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Dr. Myron Golden
Good morning Let's turn in our Bibles to Philippians
chapter 2.
Philippians chapter 2 and I
want to say what a privilege it's been for us to be here these last two weeks or these last two Sundays
it's always good to be here with y 'all and and To spend time with brother
David and his family and it's been a blessing to Sit in the hot seat of
brother Otis all of which has been good
and I'm looking forward to getting back and seeing my kids and But it was it's
been a pleasure to be here with my wife For for the last 10 days to be just her and I so that's been a
blessing so stand with me if you will.
Philippians chapter 2 and I'm gonna preach a message that I'm sure I've preached
here before many many many many years ago.
But I believe it will be a blessing to many new people and I know it will be a blessing to me as well.
And I think sometimes we just need to exalt the name of Jesus and bask in the wonder of his
greatness.
Amen.
So Philippians chapter 2 beginning with verse number 5 and we'll read down to verse number 11, and it says
let this mind Be in you which was also in Christ Jesus Who being in the form of
God thought it not robbery to be equal with God But made himself of no reputation
and took upon him the form of a servant and was made in the likeness of men.
And being found in fashion as a man.
He humbled himself and became obedient unto death even the death of the
cross.
Wherefore God hath also Highly exalted
him and Given him a name which is above every name that at the
name of Jesus every knee should bow things in heaven and things on earth and Things
under the earth and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to
the glory of God the Father.
Our text verses verse number 9 where it says.
Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him and given him a name.
Which is above every name.
Now, we know when we read the Word of God whenever we find a therefore or a wherefore
there must be a Before and so what God is
saying here in?
Verse number 9 is for these reasons God
Has exalted Jesus for the afore named reasons God has exalted Jesus given him a
name.
That is above every name and so I want to talk to you this morning on this subject just for a few minutes.
Why a name?
Above every name.
Let's pray father.
Thank you for your word.
Thank you for the power and the truth of it.
Thank you for the fact that Jesus saves.
Thank you that he has a name above every name.
We pray that you'd open our hearts.
Open our minds and help us to hear father what your spirit has to say to this church
Today in Jesus name.
You can be seated.
What is in a name?
For people that have left their mark in this world.
Their name is almost a one -word biography.
When we think of Moses we think of a man Who led
two million people out of Egypt.
When we think of Alexander, we think of a great wild young man who conquered so much of the world by the age
of 30.
When we think of Demosthenes we think of that silver -tongued orator of Greece who even made men like
Philip of Macedon the father of Alexander and Alexander tremble.
When we think of Shakespeare, we think of one whose ink flowed from his pen like golden pollen all shaken
lilies.
When we think of Will Rogers We think of a fellow with wit and wisdom that few people have and on and on I could
name you different names.
Where if I'd mentioned their name today that immediately you'd think of certain things.
Today, I believe if Alexander walked into the company of every military genius that ever lived.
I believe that his very audience with them would cause them to rise to their feet and stand.
I believe a Shakespeare walked among the most literate people of literature that immediately all would have to stand and give him
reverence.
I believe if Demosthenes would enter under a tent of all the greatest orders that ever lived that
immediately all would have to rise and give him reverence.
I believe if Will Rogers walked into the company of every colonist politician and comedian.
I believe that every one of them would stand but for some reason or another.
Among the majority of people here today that are born again and washed in the blood of the Lamb.
I believe if the Lord Jesus were to walk in those doors that rather than standing We'd have to kneel at his presence
at the very name of Jesus.
Commands something within every one of us that we can't explain and there's a tremble in all of our hearts when we
really think of that name.
But why?
Why a name above every name, you know when I think of how we name our children.
We go through name books some of us don't and we try to find a name that we like and
sometimes We'll name our children after a parent or a grandparent.
But in the Bible when folks got named they got named after certain characteristics
that The parents wanted to develop in them or certain characteristics sometimes God told
them what to name their children based on the character he knew they would have and
Jesus according to the father said that
He had to have a name above every name for the reasons mentioned Here in our passage
look what it says in verse 5.
Let this mind being you which was also in Christ Jesus who?
Being in the form of God thought it not robbery to be equal with God.
