{"id":300501,"date":"2018-12-25T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-25T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/%series%\/why-jesus-came\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T15:38:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T19:38:40","slug":"why-jesus-came","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/why-jesus-came\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Jesus Came"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>guest: Bryan Loritts | Series: Emmanuel, God With Us | Bryan Loritts turns to Isaiah 9 to remind us of who Jesus is, what He came to do, and what He came to deliver us from.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bryan Loritts turns to Isaiah 9 to remind us of who Jesus is, what He came to do, and what He came to deliver us from.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":294104,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"Bryan Loritts turns to Isaiah 9 to remind us of who Jesus is, what He came to do, and what He came to deliver us from.","_seopress_robots_index":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"https:\/\/web.familylifetoday.com\/fl2018-12-25.mp3","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"00:28:29","filesize":"26.08M","filesize_raw":"27344832","date_recorded":"2018-12-25 12:00:00","explicit":"","block":""},"categories":[2816,2822],"tags":[4666,4668,4291,4667],"podcast_series":[10377],"cwp_profile":[8819],"series":[2101],"class_list":["post-300501","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christmas","category-growing-in-your-faith","tag-christmas-story","tag-isaiah-9","tag-jesus","tag-sovreignty-of-god","podcast_series-emmanuelgod-with-us","cwp_profile-bryan-loritts","series-familylife-today"],"acf":[],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2024\/09\/FLT-Podcast-Cover-2-508x508-3.jpg?w=508","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2023\/02\/image-scaled.jpg","download_link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast-download\/300501\/why-jesus-came","player_link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast-player\/300501\/why-jesus-came","audio_player":null,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"light","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/familylife-today\/id212174303?mt=2&app=podcast","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0j5UaKdQOHQCuo1bt0ebEm","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"youtube":{"key":"youtube","url":"","label":"YouTube","class":"youtube","icon":"youtube.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/feed\/podcast\/familylife-today","embedCode":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"zn895Ryz3N\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/why-jesus-came\/\">Why Jesus Came<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/why-jesus-came\/embed\/#?secret=zn895Ryz3N\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"&#8220;Why Jesus Came&#8221; &#8212; FamilyLife\u00ae - A Cru Ministry\" data-secret=\"zn895Ryz3N\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! 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Pastor and author Bryan Loritts wants to make sure we\u2019re focused on what the day is really all about.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bryan:<\/strong> The problem with Christmas, for so many in our culture, is that Christmas tends to be, for too many people: \u201cSomething old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong> This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Tuesday, December 25<sup>th<\/sup>. Our host is Dennis Rainey, and I'm Bob Lepine. There\u2019s nothing wrong with the traditions or the sentiment of the Christmas holiday as long as that\u2019s not what\u2019s most important. We\u2019ll hear more about that today from Bryan Loritts. Stay with us.<\/p>\n<p>And welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us on Christmas Day. Merry Christmas to you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> And merry Christmas to you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong> You woke up, looking at a Christmas tree filled with the names of Jesus this morning; didn\u2019t you?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> It declared who the King of kings and Lord of lords really is.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong> Well, in fact, as we celebrate Christmas today, we\u2019re going to hear a message today that takes us to four of the names of Jesus that come from Isaiah\u2019s prophecy in Isaiah, Chapter 9. We\u2019re going to hear from our friend, Bryan Loritts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u2014who is pastor of Abundant Life Christian Fellowship in Silicon Valley. Bryan is going to remind us who Jesus is, what He came to do, and what He came to deliver us from. I think, here, at Christmas, it\u2019s very good to think about what His advent onto planet earth delivered us from.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong> He starts this message in Isaiah, Chapter 9, with the familiar declaration of the names and titles of Jesus that were prophesied long before He was born. Here\u2019s Bryan.<\/p>\n<p>[Recorded Message]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bryan:<\/strong> God says to the prophet:<\/p>\n<p><strong>2:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor to us a child born, and to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulders; and His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end, of the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore.\u201d Then, underline this statement: \u201cThe zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.\u201d Amen.<\/p>\n<p>Father, speak to us, I pray, through this great passage of Scripture\u2014this wonderful reminder of who Jesus is. Encourage and inflame our hearts as we stand on the precipice of a new year. Give us great grace, we pray, in Jesus\u2019 Name. Amen.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve all heard the statement:<\/p>\n<p><strong>3:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201c<\/strong>Something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue,\u201d\u2014\u201cSomething old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.\u201d Chances are, not only have you heard of this statement, but for those of us who are married, maybe this was a wonderful tradition that you all partook in: \u201cSomething old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.\u201d It\u2019s believed that, if you did this\u2014you found something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue\u2014that that would set your marriage on a great and wonderful trajectory\u2014a trajectory for blessing and health and favor.