Bible Study - Names

Names can mean a lot.  They can be good or bad.  A lot of times we feel like our name means nothing.  But names carry a hole lot of weight.  They mean something.  In Genesis 4: 20 it says, "The man called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living."  The name Eve actually means Living or, Life.  These days the meaning of a name means barley anything.  But in biblical times your name meant a lot.  Matthew 1: 23 "Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel," (which means, God with us) "  I know you can't do a hole lot with the name you were born with, but who are you to Christ?  "See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world dose not know us is that it did not know him."  1 John 3: 1.  "and, 'In the very place where it was said to them, 'You are my people,' there they will be called 'children of the living God.'"  Romans 9: 26.  When life just pulls you down, and you gust feel blah.  Think about who you are.  Because your name holds more power than you know.