Unto Us a Child Is Born | Isaiah 9:6–7 | Pastor Jeff Guesno | December 25th, 2022

In Unto Us a Child Is Born | Isaiah 9:6–7 (December 25, 2022), Pastor Jeff uses Isaiah’s prophecy like a Christmas gift you “open” layer by layer—showing that Christmas isn’t sentiment; it’s a promise-keeping God stepping into a cursed world with an indescribable gift: Jesus Christ.

That creates a posture he keeps returning to:

• look back with appreciation at fulfilled promises (the first coming), and
• look forward with anticipation at promises still to be fulfilled (the second coming).

“A child is born… a Son is given”: Humanity and Deity in one Person

Jeff unpacks Isaiah 9:6 with two key phrases:

• “A child is born” → Jesus’ humanity. He came close enough to understand betrayal, rejection, pain, disappointment, and the inner struggle we carry. You can’t honestly say to Him, “You don’t get it.”
• “A Son is given” → Jesus’ deity and the Father’s gift. Jeff stresses the “prior relationship” behind the giving—like a father giving away a daughter in marriage, there’s real cost because there’s real love. The Incarnation is not an upgrade for Jesus; it’s a downgrade of environment—glory to a manger, holiness into a world under a curse—because He values souls.

Opening the names: Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace

The future: His government will be on His shoulders

And he ends where he began: Christmas is a gift and a tree—Christ bearing our sins on the tree—the indescribable gift that keeps giving, because Jesus isn’t only one title in Isaiah 9:6… He’s all of them, and more.

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