The Names of Jesus - Elmer Towns
The Names of Jesus - Elmer Towns
The Names of Jesus - Elmer Towns
- TAGS
- elmer
- towns
- elmertowns.com
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
INTRODUCTION<br />
<strong>The</strong> Epistle to the Philippians expresses the overwhelming desire <strong>of</strong> the Apostle Paul:<br />
“That I may know him” (Philippians 3:10). Thousands <strong>of</strong> Christians everywhere have since<br />
shared the same sentiment. But Paul and Christians were not the first to long; for such an<br />
intimate knowledge <strong>of</strong> God. Many years earlier, Moses had prayed, “Now therefore, I pray thee,<br />
if I have found grace in thy sight, show me now thy way, that I may know thee” (Exodus 33:13).<br />
God answered that prayer <strong>of</strong> Moses in an interesting manner: “And the LORD descended in the<br />
cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name <strong>of</strong> the LORD” (Exodus 34:5).<br />
To really know God, you must get to know Him by name. <strong>The</strong> names <strong>of</strong> God in Scripture<br />
are really a self-revelation <strong>of</strong> God in His nature and attributes. <strong>The</strong> sheer number <strong>of</strong> such names<br />
and titles in Scripture suggests something <strong>of</strong> the immensity <strong>of</strong> God. A devout Moslem exhausts<br />
his knowledge <strong>of</strong> his god when he knows the ninety-nine names and attributes <strong>of</strong> Allah in the<br />
Koran. But the Bible identifies more than 700 descriptive names and titles <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jesus</strong> Christ. And<br />
as Charles Haddon Spurgeon once put it, “God the Father never gave his son a name which he<br />
did not deserve.” How many <strong>of</strong> these names do you know and understand?<br />
This book is written to help you get to know <strong>Jesus</strong> Christ more fully by studying several<br />
<strong>of</strong> His key names and titles. Of course, a volume <strong>of</strong> this size on the names <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jesus</strong> Christ cannot<br />
be exhaustive. <strong>The</strong> author is not even prepared to conclude that the listing <strong>of</strong> names in the<br />
appendix to this volume is exhaustive. But it is an introduction to an important subject, important<br />
to those who, like Moses and Paul, desire a more intimate, knowledge <strong>of</strong> the One the angels<br />
years ago named “<strong>Jesus</strong>.”