"His Name Shall Be Called
Counsellor"
Isaiah 9:6
The Lord Jesus Christ,
our Savior, is "the LORD of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working" (Isa. 28:29). As he
is the only Mediator between God and men, he is the only Counsellor with God
for men and the only Counsellor with men for God.
CHRIST WAS OUR
COUNSELLOR IN THE COUNCIL OF PEACE BEFORE THE WORLD BEGAN (Zech.
CHRIST WAS A COUNSELLOR
TO MEN WHILE HE WALKED UPON THE EARTH. He counselled sinners to come to him and
live. The weary he counselled to come to him for rest, the hungry for food, the
thirsty for water, the defiled for cleansing, and the needy for grace. And all
who came he counselled to sin no more, to love one another, to live for the
glory of God, and to pray to the Father in his name for their souls' every
need.
CHRIST IS A COUNSELLOR
TO HIS PEOPLE TODAY THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF HIS WORD BY THE POWER OF HIS
SPIRIT. The Bible is the Counsel of God, the word of his wisdom, the transcript
of his eternal purpose, and the declaration of his will. By the ministry of the
Word, the Lord reveals himself to his people, orders their lives, directs their
steps, instructs their minds, and comforts their hearts.
AND CHRIST IS OUR
COUNSELLOR IN HEAVEN. He appears in the presence of God for us, represents us
to the Father, and presents our prayers to him. He pleads our cause, intercedes
for our pardon, and calls for all the blessings of the covenant to be bestowed
upon us. And the basis of his plea is the merit of his own perfect
righteousness and blood atonement (I John 2:1-2). He is abundantly qualified to
be our Counsellor, for he is the only wise God, our Mediator in whom are hid
all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge, and the One upon whom the Spirit of
wisdom and understanding, of counsel and might rests. He who is the wisdom of
God is God our Counsellor! Wise men and women seek and take counsel from him
alone.
Don Fortner