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Hello My Name is... Wonderful Counselor

Hello my name is: Wonderful Counselor

Dave Riddle - 12/01/19


Key Passage: Isaiah 9:6


Counselor

  • ya’ats (Hebrew: יָעַץ) - to advise, counsel, admonish, direct, resolve, decide, plan and/or purpose. To counsel together; to be advised.

    • Isaiah 9:6 - “counselor”

    • First usage: Exodus - Moses meets with his father-in-law to seek advice.


Wonderful

  • pele’ (Hebrew: פֶּלֶא) - a miracle, a wonder; a wonderful thing or deed.

    • Isaiah 9:6 - “Wonderful”

    • Other than a single time in the book of Lamentations, it always appears in the context of God’s acts or words. 37 of the 84 occurrences of pele’ are found in the Psalms.


What kind of Wonderful Counselor?


Other-worldly

  • John 12:49 - He came with divine wisdom from Heaven itself

  • John 14:10 - He spoke with authority of God


Authoritative

  • Mark 1:21-22 - He taught with an authority unlike anything the world had seen.

  • Luke 4:32 - The people were amazed... slack-jawed

      • ekplēssō (Greek: ἐκπλήσσω) - to be struck with amazement, astonished, amazed


Piercing & Gentle

  • Piercing

    • Matthew 16:23

    • Matthew 23:27

  • Gentle

    • John 8:7-11


Inviting & Challenging

  • Mark 1:17 - “come, follow me”

    • Not just a call, but a purpose.

      • “And I’ll show you how to fish for people”

  • Mark 3:13-14

    • With Him, and Sent Out


Truth

  • John 14:6 - “I am... the truth”

  • John 1:14 - truth in the flesh


Life-giving

  • John 14:6- The truth AND the life.

  • John 4:4-14 - living water!


Infinite

  • Luke 21:33 - His words will never pass away.

  • 1 Peter 1:24-25 - the Good News remains forever.