THE PERFECT WORLD RULER (2 OF 6)
Scripture: Isaiah 9:1-7
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The Perfect World Ruler (2 of 6)
Series: Christmas - Isaiah 9:6
Robert Dawson
Isaiah 9:1-7
I read about a lady who, in the midst of the Christmas madness, rushed out and bought a box of 50 Christmas cards. After she got home she hurriedly addressed the envelopes and signed the cards but she never took the time to read the message on the inside of them. Later, after having made a quick run to the post office, she noticed that one card was left on the kitchen table.
She picked it up and was horrified to read these words printed on the inside, ''This card was sent to say that a little gift is on the way.'' Needless to say there must have been 49 very disappointed and confused people that Christmas when the promised gift, big or small, never materialized.
All of us at some point in our lives, probably at several points in our lives, have been the recipients of empty promises and false hopes. More than receiving empty promises and false hopes we have probably been the source of them as well.
- We are fallible and limited beings and because of that we are not always able to make good on our promises no matter how good our well intentioned they may be.
- We just don't have the power and ability to ensure that every promise we make is kept.
- No person, agency, business, government or product can do that. We all know that.
- While we may be disappointed when a promise is broken, not kept or a hope unfulfilled we are not necessarily surprised.
God made a promise to His people 2700 years ago, 700 years before the birth of Christ. One of the many differences between us and God is that He keeps His promises. He has the power to ensure that all of His promises become reality.
He promised to send a gift, a present, to His people. He told them, through the prophet Isaiah, that this gift would bring:
- Hope to the hopeless
- Light to those living in darkness
- Freedom to the captives
- Victory over our enemies
- Peace to the conflict
That was ...
Series: Christmas - Isaiah 9:6
Robert Dawson
Isaiah 9:1-7
I read about a lady who, in the midst of the Christmas madness, rushed out and bought a box of 50 Christmas cards. After she got home she hurriedly addressed the envelopes and signed the cards but she never took the time to read the message on the inside of them. Later, after having made a quick run to the post office, she noticed that one card was left on the kitchen table.
She picked it up and was horrified to read these words printed on the inside, ''This card was sent to say that a little gift is on the way.'' Needless to say there must have been 49 very disappointed and confused people that Christmas when the promised gift, big or small, never materialized.
All of us at some point in our lives, probably at several points in our lives, have been the recipients of empty promises and false hopes. More than receiving empty promises and false hopes we have probably been the source of them as well.
- We are fallible and limited beings and because of that we are not always able to make good on our promises no matter how good our well intentioned they may be.
- We just don't have the power and ability to ensure that every promise we make is kept.
- No person, agency, business, government or product can do that. We all know that.
- While we may be disappointed when a promise is broken, not kept or a hope unfulfilled we are not necessarily surprised.
God made a promise to His people 2700 years ago, 700 years before the birth of Christ. One of the many differences between us and God is that He keeps His promises. He has the power to ensure that all of His promises become reality.
He promised to send a gift, a present, to His people. He told them, through the prophet Isaiah, that this gift would bring:
- Hope to the hopeless
- Light to those living in darkness
- Freedom to the captives
- Victory over our enemies
- Peace to the conflict
That was ...
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