Jesus – The Sweetest Name I Know – Part 8

“Jesus… the sweetest name I know”… and after this week of study, even sweeter. I wanted to wrap up this series by giving you some bullet points and Scriptures that will allow you to continue your own study.

So far we’ve learned that the name of Jesus Christ is:

1. The Rarest and Most Exclusive – there is salvation through Jesus and NO other (Acts 4.12); every person will admit this fact some day, the only question is when (Phil 2.10)

2. The Most Understanding & Compassionate – Jesus is the caring Shepherd and He protects and cares for His sheep (Isa 40.11); Jesus is uniquely qualified to understand and respond to our deepest needs and hurts because He is both absolutely Divine, and absolutely human (Heb 4.15-16)

3. The Most Meaningful and Purposeful – the name of Jesus is filled with infinite meaning and purpose; why He lived; why He died; why He taught; why He loves us; what He accomplished… it is an inexhaustible well of study and discovery.

4. The Most Rewarding – trusting in the name of Jesus results in the greatest rewards available to humankind. We get to live eternally in His presence (Phil 1.23; Rev 22.5); we receive an incorruptible crown of glory (1Pet5.4); we become a member of God’s family and co-heir with Christ (Rom 8.17); we get a home built just for us (John 14.1-4;2Cor 5.1); and we get to live in the “fullness of joy” for all eternity (Psalms 16.11)…. just to name a few “rewards”.
   
5. The Most Powerful – the name of Jesus is the power of salvation, sufficient to save every person who believes (John 3.15). Jesus has the power to deliver us from the evil power of this world (Gal 1.3-4) and free us from the fear of Satan and death (Heb 2.14-15; Rev 1.18). The name of Jesus is the promise of resurrection for all those that belong to Him (Rom 6.5).
   
6. The Most Selfless – Jesus knew from eternity past that He would create us, we would sin, crucify Him and then most would reject His free offer of salvation… and yet He still chose to create us anyway. He endured our punishment (Rom 6.23); He paid our ransom to free us from captivity (Mark 10.45); He saved us from God’s wrath and will return to get us (Heb 9.28).

The Names of Christ

• Power of God 1 Cor 1:24
• Passover 1 Cor 5:07
• First fruits 1 Cor 15:23
• Adam (the last Adam) 1 Cor 15:45
• Second Adam 1 Cor 15:47
• Advocate 1 John 2:1
• Propitiation 1 John 2:2; 4:10
• Bishop 1 Pet 2:25
• Chief Shepherd 1 Pet 5:04
• Mediator 1 Tim 2:05
• Ransom 1 Tim 2:06
• Blessed 1 Tim 6:15
• Potentate 1 Tim 6:15
• Gift of God 2 Cor 9:15
• Day star 2 Pet 1:19
• Seed of David 2 Tim 2:08
• Man Acts 17:31; 1 Tim 2:05
• Prince Acts 3:15; 5:31
• Prophet Acts 3:22
• Holy child Acts 4:30
• Head of the Church Col 1:18
• Messiah Dan 9:25; John 1:41
• Rock Deut 32:15:00
• Beloved Eph 1:06
• Cornerstone Eph 2:20
• Sacrifice Eph 5:02
• Seed of Abraham Gal 3:16, 19
• Seed of the woman Gen 3:15
• Shiloh Gen 49:10:00
• Angel of the Lord Gen 16:9–14; Judg
• Desire of nations Hag 2:07
• Heir of all things Heb 1:02
• Express image of God Heb 1:03
• Apostle Heb 3:01
• Priest Heb 4:14
• Forerunner Heb 6:20
• Minister Heb 8:02
• Author Heb 12:02
• Great Shepherd Heb 13:20
• High Priest Heb 3:1; 7:1
• Child Isa 9:06
• Everlasting Father Isa 9:06
• Wonderful Isa 9:06
• Rod Isa 11:01
• Refuge Isa 25:04:00
• Foundation Isa 28:16:00
• Lawgiver Isa 33:22:00
• Holy One of Israel Isa 41:14:00
• Commander Isa 55:04:00
• Glory of God Isa 60:01:00
• Jehovah Isa 26:4; 40:3
• Servant Isa 42:1; 49:5–7
• Redeemer Isa 59:20; 60:16
• Mighty God Isa 9:6; 63:1
• Righteousness Jer 23:6; 33:16
• Word John 1:1; Rev 19:13
• God John 1:1; Rom 9:5; 1 Tim
• Begotten of the Father John 1:14
• Only begotten Son John 1:18
• Lamb of God John 1:29, 36
• Good Shepherd John 10:11, 14
• Door of the sheepfold John 10:7
• Door John 10:9
• Resurrection John 11:25
• Way John 14:6
• True vine John 15:1
• Brazen serpent John 3:14
• Rabbi John 3:2; 20:16
• Bread of life John 6:35
• Light of the world John 9:5
• Captain Josh 5:04
• Son of the Most High Luke 1:32
• Son of God Luke 1:35; Matt 16:16
• Savior Luke 1:47; 2:11
• Dayspring from on high Luke 1:78
• Good Samaritan Luke 10:33
• Babe Luke 2:16
• Consolation of Israel Luke 2:25
• Purifier Mal 3:03
• Refiner Mal 3:03
• Sun of Righteousness Mal 4:02
• Holy One of God Mark 1:24
• Nazarene Mark 1:24
• Son of Mary Mark 6:3
• Jesus Matt 1:21
• Emmanuel Matt 1:23
• Governor Matt 2:06
• Master Matt 8:19
• Physician Matt 9:12
• Bridegroom Matt 9:15
• Friend of sinners Matt 11:19
• Son of Man (his favorite name for himself) Matt 18:11
• Christ Matt 1:16; 2:4
• Carpenter Matt 13:55; Mark 6:3
• Son of David Matt 15:22; 20:30; 21:9
• Stone Matt 21:42; Mark 12:10; Acts 4:11; Rom
• Teacher (Master) Matt 26:18; John 3:2
• King of Israel Matt 27:42; John 1:49
• Judge Mic 5:1; Acts 10:42
• Anointed Ps 2:02
• Horn of salvation Ps 18:02
• Shepherd Ps 23:01
• Guide Ps 48:14:00
• Almighty Rev 1:08
• Amen Rev 3:14
• Beginning of creation Rev 3:14
• Lion of the tribe of Judah Rev 5:05
• Reaper Rev 14:15
• Lord of lords Rev 19:16
• Bright morning star Rev 22:16
• Root of David Rev 22:16
• Faithful witness Rev 1:5; 3:14; 19:11
• Alpha Rev 1:8; 21:6
• Deliverer Rom 11:26
• Rose of Sharon Song of Sol 2:01
• Branch Zech 3:08
• Fountain Zech 13:01