The reason Jesus had to have a name above every other name is because he has a position above
every other Position in that he has existed and does exist and will always
exist in eternity with God as God.
No wonder he had to have a name above every name.
No one has ever had a position like that.
Yes, there have been kings.
Yes, there have been monarchs.
Yes.
There have been nobles.
But no one has ever had a name above every name because no one else has ever had the
position above every position as I read in the Bible and the book of Genesis the very first.
But first in the book it says in the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
And then when I correlate it with the New Testament over in John chapter 1 verse 1 where it says in the
beginning was the word.
And the word was with God and the word was God and the same was in the beginning with God.
Oh things were made by him and without him was not anything made that was made.
And then down in verse 14, it tells the word became flesh and dwelt among us.
No wonder he had to have a name above every other name because he has a position above every
position.
It was Jesus.
Who wasn't that smooth there out of chaotic earth and scooped out a place and put the water in it tied it down.
It's a rope of sand and called of oceans.
No wonder he had to have a name above every other name.
He has a position above every other Position.
But that's not the only reason.
That would seem to be enough in itself.
But certainly it's not the only reason.
Notice what else it said who being in the form of God thought it not robbery to be equal with God, but
But He made himself of no reputation and took upon him
the form of A servant and was made in the likeness of men.
What is this you say?
This God who created the heaven and the earth
and the.
We don't understand this same.
God became a man.
Well then
We tried to exalt men because
He owns the cattle on a thousand hills and the thousand hills under the cattle.
He's a person above all people.
We try to exalt people because they have wonder.
But Jesus exalted himself or Jesus exhibited greater wonder than time.
We try to exalt people because they do good works but the Bible says About
Jesus he's doing all things.
Well, no wonder He had to have a name above everything.
He was a he was a person above all people.
When we think of anybody with any amount of greatness the greatness that christ exceeded over them
is so far That whoever comes in second is not even registering
on the radar screen.
He is a person above all people.
Jesus when he came to this earth, he came to earth as a man.
He opened blind eyes.
He healed lame legs.
He healed leprosy he even raised the dead.
No wonder He had to have a name above every
Jesus fed the hungry.
He comforted the uncomfortable.
He had to have a name above every name.
Jesus even talked To women and children in public something that men did not
do in those days.
He had to have a name above every name because he was a person above all people as a
teacher.
He taught better than everybody else.
As a matter of fact when jesus taught here is what they said of him.
Never a man's faith.
He had to have a name Above every name.
But it didn't stop there.
Surely it seems like it could have.
But notice what else they said and being found in fashion as a man.
He humbled himself and became obedient unto death even the death of the cross.
Wherefore I'm, sorry, even the death of the cross which tells me That
jesus not only was had a position above all positions was a person above all people.
But he also had a purpose above all purposes.
There you do you realize we all have something to do here I I get excited when I
think about what solomon wrote over in the book of proverbs where he said a man's gift making room For him and bringing
him before the great man because we all have a purpose.
You may not feel very significant, but i've got news for you this morning.
You have a purpose.
God put you here for a reason.
And you serve a purpose In god's plan.
But nobody ever had a purpose like christ position above all
positions.
Has coexisted eternity with god as god Person above all people and then he
came to earth even as god came to earth to live among men as a man.
But then his purpose above all purposes was that he died on the cross with
sinners.
For sinners, I didn't say it
has
a price paid my price.
And he paid your price.
And a lot of times we don't think about the fact that jesus suffered and died
for our sins.
And as I think about the crucifixion I find myself Asking when I was a
child, I when I was a little child, I used to think when they used to teach me in Sunday school I used to get confused with
some god and jesus loved me as I know where the bible tells me.
So jesus loves the little children and then they say They crucify
him.
I'm glad they wanted to die.
I couldn't understand that.
It didn't fit.
Well, if he loves me the little children
we'd be happy he died.
He's good.
How can we be glad?
That he died.
And I didn't understand then.
That he died in my place.
I wasn't glad For him that he died.
I was glad but he didn't just
take my place on the cross.
Even when they said when they when when pilot gave them the opportunity to release barack the son of
shame.
And they said which of these do we that I release unto you barabbas?
It's malefactive.
It's criminal.
That's a picture
because just like barabbas deserved to die for his Injustices I
deserve to die and barabbas was released.
