And the Government Will Be on His Shoulders Part 4

1. “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and
the government will be on his shoulders.”
Isaiah 9:6 (NIV)
HOPE

2. 7 Of the greatness of his government and peace
there will be no end. He will reign on David’s
throne and over his kingdom, establishing and
upholding it with justice and righteousness from
that time on and forever.
The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this.
Isaiah 9:7 (NIV)
HOPEJOYPEACE

3. LOVE

4. LOVEWon’t Get You Elected

5. We don’t vote for someone because they promise to love us.

6. POLITICIANS
PROMISE
to protect
to vanquish
to multiply

7. POLITICIANS
PROMISE
to protect
to vanquish
to multiply
“I love you.”

8. 52 And Jesus grew in
wisdom and stature, and in
favor with God and man.
Luke 2:52 (NIV)
LOVE

9. Heir-to-Throne Had Humble Beginnings
Born to a ‘Homeless’ Couple Amidst Census-chaos
Nazarene Was Nearly a Casualty of Herod’s Holocaust
Escaped to Egypt to Avoid Region-wide Infanticide
Carpenter’s Son Who Became a Self-taught Scholar
Impressed Jerusalem’s Top Theologians with His Extensive Knowledge
Unequivocal Endorsement by Respected Jewish Prophet
John the Baptist Publicly Proclaims Jesus to Be “The One”

10. 2 He grew up before him like
a tender shoot, and like a root
out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty
to attract us to him, nothing
in his appearance that we
should desire him.
Isaiah 53 (NIV)
Forensic pathologists’ reconstruction of what First
Century Galilean Jewish man probably looked like.

11. 3 He was despised and
rejected by humankind,
a man of suffering, and
familiar with pain.
Like one from whom people
hide their faces he was
despised, and we held him
in low esteem.
Isaiah 53 (NIV)

12. 4 Surely he took
up our pain
and bore our
suffering, yet we
considered him
punished by
God, stricken by
him, and
afflicted.
Isaiah 53 (NIV)

13. WHAT WENT
WRONG?
“…in favor with God and people.” “…despised and held in low esteem.”

14. Mark 12:31 30 “Love the
Lord your God with all your
heart and with all your soul
and with all your mind and
with all your strength.” 31 The
second is this: “Love your
neighbor as yourself.” There
is no commandment greater
than these.
“Love God and Love Everyone!”

15. Luke 6:31 Do to others as you
would have them do to you.
35 But love your enemies, do
good to them, and lend to them
without expecting to get
anything back. Then your reward
will be great, and you will be
children of the Most High,
because he is kind to the
ungrateful and wicked.
Romans 12:9 Love must be
sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to
what is good.
Romans 13:10 Love does no
harm to a neighbor. There love is
the fulfillment of the law.
1Peter 4:8 Above all, love each
other deeply, because love
covers over a multitude of sins.

16. 1John 3:16-18 16 We know what love is because Jesus Christ
gave his life for us. So we should give our lives for our brothers
and sisters. 17 Suppose someone sees a brother or sister in need
and is able to help them. And suppose that person doesn’t take
pity on these needy people. Then how can the love of God be in
that person? 18 Dear children, don’t just talk about love. Put
your love into action. Then it will truly be love.
1John 4:7 Dear friends, let us love one another, because love
comes from God. Everyone who loves has become a child of God
and knows God. 8 Anyone who does not love does not
know God, because God is love.

17. 1 John 4:9 Here is how God showed his love among
us. He sent his one and only Son into the world. He
sent him so we could receive life through him. 10 Here
is what love is. It is not that we loved God. It is that
he loved us and sent his Son to give his life to pay
for our sins. 11 Dear friends, since God loved us this
much, we should also love one another. 12 No one
has ever seen God. But if we love one another, God
lives in us. His love is made complete in us.

18. LOVEWon’t Get You Elected
Criticized
Denounced
Avoided
Indicted
Stigmatized
Abused
CRUCIFIED

19. #NOTMYJESUS
We still struggle with how unconditionally Jesus loves everyone