The Name of God

 Part II

   Once we know and understand God, He will pour out His grace on all of us. 'I AM' is a potent name for God. Only God has the authority to declare, "I Am God." In John chapter 17, Jesus prayed., 'And eternal life is this: to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent., John 17: 3.  How do we  obtain the eternal life, only by knowing and understanding Jesus Christ and the Father is; One God.                              

    I remember the words of Br. Shaji in one of his talks; when he explains the Name of God. He said: ‘Jesus Christ is the same God, the living God, He who  has spoken to Moses from the bush, in Mt. Sinai. And we should believe that’ ‘The angel of Yahweh appeared to him in a flame blazing from the middle of a bush. Moses looked; there was the bush blazing, but the bush was not being burnt up. Moses said, ‘I must go across and see this strange sight, and why the bush was not being burnt up.’ When Yahweh saw him going across to look, God called to him from the middle of the bush. ‘Moses, Moses!’ he said. Here I am,’ he answered. Come no nearer,’ he said. ‘Take of your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground. I am God of your ancestors.’ he said ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and God of Jacob.’ At this Moses covered his face, for he was afraid to look at God.’(Exodus.3: 2-6). God commands Moses to make himself holy before approaching Him. The blazing bush symoolizes God's Spirit, which is Fire. The same fire that sanctified Mary, which God prepared and kept holy for His only Son, Jesus Christ. Moses was terrified to approach God and face His vision after God revealed His name to him. 

The Name of God

Part I

Lord, Your Name is Most Holy 

   The Name of God is magnificent and difficult to comprehend in human terms. God is so great that no other name on earth or in Heaven compares to Him. Jesus once asked his Apostles what they thought about Jesus and who he was. Mt 16: 15-16, 15 ‘But you,’ he said, ‘who do you say I am?’  16 Then Simon Peter spoke up and said, ‘You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.'Jesus, you are our redeemer and the world's Saviour. His Holy Name was revealed to many saints, apostles, and prophets. God revealed His divine name to Moses, and God spoke personally to him. He bestowed upon Him many blessings and virtues that no other Prophet or pious person has ever known. Moses then addressed God, saying, ‘Look if I go to the Israelites and say to them, “ The God of your ancestors has sent me to you,” and they say to me, “What is his name?” what am I to tell them?’ God said to Moses ‘I am he who is.’ And he said, ‘this is what you are to say to the Israelites “I am has sent me to you.” God further said to Moses, ‘You are to tell the Israelites, “Yahweh, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.” This is my name for all time, and thus I am to be invoked for all generations to come.’ (Exodus. 3: 13-15). God chose Moses to deliver the Israelites from the Egyptians. God picked Moses via His mercy and grace, not through Moses' own efforts. However, He made him His own friend. God talked directly to Moses and revealed His Mighty Presence to him. 

Jesus Son of God

 

Part XXX

  Jesus, You are Christ Son of The Living God 

The encounter with Jesus by any person in them Jesus makes everything extraordinary. Martha went to meet Jesus as he was approaching to Lazar house. She saying to Jesus if he would came earlier Lazar would not die. So it was her faith. Lord is pleasing in our unwavering faith. John 11:23–27 (NJB): Jesus said to her, ‘Your brother will rise again.’ 24 Martha said, ‘I know he will rise again at the resurrection on the last day.’ 25 Jesus said: I am the resurrection. Anyone who believes in me, even though that person dies, will live, 26 and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?  27 ‘Yes, Lord,’ she said, ‘I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, the one who was to come into this world.’ 

  Martha and Mary was the  beloved friends of Jesus. Jesus is Son of God, as Martha declared infront of all those gathered there, near the Tomb of Lazarus. Help us Lord for make us humble and meek in front of you. Jesus is the most humblest of the humble. He is the One on whose shoulders God gave all our burdens of sins, our disabilities and iniquities. 

  Here we are concluding this document of Jesus Son of God with a note of thanks to Holy Spirit, my Guardian angel, my baptismal saint, St Mathew and Mother Mary and all Apostles and saints. the faith in our Lord, He is the son of the Living God, The Father in Heaven. 

Jesus Son of God

Part XXIX 

God has sent Jesus His only son to the world to destroy the work of devil. 

