May 25, 2010 What's in a Name 2

"And He shall be a Sanctuary."

Good Morning, my dear brothers and sisters. A beautiful morning here at the Southern Location of the North Pole. The sun is out, and the Son is in my heart. Today is Schools Day Tuesday, so get praying please for our schools, from pre-school to those schools of higher education, from public to private, they all need our prayers, and from the kids to the teachers from the office staff to those who drive the buses, please pray. And folks, please teach your kids that they many pray in school.

What's in a name? 2: Isaiah 8: 13 - The Lord Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy, He is the one you are to fear, He is the one you are to dread. 14 And He will become a sanctuary, but for both houses of Israel he will be a stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall. And for the people of Jerusalem He will be a trap and a snare. (NIV)

This is the second in my series of What's in a name and I am talking about the many, many great names of our Lord God. Our first name for today is A Sanctuary. Where have you read lately about sanctuary, was it in your Bible or was it in the local news when we are talking about those being in the United States illegally and hearing about some of our big cities being "sanctuary cities"? You might even say now that the United States is a sanctuary for some people as our laws are not being enforced and our borders are wide open. I have heard that even New York City is one place where those who sneak into our country can go and hide. Churches have often been places where one could go for sanctuary, even from arrest. However, the rock bottom truth is that the only real Sanctuary we have is in our Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus will take our sins away from us if we ask in faith and we can go to Him and be protected from those who hate us or who want to destroy us.

Folks, if for any reason you need to have a place of sanctuary, please take time to talk it over with Jesus and take it to Jesus. He will be the one you can count on from protection. Let's look at a few more names today, and find out what is in those names...

Proverbs 8: 12 - I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence; I possess knowledge and discretion. (NIV)

One verse of scripture and three names for our Lord. What is in these names? Wisdom, Knowledge and Discretion. These are wonderful names of our Lord and what can make them even more wonderful is He can and will pass some of them on to you. How many of you have wisdom? Those of you who do, where did it come from? Could you indeed be called the son or daughter of wisdom? How many of you have knowledge? And where did that come from? It came from God, of course. What about Discretion, how many of you have discretion? As we do these names of our Lord, and folks all of them are scripture, look and see just how many of them He might have passed to you.

Let's look up a few more today, we must first find them in the scriptures, and where should we go first, why let's go back to the beginning and see what we can find...

Genesis 1:1 - In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. (NIV)

Ok, what's in a name here? In the very first verse in our Bible we see two names that would apply to our Lord... In the beginning GOD. Yes, we find out right away that God is God and God is also and here is another name... Creator. In the beginning God created, and if you created something you are the Creator. To all the non-believers, notice please, well never mind, you would not be on this line if you were a non believer. Let's get one more for today... one more... Does your company have a spokesperson, one who goes to the press? Gosh, look what I found here... God is a spokes person. Yep, right here in front of our faces this morning...

Genesis 1:3 - And God said: "Let there be light." (NIV)

Now God spoke almost all of creation into place. What part of creation did God not speak into place? I would love to get you all involved in this. Will you send me a name for God and what is in that name?

Dear Father in Heaven... What is in a name? Lots of things, we know that Lord, and Lord, You have so many good names. Sanctuary was one we did today Lord, and today I want to come to You and have You rescue me, put me in Your Sanctuary today and forever, and keep me, keep us from those who what to destroy us... Lord bless all on our prayer lists... In the name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.

Now go forth sharing your blessings and doing God's work that He has planned for you... love ya, Pastor Dan.

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