What To Name Baby

What To Name Baby

Bible: Isaiah 9:2-7

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The virgin will conceive and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel (ISAIAH 7:14).

Here’s one conversation Mary didn’t have to have with Joseph as they awaited the birth of their baby: “Hey Joseph, what should we name the baby?” Unlike most people waiting for a birth, they had no question about what they would call this child.

The angels who visited both Mary and Joseph told both of them that the baby’s name would be Jesus (MATTHEW 1:21; LUKE 1:31). The angel that came to Joseph explained that this name showed that the baby would “save his people from their sins”.

Jesus was also to be called “Immanuel” (ISAIAH 7:14), which means “God is with us”. He was God in human form—God in skin. Isaiah also shared these other titles: “Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace” (ISAIAH 9:6), because He is all of these things too.

No other baby has ever had such a powerful, exciting, world-changing name as the one who was “Jesus who is called the Messiah” (MATTHEW 1:16). How fantastic for us to be able to “call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 CORINTHIANS 1:2)! There is no other name that saves (ACTS 4:12).

Let’s praise Jesus and think about everything His names mean to us!

THE NAME OF THE ONLY PERSON WHO SAVES US FROM OUR SINS? JESUS!

Youth Edition – Our Daily Bread Ministries