Message Two

Jesus—the King-Savior’s Name Given by God
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Emmanuel—the King-Savior’s Name Called by Man

Scripture Reading: Matt. 1:21, 23; 18:20; 28:20

1. “She will bear a son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for it is He who will save His people from their sins”—Matt. 1:21:
   1. Jesus is the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew name Joshua, which means Jehovah the Savior, or the salvation of Jehovah.
   2. The name Jesus includes the name Jehovah, which means I Am Who I Am—Exo. 3:14:
      1. Jesus is Jehovah becoming our Savior and our salvation—Rom. 10:12-13; 5:10; cf. Phil. 1:19.
      2. Jesus is our Joshua, the One who brings us into rest, which is Himself as the good land to us—Heb. 4:8; Matt. 11:28-29.
   3. The Lord’s name, His person, is the all-inclusive compound Spirit—S. S. 1:3; Exo. 30:23-30; Phil. 1:19.
   4. The name of Jesus is above every name—Phil. 2:9-10:
      1. The name of Jesus is for us to believe into—John 1:12.
      2. The name of Jesus is for us to be baptized into— Acts 8:16; 19:5.
      3. The name of Jesus is for us to be saved—4:12.
      4. The name of Jesus is for us to be healed—3:6; 4:10.
      5. The name of Jesus is for us to be washed, sanctified, and justified—1 Cor. 6:11.
      6. The name of Jesus is for us to call upon—Rom. 10:13; 1 Cor. 1:2; Acts 9:14; Gen. 4:26:
         1. The Spirit is the heavenly air for us to breathe; by exercising our spirit to call upon the name of the Lord, we breathe in the Spirit and thereby receive the Spirit—John 20:22; Gal. 3:2; 1 Thes. 5:17; Lam. 3:55-56; Hymns, #255.
         2. The purpose of calling on the name of the Lord is:
            1. 1) To be saved—Rom. 10:13.
            2. 2) To be rescued from distress, trouble, sorrow, and pain—Psa. 18:6; 118:5; 86:7; 50:15; 81:7; 116:3-4.
            3. 3) To participate in the Lord’s mercy—86:5.
            4. 4) To partake of the Lord’s salvation—116:2, 4, 13, 17.
            5. 5) To receive the Spirit—Acts 2:17, 21.
            6. 6) To drink the spiritual water and eat the spiritual food for satisfaction—Isa. 55:1-2, 6.
            7. 7) To enjoy the riches of the Lord—Rom. 10:12; 1 Cor. 12:3b; Deut. 4:7; Psa. 145:18.
            8. 8) To stir ourselves up—Isa. 64:7.
      7. The name of Jesus is for us to pray in—John 14:13-14; 15:16; 16:24.
      8. The name of Jesus is for us to be gathered into— Matt. 18:20.
      9. The name of Jesus is for us to cast out demons— Acts 16:18.
      10. The name of Jesus is for us to speak boldly in—9:27.
   5. Satan hates the name of Jesus:
      1. Satan utilizes people to attack the name of Jesus— cf. Acts 26:9.
      2. The religionists attacked the name of Jesus, forbidding the believers to preach or teach in that name—4:17-18; 5:40.
      3. When the apostles were persecuted, they rejoiced that they were counted worthy to be dishonored on behalf of the name of Jesus—5:41; 15:26.
      4. The Lord Jesus praised the overcomers in Philadelphia because they did not deny His name—Rev. 3:8:
         1. The recovered church has abandoned all names other than that of the Lord Jesus Christ, belonging to the Lord absolutely.
         2. To denominate the church by taking any name other than the Lord’s is spiritual fornication; the church, as the pure virgin betrothed to Christ (2 Cor. 11:2), should have no name other than her Husband’s.
2. “‘Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel’ (which is translated, God with us)”—Matt. 1:23:
   1. Matthew is a book on Emmanuel—God incarnated to be with us—vv. 21-23.
   2. The practical Emmanuel, the presence of the Triune God, is the Spirit of reality—John 1:14; 14:16-20; 1 Cor. 15:45b:
      1. He is with us in our gatherings—Matt. 18:20.
      2. He is with us all the days—28:20.
      3. He is with us in our spirit—2 Tim. 4:22:
         1. Today our spirit is the land of Immanuel—Isa. 8:7-8.
         2. Because God is with us, the enemy can never take over the land of Immanuel—v. 10; cf. 1 John 5:4; John 3:6.
   3. To live with Christ as Emmanuel, we need to be in His divine presence—Gal. 5:25a:
      1. To live with Christ, we still live, yet not by ourselves alone but by Christ living in us and with us as Emmanuel—2:20.
      2. Emmanuel is our life and person, and we are His organ, living together with Him as one person— Phil. 1:19-21a.
      3. We can enjoy the presence of the Triune God in gathering together for the teaching of His holy Word—Matt. 18:20; 28:20.
      4. We enjoy grace and peace through the Spirit as the presence of the Triune God—Acts 9:31.
      5. The Spirit’s leading and witnessing are His presence—Rom. 8:14, 16.
      6. We enjoy the dispensing of the Triune God through His presence as the Spirit—2 Cor. 13:14.
   4. The entire New Testament is an Emmanuel, and we are now a part of this great Emmanuel that will consummate in the New Jerusalem in the new heaven and new earth for eternity—1 Cor. 6:17; Acts 9:4; 1 Tim. 3:15-16; Rev. 21:3, 22.