God Who Knows Your Name Part 1 - Audio

What’s the deal with God and names? He seems to think they are important. He does all sorts of interesting things with names. Let’s look at three things He does with names. 1. He renames people, and we are not talking about nicknames. 2. God speaks a new Identity or Characteristic to each of us. 3. Jesus stopped addressing His followers as “servants” and began calling them “friends”. He is doing the same for each of us today. Although we will always be His servants, He wants something far more intimate. He is not just looking for servants, He is looking for friends. By calling us His friends He is reminding us of our new nature. In fact, we are far more than just His friends. Paul tells us that Jesus is our brother. We are in the same family. We share the same spiritual DNA. God the Father calls us His “children”! He does this because He has already transformed us into His children. By calling us by our new identity He is reminding us of the transformation He has already accomplished. We are not striving to become his children; we ARE His children! “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come”. 2 Cor. 5:17 God wants to speak your new name to you. He wants to speak the characteristics of the “New Creation” that He is making you to be. Let’s give Him an opportunity to do that right now.