The Mystery of Christ

And verse 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, counselor,
the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. Now, no one knows more than I
the difficulty of the task that I have chosen tonight, and that
is to speak publicly of the mysteries of Jesus Christ. how complex and mysterious is
the person, the Lord Jesus Christ. And nowhere is it revealed more
than in this text. For in the same breath the prophet
calls him a child, and then he calls him a counselor. In the same breath in which the
prophet calls him a son, He calls him the Everlasting Father. This is what Christ said to those
Pharisees. What think ye of Christ, the
Messiah? Whose son is he? They said, well,
he's the son of David. Then the Lord said, how did David
call him Lord? How can he be David's Lord and
be his son? There's no contradiction here.
There's a mystery here. He who is an infinite being is
an infant in being. He who is the mighty God is a
man of sorrows. He who is wonderful is despised. And he who is called the Prince
of Peace is said to have his garments rolled in blood Now, when we start thinking about
this, we cease to be experts in theology, don't we? You pick up a scripture like
this, where in the same breath the prophet calls the Lord Jesus
Christ a child and calls him a counselor, calls him a son
and calls him the everlasting Father, calls him one whose garments
are rolled in blood but the Prince of Peace, and It'll remind you
of the necessity of carefully studying the person of Christ
and coming by the Spirit's help to a right understanding of the
person of Christ. Now, you might be saved by a
look, but you'll never fully understand the mysteries of how
you're saved and by whom you're saved and the great mysteries
that are hidden in the person of Christ unless you tarry a
little while. And he's not discovered by research. You'll never go to the seminary
and learn this. You'll never go to college and
learn it. He's not discovered by reason. You're not going to debate this
and argue it and write papers. He's discovered only according
to his own testimony by revelation. Why, he said, whom do men say
that I, the Son of Man am? Well, they have their opinions,
Lord. They say you're this, that, or the other. But he said, whom
do you say that I am? And the disciples said, well,
you're Christ, the Son of the living God. You're the Christ,
the Son of the living God. You're a human being, but you're
Christ, the Son of the living God. Well, he said, blessed are
you, flesh and blood, research and reason, didn't reveal that
to you, but my Father. Paul said, when it pleased God,
who separated me from my mother's womb and called me by his grace
to reveal his son in me." This person, this child, this son,
this person who's called Wonderful Counselor, the Mighty God, the
Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. Paul entered into a
saving knowledge of Christ. He called the gospel a mystery.
I know today's preacher does not call it that. Today's preacher
says he preaches in such a fashion that even a little child can
understand what he's saying. There is no natural man who can
understand what I've just said. There's no natural man, no carnal
man, no man with only human reasoning power who can understand how
that Jesus Christ can be both a son and the Lord, a son and
the Father, who can be both a child and a counselor, who can be both
a warrior and a prince of peace. No way. There's no seeing Christ. Now
get this. And this is where men begin wrong.
You begin wrong, you're going to end wrong. There's no seeing
Christ except in his own light. Now that's so. There's no seeing
Christ, there's no beholding Christ except in the light of
his own glory. He reveals himself. He is what
he is. Someone said he's the door. He's
the door. But he's the one who openeth
the door, and no man shutteth. How can it be both? You read
the scripture where he says, I am the door to the sheepfold,
and I'm the shepherd. I am the door, and I'm the one
that opens the door, and no man shutteth, who shutteth, and no
man openeth. Christ is the lesson that we want to learn, but he's
also the teacher. He is the lesson, and he's the
teacher. Christ is the riddle. and the
answer. He is the answer. He's the riddle.
He's the mystery. But he's the answer. He's the
lock and the key. He is the destination. He's the
object. He's where we're headed. But
he's the way to get there, see. I can't explain that. There's
no man who can explain that. He is that which is to be seen,
and the light by which it's seen. Paul said, oh, this is what Paul
is talking about in Romans 11, 33, oh the depth of the riches,
both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God, how unsearchable are
his judgments and his ways past finding out. Job said in Job 11, verse 7,
can you by searching find out God? Can you find out the Almighty
to perfection while it's high as the heavens? What can you
do? A gnat may as well attempt to
suck up the ocean as for a finite human being to enter into a full
understanding of an infinite God. He might as well tackle
it. It's deeper than hell, he said,
what can you know? The measure thereof is longer
than the earth and broader than the sea. It's enough when we read scripture
like this to turn any natural man away from it in helplessness, total helplessness. You buy you a little systematic
theology and memorize it and stick it in your pocket and whistle
your way to heaven. But if you look into this book,
you'll look into it with the helplessness of a little child
and you'll cry, Oh Lord God, be my lesson and my teacher.
