The Wonderful Name of Jesus
“What is in a name?” This question was asked over 400 years ago by the poet William Shakespeare. Names are used to describe and identify one another. We use names to get one another’s attention.
In the Bible, names were used to record some aspect of a person’s birth, to express the parent’s reaction to the birth of their child, or to secure the solidarity of the family ties. Names were often used to communicate God’s message, establish a connection with God, establish authority over another, or indicate a new beginning or direction in a person’s life.
For many unsaved, the name of Jesus is simply a curse word, but to those who believe, that blessed name is very precious. As the hymn writer put it:
Precious Name! the name of Jesus, Son of God most high,
Who in love to guilty sinners, came to die.
Precious name! the story telling of His humble birth;
Of His lonely pathway, trodden here on earth.
Precious name of Him the Savior, come the lost to save;
In His grace, for ruined sinners all He gave.
Precious name of Him who suffered on the shameful tree,
Gave Himself, the willing victim, Spotless He.
Precious name! enthroned in heaven, still that name He bears;
On His brow the crown of glory now He wears.
Precious, peerless name of Jesus, none can tell it’s worth;
Sweetest name there is in heaven, Or on earth.
The Wonderful Name of Jesus
“What is in a name?” This question was asked over 400 years ago by the poet William Shakespeare. Names are used to describe and identify one another. We use names to get one another’s attention.
In the Bible, names were used to record some aspect of a person’s birth, to express the parent’s reaction to the birth of their child, or to secure the solidarity of the family ties. Names were often used to communicate God’s message, establish a connection with God, establish authority over another, or indicate a new beginning or direction in a person’s life.
For many unsaved, the name of Jesus is simply a curse word, but to those who believe, that blessed name is very precious. As the hymn writer put it:
Precious Name! the name of Jesus, Son of God most high,
Who in love to guilty sinners, came to die.
Precious name! the story telling of His humble birth;
Of His lonely pathway, trodden here on earth.
Precious name of Him the Savior, come the lost to save;
In His grace, for ruined sinners all He gave.
Precious name of Him who suffered on the shameful tree,
Gave Himself, the willing victim, Spotless He.
Precious name! enthroned in heaven, still that name He bears;
On His brow the crown of glory now He wears.
Precious, peerless name of Jesus, none can tell it’s worth;
Sweetest name there is in heaven, Or on earth.
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