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The Name Above All Names
Contributed by Jim Black on Jan 5, 2004 (message contributor)
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1. Name Above All Names: Jesus
Contributed on Jan 5, 2004
The very name of "Jesus" is God’s promise to deliver his people.
“...and they gave him the name Jesus!” And what a wonderful name it is! “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 knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue ...read more
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2. Name Above All Names: "Messiah"
Contributed on Jan 5, 2004
As the long-awaited Messiah, Jesus came upon the scene as a powerful king, but didn’t fit the people’s preconceived notions of what that Messiah would be. He is OUR king!
It was a question that struck at the very heart of WHO he was and WHAT he came to do . . . “Are you the Christ?” Mark’s gospel tells us that after Jesus had been apprehended in the Garden the large mob armed with swords and clubs took Jesus to the high priest. There all the chief ...read more
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3. Name Above All Names: "Immanuel"
Contributed on Jan 5, 2004
Jesus/ Immanuel is God’s promise to never leave us nor forsake us; to be with us always!
There are many names given to Jesus in the Bible– each one gives us a fuller and clearer picture of who He is and What He means for us... And so, as we are unpacking the various names of Jesus we are asking ourselves “Who IS this man that we have put our hope in?” The very name Jesus ...read more
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4. Name Above All Names: "Son Of God & Son Of Man"
Contributed on Jan 5, 2004
Jesus is at once fully God & fully man, making him both able to understand our condition and able to save us from it.
It’s a question we’ll all have to answer! Maybe you’ve already answered it and it was years ago; maybe you have yet to answer it; but rest assured we will ALL answer it at some point! Whether you grew up in church in a Christian family, or maybe you came to be exposed to Jesus ...read more
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5. Name Above All Names: "The Word"
Contributed on Jan 8, 2004
Jesus is God’s ultimate WORD to all humanity! But what does that mean?
Do you remember a time when your word was enough?Enough to enter into a contract? Enough to buy a car or borrow some money? Enough to enter into a marriage? I picture a time when my grandfather could walk into the local bank and tell Fred sitting behind his desk full of hand-written bank ...read more
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6. Name Above All Names: "The Lamb Of God"
Contributed on Jan 22, 2004
To celebrate in Communion Jesus as the perfect, complete & triumphal Lamb that takes away the sins of the world.. including my own.
Name Above All Names: “The Lamb of God” John 1:29-34 Focus: Jesus is the perfect, complete & triumphal Lamb that takes away the sins of the world. Function: To encourage trust and faith in the triumphant Lamb of God by celebrating his victory thru communion. Maybe the hardest story ...read more