<\/p>\n<p>We bought into that; but the truth of the matter is\u2014is that, years into your marriage, when you find yourself in one of those stormy seasons, and you\u2019re at the counselor\u2019s office, and they\u2019re kind of diagnosing your marriage\u2014I promise you: not one of you goes: \u201cI know exactly what the problem is! We got something old and something new, but we didn\u2019t get something borrowed or something blue; therefore, that\u2019s the problem with our marriage. Our marriage isn\u2019t what it should be, because we didn\u2019t do two of the things on that list of four; so now our marriage is in a <em>tailspin<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>4:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We don\u2019t say that!\u2014why? Because, at the end of the day, you and I understand that this is mere sentimentality. It\u2019s a nice tradition that has no impact on the reality or daily nature of our marriages. It\u2019s something nice to do, but it doesn\u2019t impact us where our marriages live on a day-to-day basis.<\/p>\n<p>The problem with Christmas, for so many in our culture, is that Christmas tends to be, for too many people: \u201cSomething old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.\u201d It\u2019s nice\u2014wonderful sentimentality; it\u2019s a great tradition\u2014I\u2019m not anti-that. Our family does that\u2014we trim the tree every year. Our tradition is that, every year, the day after Thanksgiving, we gather together and we read the passage of Scripture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We put the ornaments on the tree\u2014even those ugly ones that my wife made when she was three years old; I won\u2019t call out the ugly ones that I made\u2014but we do those things, and it\u2019s wonderful. We play the wonderful music. When you hear that Frank Sinatra Christmas song, or Nat King Cole\u2014or for those of us a little bit younger, when you hear Run-DMC\u2019s <em>It\u2019s Christmas time in Hollis, Queens<\/em>\u2014man!\u2014the memories just take you back; don\u2019t they?<\/p>\n<p>[There\u2019s] nothing wrong with sentimentality\u2014nothing wrong with tradition. The problem becomes, for so many people, on December 26<sup>th<\/sup> or January 2<sup>nd<\/sup>\u2014or whenever it is that you take the tree down\u2014that tradition really doesn\u2019t have much to do with how we live our lives. Unfortunately, for so many of us, Christ becomes something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. It\u2019s nice tradition; and maybe we do it once a week, or maybe we do it when we\u2019re <em>really<\/em> in need, or maybe it\u2019s once a year\u2014whenever it may be.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But as far as impacting the <em>daily<\/em> trajectory of how I live my life, the Christ of Christmas has kind of been \u201cx\u2019d\u201d out. That\u2019s a bit of a problem.<\/p>\n<p>As we come to our text, Isaiah\u2014writing 750 years [before] the first advent of Jesus Christ\u2014says, in so many words, that Jesus is not to be reserved for something that we do a certain time of week or a certain time of year; but that Jesus Christ is to invade all of the aspects and corners of our lives. He\u2019s not to be just a traditional thing that we do; He is to be a part of every nook and cranny of who we <em>are<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s interesting is that the force of these words, tucked away in Isaiah, Chapter 9\u2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>7:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2014that we really don\u2019t understand them unless we can understand a little bit of the context. Here is Isaiah\u2014he\u2019s a prophet of God, speaking to the covenant people of God. Specifically, he\u2019s not just talking to the nation of Israel; he\u2019s really talking to those Jews who are part of the nation of Judah.<\/p>\n<p>If you know anything about your Bible, you know that it was after King Solomon that Judah broke away from the other tribes. They formed their own nation, and here they are\u2014the covenant people of God. As their siblings\u2014the other tribes\u2014the nation of Judah has spent much of her existence doing things on her terms; she\u2019s been living in sin.<\/p>\n<p>Such is the case when we come to Isaiah, Chapter 9. In Isaiah, Chapter 9, Judah has made some awful choices. She has chosen to live her life independently of God\u2014she has chosen to do things on her own terms; she has chosen to live in sin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>She has chosen to navigate life according to her own personal GPS system instead of the North Star of Jesus Christ. And to make matters worse, she has worked herself into a corner. Life on her terms hasn\u2019t worked out well; and even in the corner, instead of crying out to God, she says, \u201cI can get myself out of this mess!\u201d But she only makes it worse, not better. Can anybody relate to that?<\/p>\n<p>So this is Judah\u2019s situation when God speaks these words in Isaiah, Chapter 9. He talks to a rebellious people, living in sin, not turning to God. He says to these individuals\u2014he says to these people: \u201cHelp is on the way! I haven\u2019t given up on you. There\u2019s going to be a gift that I will give you. His name is Jesus Christ! He shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Prince of Peace, Everlasting Father. Jesus Christ is coming!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And yet, as we made mention, this gift isn\u2019t going to come for 750 <em>years<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>9:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re sitting here [at that time], you\u2019re going: \u201cHow do we know Jesus is going to really come? How do we <em>know<\/em> that this prophecy is really true?\u201d And I love what God does. God then says, in context: \u201cThe way that you know that the gift of My son, Christ, is coming is\u2014here\u2019s what I\u2019m going to do in the meantime: I am going to deliver you from your captors, the Assyrians.\u201d In other words: \u201cThe way that you know that the long-term blessing is coming is that I\u2019m going to give you a short-term blessing. I\u2019m going to deliver you from the Assyrians. That deliverance is proof positive that you can trust My word that, in the future, Jesus will come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You guys have heard me say that, when I first met Korie, I was in grad school\u2014I was in seminary. I didn\u2019t have two nickels to rub together\u2014I was broke; I just didn\u2019t have anything.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But I fell in love with the girl. You know, after dating for a while, I decided to take it to another level. I wanted to get engaged, but the problem was\u2014I didn\u2019t have, really, money. I didn\u2019t want to put the engagement ring on a credit card. I had too many of my friends, who put the engagement [ring] on a credit card; and they had these credit card payments for the next 20 years of their life. I didn\u2019t want to go that route.