DAILY?READINGS: 1 Samuel 6-7; Isaiah 48; 2 Corinthians 9
Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called? James 2:7
The worthy name is “Christ.” The word “called” here is sometimes translated “surname.” That means it was used as a title. Of the early Church it is said, “They were [surnamed] Christians first at Antioch” (Acts 11:26). We too should identify ourselves by His name. There were no believers known then by special names—just Christians. I have been saved for fifty-eighty years and have done much door to door visitation. I have always identified myself as a Christian only. One that belongs to Christ. How precious! —Harold G. Smith
There is a name I love to hear, I love to speak its worth,
It sounds like music in mine ear, the sweetest name on earth.—Frederick Whitfield