This Sunday we're going to be looking at the most popular title Jesus used to describe Himself and the confusion that created among his followers. We'll also look at how Jesus cleverly redefined what this title actually meant.
Today we're exploring the most used name for our Lord, "Jesus". It was a very commonly used name at that time, but for good reason.
What would you say is the most controversial thing that Jesus said? In our current society that prides itself on relative truth and tolerance of everyone's opinions and beliefs - the title that Jesus claimed for himself, that we're going to be exploring this morning, can be polarizing. And Christians that repeat this claim of Jesus are often labeled as narrow minded and bigoted.
Leading up to Christmas we'll be focusing on the various names and titles of Jesus. Today our focus comes out of a prophecy that God gave to King Ahaz. It appears that it wasn't very meaningful or wanted to King Ahaz but it should be very meaningful for everyone else, because it promises that God is with us, wherever and whenever.
Today we begin a new series leading us up to the celebration of Christ's birth. In this series we're going to be discovering anew many of the names, titles and descriptions used for Jesus. And today as an introduction to this series we're going to be looking at the very common practice of ending our prayers with, "In Jesus name I pray, Amen." Is this just a good spiritual way to end a prayer or is there more to it than that?