Sermon Outline:
1. The light of the Gospel follows darkness
2. The Gospel is a multiplication of the enjoyment of God
3. The Gospel brings a different reality not just a different attitude
4. The Gospel rests upon a single man
5. Immanuel’s reign and peace will increase until it covers every corner of creation
6. The Gospel rests secure on God’s jealous love
Family Discussion Questions:
1. Why is it important to remember that glory follows suffering?
2. Why is it important to remember that the only possible recipients of the Gospel are dead in sin and under the wrath of God?
3. What is special about Jesus being born in Bethlehem, but being raised in Nazareth?
4. What does it mean that the nation of Immanuel is increased?
5. What does joy have to do with the Gospel?
6. How can we make sure that we are not idolizing God’s gifts, but delighting in God Himself?
7. What happened on the Day of Midian?
8. How does the Day of Midian shape our view of the reality of God’s Gospel promises?
9. How does verse 6 teach us that Immanuel would be both God and man?
10. How does the Christian Gospel differ from all false religions which rest on the shoulders of many people?
11. Why do the Lord Jesus Christ’s power and reign not take away from the joy of the Gospel but establish it?
12. Why would we be lost without the jealous love of God?
13. Why could Judah be confident that Immanuel would come?
