Names of Christ: The Rock of My Salvation

Hi ladies. As we grow together and follow Jesus Christ, seeking to know God more intimately in our day-to-day lives, let's continue learning the many names of God in our Sunday blog posts. Each of God's many names describe a different aspect of His character and teaches us more about who He is. We are moving into the second part of the Trinity and now focusing on the many names of Christ. These will be shorter blog postings but equally important as we get to know the character of our Redeemer and King. Today, let's worship our Savior as we learn about Him... The Rock of My Salvation.

The Rock of My Salvation

The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation. (2 Samuel 22:47)

No graver danger threatens the believer than that of forgetting that he was redeemed - forgetting even as he experiences it what our salvation cost, and who is the rock foundation of our faith. To meet this need our Saviour pictures Himself not merely as the Rock of Ages, and our Strong Rock of Refuge, but "the Rock of our Salvation." Here, in Him and based upon His merit and atoning grace, we were saved from among the lost. Let us glory in this precious name and never forget that He was "wounded for our transgressions" and that "He bore our sins in His own body on the tree."

Our precious Lord, may we have all joy and peace in believing that our salvation is built upon a solid Rock, standing through all ages. Amen.

The Rock, my Savior (NIV)

Thank you, Jesus, for revealing yourself to us. We praise your Name forever and ever!!!

Blessings!

(Please Note: The majority of today's notes were taken directly from Names of God, Copyright 1944 by The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago by Nathan Stone and were given originally as a course in the Radio School of the Bible over WMBI, Chicago. The writer acknowledges a measure of indebtedness to such works as those of Webb-Peploe, Andrew Jukes, R. B. Girdlestone, and Parkhurst's Hebrew Lexicon. The Scripture quotations are from the King James Version and the American Standard Version (A.S.V.), while some are free translations from the Hebrew. In addition, The Devoted Woman has included data from other resources where we felt more explanation was necessary. For further study on this topic, we highly recommend the book, The Names of God by Ken Hemphill.)