What To Name The Child? Mighty God What To Name The Child? Mighty God (Isaiah 9:6) Four names reveal His nature and character NT does not actually refer.

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What To Name The Child? Mighty God What To Name The Child? Mighty God (Isaiah 9:6) Four names reveal His nature and character NT does not actually refer to Him in these words, but leaves no doubt that He fulfills this prophecy  Child  Child: of same nature as children, 8:18  Son  Son: of same nature as God, 7:14

Significance of His Names Wonderful Counselor Wonderful Counselor: emphasizes His perfect plan Mighty God Mighty God: emphasizes His power to accomplish the plan  His nature is both human and divine

I. Mighty God Does Not Refer To: 1. Arianism: 1. Arianism: < Arius: the Father alone is God; Jesus is a creature JW on Jn.1:2: “Since Jehovah is eternal and had no beginning…the Word’s being with God from the ‘beginning’ must here refer to the beginning of Jehovah’s creative works” (Aid To Bible Und., 918) “Scriptural evidence indicates that the name Michael applied to God’s Son before he left heaven to become Jesus Christ…”

2. Apollinarianism: 2. Apollinarianism: Denied completeness of Christ’s humanity and possibility of joining two wholes in one whole [But: Son is born…Immanuel] 3. First Person of Godhead But: Chap.7, Jesus Also: Lk.1:32-33 applies Is.9:6-7 to Jesus

4. Pentecostalism 4. Pentecostalism (one Person in Godhead: Father is Son, etc.) 5. A mere human judge “Godlike Hero”: man w. superhuman qualities OT predicts divine Messiah Isaiah never uses El of a man (cf. Is.10:21; 31:3, ct. w. man) 6. Paganism 6. Paganism. Zeus…lesser gods

II. Jesus Is Mighty God on earth 1. Mt.9:1-8: on earth. Deity coming 2. Mt.24:30: coming. Jn.19:10-11 sitting 3. Mt.26:64: sitting. Dn.7:13-14; Ps.110:1

mighty works 4. Lk.19:37: mighty works mighty in deed and word 5. Lk.24:19: mighty in deed and word selective signs 6. Jn.20:30-31: selective signs Ac.10. Rv.19. upholds 7. Hb.1:3: upholds

III. What Does ‘Mighty God’ Mean To Me? What Jesus came to do, could be done only by the might of Deity:  Redeem  Redeem sinful men  Conquer  Conquer death  Defeat  Defeat satan What does this include?

1. Provisions for salvation, Ro.1:16-17 Power Power, 16 Not brute force Mt.13:54…58 Revealed Revealed, 17 Available to all

2. Weapons to defeat satan, 2 Co.10:4 Hb.2:14-15, Death Death Rv.21:8 Ep.6:10, Temptation Temptation Ep.1:19

3. Confidence, 3. Confidence, Mt.9:…28 He is able... answer  Ep.3:20, to answer Mt.25:15 glorify  Ph.3:21, to glorify keep  2 Tim.1:12, to keep help  Hb.2:18, to help savedestroy  Ja.4:12, to save or destroy