Sanctify my carnal thoughts. Illuminate my dark understanding
and give me a knowledge of Christ or I die. The lesson's never ended, it's
never over, it's never finished, we never graduate, there's no
discharge in this war. Oh, the mysteries of Christ. Look at this text carefully a
moment. a child is born, unto us a son is given." Then the
average person will look at that and say, well, the Holy Spirit's
being repetitious. The Holy Spirit never wastes
words. The Holy Spirit is never repetitious. There's no repetition here. And
the careful student of God's Word will discover immediately
that the Holy Spirit is saying two separate things here, unto
us a child is born and unto us a son is given. Well, what's
he saying, Pastor? He's saying, first of all, as
Jesus Christ is a child, he is born of Mary. As Jesus Christ
is bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh, he's born of a
woman, just as truly born as you were, just as much formed
in the belly and in the womb and brought forth into this world
as you were. Unto us a child is born, a man
child, a human child, a person, conceived by the Holy Spirit,
yes, without a human father, but truly born of a woman. And
born just like you were, bone of your bone and flesh of your
flesh, identified with you, numbered with the transgressors. As a
child, Jesus Christ was born. But as Jesus Christ, the well-beloved,
only begotten Son of the highest, he was not born, he was given.
There's a difference. Jesus Christ was not born, he
was given. Jesus the Christ was in the beginning
with God and was God, and all things were made by Him. Without Him was not anything
made that was made. He wasn't born. He wasn't made
of substance. He was given. He was sent. As
my Father sent me, He said. He wasn't born. He wasn't born
into this world. He was sent. God incarnate, God,
thou shalt call his name Immanuel, God with us. Unto us a child
is born, yes, a human being, a person, man, was born. That body which God prepared
for Christ was born. But that person who inhabited
that body was not born, he was given. He was sin. Unto us, sinners, Adam's sons,
a child is born. Unto us, a son is given. Three questions strike my mind
here. Is that true? Did God visit this world in the
form of a man? Is that true? Did God Almighty
come down here in human flesh? Is that true? Is that true? And the second question, if it
is true, well, what then? What about it? And thirdly, if
it's not true, what about it? Well, let's take the first one.
Is it true? Is this true that a child is born and that child
is the Son given? Is it true that a child was born
in Bethlehem 2,000 years ago and in that child was the Son
of the Living God? Well, the angels said it was
so, they stood and talked to the shepherds and they said,
we bring you good tidings. We bring you good news. Unto
you is born this day in the city of David a Savior. There is born
unto you a Savior. A child is born. Well, who is
it? It's Christ the Lord. It's Christ
the God of glory. That's who it is. Simeon said it was so. He lifted
up the child Jesus in his arms, and then he lifted his eyes to
heaven. Now, the Father told him that he would not die until
he had seen the Christ. And when he saw this infant Jesus,
he lifted his eyes to heaven, and he said, Now, Father, let
thy servant depart in peace. I've seen what you told me I'd
see. I've seen your salvation. John
the Baptist, the father said to him, upon whom you see the
Spirit descending in the form of a dove, that is my Son. That's the Lamb of God. And John
the Baptist saw this man Jesus coming and he said, behold, the
Lamb of God. The father at his baptism spoke
from heaven and said, this is my Son. The Jews over there said,
we know who he is, that's Mary's son. The father said, it's my
son. Well, they were both right. It was Mary's son. It was Mary's
child that was born, but it was God's son that was given. This
is my son in whom I'm well pleased. The devils tell us that he's
the son of God in human flesh. One day he came upon a man possessed
of demons, and the demons cried out against him and said, we
know who you are. Well, the religious folks said,
we know who he is, too. He's the carpenter. He's Jesus.
They said, no, we know who he really is. We know who's in that
body. By the Holy One of God. Have you come to torment us before
our time? They knew the time of judgment
was determined and set by God, by the very one they were talking
to. They knew him. The Holy Spirit came to glorify
him, and the apostles turned to 1 John 5, verse 20, and listened
to what the apostle John wrote. 1 John 5, 20, John said, And
we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding
that we may know him. That is true. even, and we're
in him that it's true, even in his son, his son, Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and this
is eternal life. It's true. It's true. A child is born. His son is given. It's true. Well, if it's true,
what then? Well, if it's true, then I have a representative.
