Authority in the Name of Jesus (2)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bible Verses ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Acts 3:6 But Peter said, Silver and gold I do not possess,
but what I have, this I give to you: In the name of Jesus
Christ the Nazarene rise up and walk.
4:12 And there is salvation in no other, for neither is
there another name under heaven given among men in which we
must be saved.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Words of Ministry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(Part 2 of 2)
What does this name signify? This name signifies authority
and power. Why does this name signify authority and power?
Philippians 2:10-11 says, "That in the name of Jesus every
knee should bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and
under the earth, and every tongue should openly confess that
Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father." This is
authority. Every knee has to bow to the name of Jesus, and
everyone has to call Jesus the Lord because of His name.
Hence, the name of Jesus denotes the fact that God has given
Him the all-transcending authority and power.
In Luke 10:17 the disciples said to the Lord, "Lord, even the
demons are subject to us in Your name." It was a great thing
for the disciples to cast out demons in the name of the Lord.
The demons may not be afraid of many names on earth. But when
the disciples did anything in the name of the Lord Jesus, the
demons were subject to them. Later the Lord explained why His
name made the demons subject to them. He said, "I have given
you the authority to tread over all the power of the enemy"
(v. 19). Hence, the name equals authority. Where the name is,
there is authority.
This is not all. Even the rulers among the Jews knew this.
After Peter raised the lame man, the rulers called the
apostles before them the next day and asked, "By what power
or in what name did you do this?" (Acts 4:7). In other words,
what authority did they have in telling the man to stand up
and walk? They knew that with every name there was authority.
Hence, the name of Jesus denotes all the authority that God
has committed to Him. We are not saying that the name itself
is the authority; the effect of the name is authority.
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(c) Living Stream Ministry. Bible verses are taken from the Recovery
Version of the Bible and Words of Ministry from "The Prayer Ministry
of the Church" in the Collected Works of Watchman Nee, Vol. 22, pp.
178-179. Both are published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, CA.
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