The Mission of Christmas is in a Name – Jesus
And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins (Matthew 1:21).
The name Jesus is a transliteration of the Hebrew name Joshua, which means "Jehovah saves." His very name, Jesus, tells us of the mission upon which He came form heaven to earth to save His people from their sins.
Jesus is our Lord's intensely personal name. Have you noticed how difficult it is for some people to say this name, Jesus? They find it much easier to refer to Him as God or Lord or Christ or the man upstairs. But there is something about speaking the name Jesus. Say it now. Out loud. Jesus is His most personal name, and only those who truly know Him in the free pardoning of their sin find it easy to speak His name.
He came to save you for your sins. Open your heart to Him. He said "I came to seek and to save those who were lost" (Luke19:10).
CODE WORD: LOST
Say the word "Lost." Say again out loud. Without Christ that is what we are – lost beyond hope, lost beyond time, lost beyond eternity, lost, forever lost. But when we open our hearts to Him, we begin to know Him by His up-close and personal name: Jesus!
Jesus, thank you for coming on a mission for the express purpose of saving me.
The Christmas Code by O.S. Hawkins
The name Jesus is a transliteration of the Hebrew name Joshua, which means "Jehovah saves." His very name, Jesus, tells us of the mission upon which He came form heaven to earth to save His people from their sins.
Jesus is our Lord's intensely personal name. Have you noticed how difficult it is for some people to say this name, Jesus? They find it much easier to refer to Him as God or Lord or Christ or the man upstairs. But there is something about speaking the name Jesus. Say it now. Out loud. Jesus is His most personal name, and only those who truly know Him in the free pardoning of their sin find it easy to speak His name.
He came to save you for your sins. Open your heart to Him. He said "I came to seek and to save those who were lost" (Luke19:10).
CODE WORD: LOST
Say the word "Lost." Say again out loud. Without Christ that is what we are – lost beyond hope, lost beyond time, lost beyond eternity, lost, forever lost. But when we open our hearts to Him, we begin to know Him by His up-close and personal name: Jesus!
Jesus, thank you for coming on a mission for the express purpose of saving me.
The Christmas Code by O.S. Hawkins