DAY 185 Read Isaiah 9 through 12.
Today's reading: One of the remarkable prophecies of the coming Messiah is accompanied by beautiful promises for God's faithful people.
Memory gem: "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, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace" (Isaiah 9:6).
Thought for today:
It is said that our Lord Jesus Christ has at least sixty-five names in the Bible. Fifty-two of them are in the Old Testament; and five of those are in the wonderful prophecy in Isaiah 9:6.
This passage of prophecy is like a mighty carillon with five great bells. The prophet Isaiah is the bell ringer. Every time he rings a bell, there floats out into the centuries a mighty harmony. Since Isaiah wrote these words down by the inspiration of God 700 years before Christ was born, and since 2,000 years have already passed in the Christian era, the words of this text are at least 2,700 years old. Yet the echoes of these great bells ring as sweetly as ever. Listen to the five tones: "Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace."
As the prophet Isaiah wrote these words in the future tense, he was looking forward to what was to come, what was to be. He predicted, he prophesied by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. The New Testament records the fulfillment of this Old Testament prophecy about the holy Son of God. But to me the greatest wonder of all is not that the Good Book testified of Him, not that history stands up and bears witness for Him; but thank God, that my own heart can testify, "I know whom I have believed" (2 Timothy 1:12). The wonder of all wonders to me is not that Christ was and is all that these other witnesses have claimed Him to be, but that this wonderful Christ is my wonderful Saviour and that through Him my sins have been forgiven. He gives me peace like a river (see Isaiah 48:18). He has planted my feet upon the rock (see Psalm 40:2). He is my Companion and Friend. He gives me access to the Father, for no man cometh to the Father but by Him (see John 14:6).
And because of this, all believers can sing, "What a wonderful Saviour is Jesus, my Lord!"
Today's reading: One of the remarkable prophecies of the coming Messiah is accompanied by beautiful promises for God's faithful people.
Memory gem: "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, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace" (Isaiah 9:6).
Thought for today:
It is said that our Lord Jesus Christ has at least sixty-five names in the Bible. Fifty-two of them are in the Old Testament; and five of those are in the wonderful prophecy in Isaiah 9:6.
This passage of prophecy is like a mighty carillon with five great bells. The prophet Isaiah is the bell ringer. Every time he rings a bell, there floats out into the centuries a mighty harmony. Since Isaiah wrote these words down by the inspiration of God 700 years before Christ was born, and since 2,000 years have already passed in the Christian era, the words of this text are at least 2,700 years old. Yet the echoes of these great bells ring as sweetly as ever. Listen to the five tones: "Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace."
As the prophet Isaiah wrote these words in the future tense, he was looking forward to what was to come, what was to be. He predicted, he prophesied by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. The New Testament records the fulfillment of this Old Testament prophecy about the holy Son of God. But to me the greatest wonder of all is not that the Good Book testified of Him, not that history stands up and bears witness for Him; but thank God, that my own heart can testify, "I know whom I have believed" (2 Timothy 1:12). The wonder of all wonders to me is not that Christ was and is all that these other witnesses have claimed Him to be, but that this wonderful Christ is my wonderful Saviour and that through Him my sins have been forgiven. He gives me peace like a river (see Isaiah 48:18). He has planted my feet upon the rock (see Psalm 40:2). He is my Companion and Friend. He gives me access to the Father, for no man cometh to the Father but by Him (see John 14:6).
And because of this, all believers can sing, "What a wonderful Saviour is Jesus, my Lord!"
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