Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Lincoln Brewster singing There Is Power … poignantly singing of how we, as Christians, show off the power in the name of our Lord, King “Jesus”, by the way we live our lives.
What's In a Name?
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Highlight Verse[s]: Luke 3:31 [NLT] ... 31 Eliakim was the son of Melea. … Melea was the son of Menna. … Menna was the son of Mattatha … Mattatha was the son of Nathan. … Nathan was the son of David.
… The line of Joseph to show that He was in the line of David.
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Highlight Passage [context]: Luke 3:23-38 [NLT] ... USE THIS LINK ...
… The line of Joseph, Jesus’ adoptive father, was traced all the way back to Adam to show His line, as with Mary, came thru David (see v. 31).
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Reference Passage : … 1Chronicles 3:5 [NLT] … 5 The sons born to David in Jerusalem included Shammua, Shobab, NATHAN, and Solomon. Their mother was Bathsheba, the daughter of Ammiel.
… Interesting that David named his “love child” with Bathsheba after Nathan, the Prophet, who would later confront David for his series of sins and allow David to honor God’s Name by his confession and repentance.
Reference Passage : … John 13:34-35 [NLT] … 34 So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. 35 Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.”
… Do we honor Christ's Name by showing His love to others everyday?
Reference Passage : … Acts 4:8-11 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God’s Spirit, thru Peter, declares the power found in the name of “Jesus.” (especially note verse 10)
Reference Passage : … Colossians 3:17 [NLT] … 17 And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father.
… God, thru Paul, proclaims that anything/everything we do should be done to give glory to the Name above all names, … that is “Jesus, “ our Messiah and King!
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Tim Gustafson, traces a name in the Bible, … that of “Nathan,” the son of David to show how God’s grace is often signified in the names which reflect THE Name above all names, … that of “Jesus,” our Lord. … The ODB author wrote: In God’s timing, our son Kofi was born on a Friday, which is exactly what his name means—boy born on Friday. We named him after a Ghanaian friend of ours, a pastor whose only son died. He prays for our Kofi constantly. We’re deeply honored.
It’s easy to miss the significance in a name if you don’t know the story behind it. In Luke 3, we find a fascinating detail about a name in the ancestry of Joseph. The genealogy traces Joseph’s line backward all the way to Adam and even to God (v. 38). In verse 31 we read: “the son of Nathan, the son of David.” Nathan? That’s interesting. In 1 Chronicles 3:5 we learn that Nathan was born to Bathsheba.
Tracing even one name, like the name of “Nathan” in the Bible, who was one of David’s nine sons is not insignificant when one knows the story behind that name. And we know the sin-riddled name of this one son of David by Bathsheba, and the Prophet, Nathan, after whom David likely named his son. And knowing that story certainly gives glory and honor to God, doesn’t it?
Yes, God’s grace is often seen in the names of significant figures in God’s word; and there is no name any more significantly powerful, as Lincoln Brewster sings in the linked song, than that of “JESUS.” And I’m praying today that all reading here give homage and honor to the Name of our Lord, … our Messiah, … “King Jesus” … by the way we show off His name in the way we live in and for His Name [see both John 13 and Col. 3 passages above].
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My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, … for allowing me to identify with You by labeling my life with Your Name.
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray, Lord, that all reading here who label ourselves as “Christian” give honor every day to Christ’s Name by the way we live our lives. Amen
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