The Name of Jesus

If you haven’t noticed by now, with the emphasis on Jesus’ name for Vacation Bible School, the name of Jesus is the most important name of all.  Isaiah foretold that a virgin would bear a son whose name would be “Immanuel” (Isa. 7:14) and this was fulfilled in Mary giving birth to Jesus (Mat. 1:21-23). Jesus came to save people from their sins and His name would prove to be powerful:

• We have life through his name (John 20:31)
• We are baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins (Acts 2:38)
• We preach the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ (Acts 8:12)
• We can speak boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus (Acts 9:29)
• We put our lives on the line for the name of the Lord Jesus Christ (Acts 15:26)
• We give our thanks to God in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ (Eph. 5:20)
• We will all bow at the name of Jesus one day (Phi. 2:10)
• We must do everything in religion by the name of the Lord Jesus (Col. 3:17)
• We glorify the name of the Lord Jesus Christ (2 The. 1:12)

No wonder Jesus should be the center of our lives!  His name is “far above . . .every name that is named” (Eph. 1:21) as “God as highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name” (Phi. 2:9). Jesus is our Savior and the only way to the Father (John 14:6).  Let us hold up His great name as we follow Him alone throughout life and into eternity! “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved” (Acts 4:12). 
​~Derrick Coble

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