<“Christmas 2016: Naming the Baby
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A Sermon by Dr. Bob Griffin, Teaching Elder at Sovereign Grace Church
I. YOU SHALL CALL HIS NAME “JESUS”
Mt 1:21 “She will bear a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”
A. HIS JEWISH NAME
>1. MOST COMMON NAME (also I Cor 1:26-28; Phil 2:9-11)
>2. SPECIAL TO JOSEPH (also Mt 1:18-21, 24-25)
B. HIS PROPHETIC NAME
>1. HE WAS TO BE THE SAVIOR (II Sam 22:3; Is 60:16; Jer 14:8; Hos 13:4)
>2. VERIFIED TODAY (Lk 2:11; Act 5:31; Phil 3:20; I Tm 4:10; Tit 2:13; II Pet 3:18; I Jn 4:14)
II. THEY SHALL CALL HIS NAME “EMMANUEL”
Mt 1:23 “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel (which means, God with us).”
A. HIS PERSONAL NAME
>1. POSSIBLE BY THE VIRGIN BIRTH
>2. SIN NATURE BYPASSED (Gen 3:15; I Cor 15:22; Rom 3:23; Jn 1:14)
B. HIS INCARNATE NAME
>1. GOD WITH US
>2. PERMANENT (I Tim 2:5; Jn 1:18; 20:28)
III. HE WILL BE CALLED THE “SON OF THE HIGHEST”
Lk 1:32 “He will be great and will be called the Son of the Highest”
A. HIS MESSIANIC NAME
>1. UNIQUE TITLE OF PROMISED MESSIAH (Lk 1:76; 6:35)
>2. MESSIANC PURPOSE (Lk 24:47; 1:32b-33; Rev 11:15)
B. HIS TRIUNE NAME
>1. ETERNAL GODHEAD (Jn 1:1; 8:58; Col 1:13-17; Heb 1:2; 2:10; Mt 28:19; II Cor 13:14; Jn 5:18; 14:8-10)
>2. RECOGNIZED IN THE SPIRIT WORLD (Lk 2:13-14; I Thes 1:10; Mk 5:2-7)
IV. HE WILL BE CALLED THE “SON OF GOD”
Lk 1:35 “The Child to be born will be called the Holy [One] – the Son of God”
A. HIS EXCLUSIVE NAME
>1. ONLY BEGOTTEN (Jn 3:16)
>2. UNEQUALED (Col 2:9)
B. HIS ETERNAL NAME
>1. PROOF IN THE WORD (Jn 20:30-31; 14:6; Rev 1:8)
>2. HOW SHOULD WE THEN LIVE? (I Jn 3:1-3)