTEOUS BRANCH
LAM – WEEPING PROPHET
EZE – SHEKINAH GLORY
DAN – 4TH MAN IN BURNING FIERY FURNACE
HOS – BRIDEGROOM MARRIED TO BACKSLIDER
JOEL – BAPTIZER W/ HOLY SPIRIT
AMOS – BURDEN BEARER
OBADIAH – MIGHTY SAVIOR
JONAH – RISEN SAVIOR
MIC – EVERLASTING GOD
ZECH – MESSENGER W/ BEAUTIFUL FEET STANDING ON MT. OF OLIVES
MAL – SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
MT – MESSIAH
MK – PERFECT SERVANT
LK – SON OF MAN
JN – SON OF GOD
ACTS – ASCENDED LORD
ROM – OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS
COR – MADE SIN FOR US
GAL – BONDAGE BREAKER
EPH – CHIEF CORNERSTONE
PHIL – MEETS OUR EVERY NEED
COL – FULNESS OF GODHEAD
TH – LORD COMING FOR HIS CHURCH
TIM – OUR MEDIATOR
TIT – GREAT GOD & SAVIOR
PHM - FATHER’S PARTNER
HEB – BLOOD THAT SETS US FREE
JAM – LORD OF HOSTS
PET – CHIEF SHEPHERD
JOHN – EVERLASTING LOVE
JUDE – ABLE TO KEEP US FROM FALLING
REV – KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS