Jesus is a Great Name
December 10, 2017
Philippians 2:5-11
“Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus.” (Matthew 1:20)
Jesus is a Great Name Because He is God
Christ – Messiah, the Anointed One
“. . . Christ Jesus, who though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped . . .” (v5-6)
Jesus said “ I and the Father are one.” (John 10:30)
“Jesus said to them, ‘Truly, truly I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.’”(John 8:58)
“It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put my up thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn’t feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.” – Neil Armstrong
Jesus is a Great Name Because He is Man
Jesus – Yeshua, God saves
“Christ Jesus,. . . emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.” (v7-8)
“For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.” (1 Timothy 2:5-6)
“And there is salvation in no one else for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12)
“Jesus, walking on the earth is more important than man walking on the moon.” – James Irvin
Invite two friends
Friend #1 _________________________
Friend #2 _________________________
Join us for prayer this Thursday – December 14th at 7pm
“Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” (v9-11)