I have a representative who's agreeable to God and agreeable
to man, because he's the God-man. I have a man to restore what
a man lost. I have a man to obey what a man
defied. I have a mediator with whom the
Father is pleased and that can meet every need of this sinner.
I have a representative. If this is the God-man, the child
born, the son given, if this is David's son and David's Lord,
if this is indeed the Christ, then I have a representative.
Not only that, but I have a ransom. God tells me there's a price
to be paid. There's a price to be paid. The price which all
men of all ages put together cannot pay. But Job said, deliver
him from going down into the pit, deliver him from debtor's
prison, deliver him from the captivity and slavery of his
debts. I found a ransom. I have two,
if this is true. And if it's true, I have a righteousness. How good, let me ask you this,
how good People say, well, I believe my
mother's in heaven. She was a good woman. How good
does a woman have to be to go to heaven? I believe my old dad's with the
Lord because he was a good man. How good does a man have to be
to be with the Lord? Well, you say, pretty good. No,
you're wrong. He's got to be a heap better than that. He's
got to be as good as God. God can be satisfied with no
less than perfection. Now, God can demand no more,
but he can be satisfied with no less. He's got to have perfection.
That's the reason Christ said, except your righteousness, your
holiness exceeds the righteousness of the religious, the Pharisees,
you won't enter the kingdom of heaven. But if this is true, that a man
child is born and a son is given in the same person and was made
of a woman and made under the law. And as my representative
met that law and obeyed as a man what a man defied or broke. In
Adam I died, in Christ I lived, by one man's disobedience I was
made sin, by another man's obedience I am made righteous, then if
that's true I have a righteousness. A righteousness with which God
is pleased. This is my Son, in whom I'm well
pleased. I have a righteousness that is
suitable and perfect, because He knew no sin. And I have a
resurrection hope, because this man, child that is born, this
Son that is given, one day was buried. And he came out of that
tomb. Now Paul said, if Christ be not
risen, If this man-child born, this son given, if he be not
risen, you are yet in your sin. You don't have a righteousness,
you don't have a ransom, and you don't have a Redeemer, and
you don't have a representative, and you don't have a resurrection
hope, and we're all men most miserable. But now is Christ
risen and has become the firstfruits of them that slept. And he said,
because I live, you're going to live. It's true. If it's not true,
I have no representative. I stand right now in my sins,
all of them. I'll die in my sins, and God
said if I die in my sins, I cannot come where he is. And not only
do I stand in my sins and will die in my sins, but I'll have
to face God in my sins, and I'll have to hear him say, depart
from me, I never knew you. If it be not true, I have no
ransom and I have to seem of punishments more than I can bear.
My debt is too heavy to pay. If it be not true, I have no
righteousness, just my filthy rags. And if I happen to slip
in the back door and ease into the marriage feast and the king
comes in and looks over the guest, he'll spot me immediately and
he'll say, How'd you come in hither without a wedding garment,
bind him hand and foot, and cast him into outer darkness?" If it be not true, I have no
resurrection hope. But it's true. It's true. God said it was so. The angels
of God, they said it was so. Even the devils said it was so. And the apostles whom he sent
to proclaim his gospel, they declare, unto us, a child is
born. unto us a son is given." All
right, notice the next thing it says about him. The government
shall be upon his shoulders, and his name, his name, his name,
his name is his character, his name is his attributes, his name
is his person. His name shall be called wonderful. Funny how what people preach
It comes back to you after years and years and years, but one
time I heard a preacher preach years ago, and this is what he
said when he was preaching on this topic. His name shall be
called Wonderful. He said, since I read this text
with understanding, I never call anything on this earth wonderful.
Never. He's the only wonderful thing. Oh, he says, there are a thousand
things called by names they do not deserve. Don't we do that? We look at something and say,
that's wonderful. This is wonderful. Something else is wonderful.
