Born Under the Law, Named to Save

Eight days after His birth, the Child of Bethlehem is brought into the light of the Law. Luke records it simply and without sentiment: “When eight days were completed for His circumcision, He was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.” With that brief sentence, the Evangelist draws us into the first shedding of Christ’s blood and the public bestowal of the Name by which alone we must be saved.

This feast is easy to overlook. It comes quietly, tucked between Christmas joy and the turning of the calendar year. Yet it presses upon us a profound and necessary truth: the Son of God does not hover above the Law, He places Himself under it. He does not merely visit humanity; He binds Himself to it in flesh, blood, covenant, and Name.

Find out more in this sermon from St. John's Lutheran Church of Oakes, ND!