Jesus

I am speaking Sunday September 13, 2009 The Only Good News to All The Bad News of Man is Jesus. Rivers of Joy Baptist Church, Minford, Ohio

GOD DELIGHTS IN HIS SON CHRIST

I BELIEVE GOD IS GOD WHO IS THE GOD OF ALL THE WORLD AND EVERYTHING THAT IS IN IT. AND THE ENTIRE WORLD IS GOD'S.

THE ENTIRE FUTURE OF THE WORLD IS GOD'S TO DO

WHAT HE WILL.

The Lord’s Chosen Servant

Isaiah 42:1-25

42:1 Behold my Servant, (Christ) whom I uphold,
my chosen, in whom my soul delights;
I have put my Spirit upon Him; (Christ)
He will bring forth justice to the nations.
2 He will not cry aloud or lift up His voice,
or make it heard in the street;
3 a bruised reed He will not break,
and a faintly burning wick He will not quench;
He will faithfully bring forth justice.
4 He will not grow faint or be discouraged
till He has established justice in the earth;
and the coastlands wait for His law.
5 Thus says God, the Lord,
who created the heavens mand stretched them out,
who spread out the earth and what comes from it,
who gives breath to the people on it
and spirit to those who walk in it:
6 “I am the Lord; I have called you in righteousness;
I will take you by the hand and keep you;
I will give you as a covenant for the people,
a light for the nations,
7 to open the eyes that are blind,
to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,
from the prison those who sit in darkness.
8 I am the Lord; that is my name;
my glory I give to no other,
nor my praise to carved idols.
9 Behold, the former things have come to pass,
and new things I now declare;
before they spring forth
I tell you of them.”
Sing to the Lord a New Song
10 Sing to the Lord a new song,
His praise from the end of the earth,
you who go down to the sea, and all that fills it,
coastlands and their inhabitants.
11 Let the desert and its cities lift up their voice,
the villages that Kedar inhabits;
let the habitants of Sela sing for joy,
let them shout from the top of the mountains.
12 Let them give glory to the Lord,
and declare His praise in the coastlands.
13 The Lord goes out like a mighty man,
like a man of war He stirs up His zeal;
He cries out, He shouts aloud,
He shows himself mighty against His foes.
14 For a long time I have held my peace;
I have kept still and restrained myself;
now I will cry out like a woman in labor;
I will gasp and pant.
15 I will lay waste mountains and hills,
and dry up all their vegetation;
I will turn the rivers into islands,
and dry up the pools.
16 And I will lead the blind
in a way that they do not know,
in paths that they have not known
I will guide them.
I will turn the darkness before them into light,
the rough places into level ground.
These are the things I do,
and I do not forsake them.
17 They are turned back and utterly put to shame,
who trust in carved idols,
who say to metal images,
“You are our gods.”
Israel’s Failure to Hear and See
18 Hear, you deaf,
and look, you blind, that you may see!
19 Who is blind but my servant,
or deaf as my messenger whom I send?
Who is blind as my dedicated one,
or blind as the servant of the Lord?
20 He sees many things, but does not observe them;
his ears are open, but he does not her.
21 The Lord was pleased, for his righteousness’ sake,
to magnify his law and make it glorious.
22 But this is a people plundered and looted;
they are all of them trapped in holes
and hidden in prisons;
they have become plunder with none to rescue,
spoil with none to say, “Restore!”
23 Who among you will give ear to this,
will attend and listen for the time to come?
24 Who gave up Jacob to the looter,
and Israel to the plunderers?
Was it not the Lord, against whom we have sinned,
in whose ways they would not walk,
and whose law they would not obey?
25 So he poured on him the heat of his anger
and the might of battle;
it set him on fire all around, but he did not understand;
it burned him up, but he did not take it to heart.

THE NAMES OF CHRIST EXPRESSING HIM

THE NAMES OF CHRIST GIVES US WHO HE IS

We are looking from D to H

David Jeremiah 30:9
Daysman Job 9:33
Dayspring Luke 1:78
Day Star 2Peter 1:19
Deliverer Romans 11:26
Desire of all nations Haggai 2:7
Door, the John 10:7
Elect Isaiah 42:1
Emmanuel Isaiah 7:14
Ensign Isaiah 11:10
Eternal Life 1John 5:20
Everlasting Father Isaiah 9:6
Faithful and True Revelation 19:11
Faithful Witness, the Revelation 1:5
Faithful and true witness, the Revelation 3:14
Finisher of faith Hebrews 12:2
First and last Revelation 1:17; 2:8; 22:13
First begotten Hebrews 1:6
First begotten of the dead Revelation 1:5
Firstborn Psalms 89:27
Foundation Isaiah 28:16
Fountain Zechariah 13:1
Forerunner Hebrews 6:20
Friend of sinners Matthew 11:19
Gift of God John 4:10
Glory of Israel Luke 2:32
God (deity) John 1:1
God blessed forever Romans 9:5
God manifest in the flesh 1Timothy 3:16
God of Israel, the Saviour Isaiah 45:15
God of the whole earth Isaiah 54:5
God our Saviour 1Timothy 2:3
God's dear Son Colossians 1:13
God with us Matthew 1:23
Good Master Matthew 19:16
Governor Matthew 2:6
Great Shepherd of the sheep Hebrews 13:20
Head of the ekklesia (body) Ephesians 1:22, 23; 5:23; Colossians 1:18, 24
Heir of all things Hebrews 1:2
High priest Hebrews 4:14
Head of every man 1Corinthians 11:3
Head of the corner Matthew 21:42
Holy child Jesus Acts 4:30 Holy one Psalms 16:1

So when you are reading the Bible this year, circle the names of Trinity.

