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Thou Shall Call His Name JESUS

The Name of Jesus by Chris Tomlin

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Matthew 1:21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus

Have you ever wondered why?
This name probably rolls off more tongues than any other… has come from more pens than any other… has altered the world more than any other… more songs written and sung than any other… it is also more miss used than any other.

JESUS… His name was Divinely chosen

God Picked it Philippians 2:9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
Who knows the Son better than the Father Matthew 11:27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
Angles announced it Matthew 1:20-21 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
Holy Ghost explains it Luke 1:30-31 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.

JESUS… was actually named by GOD

Joseph was told Matthew 1:21
Mary was told Luke 1:31
And they obeyed Luke 2:21 And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
They somehow knew the significance of this name…
We also must know the importance of this name
JESUS… His name has meaning (Greek = Saviour Hebrew = The Lord of Salvation)
Jesus is Greek for the Hebrew Joshua
Acts 7:45 Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus (JOSHUA) into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;
Hebrews 4:8 For if Jesus (JOSHUA) had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.
Joshua took the Hebrews where Moses could not
Jesus does for us what Moses (LAW) cannot
JESUS… This name identifies Him with His people (Read Matthew 1:18-25)
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.
The following verses refer to HIS people, The Jews.
John 1:11-12 He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
John 6:37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
John 17:11-12 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.

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Holy Spirit Filled

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Ephesians 5:18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

Filled = Controlled

i.e. A gas tank is filled but not controlled
A car is controlled but not filled

1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.
We have a BODY, SOUL and SPIRIT and though many think soul and spirit are one, the scripture teaches otherwise.
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

God says Spirit, Soul, Body - Man says Body, Soul, Spirit

Galatians 5:18-25 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

Romans 15:13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

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GOD is

SPIRIT >JOHN 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
MY WITNESS >ROMANS 1:9 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, …
1 THESSALONIANS 2:5 For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, … God is witness:
FAITHFUL >1 CORINTHIANS 1:9 God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ …
1 CORINTHIANS 10:13 There hath no temptation … but God is faithful, …
HEAD OF CHRIST >1 CORINTHIANS 11:3
But I would have you know, …; and the head of Christ is God.
IN YOU (BELIEVERS) >1 CORINTHIANS 14:25
And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; … and report that God is in you ….
NOT AUTHOR OF CONFUSION >1 CORINTHIANS 14:33
For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, …
TRUE >2 CORINTHIANS 1:18
But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.
IN CHRIST >2 CORINTHIANS 5:19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, …..
ABLE >2 CORINTHIANS 9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; …:
ROMANS 11:23 And they also, …, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again.
ROMANS 14:4 Who art thou that judgest another man’s servant? …: for God is able to make him stand.
NOT MOCKED >GALATIANS 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
RICH IN MERCY >EPHESIANS 2:4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
ABOVE ALL >EPHESIANS 4:6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
1 JOHN 3:20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
MY RECORD >PHILIPPIANS 1:8 For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ
NOT A LIAR >TITUS 1:2, In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
HEBREWS 6:18 That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, ..:
BUILT ALL THINGS >HEBREWS 3:4 For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.
NOT FORGETFUL >HEBREWS 6:10 For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, …
NOT ASHAMED >HEBREWS 11:16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed …
FIRE >HEBREWS 12:29 For our God is a consuming fire.
WELL PLEASED >HEBREWS 13:16 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
LOVE >1 JOHN 4:8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love

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Christians should be:

The marvelous fact that Christ lives in us has everything to do with how we should live our Christian life.

Like the Psalmist Know where help comes from
Psalm 121:1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
Like Enoch Walk in daily fellowship with the Lord
Genesis 5:22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah …
Like Abraham Trust in the Lord implicitly
Galatians 3:6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him …
Hebrews 11:8-11 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing …
Genesis 12:1-9 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:…….
Like Moses Chose to suffer affliction rather than enjoy sin for a season
Hebrews 11:25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
Like Daniel Commune in prayer with God daily, no matter what
Daniel 6:1-28 (10) Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, …
Like Job Be patient under all circumstances
Job 1:21-22 And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD. In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.
James 5:7-8 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
Like Caleb and Joshua refuse to be discouraged
Numbers 13 (they only believed the Lord)
Like Andrew Strive to bring my brother to Christ
John 1:40-42 One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ. And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.
Like John To lean on the bosom of the Lord and partake of His Spirit
John 13:23 Now there was leaning on Jesus’ bosom one of his disciples, ….
Like Stephen Have a forgiving attitude toward all who seek my hurt
Acts 7:60 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
Like Timothy To Study the Word of God
2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Like Peter To step out on Faith
Matthew 14:29 And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.
Like Paul Who could say BE YE FOLLOWERS OF ME
1 Corinthians 4:16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.,
1 Corinthians 11:1 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
Like the Lord Who overcame all temptations
Matthew 4 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil……

Please read all references in context!

