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December 9
WHAT’S IN A NAME

Scripture: Matthew 1:21 “And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins.”

     Though Jesus was called by many names, the name given Him by the angel that appeared to Joseph was the name Jesus. He said that it was given because “he shall save his people from their sins.” The name “Jesus” is the Hebrew word for Joshua, which means Jehovah is Salvation. The word “salvation” means to deliver. What is it that Jesus needs to deliver us from?
     First of all, He delivers us from our lost condition. “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” We are all sinners and therefore are in a lost condition, needing to be saved. In order to be saved from our lost condition we must find someone to notice that we are lost. “For the son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.” Luke 15:4 says, “How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?" God has sent His Son, Jesus to seek us and find us and save us from our lost condition.
     Then He delivers us from sin. John 3:17 says, “For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved." Sin is like an infectious disease for which man has no cure. His only hope is for someone to discover a cure. That’s where God steps in with His glorious salvation. He has a cure. It’s the blood of Jesus! Once applied by faith, He delivers us from the sin that was destroying us. His delivering power is seen in the last phrase of the text, “for He shall save his people from their sins.”