Friday 6/17/11 What's in a Name? 9

"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."

Good Morning, or afternoon, depends on when you receive this. I have been fighting all morning to get my computer email back up online after using a program which I purchased to clean my files of junk. Right now even as I type I am using a different layout than what I am used to.
Hey, with that said, I shall go forth working with this till someone with brains stops by and shows me how to get the old program back...

It is Friday and the day we pray for all of those who work for Jesus in the fields of Harvest.
Please pray for Tom Sansoni and his family, as his dear wife went home to be with Jesus. Born again and ready to go for a long, long time, Kathleen fought the good fight, and now is at home with her loving Jesus. I was honored years ago to marry Tom and Kathleen in an outdoor service in a small park in Camp Hill.

What's in a Name? 9: 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)

What is in the name? My dear brother in Christ who I respectfully call "Big" John has told me his name, "John", means Jehovah has been Gracious. By the way, Jehovah is another name for God.

Isaiah 6:3 - "And one cried to another, and said, Holy, Holy, Holy, is Jehovah of Hosts: the whole earth is full of His Glory. (RV)

Brothers and sisters, Jehovah, of the first testament, is as Jesus of the second testament.

I want to look at two more scriptures today, of course, the one being my lead-in scripture from Matthew. A good time to talk about the birth of Jesus and a little bit about Joseph, the earthly father of our Lord Jesus. Why today? Well, Fathers' Day is on Sunday and we do know there were many good fathers talked about in the Bible. One of the things I like best about Joseph is that he had faith in God and took the word of the Lord's messenger angel about his soon-to-be wife being with child, and never having sex. After the birth of Jesus, we do not hear a lot about Joseph, we do know he was a carpenter and more than likely in the younger days of our Lord Jesus, He and Joseph must have spent a lot of time together in the workshop more than likely making cars, trucks, motorcycles, and buses out of wood. Hey, I know those things were not invented yet, but God always knows what is in the future. Ok, I am stretching that out a tad, but I will tell you this, Jesus did not need a Fathers' day to appreciate His earthly father. Jesus the name for God that we know and use the most and it is through Jesus and only Jesus we will be saved. For those who might not think that Jesus is God, please get our your Bible and read John 1: 1/14.

Now let's go to one last name for today, and what better name for today than "Father"?

Isaiah 9:6 - "For unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given and ---- His name shall be called "The Everlasting Father".

Matthew 6:9 - "This, then is how you should pray: Our Father in Heaven, hallowed be your name."

Since it is Fathers Day this Sunday, I think it is a great way to close this message and also the series on what's in a name by using the name Father:

Over the years there have been so many families that have been left to a mother to raise, and today there are some left to the fathers. WHP morning man. R. J. Harris. said the other day on his program that the ideal family has a mother and a father, and they were debating if one was missing which way would the kids be better raise, with the mother or the father? I called in to the station and got to talk to R. J. whom I know well and said "the ideal family needs two fathers and one mother. He said Pastor, what are you talking about, and I said, they need "God The Father, the earthly father and mother" and he agreed right on the spot. Time ran out on the program and he did not put it on the air, and I did not listen today. Folks, there is no reason any family should not be headed up by God The Father, our Lord Jesus Christ, and folks, those of you who know me from way, way back, know I messed up big time on this one. However, I have been forgiven by God, by the ex and by our children... and now, just so you know, God is in the house, and has been for a long, long time... Single mothers, you can always call on God The Father, and single fathers, you can also. In fact, right now He is waiting for those calls and it is the day we are to go to work in the fields of harvest anyway... Let's pray.

Dear Father In Heaven, Thanks for the messages, please be with Tom Sansoni and with all others of the family of Kathleen Sansoni. Lord, be with others on our prayer line and also all those going to the fields for Jesus. In Jesus' name, I pray. Amen.

Remember to remember your earthly father and also remember your Heavenly Father by sharing the blessings He gave you... Love ya, be blessed. Pastor Dan.