<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to do something called layaway. I know I just lost all of you Millennials right now. Layaway is something that we used to do, back in the day. You walk into a store, and you pick out an item\u2014they would put it on-hold, and you could make cash payments along the way.<\/p>\n<p>I walked into this one jewelry store\u2014I\u2019ll never forget\u2014it was in the diamond district of downtown Los Angeles. I walked into the store; and the guy, excitedly, was waiting on me, and showing me all of the diamonds. I picked out the size I could afford\u2014the color and the clarity\u2014it was great. Then I said to the guy, who was excited until I said these words, \u201cI would love to get this ring, but I would love to put it on layaway.\u201d He wasn\u2019t excited at all. He wanted his money; he wanted his money now. He reluctantly agreed, but boy!\u2014he was <em>cold<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>11:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He wasn\u2019t excited; he was <em>cold<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p>I noticed something that would happen in the weeks to come. I\u2019d come in\u2014periodically, several times a month\u2014with another cash payment. I would put the payment down on the ring, and he would take the money. I noticed, with each passing payment, he got less and less cold and more and more <em>friendly<\/em>\u2014so much so, when it came time for me to make the last payment, Fred\u2014we were on a first-name basis by then\u2014Fred invited me out to go celebrate.<\/p>\n<p>What warmed him up? What transferred him from being cold, and stoic, and aloof, to wanting to go out to celebrate? What warmed him up was\u2014he saw that, when I came in\u2014I put this thing on layaway and I said, \u201cAt a future date, I\u2019m going to get this thing,\u201d\u2014with each short-term benefit\u2014with each short-term blessing\/with each short-term payment\u2014his confidence <em>grew<\/em> that I was going to make good on my promise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>12:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s what\u2019s happening in our text! Jesus is saying: \u201cPeople of God, you have worked yourself in a corner. I am going to put Christ on layaway. He\u2019s coming! Rest assured, Christ <em>will <\/em>come! To give you confidence that Christ is coming, I\u2019m going to give you a short-term payment; I\u2019m going to give you a short-term blessing\u2014I\u2019m going to deliver you from the Assyrians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What does this have to do with how I live? It is our firm conviction, as followers of Jesus Christ and students of the Word of God, that the same Jesus\u2014who came once, in the first advent\u2014is the same Jesus who will come again in the second advent. The way that we know Christ will come again is the same way the people of God knew that Christ would come the first time; that is, every time God comes through for you\/every time God comes through for me\u2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>13:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2014when He delivers me out of that jam, when He heals my body, when He brings back home that wayward child, when He provides for me, when Jehovah-Jireh shows up\u2014every short-term blessing and benefit\u2014I have to see it, not just from the standpoint of, \u201cLook at what God did for me in the present!\u201d but \u201cIf God can pull me through now \/ if He\u2019s good on His promise in the present, He\u2019ll make <em>good<\/em> on His promise in the future. He will come again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>People of God, Jesus is coming. When He comes\u2014I want to zoom in on two names. God says, through the Prophet Isaiah: \u201cWhen Jesus comes, you will know Him as Everlasting Father.\u201d Wow! Again, context\u2014he\u2019s writing to rebellious kids!<\/p>\n<p><strong>14:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s writing to kids, who are hell-bent on their own way. He\u2019s writing to kids, who are not paying God any attention. He\u2019s writing to kids, who are convinced that, \u201cI can do life on my own terms.\u201d God says, through the Prophet Isaiah, \u201cWhen Jesus shows up, you will know Him as Everlasting Father,\u201d\u2014which means this\u2014\u201cHe ain\u2019t giving up on you!\u2014in spite of all your mess, in spite of all your sin, in spite of all your waywardness!\u201d In fact, he would say, in Isaiah 3: \u201cAll we, like sheep, have gone astray. Each one of us has turned to his own way.\u201d We need an Everlasting Father.<\/p>\n<p>Someone\u2019s here today, and you identify with the nation of Judah; you identify with life on your own terms. Maybe you\u2019re addicted to pornography, or you\u2019re an alcoholic. If you\u2019re beating yourself up over the sexual immorality, or the nagging sin that you just can\u2019t seem to shake loose\u2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>15:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2014the gossip\/the slander\u2014whatever it may be\u2014and you\u2019re wondering, \u201cHow can God put up with [me]?\u201d\u2014what I want you to hear me say is\u2014a part of God\u2019s name\u2014it reveals His nature: He is Everlasting <em>Father<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve got to be careful, because this promise ain\u2019t for everybody; it\u2019s only for the covenant people of God. Maybe you\u2019re here, and you\u2019re just visiting and you don\u2019t know Christ as Savior. Oh, dear friend, I say to you today that: \u201cGod longs to be your Everlasting Father. You can begin to experience that now! You can begin to see that now! But it only comes through His son, Jesus Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>16:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Finally, verse 6\u2014not only is He known as Everlasting Father\u2014but this Jesus, the Prophet Isaiah says, will also be known as the Prince of Peace. The idea of peace here, on one level\u2014yes, it is settledness\u2014it is the cessation of anxiety; it is the ending of worry. And boy, do we need that! But the Hebrew word for peace is so much more\u2014it\u2019s the word, <em>shalom<\/em>\u2014it means wholeness\/completeness; it means <em>settledness<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s saying that, when Jesus comes into your heart and life, you will have a sense of wholeness; you will have a sense of completeness. There will be this sense in which you don\u2019t need to go anywhere else for meaning, value, and significance. Jesus Christ, being the Prince of Peace\u2014God is saying: \u201cIt\u2019s a one-stop shop. <em>All<\/em> you need is in Jesus! He\u2019s your <em>Shalom<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>17:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My son\u2014for Christmas, one of my sons kept asking for a certain name-brand shoe. I wasn\u2019t going to get it for him just because of the dollars involved; and man, his foot is still growing. I just can\u2019t see myself spending that kind of money, only to buy him a new pair of shoes three months later\u2014I just wouldn\u2019t be a happy camper. But there\u2019s a reason why God created grandparents. [Audience laughter] Mimi and Papa, unbeknownst to me and my wife, stepped in; and we were all shocked that these shoes were under the tree on Christmas Day.