Isaiah said he's wonderful. Things on this earth are called
by names they do not deserve, but he deserves this name because
he is wonderful. Turn to Proverbs chapter 8. He's
wonderful in his eternal glory. He's wonderful in his eternal
glory. Now, you mark this scripture
in Proverbs 8, verse 22. I know it's talking about wisdom,
but it's talking about Christ. This is Christ. In Proverbs 8,
verse 22, he says, "...the Lord possessed me in the beginning
of his way before his works of old." Proverbs 8.23, I was set
up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth
was. When there were no depths, I
was brought forth. When there was no fountains abounding
with water, before the mountains were settled, before the hills,
was I brought forth. While as yet He had not made
the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust
of the world, when He prepared the heavens, I was there. When
He set a compass upon the face of the depths, When he established
the clouds above, when he strengthened the fountains of the deep, when
he gave to the sea his decree that the waters should not pass
his commandment, when he appointed the foundations of the earth,
then I was by him as one brought up with him, and I was daily
his delight, rejoicing always before him." That's our Lord.
Wonderful in his eternal glory. Wonderful in his love. We know so little about this
subject, the everlasting love of Christ. Having neither beginning
nor ending, he said, I've drawn you with an everlasting love.
Having loved his own, having loved them, he loved them to
the end. He's never held us in but one position, and that's
the place of love and affection. Infinite love. without bounds,
immutable love, without change. The love of God, how rich, how
pure, how meritorious, how strong, it shall forevermore endure.
The saints' and angels' song, He loves His own. He loves them when they're good
and when they're bad. He loves them when they're high
and when they're low. He loves them in all circumstances, at
all times, under all conditions. He loves them. He loves them immutably, infinitely,
in an everlasting fashion. He loves them. We read these little silly signs,
smile, God loves you. And I'm afraid we're limiting
that to what we understand love to be. No man will ever go to
hell whom God loves. Now you put that there. The kind of love we think we
know something about is that which is white hot today and
ice cold tomorrow. That's not God's love. It's unchangeable. The kind of love we think we
know something about is that which grows angry and vengeful. That's not God's love. No man
shall ever feel the wrath of God who is a partaker of the
love of God. Impossible. It's an infinite love. It's an
everlasting love, having loved His own. I love my sheep, Christ
said. I love my sheep. These bumper
stickers don't know anything about it. They're not talking
about this immutable, infinite, eternal, indescribable love of
God. I'll tell you this, if you're
an object of His love, If you're an object of His love, there
is no mercy, there's no blessing that heaven or earth or the universe
can afford better than being an object of God's love. He loves
me. That little article I had in
the bulletin Sunday, I don't know if any of you read it and
I'd hope you did, but the little boy was out with his dad and
he's thundered and lightning He got a little scared. He said,
Dad, aren't you afraid of the storm? His dad said, no. Why
aren't you afraid of the storm? His dad reached in his pocket
and pulled out a pocket knife and opened it up about that long,
raised the little boy's chin and put it right up under his
chin. Sharp knife. He said, are you afraid, son?
He said, no, sir. You're not afraid of that knife? No, sir.
Why? It's in the hands of my daddy. Well, he said, that's
the reason I'm not afraid of that storm that's in my daddy's
hand. He won't hurt me. He loves me. He loves me. You see what I'm talking about? God. You want to talk about this
little old silly stuff they call love today and identify it with
the living God. Mm-mm. He's wonderful in His
love. You can't get away from His love.
You can't get out from under His love. You can't get beyond
His love. I'm afraid I'm lost, not if God
loves you. He loves his sheep that are at
home, he loves those that are out in the wilderness. He loves
his sons that are at home, and he loves those that are down
in the hogpen. He loves them. And that love
is in Christ. That's where that love is. He's
wonderful in his life. He knew no sin. And when reviled,
he reviled not again. When spit upon, he spat not.
