May 24, 2010 What's in a name? 1

Thou shall call His name Jesus!

Good Morning, my dear brothers and sisters, it is a beautiful morning here at the Southern Location of the North Pole. We have a light rain falling and everything looks so fresh. Things are so green and the flowers so pretty, GOD IS SO GOOD. Monday and the day we pray for our leaders and our veterans, our military and all those who work to keep us safe and healthy. Please remember to pray for your family doctors and the staff in their office. Also please pray today for Michael and his family (marriage). For sisters Donna and Beverly and their mother. Mother is now just 89 pounds.

What's in a name? (1): Matthew 1:21 - She will give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins. (NIV)

Back about five or more years ago I wrote about the different names of Jesus as they appear in the Bible. I have talked to God about doing this again, please note these are not from the archives but what God gives me this time. I will be using for reference my Bibles, the New International Version and also the King James Version. I will try and get about 5 to 7 names in each day and there is no better place to start than with the name of Jesus.

An angel of the Lord had appeared to Joseph and was told of Mary being great with child and was told by the angel that he, Joseph, should name this Holy Child Jesus. And as we know, Joseph followed those orders and we find that name of Jesus throughout the new testament. I would like for you to think of a couple scriptures, maybe some you like best that mention the name Jesus in them, or quote Jesus. One of mine is...

John 14:6 - Jesus answered "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. (NIV)

I want to direct you a scripture where our Savior was given more than one name. Yes in just one verse. Listen to this...

Isaiah 9: 6 - 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. (NIV)

Let's look at these names...

Wonderful---Not just is the name of our Lord Wonderful, He gets that name because He is wonderful, and we could make a list of Wonderful things He does for us each day. In fact, what has He done for you so far today, just today, think about it... let me just say one of many. The rain we are getting.

Counselor---Now we could look at that word and come up with more, for a counselor is a name use for someone that would talk to you about problems, it might be a shrink (did I say that) or a lawyer, attorney, etc. We should all take time to learn that when we need a counselor as in someone to talk to, we should start first with Jesus our Lord and in most cases we will not need to go farther. We need to know we can always talk to Jesus and as for the Lawyer part, that type of counselor. You know that if we love Jesus, and work and live for Him, He will be the Lawyer who will defend us in the end. If we don't know Him and He does not know us, He will be the lawyer who puts us to Hell. He is the lawyer who is the final Judge.

Mighty God---There is but one God, He is the Mighty God, He made this world and all that is in it, and will shut it down when He and only He is ready But count on it, it will happen. He has made us, all of us, but some do not believe this. I pray all of you today believe in the one and only Mighty God.

Everlasting Father---Yes, Everlasting because He is in it till the end with us, there will be no others, He is our Heavenly Father, the one who takes care of us and He will not run out on us.

Prince of Peace---Yes, He is the Prince of Peace, and someday and I pray it is soon, we will see this Prince of Peace face to face.

All of the names are for the same person, our Lord God, our Lord Jesus... Amen.

Dear Father in Heaven, please open each name of Yours to all of us this week, today I feel weak when it comes to writing, my head is full of other junk, other stuff, and it needs cleared out. Help me with that which is on my mind, help me deal with it. Lord, be with the others on our request list for prayers, help Your people on this Monday. In the name of Jesus, I pray... and Lord Jesus, please bring that peace, and Father, please send Jesus back for us... Amen.

Now go forth sharing your blessings, and folks as you see in the prayer, I need your prayers for something that is working on my mind. Please pray that God helps me deal with it.
Love ya, Pastor Dan.