God sent His only son, Jesus, into the world to destroy the work of the devil and to save all humanity from their grave sins. This way, humanity as a whole was liberated from the slavery of death. 1 John 3:8–9 (NJB): This was the purpose of the appearing of the Son of God, to undo the work of the devil. Jesus came to destroy the roaring lion that is the deceiver and the source of all sins. He came to destroy the works of darkness and to bring captives to the light, which is Jesus, our Saviour. 1 Peter 5:8 (NJB): Keep sober and alert, because your enemy the devil is on the prowl like a roaring lion. The devil will devour us and we will be unaware unless we are in Jesus and His Word. The Word cleanses us and gives us wisdom and discernment. We have no idea what to do unless the wisdom from above comes down. Wisdom of Solomon 9:17 (NJB): And who could ever have known your will, had you not given Wisdom and sent your holy Spirit from above? The Wisdom has to send by God himself. We are just human being and we have nothing to boast. 

Jesus Son of God

Part XXVIII

You are a Priest like Melchizedek of Old 

  Even though Jesus was the Son of God, he endured all pain, including death on the Cross. He was a member of the Melchizedek, the Everlasting Priesthood, order rather than the Levites' route for the priesthood. Hebrews 5:8–10 (NJB): he learnt obedience, Son though he was, through his sufferings; 9 when he had been perfected, he became for all who obey him the source of eternal salvation 10 and was acclaimed by God with the title of high priest of the order of Melchizedek. 

Hebrews 1:1–4 (NJB): At many moments in the past and by many means, God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets; but 2 in our time, the final days, he has spoken to us in the person of his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things and through whom he made the ages. 3 He is the reflection of God’s glory and bears the impress of God’s own being,   sustaining all things by his powerful command; and now that he has purged sins away, he has taken his seat at the right hand of the divine Majesty on high. 4 So he is now as far above the angels as the title which he has inherited is higher than their own name. He never does anything without first revealing His servants the prophets. But now he is revealing his secrets to us as we deepen our meditation on his Words because it contains the mysteries of Heavenly Kingdom. So, when we read the Word of God, invoke the Holy Spirit, just as Jesus promised the Paraclete would help us understand the mysteries of God's Kingdom. Amos 3:7–8 (NJB): No indeed, Lord Yahweh does nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets. God always spoke to prophets before doing anything. 

Jesus Son of God

Part XXVII

Martha said  ‘I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God.’

The encounter with Jesus make everything extraordinary. Martha went to meet Jesus as he was approaching to Lazar house. She saying to Jesus if he would came earlier Lazar would not die. So it was her faith in Jesus our Lord, an unwavering faith. Lord is pleasing in our unwavering faith. John 11:23–27 (NJB): Jesus said to her, ‘Your brother will rise again.’ 24 Martha said, ‘I know he will rise again at the resurrection on the last day.’ 25 Jesus said: I am the resurrection. Anyone who believes in me, even though that person dies, will live, 26 and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?  27 ‘Yes, Lord,’ she said, ‘I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, the one who was to come into this world.’Jesus made clear to Martha that he is the resurrection and whoever die in flesh will live again. She believed that Jesus is Son of  God whom every human beings was waiting as he came into this world to bring salvation for whole humanity. 

Jesus Son of God

Part XXVI

Jesus and the Father is One God 

  One thing Jesus is saying here is, he cannot do anything by himself but can do with the Fathere lives in him. Whatever the Father do he also will do. Because he and Father is One God. 'To this Jesus replied: In all truth I tell you, by himself the Son can do nothing; he can do only what he sees the Father doing: and whatever the Father does the Son does too. 20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything he himself does, and he will show him even greater things than these, works that will astonish you. 21 Thus, as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so the Son gives life to anyone he chooses; 22 for the Father judges no one; he has entrusted all judgement to the Son, 23 so that all may honour the Son as they honour the Father. Whoever refuses honour to the Son refuses honour to the Father who sent him'. Jn 5: 19-23. Here we can seen He never glorify Himslef but always saying he and Father is One, whatever the Father do he also would do. Father give life to the dead the same way Jesus raises the dead, he heal the sick give sight to the blind. He loves us very much and we should love him and honour him. While we are honouring Jesus, we are honouring the Father who sent Jesus to this world for our salvation.We are very much privileged to have as our redeemer and saviour.