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, me and the son, who wanted the shoes\u2014we went out to Chick-fil-A<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> for lunch\u2014just me and him. In the car, on the way to Chick-fil-A, I said, \u201cYou\u2019re excited about these shoes.\u201d He said: \u201cYes! Yes; I\u2019m really excited. You just don\u2019t understand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I said: \u201cWhy are you so excited about these shoes? Let\u2019s talk about that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>18:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I said, \u201cIf those shoes\u2014same exact shoes, same material, put together the same way\u2014if it didn\u2019t have that name on them, would you be as excited?\u201d He said: \u201cNah! Of course, I wouldn\u2019t be as excited!\u201d I said, \u201cSo it\u2019s the name.\u201d \u201cYeah.\u201d \u201cWell, what is it about the name?\u201d I said, \u201cI\u2019m not coming down on you; I just want to look up under the hood here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cWell, Dad, everybody at school has these shoes with this name.\u201d I said, \u201cSo having these shoes with this name now kind of gets you into the \u2018in\u2019 crowd?\u201d He kind of paused and he said, \u201cI never thought of it that way, but I guess; yeah!\u201d I said: \u201cSon, I\u2019m not coming down on you on the shoes. Ain\u2019t nothing wrong with the shoes\u2014nice shoes. Praise God for Mimi and Papa!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the truth of the matter is\u2014son, I just want you to learn to ask a tough question, right now\u2014it\u2019s the question: \u2018Why?\u2014why does that matter so much to you?\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>19:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not anti-nice things; but son, I\u2019m 41. I want you to know\u2014that never stops!\u2014shoes now, get a certain kind of car later, a certain zip code after that\u2014we just keep upping the ante, and upping the ante, and upping the ante. The punch line is, son\u2014I\u2019ll stop preaching after this,\u201d\u2014\u201cThank you, Dad,\u201d\u2014\u201cThe punch line is, son\u2014is that if you\u2019re looking for a name on a pair of shoes to give you a sense of completeness or wholeness, it ain\u2019t gonna happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s a message that, not only my son needs to hear\u2014I need to hear it;\u00a0 and you need to hear: \u201cJesus Christ is our <em>Shalom<\/em>\u2014not your zip code. Jesus Christ is our <em>Shalom<\/em>\u2014not the clothes you wear.<\/p>\n<p><strong>20:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cJesus Christ is our <em>Shalom<\/em>\u2014not the school you send your kids to. Jesus Christ is our <em>Shalom<\/em>.\u201d What a promise!<\/p>\n<p>Isaiah ends, in verse 7, by saying, \u201cOf the increase of His government and peace there will be no end, of the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore.\u201d Then, I had you underline this statement: \u201cThe zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I love this! The idea of zeal is straightforward\u2014it\u2019s passion\/intense passion. This name for Deity is rather interesting: \u201cLord of hosts\u201d\u2014that\u2019s God\u2019s military name; that\u2019s God\u2019s name for \u201cHe\u2019s about to throw down!\u201d\u2014that\u2019s God\u2019s fitting-to-go-to-war name.<\/p>\n<p>What is He saying here, in context? He\u2019s saying: \u201cChrist is coming!<\/p>\n<p><strong>21:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIsrael\u2014Judah, rather\u2014you\u2019ve backed yourself into a corner. You have lived life without Me; you have tried to fix it without Me\u2014it hasn\u2019t gotten better; it\u2019s gotten worse. Help is on the way. Jesus is coming! As proof positive of that, I\u2019m going to deliver you from the Assyrians.\u201d Now, who\u2019s going to do that? He ends by saying\u2014not just \u201cGod,\u201d although that\u2019s a wonderful name; not just \u201cYahweh,\u201d although that\u2019s a wonderful name\u2014He says: \u201cThe zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this. I\u2019m taking care of this <em>Myself<\/em>!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you read through your Bible, there are certain things in the Scriptures that God delegates; He\u2019s happy to work through people. He says to Moses one day: \u201cMoses, I\u2019ve got a situation down in Egypt. I need you to go down and tell old Pharaoh, \u2018Let My people go!\u2019 I\u2019m delegating that to you,\u201d or \u201cDaniel, I\u2019ve got a situation. Nebuchadnezzar has had a dream. I need you to interpret his dream,\u201d or \u201cJonah, there\u2019s a situation happening in Nineveh. I need you to walk in there and give this prophecy. I\u2019m going to work through you.\u201d God uses delegates all throughout the Scriptures\u2014mostly His prophets.<\/p>\n<p><strong>22:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But now, there are certain things\/big things in the Scripture, where God doesn\u2019t use a middle man; He takes care of it <em>Himself<\/em>. And in our text, God says: \u201cWhen it comes to Jesus Christ and the salvation of the world, no middle man involved at all. It will be God\u2014Me, Myself, and I\u2014encased in flesh. I will handle your salvation!\u201d\u2014no middle man.<\/p>\n<p>[Audience singing <em>Come, Thou Long-expected Jesus<\/em> by Charles Wesley]<\/p>\n<p>Come, Thou long-expected Jesus,<\/p>\n<p>Born to set Thy people free;<\/p>\n<p>From our fears and sins release us,<\/p>\n<p>Let us find our rest in Thee.<\/p>\n<p><strong>23:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Israel\u2019s Strength and Consolation,<\/p>\n<p>Hope of all the earth Thou art;<\/p>\n<p>Dear Desire of every nation,<\/p>\n<p>Joy of every longing heart.