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This morning we want to examine two questions from today’s text .
Our first question is;
This morning we want to examine two questions from today’s text .
Our first question is;
What gives Jesus his power to save?
The answer to this question is obvious to some and obscure to others.
he answer to this question is obvious to some and obscure to others.
Jesus gets his power to save first from his name.
In Shakespeare’s classic Romeo and Juliet a question is posed by Juliet to Romeo; “what is in a name?”
Names Shape People's Destinies
NYU professor Adam Alter has observed the power names have to shape destiny.
The technical name is "nominative determinism," which literally means "name-driven outcome."
Alter points to the following examples: The current Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales is Justice Igor Judge.
His colleague, Lord Justice Laws, is a judge in the Court of Appeals.
In the realm of athletic pursuits, Anna Smashnova is a professional Israeli tennis player.
Layne Beachley is a seven-time world champion surfer.
Derek Kickett was an Australian Rules footballer.
Stephen Rowbotham was an Olympic rower for Britain.
Usain Bolt currently reigns as the fastest man in the world over the 100 meter and 200 meter distances.
Other examples include Daniel Snowman, the author of a book about the Arctic and Antarctica; Christopher Coke, a notorious Jamaican drug dealer; the rapper Black Rob who was sentenced to seven years in prison for grand larceny, and Dr. A.J. Splatt, a doctor of urology.
Are all of these examples just coincidences?
For instance, would Usain Bolt run just as fast if his name was Usain Plod?
Alter concludes, "Researchers have shown that our names take root deep within our mental worlds, drawing us magnetically towards the concepts they embody."
Names, especially in Scripture, have great significance.
Names were not randomly chosen but were chosen convey a message not only to that child but to others.
Moses name, pulled from the water, would always remind him of his miraculous rescue from the Nile.
Isaac’s name, son of laughter, would always remind him of his miraculous birth as his mother laughed upon hearing the Lord’s baby prediction.
Jesus name, Messiah, was not given to remind Him of who he was but to reveal to others who he was.
Jesus name is eternal.
Although his name was given to him at birth it had been eternal.
teaches us that Jesus had always been with the Father.
He has always been with God the Father.
God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit are one and there never has been a time where they were not one.
Jesus name meant Messiah the long awaited deliver of God’s people.
; And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
People today bow to titles such as president, king, dictator, and ruler.
However, everyone will one day bow not to a title but to the name that is above every name.
Don’t miss what gives this name its power.
HIS NAME IS EXALTED
Its power comes from God having highly exalted it above all other names.
Jesus exaltation according to Paul was due to his humility and obedience.
People today bow to titles such as president, king, dictator, and ruler.
However, everyone will one day bow not to a title but to the name that is above every name.
Don’t miss what gives this name its power.
Peter reinforces this teaching to us on a personal level in
; humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you.
Jesus was exalted as a result of his humility and obedience.
Our Lord exalts the humble but brings low the proud.
Jesus is exalted so that God the Father would be glorified (, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you).
God the Father exalts us so that we might glorify Him.
God the Father exalts us so that we might glorify Him.
God the Father exalts us so that we might glorify Him.
HIS POWER COMES FROM HIS NATURE
Not only does his power to save come from his eternal and exalted name but his nature.
Notice first the
Birth of Jesus
Jesus was born natural like any other child but he was conceived super-naturally which is unlike any other child.
Mary conceived by the Holy Spirit.
This was necessary because had he been conceived of man he would have been born a sinner.
Sinners don’t sin and thereby become sinners they’re sinners and thereby they sin.
If one doesn’t believe in the virgin birth of Christ they do not believe in a sinless Savior.
If Jesus be not sinless he therefore cannot be the one who is mighty to save.
If we don’t believe in Christ virgin birth then all of His power to save is taken away.
One question we should consider is; why did Jesus have to be born?
Could he not have come fully grown?
Why come as a baby?
He had to be conceived by the Holy Spirit to be fully God.
He had to be born of woman so that he could be fully human.
His humanity is important because he had to restore what Adam lost in the fall.
Paul’s gives further reasons for the necessity of Christ humanity in
Jesus divinity was necessary so that he could live a sinless life and thereby be mighty to save.
Jesus humanity was necessary so that he could be a perfect sacrifice and thereby be mighty to save.
Jesus divinity was necessary so that he could live a sinless life and thereby be mighty to save.
Jesus humanity was necessary so that he could be a perfect sacrifice and thereby be mighty to save.
Not only does his birth give him power to save but
His behavior
gives him power to save.
Had Jesus not been born perfect he could not have lived perfect and had he not lived perfect he could not be the perfect sacrifice which God the Father’s holiness demanded.
Jesus was sinless in all his behavior.
He never once failed to obey.
He kept all the commandments and perfected the law.
He was perfect in every way that we have failed.
His behavior at Calvary caused a solider to remark;
The story is told that an unbeliever once asked a Christian this question: “If I should tell you that a child had been born in this city without a father, would you believe it?”
The Christian answered, “Yes, if he should live as Jesus lived.”[1]
The story is told that an unbeliever once asked a Christian this question: “If I should tell you that a child had been born in this city without a father, would you believe it?”
The Christian answered, “Yes, if he should live as Jesus lived.”
Jesus behavior gives further evidence that Jesus was born of a virgin.
His behavior gives him power to save because only he who was sinless qualifies to save.
The Bible makes it clear, however, that Jesus Christ, though tempted in every way just as we are
never committed a sin (; ).
The apostle Peter stated it clearly: “He committed no sin and no deceit was found in His mouth” ().
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