Advent Alphabet - "C" - "Called"

December 2, 2015 “For to us a Child is born, to us a Son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace” (Isaiah 9:6) “For to you is born this day in the town of David a Savior, Who is Christ the Messiah, the Lord” (Luke 2:11; Micah 5:2) One of the joys of having a child of your own is to name it. A lot of people use family names; some use famous people’s names; and some use special friend’s names, etc. Some names are taken from “name books. But God gave the names that Jesus was called to the prophets of old to record for all generations to know and trust in. There are many books listing all the hundreds of names attributed to Jesus. Except for “Jesus” all of them are descriptive names characterizing the personhood of Jesus. “Jesus” was a common name in that day which meant, “the Christ.” which was the Greek name for “Messiah.” The name “Jesus” was from the Hebrew name “Jehovah-saved.” The meaning of Jehovah is, “the self-Existent or eternal.” Jesus was called “Jesus Christ” because He came to save His people from their sins (Matt.1:21). The baby called Jesus came from heaven to be to all who would call on Him: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. I wish I had time and space to elaborate on each of these beautiful names, but they all were embodied in that one baby of Nazareth whom they called Jesus. If you haven’t, won’t you trust Him as your Wonderful Counselor, your Mighty God, your Everlasting Father, your Prince of Peace, your Messiah, your Savior and your Lord?