<\/p>\n<p>[Studio]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong> Indeed, good news for us to reflect on, here, on Christmas Day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> And it\u2019s the best news ever announced on planet earth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Jesus Christ came to be merciful\u2014to me; to you, the listener; and to millions of others\u2014if you\u2019ll call upon Him in faith and ask Him to be merciful to you, a sinner.<\/p>\n<p><strong>24:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes; we hope you have a <em>great<\/em> Christmas Day. I hope you\u2019re able to celebrate, at least, part of today with family members or with friends. And we hope you can join us back tomorrow. Your wife, Barbara, is going to join us; and we\u2019re going to get some advice from her to young wives and young moms about how to go through seasons of suffering\u2014that happens in a marriage and a family. We\u2019ll talk more with Barbara about that tomorrow. I hope you can be with us for that.<\/p>\n<p>I want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, and our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I'm Bob Lepine. Have a merry Christmas, and we will see you back tomorrow for another edition of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> is a production of FamilyLife of Little Rock, Arkansas; a Cru<sup>\u00ae <\/sup>Ministry.<\/p>\n<p>Help for today. Hope for tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>We are so happy to provide these transcripts to you. However, there is a cost to produce them for our website. 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Loritts turns to Isaiah 9 to remind us of who Jesus is, what He came to do, and what He came to deliver us from.","meta_box":{"show_notes":"","transcript_url":"https:\/\/transcript.familylifetoday.com\/fl2018-12-25.pdf","transcript_content":"<p><strong>Bob: <\/strong>There\u2019s a lot wrapped up for us in this day of the year. Pastor and author Bryan Loritts wants to make sure we\u2019re focused on what the day is really all about.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bryan:<\/strong> The problem with Christmas, for so many in our culture, is that Christmas tends to be, for too many people: \u201cSomething old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong> This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Tuesday, December 25<sup>th<\/sup>. Our host is Dennis Rainey, and I'm Bob Lepine. There\u2019s nothing wrong with the traditions or the sentiment of the Christmas holiday as long as that\u2019s not what\u2019s most important. We\u2019ll hear more about that today from Bryan Loritts. Stay with us.<\/p>\n<p>And welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us on Christmas Day. Merry Christmas to you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> And merry Christmas to you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong> You woke up, looking at a Christmas tree filled with the names of Jesus this morning; didn\u2019t you?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> It declared who the King of kings and Lord of lords really is.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong> Well, in fact, as we celebrate Christmas today, we\u2019re going to hear a message today that takes us to four of the names of Jesus that come from Isaiah\u2019s prophecy in Isaiah, Chapter 9. We\u2019re going to hear from our friend, Bryan Loritts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u2014who is pastor of Abundant Life Christian Fellowship in Silicon Valley. Bryan is going to remind us who Jesus is, what He came to do, and what He came to deliver us from. I think, here, at Christmas, it\u2019s very good to think about what His advent onto planet earth delivered us from.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong> He starts this message in Isaiah, Chapter 9, with the familiar declaration of the names and titles of Jesus that were prophesied long before He was born. Here\u2019s Bryan.<\/p>\n<p>[Recorded Message]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bryan:<\/strong> God says to the prophet:<\/p>\n<p><strong>2:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor to us a child born, and to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulders; and His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end, of the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore.\u201d Then, underline this statement: \u201cThe zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.\u201d Amen.<\/p>\n<p>Father, speak to us, I pray, through this great passage of Scripture\u2014this wonderful reminder of who Jesus is. Encourage and inflame our hearts as we stand on the precipice of a new year. Give us great grace, we pray, in Jesus\u2019 Name. Amen.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve all heard the statement:<\/p>\n<p><strong>3:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201c<\/strong>Something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue,\u201d\u2014\u201cSomething old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.\u201d Chances are, not only have you heard of this statement, but for those of us who are married, maybe this was a wonderful tradition that you all partook in: \u201cSomething old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.\u201d It\u2019s believed that, if you did this\u2014you found something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue\u2014that that would set your marriage on a great and wonderful trajectory\u2014a trajectory for blessing and health and favor.<\/p>\n<p>We bought into that; but the truth of the matter is\u2014is that, years into your marriage, when you find yourself in one of those stormy seasons, and you\u2019re at the counselor\u2019s office, and they\u2019re kind of diagnosing your marriage\u2014I promise you: not one of you goes: \u201cI know exactly what the problem is! We got something old and something new, but we didn\u2019t get something borrowed or something blue; therefore, that\u2019s the problem with our marriage. Our marriage isn\u2019t what it should be, because we didn\u2019t do two of the things on that list of four; so now our marriage is in a <em>tailspin<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>4:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We don\u2019t say that!\u2014why? Because, at the end of the day, you and I understand that this is mere sentimentality. It\u2019s a nice tradition that has no impact on the reality or daily nature of our marriages. It\u2019s something nice to do, but it doesn\u2019t impact us where our marriages live on a day-to-day basis.<\/p>\n<p>The problem with Christmas, for so many in our culture, is that Christmas tends to be, for too many people: \u201cSomething old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.