Welcome to the Cross Power Church podcast.
You're listening to a service from our church in Campbell, TX.
We pray this message strengthens your faith and points you to the
cross. Now let's join the service.
But we want to go to the Lord and pray and and just invite him
into our presence. And he already says he rides
upon the the waves of our praise.
So he's already here. And we just want to thank him
for that. Father, we want to bless you
tonight. We have gathered together
tonight because we love you. We want to sit at your feet
tonight and just feel your presence, Father, that you would
just calm the storms that's in our lives, Lord, That you would
just give us peace where there doesn't seem to be any peace.
That you'll make a way where there doesn't seem to be a way.
Father, we pray right now that you just touch our minds, touch
our hearts, Lord, and let us absorb your word into our being,
Lord, as we set at your feet tonight to worship you in spirit
and in truth, in Jesus name, Amen.
OK, I've got a going to ask y'all a question and it's going
to be a head tilter. What's the name of the baby in
the Manger? Well, we're going to find out.
We're going to find out if there's a lot of names because
with Jesus, all through Scripture, He's a lot of things
to whatever you need. That's what He is.
He is to you now Matthew 1 and 21 and then I'm going to go to
Luke 1 and 31 and I'm going to be jumping around all over the
place as y'all know I do. But Matthew 1 and 21 says and
she will bring forth a son and you shall call his name Jesus,
for he will save his people from their sins.
Luke 131 says pretty much the same.
It says and behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring
forth a son and shall call his name Jesus.
So we know that the the given name for our Lord and Savior is
Jesus. Jehovah saves is what that
means. You know, he tells us in
Scripture, Acts 4 and 12, it says there is no other name by
which a man can be saved except by the name of Jesus.
He's also the Messiah. He's the Christ, the Messiah,
He's the anointed. 1 He introduced himself in the
synagogue one day. Luke 4 and 18 says the spirit of
the Lord is upon me because he has anointed me to preach the
gospel to the poor. He sent me to heal the broken
hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and recover sight
to the blind. He did all of that to set at
liberty those who are oppressed to proclaim the acceptable year
of the Lord. And there was a woman that said
to him one time she said, I know the Messiah is coming who is
called the Christ. When he comes, he will tell us
all things Jesus said to her, I am the one who speaks to you.
I am, I am he. So he is, he is Jesus.
He's the Messiah, Christ. He's the promised deliverer.
The baby in the Manger is the promised deliverer.
Romans 11/26 And and also all Israel will be saved.
As it is written. The deliverer will come out of
Zion and he will turn away the ungodliness from Jacob.
Now the deliverer. That made me think of a song by
Rich Mullins. My deliverer comes.
I probably posted it on Facebook if anybody saw it.
But my deliverer, he's our deliverer.
Has anybody been delivered? Has he been a deliverer for
anybody in here? Yes, delivered from all kinds of
things. He just keeps his hand upon us.
He's the deliverer. He's the Lamb of God.
John the Baptist introduced him as the Lamb of God.
He said when Jesus was going down to be baptized, John the
Baptist says, behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sins
of the world. So he's Jesus Messiah, Christ,
the promised deliverer, and he's the Lamb of God.
That's the baby in the Manger. Now he's also known as Emmanuel,
God with us. He's not just out there
somewhere, He's here and now he's with us all the time.
Emmanuel, the baby in the Manger.
He's also known as Jehovah Shama.
That means Lamb of God, Emmanuel.
Rather, that means Emmanuel, Jehovah Shama.
He's the Alpha and the Omega. He's the 1st and he's the last.
He is the pre existent beginning and the eternal end.
He was there when there was nothing and he'll be there when
there is nothing. He is the Alpha and the Omega.
He's the 1st and the last. He is my favorite, the word
Logos. He is the word.
He's the divine expression of God.
Think about that, the Word. He's the divine expression of
God. John 1 and 1.
John always starts out different than anybody else.
He says in the beginning was the word and he goes on and says and
the word was with God. And he goes on and says and the
word was God. And then he goes on and tells us
he says he was in the beginning with God.
All things were made through him and without him nothing that was
made was made. John 1 enforces in him was life
and the life of light of the men.
