The Wednesday Word ~ 03 December, 2025 A.D.

What a Magnificent Name, Part I

by DG Miles McKee

 

The Lord Jesus Christ! ---What a magnificent name. 

When we call our Master the Lord, we are declaring He is the Sovereign.

 

When we call Him Jesus, we are declaring He is the Savior.

 

When we call Him Christ, we are declaring that He is the Sufficient One.

 

He is Sovereign, Savior and Sufficient. What a marvelous combination of saving power and wisdom.

To say that someone is ‘LORD’ is to admit that they are the one in charge.  Jesus continually demonstrated His Lordship and sovereignty over all things thus proving continually that He was and is God.  

 

He was Lord over all nature and with a single word calmed a storm.  

 

He demonstrated that He was Lord over death by raising the dead.

 

He demonstrated His sovereignty over Satan each time He cast out demons.

 

Sovereignty is God’s domain! Is it any wonder then that Jesus gave a continual demonstration that He possessed it?  

Yet, when God showed up in the person of Jesus, He was rejected and scorned. In fact, men’s hatred boiled against Him. But amid this hatred, Christ took wonderful opportunities to demonstrate His sovereignty.  Do you remember when one Sabbath the religious people got so mad at His sermon that they decided to kill him?  

 

In their fury they marched Him to the edge of a nearby cliff to hurl Him off, but Jesus decided He wasn’t going to die in that way and simply walked through the crowd (Luke 4:28-30).  No one stopped Him; no one laid a finger on Him.  I can just imagine afterwards someone asking in astonishment, “How did He do that?” 

 

To turn and successfully walk through a crowd which is in the very act of trying to murder you is Sovereignty.  In His Sovereignty, Jesus chose the manner of His death; He chose the cross and refused to be killed by a mob. That’s the mark of God.  

He not only chose the manner of His death, He chose the very moment of His death.  When He was satisfied that redemption had been accomplished, He bowed His head and dismissed His Spirit.  He literally was Sovereign over the very second of His death.  Only God can do that.  Dying is not as easy as you think!  Of course, you can choose the moment of your death by shooting yourself, but apart from that, just try dying right this second --- just will to die right now!  You can’t do it!  No one can for we don´t have that kind of authority or power.  Power such as that is reserved for He who alone is Sovereign.

And that´s the Gospel Truth!

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