\u201d It\u2019s nice\u2014wonderful sentimentality; it\u2019s a great tradition\u2014I\u2019m not anti-that. Our family does that\u2014we trim the tree every year. Our tradition is that, every year, the day after Thanksgiving, we gather together and we read the passage of Scripture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We put the ornaments on the tree\u2014even those ugly ones that my wife made when she was three years old; I won\u2019t call out the ugly ones that I made\u2014but we do those things, and it\u2019s wonderful. We play the wonderful music. When you hear that Frank Sinatra Christmas song, or Nat King Cole\u2014or for those of us a little bit younger, when you hear Run-DMC\u2019s <em>It\u2019s Christmas time in Hollis, Queens<\/em>\u2014man!\u2014the memories just take you back; don\u2019t they?<\/p>\n<p>[There\u2019s] nothing wrong with sentimentality\u2014nothing wrong with tradition. The problem becomes, for so many people, on December 26<sup>th<\/sup> or January 2<sup>nd<\/sup>\u2014or whenever it is that you take the tree down\u2014that tradition really doesn\u2019t have much to do with how we live our lives. Unfortunately, for so many of us, Christ becomes something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. It\u2019s nice tradition; and maybe we do it once a week, or maybe we do it when we\u2019re <em>really<\/em> in need, or maybe it\u2019s once a year\u2014whenever it may be.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But as far as impacting the <em>daily<\/em> trajectory of how I live my life, the Christ of Christmas has kind of been \u201cx\u2019d\u201d out. That\u2019s a bit of a problem.<\/p>\n<p>As we come to our text, Isaiah\u2014writing 750 years [before] the first advent of Jesus Christ\u2014says, in so many words, that Jesus is not to be reserved for something that we do a certain time of week or a certain time of year; but that Jesus Christ is to invade all of the aspects and corners of our lives. He\u2019s not to be just a traditional thing that we do; He is to be a part of every nook and cranny of who we <em>are<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s interesting is that the force of these words, tucked away in Isaiah, Chapter 9\u2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>7:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2014that we really don\u2019t understand them unless we can understand a little bit of the context. Here is Isaiah\u2014he\u2019s a prophet of God, speaking to the covenant people of God. Specifically, he\u2019s not just talking to the nation of Israel; he\u2019s really talking to those Jews who are part of the nation of Judah.<\/p>\n<p>If you know anything about your Bible, you know that it was after King Solomon that Judah broke away from the other tribes. They formed their own nation, and here they are\u2014the covenant people of God. As their siblings\u2014the other tribes\u2014the nation of Judah has spent much of her existence doing things on her terms; she\u2019s been living in sin.<\/p>\n<p>Such is the case when we come to Isaiah, Chapter 9. In Isaiah, Chapter 9, Judah has made some awful choices. She has chosen to live her life independently of God\u2014she has chosen to do things on her own terms; she has chosen to live in sin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>She has chosen to navigate life according to her own personal GPS system instead of the North Star of Jesus Christ. And to make matters worse, she has worked herself into a corner. Life on her terms hasn\u2019t worked out well; and even in the corner, instead of crying out to God, she says, \u201cI can get myself out of this mess!\u201d But she only makes it worse, not better. Can anybody relate to that?<\/p>\n<p>So this is Judah\u2019s situation when God speaks these words in Isaiah, Chapter 9. He talks to a rebellious people, living in sin, not turning to God. He says to these individuals\u2014he says to these people: \u201cHelp is on the way! I haven\u2019t given up on you. There\u2019s going to be a gift that I will give you. His name is Jesus Christ! He shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Prince of Peace, Everlasting Father. Jesus Christ is coming!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And yet, as we made mention, this gift isn\u2019t going to come for 750 <em>years<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>9:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re sitting here [at that time], you\u2019re going: \u201cHow do we know Jesus is going to really come? How do we <em>know<\/em> that this prophecy is really true?\u201d And I love what God does. God then says, in context: \u201cThe way that you know that the gift of My son, Christ, is coming is\u2014here\u2019s what I\u2019m going to do in the meantime: I am going to deliver you from your captors, the Assyrians.\u201d In other words: \u201cThe way that you know that the long-term blessing is coming is that I\u2019m going to give you a short-term blessing. I\u2019m going to deliver you from the Assyrians. That deliverance is proof positive that you can trust My word that, in the future, Jesus will come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You guys have heard me say that, when I first met Korie, I was in grad school\u2014I was in seminary. I didn\u2019t have two nickels to rub together\u2014I was broke; I just didn\u2019t have anything.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But I fell in love with the girl. You know, after dating for a while, I decided to take it to another level. I wanted to get engaged, but the problem was\u2014I didn\u2019t have, really, money. I didn\u2019t want to put the engagement ring on a credit card. I had too many of my friends, who put the engagement [ring] on a credit card; and they had these credit card payments for the next 20 years of their life. I didn\u2019t want to go that route.<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to do something called layaway. I know I just lost all of you Millennials right now. Layaway is something that we used to do, back in the day. You walk into a store, and you pick out an item\u2014they would put it on-hold, and you could make cash payments along the way.<\/p>\n<p>I walked into this one jewelry store\u2014I\u2019ll never forget\u2014it was in the diamond district of downtown Los Angeles. I walked into the store; and the guy, excitedly, was waiting on me, and showing me all of the diamonds. I picked out the size I could afford\u2014the color and the clarity\u2014it was great. Then I said to the guy, who was excited until I said these words, \u201cI would love to get this ring, but I would love to put it on layaway.\u201d He wasn\u2019t excited at all. He wanted his money; he wanted his money now. He reluctantly agreed, but boy!\u2014he was <em>cold<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>11:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He wasn\u2019t excited; he was <em>cold<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p>I noticed something that would happen in the weeks to come. I\u2019d come in\u2014periodically, several times a month\u2014with another cash payment. I would put the payment down on the ring, and he would take the money. I noticed, with each passing payment, he got less and less cold and more and more <em>friendly<\/em>\u2014so much so, when it came time for me to make the last payment, Fred\u2014we were on a first-name basis by then\u2014Fred invited me out to go celebrate.