He's the word, the spoken word of God.
How was heaven and earth created?
Y'all remember the story in Genesis?
God spoke He said it says over and over and over again.
It says God said let there be and there was and there was.
So Jesus is the word you want to set at the feet of Jesus, Open
your word, open your word and sit there and say, I want to sit
at the feet of Jesus. Well, here you go.
Because he is the Word. And he in John 14 and 9 says he
that has seen me has seen the Father.
So he's the word. He's God in the beginning, and
he'll always be God. He's also known as the light of
the world. Wow.
Remember God says let there be light, and this just there was
light. He's the light of the world.
He's the illumination of the truth in this Dark World that we
live in. And He guides us with his light.
He shines his light for us, and he leads us and He directs us.
He says, Psalm says your word is a lamp unto my feet and a light
to my path. That's what he says.
And he doesn't say you illuminate the whole building.
He says, you're a light unto my path.
You take a flashlight and you can just see one step at a time.
Because if we can see the whole thing, we wouldn't like it.
One step at a time. He says I am the light of the
world. And John, he proclaims I'm the
light of the world. So we have that little baby.
He's the Messiah, he's the Christ, he's Jesus, He's he's
the promised deliverer, he's the word, he's the Lamb of God.
So what name is in the name of that baby?
That's in the Manger as we always celebrate the baby Jesus.
But he's also the bread of life. Did you ever think of that?
He's the, he is spiritual substance to us.
He satisfies the soul's deepest yearning.
We are hungry. You ever get hungry for
something you're not sure what you're hungry for?
He satisfies. He's the bread of life.
He satisfies us. And John again, back to John, I
love John. We may take that up next year,
ladies. John, I am the bread of life.
Your father and ate manna in the wilderness and are dead.
This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may
eat it and not die. I am the living bread which came
down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he
says, you will live forever. And the bread that I shall give
is my flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world.
So here he is now. He's the bread of life, he said.
He satisfies our souls. We're yearning and hungry.
And if you were ever lost and undone without the Lord, you
know, out in the world somewhere, you were always
looking for something. He says I'm the bread.
I meant. I meant this is what you need.
This is what you want. He's also the living water.
Living Water. The woman at the well remember
she knew him as the living Water.
She said he who believe or he said he who believes in me as a
scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living
water. Jeremiah says it from my people
have committed 2 evils. They have forsaken me, the
fountain of living water and healing themselves systems,
broken systems they cannot hold any water.
So he warns the people, he says I'm the water.
I'm what you're yearning for. I'm the one that you're yearning
for. So now we have him as the living
water. Like the woman at the well found
him to be the living water. She knew him as the living
water. He wasn't even born yet.
And he was the living water. He was the bread of life, the
manna from heaven. He's always been that.
We know him as the Son of God. His divinity, his parentage, his
nature is the son of God. He's also the son of man, Jesus
said. Told everybody that so that we
could identify with him. He's the son of man so we can
identify with him. He's the son of David.
Now, why do you think that's important?
Son of David, his royalty, He comes from a royal priesthood
that we know of. That's son of David.
He's the bright and morning star.
He's the hope and the promise of a new day.
Need that, he said. I am the root and the offspring
of David and the bright and morning star.
So if it's dark where you're at, look to him.
He's the bright and morning star and he will give you a new day.
It's coming. He's the way, the truth and the
life. He declares that to us, since
nobody comes back to the Father except through me.
I am the way, I'm the truth, I'm the life.
Nobody can come to the Father except through me.
His exclusive path to God is Jesus.
Don't believe anybody else. That tells you something
different won't happen. He's also.
We know the angels proclaimed Him to be the wonderful
counselor, mighty God, everlasting Father, the Prince
of Peace, Jehovah Shalom. The Prince of Peace was
prophesied by Isaiah 740 years before he was ever born.
Isaiah prophesied that that he's going to be the wonderful
counselor, He's going to be the mighty God, everlasting Father,
Prince of Peace. So what's the name of the baby
in the Manger? All of this.
He's all of this Jehovah Shalom. And it goes on to say, for unto
us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government
will be on his shoulders. Is it truth?