The names are descriptions of who Christ is.

CHRIST IS THE REASON FOR THIS SEASON

NAME ABOVE ALL NAMES IN HISTORY

Youth Pastor of Wooster Baptist Temple in Wooster Ohio 1970 -1972

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  If I have observed anything by experience, it is this: a man may take the measure of his growth and decay in grace according to his thoughts and meditations upon the person of Christ, and the glory of Christ’s Kingdom, and of His love.”
  - John Owen, quoted in A Puritan Golden Treasury complied by I. D. E. Thomas (Carlisle, Pa.: The Banner of Truth Trust, 1989), 184.

TODAY I AM PREACHING ON THE NAME THAT IS ABOVE ALL NAMES

Names and Titles Given to Jesus (God)*
Adam 1Corinthians 15:45
Advocate 1John 2:1
Almighty Revelation 1:8
Alpha and Omega Revelation 1:8
Amen Revelation 3:14
Angel Genesis 48:16; Exodus 23:20, 21
Angel of his presence Isaiah 63:9
Anointed Psalms 2:2
Apostle Hebrews 3:1
Arm of the Lord Isaiah 51:9, 10
Author and Finisher of our faith Hebrews 12:2
Beginning and end of the creation of God Revelation 3:14; 22:13
Beloved Ephesians 1:6
Blessed and only Potentate 1Timothy 6:15
Branch Jeremiah 23:5; Zechariah 3:8
Bread of life John 6:48
Bridegroom Matthew 9:15
Bright and Morning Star Revelation 22:16
Brightness of the Father's glory Hebrews 1:3
Captain of the Lord's host (army) Joshua 5:14
Captain of Salvation Hebrews 2:10
Carpenter Mark 6:3
Carpenter's son Matthew 13:55
Chief Shepherd 1Peter 5:4
Chief Cornerstone 1Peter 2:6
Chiefest among ten thousand Song of Songs 5:10
Child Isaiah 9:6; Luke 2:27, 43
Chosen of God 1Peter 2:4
Christ Matthew 1:16; Luke 9:20
The Christ (Messiah) Matthew 16:20; Mark 14:61
Christ, a King Luke 23:2
Christ Jesus Acts 19:4; Romans 3:24; 8:1; 1Corinthians 1:2, 30; Hebrews 3:1; 1Peter 5:10, 14

Breath

Christ Jesus our Lord 1Timothy 1:12; Romans 8:39
Christ of God Luke 9:20
Christ, the chosen of God Luke 23:35
Christ the Lord Luke 2:11
Christ, the power of God 1Corinthians 1:24
Christ the wisdom of God 1Corinthians 1:24
Christ, the Son of God Acts 9:20
Christ, Son of the Blessed Mark 14:61
Commander Isaiah 55:4
Consolation of Israel Luke 2:25
Cornerstone Ephesians 2:20
Counselor Isaiah 9:6
Covenant of the people Isaiah 42:6

I remember when I was a Youth Pastor, I would ask the kids to name as many names of Jesus Christ that they could. This was in 1966-1978, before Internet. But we did have Nave Topic Bible.

JESUS, THERE IS NO OTHER NAME, THAT CAN MATCH THE NAME JESUS, OR HIS PERSON. JESUS.

"Yes! He is altogether lovely! This is my Beloved, this my Friend!" Song of Songs 5:16

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Christ is the most beautiful Person, and the most fitting Object for your love. There never was, nor will be found any person so lovely, so beautiful, and so every way deserving of your love as the Lord Jesus Christ. There is a matchless, transcendent, and incomparable beauty and excellency in Him!How passionately are some foolish men in love with the external beauty which they see in some women! They love the exact symmetry of parts, and lovely proportion of the body, the amiable features and lovely mixtures of colors in the face, the beauty of the eyes and features, their graceful motions, and amorous glances. How does this ravish the hearts of some foolish men, although the most beautiful woman in the world is no better than a mixture of clay, dirt, and corruption enclosed in a lovely skin; which sickness will cause to look pale and ashen and death will fully mar and spoil! But the amiableness and beauty of Christ is more transcendent and permanent, and therefore, a more fit object for your love. Christ is all fair without any spot; altogether lovely without any blemish or deformity!

JOHN NEWTON

"I'm not what I ought to be,
I'm not what I wish to be,
but through Christ,
I'm not what I was" !!!
John Newton