NAMES OF JESUS
· LAST FEW WEEKS-ThanksGIVING
· TWO UPDATES:
A. WE ARE A PROCESSING CENTER-DID 8,552 BOXES
B. TOTAL INCLUDING COUNTIES FROM BEFORE 25,346
C. INCREASE OF OVER 3000 SHOEBOXES
D. LAST WEEK RHONDA PAULSON ISAIAH 117 HOUSE
E. SO FAR 2 DAYS WE HAD GIVEN OVER 17K DIRECTLY TO HER OR THROUGH CHURCH- NO ONLINE GIVING.
WHATS IN A NAME
· HELLO MY NAME IS?
· LAST TIME YOU WORE NAME TAG/
· WHY DO WE WEAR ONE?
· MEET SOMEONE A SECOND TIME AND YOU CAN’T REMEMBER THEIR NAME?
· OR YOU GO TO INTRODUCE THEM TO SOMEONE AND YOU JUST BLANK?
· TODAY WE START – IMPORTANCE OF A NAME
DEFINITION OF WORD NAME: WORD OR SET OF WORDS BY WHICH A PERSON, ANIMAL PLACE OR THING IS KNOWN.
ANGELA/ AMANDA/CHRIS
NAMES MEAN SOMETHING- SOME SAY THEY PROPHETIC
· ANGELA: (IN CHARGE OF EVERYONE)-MESSENGER OF GOD
· AMANDA: WORTHY OF LOVE
· CHRIS: BEARER OF CHRIST
DARYL/JANETTE/JOE
· DARYL: BELOVED/OAK TREE
· JANETTE: GOD IS GRACIOUS/ GRACED BY YAHWEH
· JOE: MAY JEHOVAH GIVE INCREASE
BILLY/SAM
· BILLY: RESOLUTE PROTECTOR
· SAM: GOD HEARS
SLIDE 6: JASMINE/JEREMIAH/RUTH/KEVIN
· JASMINE: FRAGRANT FLOWER/GIFT FROM GOD.
· JEREMIAH: GOD WILL UPLIFT/APPOINTED BY GOD
· RUTH: COMPASSIONATE FRIEND
· KEVIN: HANDSOME
NAMES WERE GIVEN IN THE BIBLE AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE TIME IN AN EFFORT TO DEFINE THE HOPES AND DREAMS OF THEIR CHILD.
HEBREW NAMES:
· A KEYSTONE FOR IDENTITY FOR THEM
· THE NAME THEY CHOSE IS BELIEVED TO IMPACT WHAT THAT CHILD WILL BECOME
SCRIPTURE GENESIS 2:19
Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
(ADAM DOESN’T HAVE A NAME YET)
SCRIPTURE GENESIS 2:20
20 So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.
SLIDE 9: SCRIPTURE GENESUS 2:21
21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh.
· EVE IS NOT NAMED UNTIL AFTER THE FALL.
· EVE “NAME MEANS GIVER OF LIFE”
· HER WAS SIGNIFIGANT BC CHRIST WOULD COME
SLIDE 10: SCRIPTURE MATTHEW 1:22
22. ALL THIS TOOK PLACE TO FULFILL WHAT THE LORD HAD SAID THROUGH THE PROPHET: “THE VIRGIN WILL CONCEIVE AND GIVE BIRTH TO A SON, AND THEY WILL CALL HIM IMMANUEL” (WHICH MEANS “GOD IS WITH US”)
SLIDE 11: CATHY- CATHE-KATHY-KATHI
10. AGAIN THE LORD SPOKE TO AHAZ, 11.ASK THE LORD YOUR GOD FOR A SIGN, WETHER IN THE DEEPEST DEPTHS OR IN THE HIGHEST HEIGHTS.”
12. BUT AHAZ SAID, “I WILL NOT ASK, I WILL NOT PUT THE LORD TO THE TEST.”
SCRIPTURE ISAIAH 7:13-14
13. THEN ISAIAH SAID, “HEAR NOW, YOU HOUSE OF DAVID! IS IT NOT ENOUGH TO TRY THE PATIENCE OF HUMANS? WILL YOU TRY THE PATIENCE OF MY GOD ALSO? 14. THEREFORE THE LORD HIMSELF WILL GIVE YOU A SIGN: THE VIRGIN WILL CONCEIVE AND GIVE BIRTH TO A SON, AND WILL CALL HIM IMMANUEL.
