The Name of The Son of God

Michael E. Wood

July 20, 2012

I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life.  And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him. 1 John 5:13-15

While contemplating the question of what a name speaks of, and most especially as the answer to that question is in reference to the name of the Son of God, the words in poetry form came to mind.

His Name is not a mantra that we speak mechanically,

Nor do we make a claim that you should trust Him magically.

And life eternal is not only that of which He gives

But dwells within the heart of everyone who knows He lives!

His Name speaks of His character, by which He lived and died,

As even on the cross; He there, the Father glorified.

And as He now lives interceding for all those; the called,

We trust in Him as justified, and more with Him enthralled!

In Him alone we have this hope that we shall one day be

Like Him, as then glorified, His face we shall then see.

And so with confidence we ask, according to His will

For strength to purify ourselves with knowledge to fulfill

The purpose unto which we are, the chosen to the praise

Of God the Father and the Son revealed at end of days!