The Savior's Birth

This sermon continues a series on “Searching for a Savior” by looking at Isaiah’s prophecies regarding Jesus, especially the virgin birth and the name “Immanuel—God with us.” It emphasizes that God is a God of details: Jesus had to be born of a virgin to be truly sinless, avoiding Adam’s inherited sin and qualifying as the perfect sacrifice. Isaiah 9’s titles for Christ—Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace—are unpacked to show Jesus as the all-wise, all-powerful, eternal, and peace-giving King. The message contrasts our default “government” of sin and death with the new kingdom we can enter by seeking asylum under Christ’s rule. It closes with an invitation to respond to the gospel, leave the old “default,” and experience peace with God and inner peace through Jesus.