· PEOPLE WERE BEING ATTACKED/OPPRESSED
· KING AHAZ WAS FEARFUL/ANXIETY AND DREAD
· GOD SHOWS UP AND SAYS” I WILL GIVE A SIGN”
JESUS 50% HUMAN/ 50% 50%GOD
· JESUS WASN’T 50 % HUMAN, 50 % GOD
· MARY A HUMAN GAVE BIRTH TO A GOD MAN
· JESUS WAS 100% HUMAN AND 100 % GOD
· GOD WITH US, IMMANUEL
THINK ABOUT HOW LONG PEOPLE HAVE WAITED
DIDN’T FULLY KNOW WHAT THEY WERE WAITING FOR
· LAST THING YOU WAITED A LONG TIME FOR?
· WAITING GOES BACK TO THE GARDEN TREE
· 4000 YEARS
· 60 PROPECHIES GIVEN
· A DARK- VERY DARK TIME IN HISTORY
· ROMAN OPPRESSION
VIDEO THE CHOSEN
· THE PEOPLE HE ANNOUNCES HIS ARRIVAL TO
· SHEPHERDS
· THE AWE- THE EXCITEMENT
· THE HOPE THAT HAS NOW ARRIVED
SCRIPTURE PHILIPPIANS 2:9
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 NAME OF KNEE SHOULD BOW, IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH AND UNDER THE EARTH.
(THINK ABOUT PLACES WHO WILL BOW LISTED HERE)
NAMES UNDER JESUS
THE TOP 10 NAMES ALL TIME IN HISTORY
1. MOTHER THERESA
2. GEORGE WASHINGTON
3. ALEXANDER THE GREAT
4. NAPOLEAN
5. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
6. ABE LINCOLN
7. ARISTOTLE
8. HITLER
9. MUHAMMAD
THEY ARE ALL UNDER THE NAME ALL TIME OF JESUS
· A MAN WHO TRAVELED VERY LITTLE – HIS NAME IS THE MOST FAMOUS NAME OF ALL TIME WORLD WIDE-
· THIS NAME
HIS NAME STATES A PURPOSE- WHY HE CAME
HIS NAME IS POWER
SCRIPTURE LUKE 10:17
17: THE SEVENTY-TWO RETURNED WITH JOY AND SAID “LORD, EVEN THE DEMONS SUBMIT TO US IN YOUR NAME”
· HIS NAME IS PERSONAL
HES THE BRIGHT AND MORNING STAR
HES COUNSELOR/MIGHTY GOD EVERLASTING FATHER
HAD NO MEDICAL DEGREE BUT CALLED HIM HEALER
HE HAD NO SERVANTS AND THEY CALLED HIM MASTER
HAD NO DEGREE BUT THEY CALED HIM RABBI/TEACHER
HE HAD NO MILITARY TRAINING YET HE CONQUERED THE WORLD
WHERE’S WALDO PICTURE
· BOOK THAT CAME OUT YEARS AGO
· THE IDEA IS THERES A CHARACTER BLENDED IN
WALDO ACTION PICTURE
· EACH PAGE GETS HARDER TO FIND HIM
· EACH PAGE THEY TRY AND LOOK MORE LIKE HIM
· I CHECKED THIS WEEK-HES ON EVERY PAGE
· IN MY LIFE-SOME DAYS HARDER TO SEE HIM
· HE’S BEEN PRESENT ON EVERY PAGE IVE TURNED
STATEMENT
‘THE NAMES OF JESUS REVEAL WHO HE IS AND WHO HIS FATHER IS- THE NAMES ALSO REVEAL WHAT HE DOES AND HOW MUCH HIS FATHER LOVES US”
· NAME- SAVIOR- ITS WHO HE IS/ ITS WHAT HE DOES- IT EXPRESSES HOW MUCH HIS DAD LOVES US.
NAME TAG- EMMANUEL
· NAME TAGS HELP YOU IDENTIFY OTHER PEOPLE
· NAME TAGS CREAT CONNECTION
· NAME TAGS ARE REMINDERS FOR US- YOU CAN COME GET A NAME TAG- OUT YOUR NAME ON IT
· KEVIN- REMEMBER- EMMANUEL HAS COME
JESUS MESSIAH, NAME ABOVE ALL NAMES
BLESSED REDEEMER, EMMANUEL
THE RESCUE FOR SINNERS, THE RANSOM FROM HEAVEN
JESUS MESSIAH, LORD OF ALL
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NAME IS IDENTITY
NAME IS INTIMACY
NAME INDICATES WE KNOW ONE ANOTHER
OLD SONG SAYS
I HAVE A MAKER
HE FORMED MY HEART
BEFORE EVEN TIME BEGAN
MY LIFE WAS IN HIS HANDS
HE KNOWS MY NAME
HE KNOWS MY EVERY THOUGHT
HE SEES EACH TEAR THAT FALLS
AND HEARS MY WHEN I CALL
I HAVE A FATHER
HE CALLS ME HIS OWN
HE’LL NEVER LEAVE ME
NO MATTER WHERE I GO