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Apostasy

Apostasy: an act of refusing to continue to follow, obey, or recognize a religious faith

Deuteronomy 13:13 Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;
Hebrews 3:12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
What causes APOSTASY?
Matthew 24:9-10 (Persecution) Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
John 6:66 (Teaching to hard) From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
John 13:21 (Jealousy) When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.
2 Timothy 4:10 (Worldliness) For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.
It happened in Paul’s Time:
1 Timothy 1:19-20 Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck: Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.
2 Timothy 1:15 This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.
Paul warned it would get worse as the END approached:
2 Thessalonians 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
1 Timothy 4:1-3 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
2 Timothy 4:3-4 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
Titus 1:16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
How do people get caught up into Apostasy:
1 Timothy 1:4 Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which …
1 Timothy 4:7 But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself …
Titus 1:14 Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.
2 Peter 1:16 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
How do we protect ourselves:
Hebrews 10:25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, …; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
Hebrews 3:12-13 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. But exhort one another daily, …
2 Peter 3:17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.

Remember to keep verses in context.

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ARK of the Covenant

Just what was the ARK OF THE COVENANT? Why was it Built? How was it Built? What was it used for? What did it contain? Where was it to be kept? What happened to it?

12 Commands for the construction:

The construction is found in Exodus 25:10-16,
Exodus 25:21 And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.

What was in the ARK:

Deuteronomy 10:3-5 And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand. And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave them unto me. And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the LORD commanded me.

Exodus 40:20-21 And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark: And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the LORD commanded Moses.
The testimony: (Exodus 40:20)
Exodus 16:33-34 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations. As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.
Numbers 17:10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron’s rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.
Deuteronomy 31:26 Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.

Why were these objects chosen:

TEN COMMANDMENTS … to remind the (Jews) People that they had broken God’s basic laws and were in need of Salvation.
MANNA … to remind the (Jews) people that they rejected God’s daily provision.
ARRON’S ROD … to remind the (Jews) people that they rejected God’s leadership.
MOSES BOOK … to remind the (Jews) people of God’s many work’s in their lives.

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CALVARY – 5 Things that Happened

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CHRIST CRUCIFIED MATTHEW 27:35 And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, they parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.

GOD SATIFIED ROMANS 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

MAN JUSTIFIED ROMANS 5:1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

SATAN TERRIFIED JAMES 2:19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble

CROSS GLORIFIED GALATIANS 6:14 But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.

And Salvation was offered to ALL that believe in the Death, Burial and Resurrection, according to the scripture, of the Lord Jesus Christ.
(1 Corinthians 15:1-4)

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IS IT THE END?

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Matthew 24:1-8 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows.

WOW!! Reading the news today sure looks like a fulfillment of Christs words: WARS, FAMINES, PESTILENCES, EARTHQUAKES, FLOODS. But let not your heart be troubled, THE END IS NOT YET! Continue reading the whole chapter and we see that Christ is talking about a period of time YET TO COME. The Tribulation (verse 29) followed by His return to set up His Kingdom on Earth. Yes, it’s bad right now and it might get worse, but it is NOT THE END. For the saved, believers in the Death, Burial and Resurrection of our Lord, we look for the rapture, we are Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; Titus 2:13.

No, it is not the end. This earth and mankind will be here for at least 1007 years (after the rapture): 7 years of tribulation and 1000 years of Christ’s kingdom on Earth.

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Work of a Missionary

Missionaries are Called.

Acts 13:2 …Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
1. Preach the Gospel
Acts 13:5 And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: …
⟹ To the Jew – To the Gentile
1 Corinthians 1:17-24 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
2. Teach the Converts
Acts 13:48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
⟹ Discipleship
Acts 14:27 And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.
Acts15:36 And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the LORD, and see how they do.
⟹ Build Leaders
Ephesians 4:11-24 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: … And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
3. Establish Churches / Appoint Leaders
Acts 14:23 And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.
4. Teach Preacher Boys / Establish Bible School
Acts 19:9-10 But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.

And if Missionaries are not presenting and teaching the Gospel, they are NOT DOING the work of the Lord.

1 Corinthians 15:1-4 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

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BUT GOD of the Old Testament Part 2

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⇛ BUT GOD – Exodus

In studying the BUT GOD’s found in the scripture, the next mention(s) is in:
Exodus 13:18 But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.
Israel under the leadership of Moses has left Egypt. They are on their way to the promised land. The land promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And the way they should go is through the land of the Philistines. However, this would have meant war and would have discouraged the Israelites who would have returned to Egypt. So, God intervened. Exodus 13:18 BUT GOD led …
Exodus 21:13 And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
Part of the LAW dealing with a man smiting another.

⇛ BUT GOD – SAMSON

Another mention is in: Judges 15:19 But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof Enhakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.
Samson had just slain 1,000 men with the jaw of an ass and he thought he would die of thirst BUT GOD provided him with water.

⇛ BUT GOD – David

Another mention is in: 1 Samuel 23:14 And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.
King Saul, jealous of David, sought to kill him. BUT GOD had other plans for David as he was to be the next King of Israel.
1 Chronicles 28:3 But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood.
King David wanted to build the Temple. But God had other plans. King Solomon would build the Temple.
Proverbs 14:12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Proverbs 16:25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

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