Because christ took his place.
Well, guess what?
I was released because christ but it didn't stop there.
Christ had to suffer shame for all of the shameful acts i've done.
The bible says they buffeted him which means they took the palm of their hands and smote him under the eye.
The bible says That they scourged him.
They took a cat of nine tails and it was not uncommon for a man to be ripped in half at the roman whipping post
and they would tie their hands together and Put it on a rope and throw that rope up over a beam and then they
would stretch it until his Feet just barely touched the ground and a strong roman guard would take
that cat of nine tails.
Which was a whip that had had different cords in it with bone and metal and glass in the end of it
and he would.
And literally it would rip the flesh off of his body for all the sin you've ever taken into your body all of the sin
I've ever taken in my body.
But he suffered.
They mocked him for our pride.
They nailed his hands to the cross.
For every evil deed your hands have ever done.
And every evil deed my hands have ever done.
They nailed his feet to the cross for every evil path.
We've ever trod.
Jesus suffered and died in your place into my place.
Don't let that Not be real to you.
Don't let that be old hat to you.
Because he didn't just die and suffer for your past sins even Even suffered and died for
those sins.
We got planned for later on this week because when jesus died all sin was future sin
from our perspective.
We hadn't even been born yet a position.
Above every position he's a person above all purposes.
The bible says wherefore he god Hath made him jesus to be sin for us who knew no sin that we might be made the
righteousness of god in him.
Or you know the grace of our lord.
Jesus christ though.
He was rich yet for your sakes.
He became poor that he through his poverty might be rich.
Christ took our place.
And because he took our place the love of christ constrained us because we thus judge that if one dies for
all then we're all dead.
And then he died for us that they which live should not be for them unto themselves.
But unto him which died for them and rose again i'm not supposed to live for me
anymore.
I'm supposed to live for him who died For me and rose again.
Which brings me to the last point?
Became obedient unto death even the death of the cross, but those of us Who know the story.
We know he didn't stay dead.
Jesus had to have a name above every name because he had a position above every position.
He was a person above all people.
He had a purpose above all purposes and because he has power above all power.
How much power does he have power enough to raise from the dead?
And I know some some skeptics might try to say well, he's not the only one.
Lazarus was raised from the dead.
Oh, but there's a difference.
Patterson was raised from the dead, but there was a difference.
Elijah raised somebody.
Elijah raised somebody from the dead, but there's a difference.
Paul raised one from the dead, but there's a difference.
Jesus is the only one who's ever raised himself from the dead.
Jesus said no man takes my life.
I have power to lay it down.
I have power to take it up again.
Jesus has power above all power.
Jesus said Over in matthew chapter 28 all power is given unto
me in heaven and in earth.
How much power does he have.
He had enough power.
If we go back and look at these verses all again.
We see that he had enough power.
That he had sovereign power.
Who being in the form of god thought of not robbery to be equal with god.
They had sovereign power.
What is sovereign power.
Sovereign power.
That kind of power that helped moses out when he had the red sea in front of him in.
The mightiest army in the world behind him and god says moses put your shit over the water.
Lord, do you know how serious this situation is?
Yes, I do, but you've got to understand i've got all power.
And god opened up the red sea.
You say what sovereign power.
Sovereign power is the kind of power that takes a little boy and defeats a nine -foot giant with
a 16 pound spearhead.
I'm talking about.
Sovereign power is the kind of power.
That when shadrach meshach and abednego were cast into the fiery furnace the most
mighty men that were in nebuchadnezzar's army.
Were killed by the fire because it was so hot but shadrach meshach and abednego were in that
fire.
With the one who has sovereign power.
And when they came out the bible says they didn't even smell like smoke.
Don't let me make you nervous now, it's gonna be all right.
I get kind of excited i'm talking about sovereign power.
I'm talking about the kind of power that when the king threw daniel down in the lion's den i'm talking about
life.
I don't know if you've ever seen a lion.
How many y 'all have ever seen a lion?
A lion is not a little bitty deal I remember.
And the lion was already dead but he tried to take me with him.
I thought my goodness.
I didn't he was up on his hind legs.
He's about this tall.
Daniel was in the lion's den.
All night long.