When hated, he hated not. When false witnesses rose up
against him, he answered not. Wonderful, wonderful in his death,
wonderful that God should die. The Scripture says he became
obedient unto death. He who thought it not robbery
to be equal with God became obedient unto death. What a marvelous,
wonderful thing that God should die, and that God should die
on a cross. Even the death of the cross,
obedient unto death, even, the Apostle said, even the death
of the cross. And it's wonderful that God should
die on a cross for sinners. For scarcely would one die for
a righteous man, but God committed his love toward us while we were
yet sinners. Christ died for us. His name is wonderful. Nobody
else deserves that title. Born among cattle, in poverty
soar, living in meekness by Galilee's shore, dying in shame while wicked
men swore. Jesus, wonderful Lord! Weary, yet He's the sinner's
only rest. Hungry and thirsty, but with
plenty He has blessed. Tempted, but He promises grace
for every test. Jesus, wonderful Lord! Friend of the friendless, betrayed
and denied, help of the helpless in Gethsemane tried, light of
the world, in gross darkness he died. Jesus, wonderful Lord,
wonderful, wonderful Jesus. He's my friend. He's my friend. Think about that. True to the
end, he gave himself to redeem me. Jesus, wonderful. That's what he's talking about
here. Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and his
name shall be called Wonderful. Wonderful. And he said his name shall be
called Counselor. Counselor. Here's a good question
for you. Turn to Isaiah 40. Let's look
at this question. Good question. Needs to be answered. Isaiah 40, verse 13. Look at this question here. Isaiah 40, verse 13. Listen to
this. Who hath directed the Spirit
of the Lord, or being his counselor, hath taught him? With whom took
he counsel? Who instructed him, and taught
him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and
showed to him the way of understanding? Well, certainly God entered not
into counsel with the angels, and certainly He entered not
into any kind of counsel with fallen men. I know a lot of people
talk about, the Lord said this to me, and the Lord asked me
to do this, and He asked me to do the other, you know, and they
talk like they got one of these red phones that's a hotline to
heaven. And God tells, and I read the
other day in a magazine, Sports Illustrated, about a baseball
manager that God talked to him on the bench. Don, did you read
that? I was saving that for you, and you've already read it. God
tells him who to take out of the game and who to put in. And
God says to him, they got behind. He took all his good players
out. God told him to take that second baseman shortstop out,
and he took them out, and they started losing. And God said,
don't worry now, don't get alarmed. We're going to win. Well, they
lost. But it didn't convince him. God spoke to him the next
game, too, and they lost that one, too. He never did learn. But who is his counselor? Well,
let me show you something. Do you know who his counselor
is? This one right here. His name
is Counselor. And I'll show you. In creation,
he's the Father's counselor. Genesis chapter 1, listen to
it, verse 26. And God said to somebody, let
us make man. Let us. Who is that? That's this Jesus. This Lord. Let us make man. And turn to
Genesis 11. He's the counselor in creation. He's the counselor in judgment.
And God says in Genesis 11, verse 7, to somebody, go to, let us
go down, and confound their language. Us. Who is that? That's my Lord. He's the counselor in salvation.
Look at Zechariah. Now, this may take you a minute
to find this little book, but I want you to find it. Zechariah
6, verse 13. He is the counselor in the everlasting
counsel halls of eternity. Before the morning stars sang
together, before the highest point of the dust of this earth
was raised, before the seas were stretched out and put in swaddling-bands,
before God Almighty said, Let there be light back yonder in
eternity past, He was the Father's Counselor." So it says, Zechariah
6, verse 13, let's read verse 12, so you know who he's talking
about, "...and speak unto him, saying thus, speaketh the Lord
of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is the capital
B, capital R, capital A, capital N, capital C, capital H, the
branch of Christ. He shall grow up out of his place,
and he shall build the temple of the Lord. Even he shall build
the temple of the Lord, of living stone, mind you, and he shall
bear the glory, and he shall sit and rule upon his throne,
and he shall be a priest upon his throne, and the counsellor
of peace shall be between them both." He's the counsellor. For Philip said, Show us the
Father, and this mighty counsellor said, He that hath seen me hath
seen the Father. He's the counsellor in all blessings.
He said, I'll pray the Father, and he'll send you another comforter.
I'll enter into counsel with the Father, he'll send you another
comforter. He's our counsellor in heaven.
Lord says there's one God, and one mediator between God and
me. man, Christ Jesus. Oh, the profound mysteries, the
great mysteries of this person, Christ Jesus. Turn back to our
text again. I'll move quickly along and close.
His name is wonderful. His name is Counselor. His name
is the Mighty God. Now, brethren, Jesus Christ said
to those people in His day, standing there before them, in human flesh,
with hair just like ours, skin, hands and fingernails, behooved
him in all points to be made like his brethren, tempted and
tried in all points, walking in the flesh, standing with his
sandals, followed by his disciples and friends, publicans and harlots. And he stood there before those
people and he said, I, Jesus of Nazareth, And God the Father,
a woman, a woman. And they knew what he was saying.
