what in the world makes us so embarrassed about the gospel for I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified [Music] [Music] hundreds of years before Jesus Christ came to Earth people spent the end of the year celebrating celebrating light and life in the midst of a dark and cold winter celebrating the coming of Life pagan gods and more in the early days of Christianity Christ’s Resurrection from the dead was the only holiday celebrated by Believers it wasn’t until the 4th

Century that Christ’s coming into the world through the Virgin birth was just as Central history gives clues that December 25th was the adopted date for that celebration in order to stand out amongst those Pagan celebrations to lead others to the gift of the gospel and now with the passing of time Christmas is not something that stands out anymore it has been swallowed by Santa Claus presents and Christmas carols and yet as Christians we must not miss what John MacArthur describes in today’s broadcast as the mystery of

Christmas God’s plans cannot be altered so here is a prophecy about a child to be born who is also a son given a child in the Earthly sense a son in the Heavenly sense who will have a kingdom with no limits in terms of space and no limits in terms of time and to further identify his rule he has given a name his name is a composite of several things back to verse 6 his name will be called wonderful counselor that doesn’t mean he’s really helpful when you have a problem he is that but that’s not the point as compared to Solomon who was the

wisest man who ever lived this man is a Wonder of a counselor this is talking about the infinite nature of his wisdom a Wonder of wisdom beyond all rule rers including Solomon he he rules well he rules over everything well he rules throughout all eternity because he has wisdom that encompasses all that is required for that he has the wisdom to rule everything forever flawlessly and he knows what to to do in every situation not only does he know what to do in every situation he has the power to do it the second part of his name is