Names are of great importance in the Bible especially in Hebrew language. 
Some names have historical significance and some are description of a character.
Some Biblical names have profound theological meaning.
On this Christmas morning we will look at names of Jesus recorded in OT as well as in NT.
The Prophet Isiah describes names of Jesus in two places.
In Isaiah 7:14, the prophet says “Therefore the Lord (God) Himself will give you a sign: The virgin (Mary) will conceive and give birth to a Son, and will call HIM (Jesus) Emmanuel.” The inserts in parenthesis are mine.
Immanuel means God is with us – the child who was born in Bethlehem to Virgin Mary.
Isaiah 9:8b “And He (Jesus) will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”
What Prophet Isaiah was saying here is all the names Jesus will be called belong to God.
Simply to say Immanuel is God.
Gospel writer Matthew says in 1:21, “And she will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for it is He who will save His people from their sins."
The word "Jesus" means "Jehovah is salvation." 
This is appropriate since Jesus is Jehovah, second person of the Trinity, who became flesh and is our salvation.
On this Christmas morning we study the name “Immanuel.”
BEFORE INCARNATION 
In Colossians 1:16-17, Apostle says Emmanuel is Christ who created the worlds and sustains them, I mean holding them together.
Eternally God, Christ literally holding everything that is created - God with us.
Immanuel was Christ before HE was born as a child in Bethlehem.
He was with Abraham, Moses, all the prophets, and some kings and always with HIS people Israel – Malachi 3:6.
AFTER INCARNATION
In Human Nature
On a Christmas Day Christ became Jesus as a man according to divine plan.
Apostle Paul in Romans 8:3 says that Lord Jesus came “in the likeness of sinful flesh” to become a sin offering.
In human form HE was tempted as any other human being but not succumbed to sin.
In human form HE revealed the invisible God to the humanity.
In human form Christ Jesus identified with us – experienced the life one earth.
Immanuel, God is with us literally proved in HIS human nature.
His Death on the Cross
In Isaiah 53:5-6 Prophet Isaiah profoundly describes HIS death on the cross.
In 1 Cori 15:3 Paul affirms that Christ died for our sins.
The death of Christ is given a very prominent place in the Bible.
Immanuel God is with us bearing our sins and dying for us in our place.
Lord Jesus Christ is with us NOW and forever
In the new covenant HE was with the HIS disciples, HIS church and throughout the church period.
The Scriptures are filled with promises that God will be with HIS people on a daily basis. 
In Matthew 28:20 Lord Jesus says “And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
Since the great commission given to the disciples, Lord Jesus is with every person who believed in HIM from that day.
HE was with those missionaries who traveled to faraway lands to proclaim the gospel.
HE was with those who were persecuted and killed for their faith.
HE is with every person who puts their faith in HIM alone.
HE is with us today in every believing heart.
Immanuel, God is with us is a proven fact – no other religion can confidently say this fact.
Immanuel, God is with us, is not a Christmas description of Jesus Christ.
Immanuel is an everyday reality that God is with us.
It is an experience - it is a relationship with the Living Savior Lord Jesus Christ.
HE is going to come back not as a baby but as King of kings and Lord of lords.
On this Christmas morning we praise God for Immanuel, the eternal presence of Jesus Christ with us.

Luke 2: 8-20
On that ordinary night the shepherds began to watch over their sheep.
Many travelled to their respective hometowns to register for census.
Many came to Bethlehem for census and the town was packed with tourists.
For the people of Judea It was just another ordinary cold winter night to survive.
That ordinary night in Bethlehem was transformed into an extra-ordinary night because of an extra-ordinary birth of a baby boy.
The Creator God chose to become a human at a precise time in the human history.
That is why it will always remain an extra-ordinary night in human history.
Christ’s birth was not only extra-ordinary but also very strange for multiple reasons.
God chose a virgin teenager around 16-17 years to become the mother of HIS incarnation.
God chose a cattle shed to become His birth place.
God chose a manger to become His cradle.
God chose only one group of people the shepherds to announce His birth.
Shepherd played an important role in our Lord’s birth because they were the first to announce HIS birth to others.
So they are called the first evangelists so to speak.
We come across the Scripture learning about shepherds – for some reason God like them.
People of Israelites were shepherds – King David was a shepherd boy who wrote Psalm 23 describing God as Shepherd.
Sheep was used as the sacrificial lamb for the sins at the Jerusalem temple.
Lord Jesus became the Lamb of God to take away the sin.
HE describes Himself as the Good Shepherd – we are HIS sheep.
God’s ways are mysterious and beyond human comprehension.
God intentionally chose the foolish shepherds to announce the Lord’s birth.
Eternal God, Infinite God, Almighty God, breaks into human realm and time in the most humble circumstances possible.
So that HE could include all humanity in HIS eternal plan of salvation.
When God became man, He emptied His glory so that Mary could hold a human baby.
The glory of God is a visible, concentrated manifestation of the nature or presence of God.
Always glory of God associated with shining, brilliant, and extra-ordinarily bright.
In Exodus 33:18-23 we read about God’s glory which no human can see and live.
Glory of God produces awe who perceives it.
When people “see” the glory of God they have heightened, acute awareness of the presence and power of God, the majesty and authority of God Almighty.
Verses 10 to 13 describe 4 things:
1. Good news that causes great joy to all people – birth of Lord is good news
2. A Savior is born – HE is Messiah – the Lord – the Anointed ONE – the Deliverer
3. HE is a little baby boy in a manger
4. Multitude of angels proclaims peace on earth.
The idea of Savior is the extension of the Old Testament for the Deliverer who saves His people
Salvation applies to all areas of life – physical, psychic, and spiritual.
Verb “save” is always used in conjunction with the Lord Jesus Christ – no one else.
To call Jesus Savior is to relate to HIM to God.
The phrase ‘Jesus saves from sin’ is unique to Christian faith.
No other god or goddess is associated with this phrase “who saves from sin”
Verse 14 talks about peace - Peace that comes only thru the Lord Jesus Christ because the sinner is reconciled with a Holy God forever.
From the shepherd’s involvement in Christmas story we learn that:
First the shepherds were willing to take the risk to leave everything behind to visit the new born King.
Secondly, the shepherd understood the importance of the good news of great joy which came to them directly from heaven.
Thirdly, they shared the good news of great joy with everybody.
Fourthly, they themselves were filled with great joy of good news and praised God.
Good news of great joy is for all people of the world and we have to share with those who did not know about it.