And he who has sovereign power made those mighty lions as docile.
As a tomcat.
That's the kind of sovereign power i'm talking about if you still can't quite understand the kind of sovereign power i'm talking about.
I'm talking about the kind of sovereign power if you cause one to walk on top of water that you ought to be sinking in.
And not only enough power to walk on it, but enough power to call somebody else out there with you.
I'm talking about in another storm.
He had enough power because he he had so much power that he worried about nothing.
So calm was he in the midst of the storm that they had to wake him up.
Even though they were afraid they were gonna die.
And when he woke Arose, he looked up at the heavens and said peace.
He looked down at the waves and said be still and with the right arm of deity ironed the wrinkles out of the waters.
Drove them across the seas with their tail stuck between their legs like with puppies.
Till they pillowed their head on some distant shore and they said what manner of man is this that even the winds and the waves
obey him.
I'll tell you what manner of man he is.
He's the manner of man That has power above all power.
What kind of power does he have?
He has sovereign power.
We see it right there in the verse.
But not only does he have the power to be sovereign, but he also has the power to surrender.
Who being found in fashion as a man humbled himself and became obedient?
See we think man thinks we've got i've got power when I rebel.
No, you don't have power when you rebel.
You know,
it amazes me when people read about the crucifixion and
and they They say when jesus was in the guard, he said father if it be that your will let this cup pass from me.
They think that he's praying to get out of the crucifixion.
He wasn't praying to get out of the crucifixion.
He was praying to go through with it.
The bible said right before that his soul was sorrowful even under death.
I believe his prayer was saying father.
I didn't come to die in a garden.
I came to die on a cross.
I don't want this cup Of death in the garden because
my work is to do the will of him that sent me and to finish His work he had the power
to submit.
But not only that became obedient on death even the death of the cross.
Because he had the sovereign power and the power to submit.
We also see that he has the power to save.
There is no other name given among men under heaven whereby he must Be
safe.
Buddha can't do it.
Mary can't do it.
Mahana can't do it.
Confucius can't do it.
No other name.
Just jesus
saving power sanctifying power sustaining
power Supplying power.
My god will supply all your needs according to his riches in glory by christ.
Jesus.
Why name above every name?
Because jesus has a position above all positions.
There's a person above all people.
Had a purpose above all purposes.
He has power above all power.
And that's why It says wherefore god also hath highly exalted him and given
him a name Which is above every name.
That name is an all -inclusive name and if you'll allow me just for a moment to
exalt the name of jesus and Get on board the old ship of sign and mount that top and
highest mass and tell you his name just one more time for he is adam.
He's advocate.
He is anointed.
He is apostle.
He's amen Alpha ancient of days and born of a woman.
He is the beginning the begotten the beloved the branch the bread the
bridegroom the bright and morning star.
He's the bishop of our souls.
He's the brightness of the father's glory.
He's the cluster of camphor.
He is captain consolation chief cornerstone counselor covenant chosen of god
and our christ.
He's the daysman deliverer day spring day star door and the
desire of all nations.
He is the elect ensign everlasting father emmanuel.
He's a finisher of our faith.
He's the first fruits faithful witness.
He's the fountain of life issuing from the caves of death.
He is god the gift of god governor guide and our glorious lord.
He is help hope our husband horn of salvation healer head of the church heir of
all things high priest Hell's dread heaven's wonder and the holy one.
He is I am image of god's person Immortal invisible.
He is judah.
He is just he is jesus.
He is king king of israel king of kings king of glory king everlasting.
He is messenger mediator master Mighty god mercy's
paradox.
He is the nazarene and the offspring of david.
He is omega only begotten of god the offering and the offerer.
He's the priest Passover potentate prophet propitiation prince of life
prince of peace and position.
He is the quencher of our thirst.
He's righteousness rabbi ransom rest root of jesse root of david
refiner refuge Resurrection rose of sharon Blossoming in the shades of
hell.
He's sweat blood and tears that has quenched for all believers the fires of hell and clothed that crater of
damnation With foliage fruit and flowers.
He is ruler redeemer rock of ages.
He is regenerate breath Rekindling the soul's fire from the soul's altar and restoring the silent
strings of the spirit's young harp and tuning them to heaven's harmony.
