Christmas 2025 Part #3 — The Persistence of a Name
“Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth.” — Philippians 2:9-10
The gifts have been opened, the wrapping paper is gone, and another Christmas came and went. However, one thing remains unchanged: the name that Christmas was all about. The name of Jesus does not belong to December 25th, December, or even a season.
His name is from everlasting to everlasting.
The same name that filled the shepherds with wonder, that made angels sing, and that startled kings still carries power today. Centuries have passed, kingdoms have fallen, languages have changed, yet His name has not lost its strength.
Philippians 2 tells us that God has “highly exalted Him.” The baby in the manger became the man on the cross, and the man on the cross became the risen Lord. All authority is in His hands and every knee will bow before Him one day.
That’s the persistence of this name: it endures through time, through trial, and through every heart that has ever whispered it in prayer. When life grows quiet after the celebration, when loneliness or sorrow creep back in, the same Jesus who came still abides. His presence does not fade with the calendar, it persists forever.
The shepherds returned to their fields after that holy night. The angels went back to glory. Life resumed. Yet something had changed. The world would never be the same again, for the name of Jesus had entered it.
So let it be the same for us. Let us return to our routines, our work, and our daily lives but not the same as before. Let the joy of that name follow us into every ordinary moment. Let it shape how we speak, how we serve, and how we live.
Jesus Christ is persistent and this is also true of anyone who believes on Him. Us believers will have everlasting, persistent life. The Bible says in John 11:25-26,
“Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?”
Reader, do you believe in Jesus Christ? Not just historically or that He exists, but do you trust in Him and His finished work on the cross to save you from your sins? Romans 1:16 says, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
The gospel of Jesus Christ is the power of God unto salvation. At Christmas we love to tell the story of Jesus being born in a manger but what’s needful today to be discussed is what Jesus’s death, burial, and resurrection accomplished for you.
What is the gospel of Jesus Christ? I could tell you in my own words but I like the Bible’s better. 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 says:
“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:”
Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection. Without which, we would have no hope. So, do you know Jesus Christ? Do you believe the gospel?
We’ve spent the past few days discussing Jesus coming into this world, specifically because He wanted to seek and to save that which was lost (Luke 19:10). The Bible says in Romans 10:9-10,
“That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”
It is as simple as that to be saved.
As we close this Christmas series, I pray the name of Jesus stays as real to you in January as it was in December. Seasons change, but the Saviour remains. As we step beyond Christmas, may that blessed name continue to shape your days, steady your heart, and strengthen your faith.
Victorious in Christ,
— Shawn F. Parker
Editor & Contributor, The Redeemed Report