Isaiah 7:14 Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel (which means ‘God is with us’). LISTEN UP - Something impossible is going to happen in your life, and your future will look completely different than your past. Isaiah 9:6 And he will be called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Who is Jesus? 1. IT’S POSSIBLE I DON’T RECOGNIZE JESUS FOR WHO HE REALLY IS. John 1:10-14 He came into the very world he created, but the world didn’t recognize him. He came to his own people, and even they rejected him. Matthew 26:63-68 “I demand in the name of the living God—tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God.” Jesus replied, “You have said it. And in the future you will see the Son of Man seated in the place of power at God’s right hand and coming on the clouds of heaven.” Then the high priest tore his clothing to show his horror and said, “Blasphemy! Why do we need other witnesses? You have all heard his blasphemy. What is your verdict?” “Guilty!” they shouted. “He deserves to die!” Then they began to spit in Jesus’ face and beat him with their fists. And some slapped him, jeering, “Prophesy to us, you Messiah! Who hit you that time?” 2. WHEN I DO HIM, MY WHOLE LIFE IS . 12-13 But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. They are reborn—not with a physical birth resulting from human passion or plan, but a birth that comes from God. 2 Corinthians 5:17 So we have stopped evaluating others from a human point of view. At one time we thought of Christ merely from a human point of view. How differently we know him now! This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! 3. NOTHING SAYS, “I’M YOU,” LIKE, “I’M YOU.” 14 So the Word became human and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son. Romans 8:31 What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us? Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won’t he also give us everything else? Romans 8:38 And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love.