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Previous Daily Devotional
About the new you…
Matthew 1:21 and you are to give him the name
Jesus,… (NIV)
It was communicated to Joseph the name to be given to this
child. It was communicated to Joseph the very signature of Christ who was both man and
God. It was Joseph, a carpenter, a man who worked with his hands, a man of simple faith
and righteousness, who was given the privilege and honor of hearing for the first time,
the name of all names, the name that would be above all names…Jesus. The name of
Jesus did not come from Joseph but from God. The name of Jesus was not a unique name, for
many persons before had carried the name Jesus. For what was unique about this name was
not the letters of the name, nor was the sound of the name unique. What was unique about
this name was the origin of the man who carried it. Perhaps in this world there are people
who carry your name. What is significant is not your name but the origin of your heart.
For your heart can be either of human origin or divine origin. When you turn away from
your human origin of sin to the divine Christ Jesus who is above all other beings, your
heart is transformed and you are born again. Your name remains the same, but you are
totally new in your heart and life.
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