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Power: The Name of Jesus
There is tremendous power in the name of Jesus!
Joel 2:32
Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
(Quoted in Acts 2:21, Romans 10:13)
There are some who argue that the appropriate name of Jesus is the Hebrew form Yeshua. Others argue that only name that should be used for God is the one that He assigned to Himself; Yahweh.
The reality is that there are many names given to God mostly based on some attribute or act of His. Jesus was also a very common name during the time that He was born and is still very popular in some cultures today. Joseph and Mary gave Jesus His name because that is what the angel instructed them to do (Matthew 1:21).
There is tremendous power in the name of Jesus! However, there is nothing “magical” about the name of Jesus in and of itself.
There is only power in the name of Jesus because when we speak it, we know that we are referring to the Son of the one, true, living God. We are referring to God in the flesh, the fullness of God in human form who is now exalted and has been given the name above every name and granted all power and all authority!
Hebrews 1:1-4
1 In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. 3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. 4 So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs.
Philippians 2:9-11
9 …God exalted him to the highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name,
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
Ephesians 1:17-23
17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. 18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength 20 he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, 21 far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. 22 And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, 23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.
After Jesus died and rose again, He appeared to His disciples and He spoke to them and this still applies to us, His disciples today:
Mark 16:15-20
15 … “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. 16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. 17 And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; 18 they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.”
19 After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God. 20 Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it.
The rest of the New Testament is full of testimonies of the work of Jesus continuing through common and ordinary people like you and I who simply choose to follow Him.
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There is tremendous power in the name of Jesus!
Joel 2:32
Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
(Quoted in Acts 2:21, Romans 10:13)
There are some who argue that the appropriate name of Jesus is the Hebrew form Yeshua. Others argue that only name that should be used for God is the one that He assigned to Himself; Yahweh.
The reality is that there are many names given to God mostly based on some attribute or act of His. Jesus was also a very common name during the time that He was born and is still very popular in some cultures today. Joseph and Mary gave Jesus His name because that is what the angel instructed them to do (Matthew 1:21).
There is tremendous power in the name of Jesus! However, there is nothing “magical” about the name of Jesus in and of itself.
There is only power in the name of Jesus because when we speak it, we know that we are referring to the Son of the one, true, living God. We are referring to God in the flesh, the fullness of God in human form who is now exalted and has been given the name above every name and granted all power and all authority!
Hebrews 1:1-4
1 In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. 3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. 4 So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs.
Philippians 2:9-11
9 …God exalted him to the highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name,
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
Ephesians 1:17-23
17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. 18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength 20 he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, 21 far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. 22 And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, 23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.
After Jesus died and rose again, He appeared to His disciples and He spoke to them and this still applies to us, His disciples today:
Mark 16:15-20
15 … “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. 16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. 17 And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; 18 they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.”
19 After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God. 20 Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it.
The rest of the New Testament is full of testimonies of the work of Jesus continuing through common and ordinary people like you and I who simply choose to follow Him.