THE
GREATEST NAME
BREAD
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. Matthew 1:21 (NIV)
30 But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary,
you have found favor with God. 31 You
will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name
Jesus. 32
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The
Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob
forever; his kingdom will never end.” Luke 1:30-33 (NIV)
5 Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in very nature God, did not
consider equality with God something to be grasped, 7 but made himself nothing, taking the very
nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled
himself and became obedient to death-- even death on a cross! 9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest
place and gave him the name that is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee
should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus
Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2:5-11 (NIV)
6 But the righteousness that is by faith says: “Do not say in
your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’”(that is, to bring Christ down) 7 “or ‘Who
will descend into the deep?’” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). 8 But what does it say? “The word is near you;
it is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the word of faith we are
proclaiming: 9 That if you confess
with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him
from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For
it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your
mouth that you confess and are saved. 11 As
the Scripture says, “Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame.” 12 For
there is no difference between Jew and Gentile--the same Lord is Lord of all
and richly blesses all who call on him, 13 for,
“Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” 14 How,
then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they
believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without
someone preaching to them? 15 And how can they preach
unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those
who bring good news!” Romans
10:6-15 (NIV)
1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in
Christ Jesus, 2 because through
Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and
death. 3 For what the law was powerless to
do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son
in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in
sinful man, 4 in order that the
righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live
according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit. Romans 8:1-4 (NIV)
11 Believe me when I say
that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the
evidence of the miracles themselves. 12 I tell you the truth,
anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even
greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. 13 And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring
glory to the Father. 14 You may ask me for
anything in my name, and I will do it. John 14:11-14
(NIV)
BUTTER
“How sweet the name of Jesus sounds in a believer’s ear!” John Newton
“Immortal,
invisible, God only wise, In light inaccessible hid from our eyes, Most
blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of Days, Almighty, victorious, Thy great
name we praise. Unresting, unhasting and
silent as light, Nor wanting, nor wasting, Thou rulest in might; Thy justice
like mountains high soaring above Thy clouds, which are fountains of goodness
and love.” Walter C. Smith
“God is
wonderful in all his doings, his ways are past finding out; at the end we can
see best the wise and gracious steps he took with us: therefore, when things take such a wonderful
turn that we are quite at our wits’ end, and do not know which way to go, we
may believe the hand of the Lord is in it, and some good will come of it at
last. As we experience the name of
Christ to be wonderful at such times, we may well expect that he will show
himself to be our Counsellor and mighty God also. At first, everything may seem to be against
us, and go quite contrary; but at last, we see plainly that it was highly
needful that it should go contrary to our corrupt nature, and that thus it went
well; for though the ways of God are marvelous, yet they are glorious.” K. H. Von Bogatzky
“On Him
then reckon, to Him look, on Him depend:
and be assured that if you walk with Him, look to Him and expect help
from Him, He will never fail you. An
older brother, who has known the Lord for forty-four years, who writes this,
says for your encouragement that He has never failed him. In the greatest difficulties, in the heaviest
trials, in the deepest poverty and necessities, He has never failed me; but
because I was enabled by His grace to trust in Him, He has always appeared for
my help. I delight in speaking well of
His Name.” George Mueller
“God has made me
bread for His elect, and if it be needful that the bread must be ground in the
teeth of the lion to feed His children, blessed be the name of the Lord.” Ignatius
“Jesus! The Name that
charms our fears, that bids our sorrows cease.” Charles Wesley
“So deeply has the
diseased opinion that Christ is a lawgiver sunk into my bones. You younger men are a good deal better off
than we who are old. You have never
become infected with the nefarious errors on which I suckled all my youth,
until at the mention of the name of Christ I shivered with fear. You, I say, who are young may learn to know
Christ in all His sweetness. For Christ
is Joy and Sweetness to a broken heart.
Christ is a Lover of poor sinners and such a Lover that He gave Himself
for us. Now if this is true, and it is
true, then are we never justified by our own righteousness.” Martin
Luther
“Living
for Jesus, a life that is true. Striving
to please Him in all that I do. Yielding
allegiance, glad hearted and free. This
is the pathway of blessing for me.
Living for Jesus Who died in my place, bearing on Calvary, my sin and
disgrace. Such love constrains me, to
answer His call, follow His leading and give Him my all. Living for Jesus, wherever I am. Doing each duty in His holy name. Willing to suffer affliction or loss. Deeming each trial a part of my cross. Living for Jesus, through earth’s little
while, my dearest treasure, the light of His smile. Seeking the lost ones, He died to
redeem. Bringing the weary to find rest
in Him.”
Thomas O. Chisholm
“The just, the righteous, the people of God, live only by faith. We don’t live by effort or insight or emotion; we live by faith in the work of Another, and his name is Jesus.” Dr. Tom Wood
HEART SAVOR
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There is no
sweeter name than the Name of Jesus, no sweeter Name than I’ve ever known.
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At the Name of
Jesus every knee will bow in heaven and on earth and under the earth.
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Jesus saves us
from our sins – what we could never do ourselves. Our righteousness comes from Him alone.
