Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … Please take the time to take in a YouTube video with images and lyrics with the Australian group, Hillsong, leading in worship and singing their song … What A Beautiful Name … Powerfully singing and leading in worship of how the Name of “Jesus” is the Name above all other names.
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Highlight Verse[s]: Philippians 2:9-11 [NLT] … 9 Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor and gave Him the name above all other names, 10 that at the name of JESUS every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue declare that Jesus Christ is LORD, to the glory of God the Father.
…”JESUS” … on earth, His is the Name above all other names; … and in Heaven, His name “Lord” [Yahweh] is lifted above all other heavenly names.
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Highlight Passage [context]: Philippians 2:5-11 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus is given that Name, in heaven, that is above all other names ... And that is "LORD!"
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Reference Passage : … Matthew 1:21 [NLT] … 31 You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus. 32 He will be very great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of his ancestor David. 33 And He will reign over Israel forever; His Kingdom will never end!”
… The Angel, Gabriel, tells Mary of the Name her son will carry, … the name of “Jesus!”
Reference Passage : … Luke 1:31-33 [NLT] … 20 As he considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. “Joseph, son of David,” the angel said, “do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife. For the child within her was conceived by the Holy Spirit. 21 And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”
… Joseph given instruction from God’s angel to name the boy, “Jesus,” which means THE LORD WILL SAVE.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, David C McCasland, wrote of how some famous characters in history only need one name to command respect and honor. The ODB author wrote: Cleopatra, Galileo, Shakespeare, Elvis, Pelé. They are all so well known that they need only one name to be recognized. They have remained prominent in history because of who they were and what they did. But there is another name that stands far above these or any other name!
But as the Australian group, Hillsong, sings (linked above) there is one name which stands in power, authority, and reverence above all other names. Say it with me! It is … ”JESUS!”
And the Angel, Gabriel, messenger angel from God, came to both Mary and Joseph (see reference passages above) before the conception of the God-Child and made sure that the Boy’s name would be “Jesus,” which means “The Lord Saves.”
And as the Apostle Paul would later write (in the highlight passage), the Name of JESUS would be, on earth, the Name above all other names. And when Jesus, the Christ, was re-established to His rightful place in Heaven after the resurrection, at the right hand of God, as it says in Phil. 2:10, Jesus was given His rightful Name of “Yahweh” (and that is translated in English “LORD”), … because that is His heavenly Name … which is most certainly the Name of all other names in Heaven, let alone on earth.
So, … how can we honor that beautiful Name today?
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My THANKFULNESS: … Oh Lord, Jesus, thank You for coming to us to save us.
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My Prayer Today: Abba Father, … King Jesus, … Precious Spirit … May all that I think, say, and do honor Your Name. … Amen
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