The Divine Nature of Christ

• As Jehovah, Isa. 40:3, with Matt. 3:3;
• Jehovah of glory, Psa. 24:7, 10, with 1 Cor. 2:8; Jas. 2:1;
• Jehovah our righteousness, Jer. 23:5, 6, with 1 Cor. 1:30;
• Jehovah above all, Psa. 97:9, with John 3:31;
• Jehovah the first and the last, Isa. 44:6, with Rev. 1:17; Isa. 48:12–16, with Rev. 22:13;
• Jehovah’s fellow and equal, Zech. 13:7; Phil. 2:6;
• Jehovah of Armies, Isa. 6:1–3, with John 12:41; Isa. 8:13, 14, with 1 Pet. 2:8;
• Jehovah, Psa. 110:1, with Matt. 22:42–45;
• Jehovah the shepherd, Isa. 40:10, 11; Heb. 13:20;
• Jehovah, for whose glory all things were created, Prov. 16:4, with Col. 1:16;
• Jehovah the messenger of the covenant, Mal. 3:1, with Luke 7:27.
• Invoked as Jehovah, Joel 2:32, with 1 Cor. 1:2;
• as the eternal God and Creator, Psa. 102:24–27, with Heb. 1:8, 10–12;
• the mighty God, Isa. 9:6;
• the great God and Savior, Hos. 1:7, with Tit. 2:13;
• God over all, Rom. 9:5;
• God the Judge, Eccl. 12:14, with 1 Cor. 4:5; 2 Cor. 5:10; 2 Tim. 4:1;
• Emmanuel, Isa. 7:14, with Matt. 1:23;
• King of kings and Lord of lords, Dan. 10:17, with Rev. 1:5; 17:14;
• the Holy One, 1 Sam. 2:2, with Acts 3:14;
• the Lord from heaven, 1 Cor. 15:47;
• Lord of the sabbath, Gen. 2:3, with Matt. 12:8;
• Lord of all, Acts 10:36; Rom. 10:11–13;
• Son of God, Matt. 26:63–67; the only begotten Son of the Father, John 1:14, 18; 3:16, 18; 1 John 4:9.
• His blood is called the blood of God, Acts 20:28.
• One with the Father, John 10:30, 38; 12:45; 14:7–10; 17:10.
• As sending the Spirit equally with the Father, John 14:16, with John 15:26.
• As unsearchable equally with the Father, Prov. 30:4; Matt. 11:27.
• As Creator of all things, Isa. 40:28; John 1:3; Col. 1:16;
• supporter and preserver of all things, Neh. 9:6, with Col. 1:17; Heb. 1:3.
• Acknowledged by Old Testament saints, Gen. 17:1, with Gen. 48:15, 16; 32:24–30, with Hos. 12:3–5; Judg. 6:22–24; 13:21, 22; Job 19:25–271
  (Source: New Nave’s Topical Bible)

The Humanity of Christ

• Gen. 3:15; Deut. 18:15–19; Psa. 22:22; Isa. 8:18; Isa. 9:6; Dan. 7:13; Matt. 16:27, 28; Matt. 18:11; Matt. 20:28, 30, 31; Matt. 21:9; Matt. 26:2, 26–28, 36–45 Mark 14:34, 42. Matt. 26:64; Mark 2:28; Mark 9:9, 12; Mark 10:33, 45; Mark 14:21, 62; Luke 2:11–14; Luke 5:24; Luke 17:22, 24; Luke 18:31; Luke 19:10; Luke 21:36; Luke 22:48, 69; John 1:14; John 5:27; John 12:34; John 13:31; Acts 7:56; Acts 17:31; Gal. 4:4; Phil. 2:7, 8; 1 Tim. 2:5; Heb. 2:9, 10, 14–18; Heb. 10:12; 1 John 4:2, 3; 2 John 7; Rev. 1:13; Rev. 14:141 (Swanson, J., & Nave, O. (1994). New Nave’s. Oak Harbor: Logos Research Systems)

I hope you have been blessed by this series. I know I have. Learning about Jesus is always a blessing!