{"id":23880,"date":"2025-01-01T02:27:54","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T02:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/?p=23880"},"modified":"2025-01-01T02:27:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T02:27:54","slug":"called-by-a-new-name-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/2025\/01\/called-by-a-new-name-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Called By A New Name"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord shall name.\u201d\u2014Isaiah 62:2<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

This is predicted of the church of God; which, according to covenant-transactions of the glorious Trinity, stands in the nearest and dearest relation to Jesus her head. She is here spoken of as a single person, \u2018Thou.\u2019 She is called \u2018Christ\u2019s body,\u2019 and \u2018the bride, the Lamb\u2019s wife.\u2019 (Rev. 21:9) Of whom, saith God the Father, \u2018I have loved thee with an everlasting love.\u2019 (Jer. 31:3.) Yea, saith the Son of God to his Father, of all his beloved members, \u2018Thou hast loved them as thou hast loved me; and thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.\u2019 (John 17:23,24.) Oh most comforting truths of God\u2019s word: how ancient is the love of God to his church! That God should love us miserable sinners at all, is amazing; but that he should love us with the very same everlasting unchangeable love, wherewith he loves his own beloved Son, this surpasseth all knowledge. This love is the source of all blessings in time; this love secures all happiness in eternity.<\/p>\n

The Son of God has manifested his infinite love to his church, by conflicting with and overcoming all the powers of earth and hell for her sake. He most dearly purchased her, in a way of strict justice, with his most precious blood. But he finds every one of his ransomed ones branded with this old name of infamy, a Sinner; it being near six thousand years since first entailed. By nature we are all old in sin, and dead in sin: but being predestinated unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ, and to be conformed to his image, to the praise of the glory of God\u2019s grace, therefore we shall be called by a new name.<\/p>\n

This the Lord the Spirit effects. Being born of the Spirit, and baptized with the Holy Ghost into the faith of Jesus, the Lord calls us by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord shall name. This is it, (verse 12) the holy people\u2014the redeemed of the Lord\u2014thou shalt be called \u2018sought out.\u2019 Oh the blessedness of being sought out; and how precious is He who sought us! He sought us in the ruins of the fall; he found us in a most miserable condition; but he calls us by \u2018a new name\u2019 which signifies new creatures in our living head, who is the new man. This he makes us. Then we experience the blessedness of a new state in, and of a new life from Jesus. He is a new and living way to us. By faith we walk with God, live upon Jesus, feel sweet fellowship with him, enjoy comforting communion from him, and have joyful access to the Father through him. Thus the Lord writes a new name upon his members, which no man knoweth, saving he who receiveth it. Rev. 2:17<\/p>\n

Thus, as Luther testifies, \u2018a Christian is a new creature in a new world.\u2019 He is a subject of a new King, whose name is Love; and of a new kingdom, wherein dwelleth righteousness. He is possessed of new hopes, new pleasures, new desires, and new joys. Yes, and he finds new fears, new sorrows, new conflicts, and new enemies too. Though that old serpent the Devil and Satan, who deceiveth the whole world, is cast out of us, he still wageth war against us. What then? Every trial we meet with, every temptation that besets us, shall only glorify the riches of God\u2019s love to us, and the power of the grace of Jesus in us. It shall learn us the use of our spiritual weapons, deaden our affection to earth, quicken our longings for glory, endear Jesus more to our hearts, so as with ardency to cry out. Oh that I may be found in Him! How glorious the privileges, how animating the prospect of all such new-named souls; they are interested in all new-covenant blessings. New wine of gospel peace and love is put into such new bottles. A new song, Salvation to the Lamb that was slain, inspires their tongues. Such are lovingly called by the word of their Father, and powerfully enabled by the Spirit of his grace, to serve and glorify him, not in the oldness of the letter, but in newness of spirit, in righteousness and true holiness before him all the days of their life. Happy new year to such new-named souls; every revolving year on earth brings them nearer to their Father\u2019s house, their Saviour\u2019s kingdom in glory. Thus, \u2018if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away, behold all things are become new.\u2019 2 Cor. 5:17<\/p>\n

My Jesus, my almighty friend,
\nWhen I begin thy praise,
\nWhere will the growing numbers end,
\nThe numbers of thy grace.<\/p>\n

Still has my life new wonders seen
\nRepeated ev\u2019ry year;
\nBehold my days that yet remain
\nI trust them to thy care.<\/p>\n

Thou art my everlasting trust,
\nThy Person I adore;
\nAnd since I knew thy graces first,
\nI speak thy glories more.<\/p>\n

My feet shall travel all the length
\nOr the celestial road,
\nAnd march with courage in thy strength,
\nTo see my Father God.<\/p>\n

When I am filled with sore distress
\nFor some surprising sin;
\nI\u2019ll plead thy perfect righteousness,
\nAnd mention none but thine.<\/p>\n

How will my lips in glory tell
\nThy victories, oh my King!
\nMy soul redeemed from sin and hell,
\nShall thy salvation sing.<\/p>\n

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This is predicted of the church of God; which, according to covenant-transactions of the glorious Trinity, stands in the nearest and dearest relation to Jesus her head. She is here spoken of as a single person, \u2018Thou.\u2019 She is called \u2018Christ\u2019s body,\u2019 and \u2018the bride, the Lamb\u2019s wife.\u2019 (Rev. 21:9) Of whom, saith God the Father, \u2018I have loved thee with an everlasting love.\u2019 (Jer. 31:3.) Yea, saith the Son of God to his Father, of all his beloved members, \u2018Thou hast loved them as thou hast loved me; and thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.\u2019 (John 17:23,24.) Oh most comforting truths of God\u2019s word: how ancient is the love of God to his church! That God should love us miserable sinners at all, is amazing; but that he should love us with the very same everlasting unchangeable love, wherewith he loves his own beloved Son, this surpasseth all knowledge. This love is the source of all blessings in time; this love secures all happiness in eternity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":325,"featured_media":20656,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1571],"tags":[1250],"class_list":["post-23880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-william-mason","tag-regeneration"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23880"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23882,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23880\/revisions\/23882"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}