For To Us a Child is Born | Part 3: Our Everlasting Father and Prince of Peace (Isaiah 6:9)

For To Us a Child is Born | Part 3: Our Everlasting Father and Prince of Peace (Isaiah 6:9)

This sermon on Isaiah 9:6 explores the final two messianic titles given to Jesus Christ. “Everlasting Father” highlights Christ’s eternal existence as God, while “Father” describes his functional role rather than his ontology. Jesus is the father of creation (through whom all things were made), the father of believers (birthing spiritual life and protecting his people), and the father of the age to come (ruling the restored future). “Prince of Peace” portrays Jesus as the divine ruler who brings comprehensive peace through his cross (reconciling sinners to God and breaking down hostility), preserving it eternally for his own, and commanding his followers to pursue peace with others as peacemakers. Ultimately, these titles reveal Christ’s deity and multifaceted relationship to his people. Here is a call to know him fully, love him deeply, trust him unwaveringly, and serve him wholeheartedly, finding true light and peace in him alone.