It's true, it's the truth. I mean, people going don't talk
about government and religion. Hello, 740 years before Christ
was ever born, it's already told us that the government's going
to be on his shoulders, constant.
It's a constant. He's the resurrection and the
life. Mary, Martha and Lazarus, they
knew him as the resurrection and life.
Remember, Lazarus was dead, had been dead for four days.
They called Jesus, Jesus comes in, says Lazarus come forth.
They recognized him and they called the baby in the Manger
the resurrection and the life. That's what he was, and
Scripture says. And when he came near the gate
of the city, behold, a dead man was being carried, the only son
of his mother, and she was a widow, and a large crowd from
the city was with her. And when the Lord saw her, he
had compassion on her, and said to her, Don't weep.
Then he came and touched open coffin, and those who carried
him stood still, And he said, Young man, I say to you, arise.
So he who was dead set up and began to speak and he presented
him to his mother. So the widow woman who had lost
her son, she knows him as the resurrection and the life.
We can know him as my life is was dead without him.
And now it's resurrected because of him.
We can know him as the resurrection and the life.
We, we kind of overlooked that story.
We go by that one so fast. Where?
Where they were in a funeral procession, they were.
He doesn't just show compassion, but he is.
He doesn't just love, but he is love.
Without him, there would be no love.
So that's the baby in the Manger.
I keep pointing over here. There's a baby in the Manger
over here, y'all? That's the baby in the Manger.
King of Kings and Lord of Lords, we know that ultimate authority
and future reign. He's going to reign forever and
ever, and no one is above him. He's the King of kings and the
Lord of Lords. He's also the lion of the tribe
of Judah. Yes, we like that one.
We see that lion roaring. He's royal conquering.
Jesus was from the tribe of Judah.
It's prophesied that the Messiah whose triumphs over sin and
death, conquering like a lion, roaring, strong and powerful.
Hosea said it like this. For I will be like a lion of
Ephraim, and like a young lion to the House of Judah.
I even I will tear them and go away, and I will take them away,
and no one shall rescue. Verse 5 of Revelation goes on
and says, but no. But one of the elders said unto
me, do not wait. Behold, the lion of the tribe of
Judah, the root of David has prevailed to open the scrolls
and loosen the seven seals. He's not all power powerful.
The lion of the tribe of Judah, he's the chief cornerstone boy.
He's got a lot of names. He's our foundation.
That's what we build upon is the word.
He's the word. We build upon His word, and he's
the chief cornerstone that was rejected.
They rejected him, but we can build upon Him.
He's the rock. We know Him as the rock.
The wise men built their house upon the rock and the rains came
down. Y'all know that He's that rock?
And Scripture says, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone
elect precious, and he who believes on him will not, no
means be put to shame. Yay.
We won't have to be put the same for nothing.
People try to shame us for being Christians.
They try to say, oh, oh, you're one of those.
Yes, I am. You bet you I stand on the chief
cornerstone. That's right.
He's the true vine. He's the source of all spiritual
life. If we're not plugged into that
vine, we're going to die wither away.
But when we're into the vine of Jesus, he's the true vine, and
that's what's going to keep us alive.
Otherwise we'll just wither and die.
I'm almost done. It's going to be a short night,
y'all. He's the author and the finisher
of our faith. Our faith starts and is
perfected in Him. Hebrews 12 and two says looking
into Jesus, the author and the finisher of our faith, who for
the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the
shame, and is set down at the right hand of the Father.
Hallelujah. He knew what was going to
happen. He knew that He was going to go
to the cross, but He did it for us so that we would have an
author and finisher of our faith.
We look to him. He's our provider.
Remember the people on the hillside, the 5000 plus, men and
women and children. So it's probably approximately
15,000. I have to say that I get
irritated because they leave the women out.
But the 5000 plus on the hillside, Peter was looking for
money and paying taxes. He provided.
He said go look at that fish. Go look in the fish's mouth.
The first fish you catch, look in his mouth and you'll find
money for your taxes. Hallelujah, I'm going fish in.
But he provided food when there was no food.
He provided food for the people on the hillside.