He is the stone Shepherd son of man son of god.
He is the shield servant seat of a woman surety Sufferer savior.
He's the sinless sacrifice.
He's the same yesterday today and forever.
He is teacher truth Tabernacle testator treasurer tree of life.
He is the unifier of the brethren.
He is the he is the victory over our sin.
Not only that but he is the wonderful one.
He is the wisdom of god.
He is the extra mile.
He is yahweh and the zealous one.
He is the lovely and mighty christ beyond which our human minds cannot comprehend.
His is the sweetest name on mortal tongue sweetest carol ever sung.
They say he's the reason for the season, but i've got some good news.
He's the reason when there is no season.
His name is a name above every name.
His name has the power to take enemies and make them brothers.
But his name also has the power to take brothers and make them enemies.
His name is the only reason you like me, but his name's the only reason I like you.
His name is jesus.
Let him be exalted among us.
Let him be the one we want worshiped.
Let him be the one we bring glory to his name.
It's jesus and it's all about him.
It's all about him.
It's all about jesus father.
Thank you for jesus we thank you.
That you love us.
We thank you that you saved us.
We thank you That you gave us the faith we
needed.
We thank you for the fact that he has a position above every position.
That he is A person above all people.
That he had a purpose above all purposes.
That he has power above all power and thank you that in him we move.
Every head bowed and every eye closed.
Nobody looking around who'll say brother myron.
I know I know like I know my own name.
I know i'm saved because i've trusted christ As my savior.
Testify by raised hand, you know, you're saved.
There's no doubt in your mind about it.
And put your hands down.
We'll say brother myron.
I don't know i'm saved, but I sure would like to know will you please pray for me?
I'd like to know that I have eternal life, but I don't know anybody like that justified by raised hand.
God bless you young man.
I see your hand father.
I thank you for this young man that raised his hand said he's not sure he's saved.
And I pray that your spirit would indeed convict him and draw him to you.
And do a work in him that he cannot do in himself.
That he might come to a saving knowledge of jesus christ.
Thank you for the fact That your spirit works in the hearts of men and women and boys and girls.
Thank you for the fact that my prayer can't save him,
but thank you for the fact.
That you can draw him to you.
I pray that you do a work in his life that he won't be able to eat sleep.
Or think about anything else until he receives
christ.
Convict him.
I pray.
Draw him to you.
Head still bowed eyes closed.
Nobody looking around.
He'll say brother myron.
It's easy for us to get distracted and i've been distracted by so many things going on in my life.
Pray for me.
That i'll focus on him.
Who is my all in all that's your testimony testified by raised hand?
Praise the lord hands all over the room.
Praise the lord.
Father, thank you.
Thank you so much for loving us.
In spite of ourselves and because of you.
Thank you for still moving in the hearts of your people
or that you would just continue to work in our lives.
And help us to focus On jesus.
In his name amen.
Myron
was about 19.
I heard him preach that message or Not that message, but part of the message the
part with the names at the end to six or six to eight thousand people and
Most of them were preachers and preachers wives and they were standing up shouting their bibles
screaming and hollering amen.
And this morning I heard hearing preach this to about 40 people and we sit quietly
and Quiet tears come down the edge of our eyes but the wonderful
thing about that it's It's as if we're instruments and the same lord plays
different tunes on our heart strings.
But he's the one that plays the tune.
And that's powerful.
But that message is marvelous wonderful i'm glad we have that on tape.
We can play that for our great -grandchildren.
And uh, not that you won't be around to preach it to him brother myron.
But uh, that was a blessing to all of us all of us In the lord to hear His
wonderful name.
Well, let's have a word of prayer together father.
We thank you for this wonderful time for The fact that you
brought myron and tony together Created their wonderful family and
that we get to Uh share them here from time to time and according to your will.
And the wonderful times we get to spend together and lord we Pray that you will
continue to bless brother myron's ministry Across this world as he's able to speak to
different groups of people with this same Powerful gift that you've given him.
And lord, we ask you bless our fellowship time in a few moments.
Bless the meal.
We're about to have together.
And lord, we look forward to message this afternoon as you've placed that on brother.
Myron's heart.
We pray in jesus name.