He wasn't saying God sent me as a messenger. He wasn't saying
God sent me only as a representative. He wasn't saying that I am a
type of God. He's saying I and the Father
are one. He's saying he that has seen
me has seen the Father. That's what he's saying. He who
thought it not robbery to be equal with God, made himself
of no reputation. And to which of the angels saith
he at any time, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine
enemies thy footstool? To which of the angels did he
ever say, Thy throne, O God, is forever? He said that to the
Son. Oh, when you talk about the mysteries
of his person, God was in Christ, reconciling the world under himself.
I am not a son of God like Christ is. There's only one Christ. I'll never be a son of God as
Christ is. Christ is the only begotten Son
of God. Not created, not born, but He
came forth from the Father. I can't explain that. That's
the mystery of the Godhead. His name shall be called the
Mighty God. The everlasting Father. Turn
to John 18. Now this is interesting here,
and we're in water clear up over our heads now, and if we're not
careful we'll flounder about and make a mess out of it, but
we'll just take it by faith and wait till God is pleased in his
own good time. We're not required to answer
every question. We're not obligated to know every
fact. We're not obligated to deal with every question that
men raise. We are obligated to preach Christ.
And I'm saying this. In John 18, turn over there,
it says, verse 3, "...Judas then, having received a band of men
and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither
with lanterns and torches and weapons. Jesus therefore, knowing
all things that should come upon him, went forth and said to them,
Whom seek ye? They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth."
And Jesus saith unto them," what did he say, Charlie? What did
he say? He didn't say, I am he, did he?
It's unfortunate that he's in there. He didn't say, I am he. That he's in italics, and it
ought not to be there, but it's a violation of the scripture
to put it there. He said, I am. That's right. And Judas also, which betrayed
him, stood with them. And as soon then as he had said
unto them, I am, they went backwards and fell to the ground." What's
going on here? This is just a man, that's all,
it's just a carpenter, it's just that fellow Jesus. But when he
stood there in the garden and they came, a band of soldiers,
armed, Roman soldiers, equipped, trained, evil, men whose business
was blood and death, fearless, standing before one man, a whole
band of them, officers, chief priests from the chief priests
and Pharisees, And they said, we seek Jesus of Nazareth. And
he spoke these words, I am. And they fell backward, to the
ground, backward. And he asked them again, whom
seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.
He said, I told you that I am. Turn over here to the book of
Exodus. Exodus. Moses was called out
by God to go down into Egypt and deliver his people. And God appeared to him in the
burning bush there in Exodus 3, told him to go down there
and get people out of Egypt. And Moses said in verse 13 of
Exodus 3, let's look here, and Moses said to God, Behold, when
I come unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, The God of
your fathers hath sent me unto you, and they say to me, What
is his name? what shall I say to them? And
God said, Moses, I am that I am. And he says, Thou shalt say unto
the children of Israel, I am that sent thee. Boy, you swing 4,000 years later,
2,000, 3,000 years later to the Garden of Gethsemane, and you
hear that same voice say that same word. And those soldiers before the
voice of God, before the identifying name of God, fell on their backs. That's who He is. He's the everlasting
Father. That's what Isaiah said. And
then closing, and I'll quit. Isaiah 9, 6, and he shall be
called the Prince of Peace. First of all, he's the author
of peace between the sinner and God. Therefore, being justified
by faith, we have peace with God. He's the Prince of Peace,
the author of peace. Secondly, he's the author of
peace between the Jew and Gentile. Listen to Ephesians chapter 2.
between the Jew and the Gentile, he's the author of peace. In
Ephesians chapter 2 verse 14, he is our peace, who hath made
both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition
between us, and abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the
law of commandments contained in the ordinances, for to make
in himself of two one new man, so making He's the author of
Peace in the Troubled Soul. Listen to Paul in Philippians
4, 7. Listen to this. And the peace of God, which passeth
all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through
Christ Jesus. No peace outside of Christ. And
then he's the author of Everlasting Peace. Turn to 2 Thessalonians,
and this is the last statement. 2 Thessalonians 3, verse 16. Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself,
and God even our Father, which hath loved us and hath given
us everlasting consolation and good hope, keep comfort your
hearts and establish you in every good word and work. I'm sorry,
verse 16, chapter 3, 2 Thessalonians. Now the Lord of peace himself
give you peace always, by all means. the Lord be with you all. Our Father, Thy Word is awesome in the mysteries of
the person of our Lord beyond human understanding. We walk
not by sight, but by faith. We believe. Lord, increase our
faith. Reveal Christ to our hearts,
O, that we may know him, that we may be able to see Christ

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