Most Wednesdays I post to a private FB group of guys I’m part
of. I summarize what I’ve gleaned from a weekly video series. The past 6 weeks
or so our study has been on the Power of
God’s Names by Tony Evan. There are over 80 recorded names for God. In this
study we covered the names we hear the most, like Jehovah, Elohim and Jireh and
several more. The Final word of the study was the name Emmanuel. Besides the
name Jehovah, Emmanuel is the most recognizable name, since it is used a lot at
Christmas in verse and song.
The names of God reveal to us the many different attributes
of God. Like Mighty Warrior, Everlasting Father, Healer, Redeemer, and the list
goes from there. Emmanuel- means “God with Us”.
The “with us” refers to Jesus, the Christ. Each and every name for God is
replicated in the person of Jesus. HE embodies each one of the names and
attributes fully. He was fully God and also fully man. That’s one of the
mysteries of the triune God. God is One in three and three in One. The Father, The
Son and The Holy Spirit. Whatever we need or desire from God they are all
embodied and avail in the God/Man Jesus.
Philippians 2:5-11 is one of my favorite passages in the New Testament. It sums up Jesus Christ very well.
5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:
6 Who, being in very nature God,
did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
7 rather, he made himself nothing
by taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
8 And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
by becoming obedient to death—
even death on a cross!
9 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 acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
If you desire anything from God you will find it available
to you in his son Jesus. It is not rocket science or brain surgery, but it will
send you to heaven and will give your brain the ability for correct thinking. That will lead to a life filled
with goodness and wonder. It is very complex in nature and scope byt that's God's business. But very
simple to claim him as your own. That's our business.
The message in Philippians 2:6-11 has blessed me for 44+ years.
