“She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”  — Matthew 1:21

The name Jesus speaks to the condition of the heart of every person.

• Jeremiah 17:9 “The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure.  Who can understand it?”

The name Jesus speaks to the compassion of the heart of God.

• John 3:16  “For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

The name Jesus speaks to the change of heart that God makes possible.

• 2 Corinthians 5:17  “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old is gone, the new has come!”