Jesus Christ, the Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and the Prince of Peace!

“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” – Isaiah 9:6 NIV

Most of us loves to live a perfect and peaceful life, so we study really hard to get a high-paying job. We may even find our own counselor because we sometimes need guidance to live a perfect life that we want. We leave our own legacies at the end of the age, in order to teach future generations how perfect and peaceful lives are to be attained and how they are valuable to them. We might even also want to become a president or prime minister of any countries, to do these also. It is good to study really hard to get a high paying job that we really want, and it is good to find our own counselor to let them guide us how to live right. However, the truth is that Jesus Christ is Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6).

First, Jesus is the Everlasting Father (Ephesians 4:6), who has been with God and has been Him at the beginning (John 1:1-4), and who has created us to be His image (Genesis 1:27; Romans 8:29-30). Because the word of God states that He is the Alpha and the Omega—the beginning and the end—in Revelation 1:8, He is omnipresent God. Moreover, God literally came down into the earth as Jesus Christ (John 1:14) to crucify Himself on the cross as atonement of our sins (Colossians 2:13-15), in order to exchange our eternal destiny from death to life (Hebrews 2:14-15). “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 6:23).

But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished—he did it to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus. (Romans 3:21-26)

Second, Jesus also is Mighty God because not only He is the perfect image of God (Colossians 1:15) but He also knows everything and is able to do everything. The main reason for this is that He is the Righteous Creator of everything (Genesis 1:1; Psalm 24:1). Hence, Jesus is omniscient and omnipotent God (Romans 11:33-36).

Someone came to Jesus with this question: “Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?”

“Why ask me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. But to answer your question—if you want to receive eternal life, keep the commandments.”

“Which ones?” the man asked.

And Jesus replied: “‘You must not murder. You must not commit adultery. You must not steal. You must not testify falsely. Honor your father and mother. Love your neighbor as yourself.’”

“I’ve obeyed all these commandments,” the young man replied. “What else must I do?”

Jesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go and sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

But when the young man heard this, he went away sad, for he had many possessions.

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “I tell you the truth, it is very hard for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. I’ll say it again—it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!”

The disciples were astounded. “Then who in the world can be saved?” they asked.

Jesus looked at them intently and said, “Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But with God everything is possible.” (Matthew 19:16-26)

Last of all, Jesus Christ is able to be our Wonderful Counselor and the Prince of Peace as well, if we let Him to be. This is because He is currently knocking on the door of our hearts to fully come in (Revelation 3:20) as the Spirit of God (John 14:15-27). The Spirit of God is also the Spirit of the life (John 6:63-65), the freedom (2 Corinthians 3:17), and the truth (John 16:7-15). The main reason for these is that Jesus proclaims that He is the way of the life and the truth (John 14:1-7). Not only God has poured His Spirit into us (Romans 8:1-17) but He also created His Word to teach us how to become the righteousness of God (2 Timothy 3:16-17; Romans 1:16-17). “For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.” (Hebrews 4:12) Furthermore, the another reason why that Jesus Christ was crucified and resurrected is that He wants to bring us and everything under God and make us holy and blameless in His Sight (Colossians 1:16-23).

Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in the one Spirit, striving together as one for the faith of the gospel without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a sign to them that they will be destroyed, but that you will be saved—and that by God. For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him. (Philippians 1:27-29)