Good Morning. As we being the readings on the New Testament, it should a wonderful thing to be reminded in the first chapter of the book of Matthew of the birth of our Saviour. The immaculate conception of the Savior of the world will always be a mystery to mankind until we met Jesus face to face. In verse 21, the angel told Joseph; “And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.” Matthew Henry in his commentary on this verse said, “In the name that should be given to her Son: Thou shalt call his name Jesus, a Saviour. Jesus is the same name with Joshua, the termination only being changed, for the sake of conforming it to the Greek. Joshua is called Jesus (Acts 7:45; Heb. 4:8), from the Seventy. There were two of that name under the Old Testament, who were both illustrious types of Christ, Joshua who was Israels captain at their first settlement in Canaan, and Joshua who was their high priest at their second settlement after the captivity, Zec. 6:11, 12. Christ is our Joshua; both the Captain of our salvation, and the High Priest of our profession, and, in both, our Saviour- a Joshua who comes in the stead of Moses, and does that for us which the law could not do, in that it was weak. Joshua had been called Hosea, but Moses prefixed the first syllable of the name Jehovah, and so made it Jehoshua (Num. 13:16), to intimate that the Messiah, who was to bear that name, should be Jehovah; he is therefore able to save to the uttermost, neither is there salvation in any other.” I pray that as we contemplate on the name of Jesus that we will continue trust God who is the only one that can save us from our sins. I Call Him Jesus - https://youtube/watch?v=jXBGdUVAvPM Have a blessed and Holy Spirit-filled day.
Posted on: Sun, 02 Nov 2014 09:43:35 +0000
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