October 14
There is a wonderful passage of scripture in Isaiah 9:6, 7. We see portions of it often on Christmas cards so it may seem a bit premature to state it here with that lovely holiday two and a half months away, but in actuality, every day sees the birth of Christ in someone’s heart, so for some precious soul, today is his first Christmas!
“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. Of the increase of His government and of peace there shall be no end upon the throne of David and upon His kingdom to order it and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even forever. The zeal of the Lord will perform this.”
God’s government of righteousness is settled upon Jesus. He carries the weight of it upon His shoulder. We get the image in our mind of a bearer, who in ancient times carried the weight of a potentate as he was transported from place to place by slaves. Jesus, the One who is Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace; the One who shall reign forever has deigned to carry the burden of our righteousness upon Himself.
He knows we have no righteousness of our own. He knows that of ourselves we cannot be fit citizens of His holy kingdom. But His love for us compels Him to take upon Himself the responsibility for making us to be justified, for making us to be whole, for making us to be clean, for making us to be new! When Jesus, the holy Potentate of the Kingdom of Heaven makes us righteous, no sin we’ve ever done can stand! It is all washed away in the blood of the Child who was born to bear our sin away.
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