Text Box: infirm man, by what means he hath been made whole: 4:10. Be it known to you all and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God hath raised from the dead, even by him, this man standeth here before you, whole. 4:11. This is the stone which was rejected by you the builders, which is become the head of the corner. 4:12. Neither is there salvation in any other. For there is no other name under heaven given to men, whereby we must be saved. Luke 2:21 2:21. And after eight days were accomplished, that the child should be circumcised, his name was called JESUS, which was called by the angel before he was conceived in the womb. + SERMON NOTES FOR CURRENT SUNDAY (Please remember these are sermon notes, and as such, are incompletely expressed concepts.) FEAST: HOLY NAME OF JESUS (TOPIC: IF THE NAME OF JESUS IS ONLY RARELY, OR NEVER, WORSHIPFULLY ON ONE’S LIPS, WHAT SHOULD BE ONE’S REALISTIC FUTURE EXPECTATIONS) (4 January 2009 A. D.) - Please remember, these are NOTES - Lesson Acts 4:8-12 Gospel Luke 2:21 It is very interesting to note that modern culture and society have replaced celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ during Christmas. The celebration of the birth of God Incarnate has been replaced with the likes of the exploits of three cartoon characters, two of them being green Orges (o´gers) named Shrek - a male, and Princess Fiona - a female, and a donkey named, what else, Donkey. Years ago Easter, which is the celebration of the Resurrection of Christ from death by torture and crucifixion, Text Box: thus proving His Divinity and validating His teachings, was replaced by Spring Break, which is a week devoted to inducing as many females as possible between the ages of teen-hood and early twenties, to engage in sexual exploits from nudity to sexual intercourse with other females, males, animals, vegetables, and inanimate objects, and recording these exploits on film or video. Only rarely is the Name of Jesus ever mentioned, heard, or printed in the popular media. Only rarely is the Name of Jesus heard or mentioned at Christmas Eve and Christmas Day gatherings in the millions of homes throughout the world. The same is true of the Easter gatherings. When that which one worships is an imaginary green, hideous monster, who by definition eats humans, and is presented as being nice, the worshipers should expect to be consumed by a very real, horrible monster. To expect otherwise is indicative that the ogre worshipers have the mental prowess of a donkey. When that which one worships is human sensuality one soon becomes bored and generally indifferent to normal levels of stimulation. When this happens some seek ever increasing levels of stimulation, to which there is a practical limit. Others seek varying types of stimulation, to which there are again practical limits. Some few abandon seeking this form of stimulation; and a few fortunate ones relegate such stimulation to a more proper level of importance. If each individual would center their life on the true Jesus Christ we all would not necessarily instantly become saints for we are continually distracted. But re-focusing on Jesus after becoming distracted would be a much simpler, easy, and quick process. And that would be of much greater benefit to each such individual, for the Name of Jesus does mean Saviour Anointed With Oil, or more succinctly, The Anointed Saviour - The One Text Box: Anointed by God as Saviour of mankind; the Messiah. Many people presume that no matter what they do during this life, they will be happy for all eternity after their physical death. It is unfortunate that anyone would exercise their innate mental prowess at a level below that of a donkey, to the extent they would believe eternal happiness awaits those who do nothing to prepare for it and nothing to deserve or merit it. +

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