The name

You shall call His name JESUS for He will save His people from their sins. – MATTHEW 1:21

If you were to select some of the most influential figures in the whole sweep of ages, men and women who have affected millions of lives, what names would be on your list? I think one name that would appear on all our lists, without exception, would be the name of Jesus.

Reynolds Price, writing about "Jesus of Nazareth" in Time magazine (December 1999), declared that "a serious argument can be made that no one else’s life has proved remotely as powerful and enduring as that of Jesus". So when this Man, born in an obscure village two millennia ago, declared, "I am the light of the world" (JOHN 8:12) and "My words will by no means pass away" (LUKE 21:33), He was making predictions that history has verified.

Jesus has undeniably been the world’s most influential Person, but has He impacted your life personally? Do you put Him in the same class as other influential figures, or has He transformed your life? Unlike all other notable people who eventually died, Jesus is still miraculously alive.

Is Jesus your Savior and constant companion? If He isn’t, He can be. Call on His name in faith and invite Him into your life. Then the name of Jesus will become to you the most precious of names.

– VERNON C. GROUNDS

No other name can save me,

No other name beside,

But Jesus Christ the risen Lord,

The One they crucified. – BRANDT

READ: PHILIPPIANS 2:5-11

What you decide about Jesus will determine your destiny.