He provided oil for the woman that was her children.
Remember OT her children were getting ready to be her sons
were getting ready to be taken into debtors prison.
And he said the prophet said go, get, go get some jars, not a
few, get a lot. And that oil kept pouring out.
He's the oil. He's the deliverer to the
demoniac in the garden of the Gadarenes.
He knew him as a deliverer. Mary Magdalene knew him as the
deliverer. I know him as a deliverer.
We all know him as our deliverer.
He delivers us from the pit of hell.
He delivers us from the life we used to have to the life we have
now. He's a friend.
Yay, he's our friend. Greater love has no man than
this to lay down in one's life for his friends.
You are my friends if you do whatever I command you no longer
do I call you servants. And we need to understand that
because we call him a servant of God.
Now you're a friend of God, he said.
I'm not calling you servant anymore.
I'm going to call you friend. For all things that I have heard
from my father, I have made known to you.
Proverbs said he's a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
So that baby in the Manger, he's a lot of things.
Deliverer, provider, author, finisher, king of kings, love,
lion of the tribe of Judah. What's the name of the baby in
the Manger? He's all of it.
He's the healer.
Jehovah Rapha. He's the healer.
Remember the woman with the issue of blood?
She knew him as the healer. She just had to touch the hem of
his garment. The soldier with a sick child
knew him as the healer. The leper knew him as the
healer. The crippled man at the pool of
Shalom knew him as the healer. We can know him as the healer.
The forgiver of sin. Yay, the woman who was about to
be stoned. Remember her?
They drug her up here. I don't know where the second
party was, but anyway, I'm going to go that one.
Drug her up there, threw her down on the ground.
She's been caught in the act of adultery.
Jesus said your sins are forgiven, Go and sin no more.
He's the forgiver of sins. Hallelujah.
So how do you know him? What's the name of the baby in
the Manger for you? Joy, peace, merciful.
He's, I kept thinking that I was reading it before I come left
the house. He's our shepherd, Jehovah Raul.
He's peace, he's faithful, he's our judge.
We could go on and on and on about who that baby in the
Manger is and the name of that baby in the Manger, but I'm not
going to keep y'all. Well we're going to get out real
early, but who is he to you? This time of year we always
think about Santa Claus, which is not real.
Y'all, I'm sorry, don't want to hurt your kids feelings, but
it's not real. It's Jesus.
Jesus is the one. We celebrate his birthday.
We don't celebrate Santa Claus, we celebrate his birthday.
We put up our trees. The Evergreen stands for eternal
life. The lights stand for the fact
that he's the light of the world.
The gifts under the tree stands for the fact that he gives us
gifts when we get saved. The red stands for the blood.
So when we celebrate, let's tell our children, when we put up our
trees and say this is Jesus, we want you to see he was hung upon
the tree. Tell them the story of Jesus.
Don't tell them the story of Santa Claus because it's fake.
It's not real at all. Tell them the names of the baby
in the Manger, not just baby Jesus, because he's coming back
as a lion from the tribe of Judah.
He's going to come back as a warrior, the mighty God.
He's God, eternal God, the creator.
Did you hear that when I first read?
Nothing was created that was created without him.
Wow. I used to, back in my long ago,
early Christian walk, I would sit and think and I would look,
I would look at the wood and I thought that wood's there
because Jesus made it. The sheetrock's there because
Jesus made the elements that caused men to make it, give men
knowledge to make it. So even today when men put up
the big high rise buildings and look what I did.
No, the Lord did that for you. He gave you the wisdom to do it,
and He gave you the materials to do it with.
That didn't just happen. He's the creator, Creator God,
merciful. Oh, we're so glad He's so
merciful to us. We don't.
He gives us way more than we deserve.
He's a forgiver of sins, eternal life, our judge, merciful judge
at that, because he could ZAP us anytime He could.
So I just want you all to think about it as you are preparing
for the holidays, who he is, who he is to you, not just the baby
and the Manger, but he's everything.
He's everything we need, all of it.
Thanks for listening to the Cross Power Church podcast.
May you know that true hope, peace, and salvation can only be
found in Jesus. If you're near Campbell, TX, we
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