The Name of Jesus
J. Bennet, D. D., U. R. Thomas. Matthew 1:21-22 And she shall bring forth a son, and you shall call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. I. THE NAME OF JESUS. 1. The signification of the name. 2. The appointment of the name. Not left to men's choice. II. THE REASON FOR THE NAME. Some would rather that He had come to save them from poverty, pains, death; not knowing that to save from sins is to save from all these. (J. Bennet, D. D.) I. A WORK OF MOST BLESSED PURPOSE. 1. Sin is itself the greatest of all miseries. It is (1) deeper; (2) vaster; (3) more abiding; (4) the source of all other miseries. II. A WORK OF VAST MAGNITUDE. Its magnitude realized by dwelling — 1. On the multitudes of the saved. 2. On the nature of the salvation. 3. On the fact that this salvation is wrought by Jesus personally. (U. R. Thomas.) Parallel Verses KJV: And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. WEB: She shall bring forth a son. You shall call his name Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins."