Thou Shalt Call His Name Jesus

“And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins” (Matt. 1:21).  The words of this verse are so familiar to us. They are words most of us memorized as little children and grew up hearing again and again, especially during Christmas seasons. They show us the name of our Savior that is most familiar to us, the personal name that the Son of God took when he was born into this world: the name Jesus.   As with every one of his names,...