Posts from 2020 (Page 2)

Advent Season (Anticipating the Birth of Jesus) 28 Names of Jesus | December 19, 2020 Name #18: “The Gate” In the book Mere Christianity C.S. Lewis makes this statement: “God made us: invented us as a man invents an engine. A car is made to run on petrol, and it would not run properly on anything else. Now God designed the human machine to run on Himself. He Himself is the fuel our spirits were designed to burn, or the…

Advent Season (Anticipating the Birth of Jesus) 28 Names of Jesus | December 18, 2020 Name #17: “Horn of Salvation” “[A]nd has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David” (Luke 1:69). “The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold” (Psalm 18:2). Welcome to the “Your Guess Is as Good as Mine” School of Theology, where you get to choose what meaning…

ADVENT SEASON (ANTICIPATING THE BIRTH OF JESUS) 28 NAMES OF JESUS DECEMBER 17, 2020 NAME #16: “REDEEMER” As we continue this Advent season with the names of Jesus, the Bible calls Him, “Redeemer.” Why do we need a redeemer? The simple answer is “sin.” Since Genesis, our sin has required dealing with. In the garden, God provided the first redeemer when He clothed Adam and Eve with skins from a perfect, unblemished lamb. In the Psalms and Isaiah, the Lord…

ADVENT SEASON (ANTICIPATING THE BIRTH OF JESUS) 28 NAMES OF JESUS DECEMBER 16, 2020 NAME #15: “THE WAY” “Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me’” (John 14:6). “And a highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Way of Holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it. It shall belong to those who walk on the way; even if they are fools,…

ADVENT SEASON (ANTICIPATING THE BIRTH OF JESUS) 28 NAMES OF JESUS DECEMBER 15, 2020 NAME #14: “MAN OF SORROWS” There have been many unbelievers that have read the Old Testament Scriptures. When they got to Isaiah 53 and Psalm 22, they could not interpret the meaning of these two portions of Scripture. Why? These two passages of Scripture are describing a future Suffering Servant. They are prophesying Jesus’ suffering on the cross, both in His deed and His words. Isaiah…

 Advent Season (Anticipating the Birth of Jesus) 28 Names of Jesus December 14, 2020 Name #13: “Servant” “Behold, my servant shall act wisely; he shall be high and lifted up, and shall be exalted. As many were astonished at you—his appearance was so marred,  beyond human semblance, and his form beyond that of the children of mankind—so shall he sprinkle many nations. Kings shall shut their mouths because of him, for that which has not been told them they see,…

 Advent Season (Anticipating the Birth of Jesus) 28 Names of Jesus December 12, 2020 Name #12: “Arm of the Lord” “Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in days of old, the generations of long ago. Was it not you who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the dragon?” (Isaiah 51:9). A number of years back, I was on a mission trip, and as an icebreaker, we did an exercise where we tossed around a beach ball…

 Advent Season (Anticipating the Birth of Jesus) 28 Names of Jesus December 11, 2020 The First LED Name #11: “Light of the World” “Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, ‘I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life’” (John 8:12). ’Tis the season — to drive up the electric bill. Everywhere you turn, or go straight, you see lights. They range from the simple white lights of the Moravians to…

ADVENT SEASON (ANTICIPATING THE BIRTH OF JESUS) 28 NAMES OF JESUS DECEMBER 10, 2020 NAME #10: The Morning Star (Revelation 22:16) During this Advent season, we are focusing on the names of Jesus. If you’re like me, you may have heard this name, but not as often as some of the other more commonly-known names associated with Jesus. Those have been addressed previously. I’m not a sailor, but they would know the importance of stars. Stars light up the night…

ADVENT SEASON (ANTICIPATING THE BIRTH OF JESUS) 28 NAMES OF JESUS DECEMBER 9, 2020 NAME #9: Prophet (Luke 24:19; Deuteronomy 18:15 – 19) “And he said to them, ‘What things?’ And they said to him, ‘Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, a man who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people.’” (Luke 24:19) “The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him…