Grace, Mercy, and Peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
What’s in a name? Peter, John, Ron, Al? What’s in a name? Everything. Your name means something. In Christ, your name carries great weight. To be baptized is to receive a new name. We ask the parents at baptism, “what is your child’s Christian name” because they are going to carry on a new identity. This is what the third commandment means when it says you shall not take the name of the Lord in vain. In Christ you carry the Lord’s name with you wherever you go. In the Scriptures, names also carry great weight. Sometimes a name reflects the life of an individual or sometimes the name carries an opposite meaning. My exhortation to you is Live Your Name! You are the child of a great King. In Christ you died to your old name and in Christ you are raised with a new name. What’s in a name? Everything.
Teach us, O Lord to live according to our calling as children of the Most High God.