<\/p>\n<p>What warmed him up? What transferred him from being cold, and stoic, and aloof, to wanting to go out to celebrate? What warmed him up was\u2014he saw that, when I came in\u2014I put this thing on layaway and I said, \u201cAt a future date, I\u2019m going to get this thing,\u201d\u2014with each short-term benefit\u2014with each short-term blessing\/with each short-term payment\u2014his confidence <em>grew<\/em> that I was going to make good on my promise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>12:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s what\u2019s happening in our text! Jesus is saying: \u201cPeople of God, you have worked yourself in a corner. I am going to put Christ on layaway. He\u2019s coming! Rest assured, Christ <em>will <\/em>come! To give you confidence that Christ is coming, I\u2019m going to give you a short-term payment; I\u2019m going to give you a short-term blessing\u2014I\u2019m going to deliver you from the Assyrians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What does this have to do with how I live? It is our firm conviction, as followers of Jesus Christ and students of the Word of God, that the same Jesus\u2014who came once, in the first advent\u2014is the same Jesus who will come again in the second advent. The way that we know Christ will come again is the same way the people of God knew that Christ would come the first time; that is, every time God comes through for you\/every time God comes through for me\u2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>13:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2014when He delivers me out of that jam, when He heals my body, when He brings back home that wayward child, when He provides for me, when Jehovah-Jireh shows up\u2014every short-term blessing and benefit\u2014I have to see it, not just from the standpoint of, \u201cLook at what God did for me in the present!\u201d but \u201cIf God can pull me through now \/ if He\u2019s good on His promise in the present, He\u2019ll make <em>good<\/em> on His promise in the future. He will come again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>People of God, Jesus is coming. When He comes\u2014I want to zoom in on two names. God says, through the Prophet Isaiah: \u201cWhen Jesus comes, you will know Him as Everlasting Father.\u201d Wow! Again, context\u2014he\u2019s writing to rebellious kids!<\/p>\n<p><strong>14:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s writing to kids, who are hell-bent on their own way. He\u2019s writing to kids, who are not paying God any attention. He\u2019s writing to kids, who are convinced that, \u201cI can do life on my own terms.\u201d God says, through the Prophet Isaiah, \u201cWhen Jesus shows up, you will know Him as Everlasting Father,\u201d\u2014which means this\u2014\u201cHe ain\u2019t giving up on you!\u2014in spite of all your mess, in spite of all your sin, in spite of all your waywardness!\u201d In fact, he would say, in Isaiah 3: \u201cAll we, like sheep, have gone astray. Each one of us has turned to his own way.\u201d We need an Everlasting Father.<\/p>\n<p>Someone\u2019s here today, and you identify with the nation of Judah; you identify with life on your own terms. Maybe you\u2019re addicted to pornography, or you\u2019re an alcoholic. If you\u2019re beating yourself up over the sexual immorality, or the nagging sin that you just can\u2019t seem to shake loose\u2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>15:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2014the gossip\/the slander\u2014whatever it may be\u2014and you\u2019re wondering, \u201cHow can God put up with [me]?\u201d\u2014what I want you to hear me say is\u2014a part of God\u2019s name\u2014it reveals His nature: He is Everlasting <em>Father<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve got to be careful, because this promise ain\u2019t for everybody; it\u2019s only for the covenant people of God. Maybe you\u2019re here, and you\u2019re just visiting and you don\u2019t know Christ as Savior. Oh, dear friend, I say to you today that: \u201cGod longs to be your Everlasting Father. You can begin to experience that now! You can begin to see that now! But it only comes through His son, Jesus Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>16:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Finally, verse 6\u2014not only is He known as Everlasting Father\u2014but this Jesus, the Prophet Isaiah says, will also be known as the Prince of Peace. The idea of peace here, on one level\u2014yes, it is settledness\u2014it is the cessation of anxiety; it is the ending of worry. And boy, do we need that! But the Hebrew word for peace is so much more\u2014it\u2019s the word, <em>shalom<\/em>\u2014it means wholeness\/completeness; it means <em>settledness<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s saying that, when Jesus comes into your heart and life, you will have a sense of wholeness; you will have a sense of completeness. There will be this sense in which you don\u2019t need to go anywhere else for meaning, value, and significance. Jesus Christ, being the Prince of Peace\u2014God is saying: \u201cIt\u2019s a one-stop shop. <em>All<\/em> you need is in Jesus! He\u2019s your <em>Shalom<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>17:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My son\u2014for Christmas, one of my sons kept asking for a certain name-brand shoe. I wasn\u2019t going to get it for him just because of the dollars involved; and man, his foot is still growing. I just can\u2019t see myself spending that kind of money, only to buy him a new pair of shoes three months later\u2014I just wouldn\u2019t be a happy camper. But there\u2019s a reason why God created grandparents. [Audience laughter] Mimi and Papa, unbeknownst to me and my wife, stepped in; and we were all shocked that these shoes were under the tree on Christmas Day.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, me and the son, who wanted the shoes\u2014we went out to Chick-fil-A<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> for lunch\u2014just me and him. In the car, on the way to Chick-fil-A, I said, \u201cYou\u2019re excited about these shoes.\u201d He said: \u201cYes! Yes; I\u2019m really excited. You just don\u2019t understand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I said: \u201cWhy are you so excited about these shoes? Let\u2019s talk about that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>18:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I said, \u201cIf those shoes\u2014same exact shoes, same material, put together the same way\u2014if it didn\u2019t have that name on them, would you be as excited?