THE NAME OF JESUS

THE NAME OF JESUS 

The measure of His ability [the measure of the ability of the Lord Jesus Christ] is the

measure of the value of that Name, and all that is invested in that Name belongs to us,

for Jesus gave us the unqualified use of His Name.

The Name in Prayer Jesus said, in regard to the use of His Name in prayer:

JOHN 16:24 says; Hitherto have ye asked nothing IN MY NAME: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

Hitherto means up till now, or till this time. In other words, up till the time that Jesus was speaking here to the disciples, they had asked nothing in His Name.

 

JOHN 16:23... Verily, verily, I say unto you. Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father IN MY NAME, he will give it you.

Notice what Jesus is saying: You ask of the Father in My Name—I will endorse it—and

the Father will give it to you. What an amazing prayer promise! Yet because we did not understand what Jesus said, and because we were religiously brainwashed instead of New Testament taught, we watered down the promises of God. We tacked on something Jesus did not say. We added something else to it. "God will, if it is His will—but it might not be His will," we

have said. You don't find that kind of talk in the New Testament. People have gone along without answers to prayer, saying, "It must not have been His will, because He didn't do it. If it

had been His will, He would have done it." Jesus stated God's will here in John 16:23-24.

The Name in Combat

The Name of Jesus is to be used in combat against the unseen forces that surround us.

We have authority in the Name of Jesus against all powers of darkness.

(Mark 16:17-18) And these signs shall follow them that believe; IN MY NAME shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; 18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. Another translation says, "These signs shall accompany. ..." I like that. Somebody following you is going along behind you, but somebody accompanying you is going right along with you. This translation agrees with the Scripture that says we are workers together with Him (2 Cor. 6:1). Literally, in the Greek, (Mark 16:17) says, "These signs shall accompany the believing ones; IN MY NAME shall they ..." Every child of God is a believing one. Since these signs are done "IN MY NAME," they must belong to every child of God, because the

Name of Jesus belongs to every child of God.