Jesus

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We come now to the only personal name of our Lord in His Manhood. Other names concern His glory, but this wonderful name is personal to Himself. It is compounded of two words, JAH, a contraction of Jehovah, the self-existing One, and Hoshea or Joshua, meaning Savior. We may well sing;
"How sweet the name of JESUS sounds
In a believer's ear!
It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds,
And drives away his fear."
Such was His grace in taking this name in lowly grace in this world, meaning Savior-God, reminding us of the Scripture, penned over seven centuries before our Lord was born at Bethlehem, "I, even I, am the LORD [Jehovah]; and beside Me there is no savior." (Isa. 43:1111I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no saviour. (Isaiah 43:11)) "There is no God else beside Me; a just God and a Savior; there is none beside Me. Look unto Me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else." (Isa. 45:21, 2221Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the Lord? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. 22Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. (Isaiah 45:21‑22)).
We read how the Angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph, to whom the virgin Mary was espoused, saying to him, "That which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a Son, and thou shalt call His name JESUS: for He shall save His people from their sins." (Matt. 1:20, 2120But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. 21And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. (Matthew 1:20‑21)).
This name occurs as a single word over 700 times, and many more times in combination. The Gospel of John alone mentions this name some 250 times. The disciples, as recorded in the Gospels, never once addressed our Lord as Jesus, but always as Lord or Master.