Message Notes

Matthew 2:2 ESV

saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” 

Proverbs 13:12 ESV

Hope deferred makes the heart sick…

1. There is HOPE in the NAME of JESUS.

Matthew 1:21 ESV

She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” 

1 Timothy 1:1 ESV

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope, 

Titus 2:13 ESV

waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, 

1 Peter 1:3 ESV

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 

Philippians 2:9–11 ESV

Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. 

There is SOMETHING about the Name

 1. Salvation is received 

  • Acts 4:12 – “There is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.” 

  • Romans 10:13 – “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

 2. Prayers are answered 

  • John 14:13–14 – “Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do…” 

  • John 16:23–24 – “…whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you…”

 3. Demons are cast out 

  • Mark 16:17 – “In my name they will cast out demons…” 

  • Luke 10:17 – “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!”

 4. Healing and miracles happen 

  • Acts 3:6 – “In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.” 

  • Acts 3:16 – “…his name—by faith in his name—has made this man strong…”

 5. Believers receive authority / power 

  • Luke 10:19 (linked concept of authority, expressed in his name) 

  • Colossians 3:17 – “Whatever you do… Do everything in the name of the Lord”

2. There is Hope in God’s Perfect Timing

Genesis 3:15 ESV

I will put enmity between you and the woman, 

and between your offspring and her offspring…

Galatians 4:4 ESV

But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, 

Isaiah 7:14 ESV

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. 

Matthew 1:22–23 ESV

All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: 

“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, 

and they shall call his name Immanuel” 

(which means, God with us). 

Micah 5:2 ESV

 But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, 

who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, 

from you shall come forth for me 

one who is to be ruler in Israel, 

whose coming forth is from of old, 

from ancient days. 

Matthew 2:1 ESV

Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, 

Galatians 4:4 ESV

But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, 

3. Hope is coming again.

Revelation 19:11–16 ESV

Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows but himself. He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God. And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses. From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords. 

1 Thessalonians 4:16 ESV

For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 

Proverbs 13:12 ESV

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, 

but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life. 

Revelation 22:2–3 ESV

through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him.