\u201d He said: \u201cNah! Of course, I wouldn\u2019t be as excited!\u201d I said, \u201cSo it\u2019s the name.\u201d \u201cYeah.\u201d \u201cWell, what is it about the name?\u201d I said, \u201cI\u2019m not coming down on you; I just want to look up under the hood here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cWell, Dad, everybody at school has these shoes with this name.\u201d I said, \u201cSo having these shoes with this name now kind of gets you into the \u2018in\u2019 crowd?\u201d He kind of paused and he said, \u201cI never thought of it that way, but I guess; yeah!\u201d I said: \u201cSon, I\u2019m not coming down on you on the shoes. Ain\u2019t nothing wrong with the shoes\u2014nice shoes. Praise God for Mimi and Papa!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the truth of the matter is\u2014son, I just want you to learn to ask a tough question, right now\u2014it\u2019s the question: \u2018Why?\u2014why does that matter so much to you?\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>19:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not anti-nice things; but son, I\u2019m 41. I want you to know\u2014that never stops!\u2014shoes now, get a certain kind of car later, a certain zip code after that\u2014we just keep upping the ante, and upping the ante, and upping the ante. The punch line is, son\u2014I\u2019ll stop preaching after this,\u201d\u2014\u201cThank you, Dad,\u201d\u2014\u201cThe punch line is, son\u2014is that if you\u2019re looking for a name on a pair of shoes to give you a sense of completeness or wholeness, it ain\u2019t gonna happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s a message that, not only my son needs to hear\u2014I need to hear it;\u00a0 and you need to hear: \u201cJesus Christ is our <em>Shalom<\/em>\u2014not your zip code. Jesus Christ is our <em>Shalom<\/em>\u2014not the clothes you wear.<\/p>\n<p><strong>20:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cJesus Christ is our <em>Shalom<\/em>\u2014not the school you send your kids to. Jesus Christ is our <em>Shalom<\/em>.\u201d What a promise!<\/p>\n<p>Isaiah ends, in verse 7, by saying, \u201cOf the increase of His government and peace there will be no end, of the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore.\u201d Then, I had you underline this statement: \u201cThe zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I love this! The idea of zeal is straightforward\u2014it\u2019s passion\/intense passion. This name for Deity is rather interesting: \u201cLord of hosts\u201d\u2014that\u2019s God\u2019s military name; that\u2019s God\u2019s name for \u201cHe\u2019s about to throw down!\u201d\u2014that\u2019s God\u2019s fitting-to-go-to-war name.<\/p>\n<p>What is He saying here, in context? He\u2019s saying: \u201cChrist is coming!<\/p>\n<p><strong>21:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIsrael\u2014Judah, rather\u2014you\u2019ve backed yourself into a corner. You have lived life without Me; you have tried to fix it without Me\u2014it hasn\u2019t gotten better; it\u2019s gotten worse. Help is on the way. Jesus is coming! As proof positive of that, I\u2019m going to deliver you from the Assyrians.\u201d Now, who\u2019s going to do that? He ends by saying\u2014not just \u201cGod,\u201d although that\u2019s a wonderful name; not just \u201cYahweh,\u201d although that\u2019s a wonderful name\u2014He says: \u201cThe zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this. I\u2019m taking care of this <em>Myself<\/em>!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you read through your Bible, there are certain things in the Scriptures that God delegates; He\u2019s happy to work through people. He says to Moses one day: \u201cMoses, I\u2019ve got a situation down in Egypt. I need you to go down and tell old Pharaoh, \u2018Let My people go!\u2019 I\u2019m delegating that to you,\u201d or \u201cDaniel, I\u2019ve got a situation. Nebuchadnezzar has had a dream. I need you to interpret his dream,\u201d or \u201cJonah, there\u2019s a situation happening in Nineveh. I need you to walk in there and give this prophecy. I\u2019m going to work through you.\u201d God uses delegates all throughout the Scriptures\u2014mostly His prophets.<\/p>\n<p><strong>22:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But now, there are certain things\/big things in the Scripture, where God doesn\u2019t use a middle man; He takes care of it <em>Himself<\/em>. And in our text, God says: \u201cWhen it comes to Jesus Christ and the salvation of the world, no middle man involved at all. It will be God\u2014Me, Myself, and I\u2014encased in flesh. I will handle your salvation!\u201d\u2014no middle man.<\/p>\n<p>[Audience singing <em>Come, Thou Long-expected Jesus<\/em> by Charles Wesley]<\/p>\n<p>Come, Thou long-expected Jesus,<\/p>\n<p>Born to set Thy people free;<\/p>\n<p>From our fears and sins release us,<\/p>\n<p>Let us find our rest in Thee.<\/p>\n<p><strong>23:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Israel\u2019s Strength and Consolation,<\/p>\n<p>Hope of all the earth Thou art;<\/p>\n<p>Dear Desire of every nation,<\/p>\n<p>Joy of every longing heart.<\/p>\n<p>[Studio]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong> Indeed, good news for us to reflect on, here, on Christmas Day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> And it\u2019s the best news ever announced on planet earth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Jesus Christ came to be merciful\u2014to me; to you, the listener; and to millions of others\u2014if you\u2019ll call upon Him in faith and ask Him to be merciful to you, a sinner.<\/p>\n<p><strong>24:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes; we hope you have a <em>great<\/em> Christmas Day. I hope you\u2019re able to celebrate, at least, part of today with family members or with friends. And we hope you can join us back tomorrow. Your wife, Barbara, is going to join us; and we\u2019re going to get some advice from her to young wives and young moms about how to go through seasons of suffering\u2014that happens in a marriage and a family. We\u2019ll talk more with Barbara about that tomorrow. I hope you can be with us for that.<\/p>\n<p>I want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, and our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I'm Bob Lepine. Have a merry Christmas, and we will see you back tomorrow for another edition of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> is a production of FamilyLife of Little Rock, Arkansas; a Cru<sup>\u00ae <\/sup>Ministry.<\/p>\n<p>Help for today. Hope for tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>We are so happy to provide these transcripts to you. However, there is a cost to produce them for our website. 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