Names . . . names . . . names
Naming things is very difficult for me. I thought about the name for this blog for several days. When I play fantasy sports leagues online I go back and forth on the name over and over again. I want it to be snappy, memorable, funny, meaningful, and basically not dumb. In the end I'm very satisfied with the name for this blog. It ties together my inspiration (see first post), my feelings of comfort that Jesus is indeed my companion on the way, and it seems interesting enough that someone might come and look at it.
Names connect us with our identity. Sure "a rose is a rose is a rose" and "a rose by any other name would smell just a sweet" but in the end, we all call a rose a rose. You do not call it a biscuit anymore than I would call it a shoehorn. It has a name, something by which it is called, and its name is eternally connected to its identity.
You earthly name, sometimes called you "Christian Name," is intimately tied to your identity. When your name is mentioned to those whom you know, you come to mind. As a child you answered when called. You have a name. You are known by that name. Your name is meaningful to you and yours.
So too your heavenly name. Indeed your "Christian Name" is written in the Book of Life in eternity, but here in time and hereafter in eternity you bear another name . . . the Name above all names. Our Lord Jesus directs His disciples to baptize all nations "in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." (Matthew 28). To baptize, apply water, in the name or with the authority of the NAME of the Triune God is to be united, put into, that name, the reality of that Name, that you might be known by it.
So now those baptized into the name of the Triune God are united with Him, are called by His own Name. The baptized children of God have a Name: His. They are known by that name, answer to that Name, and it is meaningful to Him Whose Name it is.
To bear the Name of God . . . to be called by His name . . . is to then have all that is His as well: Heaven and eternal bliss.
I pray that you would also bear the Name of God through the Waters of Holy Baptism where He calls you His own.
Names connect us with our identity. Sure "a rose is a rose is a rose" and "a rose by any other name would smell just a sweet" but in the end, we all call a rose a rose. You do not call it a biscuit anymore than I would call it a shoehorn. It has a name, something by which it is called, and its name is eternally connected to its identity.
You earthly name, sometimes called you "Christian Name," is intimately tied to your identity. When your name is mentioned to those whom you know, you come to mind. As a child you answered when called. You have a name. You are known by that name. Your name is meaningful to you and yours.
So too your heavenly name. Indeed your "Christian Name" is written in the Book of Life in eternity, but here in time and hereafter in eternity you bear another name . . . the Name above all names. Our Lord Jesus directs His disciples to baptize all nations "in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." (Matthew 28). To baptize, apply water, in the name or with the authority of the NAME of the Triune God is to be united, put into, that name, the reality of that Name, that you might be known by it.
So now those baptized into the name of the Triune God are united with Him, are called by His own Name. The baptized children of God have a Name: His. They are known by that name, answer to that Name, and it is meaningful to Him Whose Name it is.
To bear the Name of God . . . to be called by His name . . . is to then have all that is His as well: Heaven and eternal bliss.
I pray that you would also bear the Name of God through the Waters of Holy Baptism where He calls you His own.
posted by Companion on the Way at 2:47 PM
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