Hello friend, just wanted to take a moment and share with you that we are
told to trust in the name of the Lord. There is power in the name of Jesus. Take
just a moment and listen to me right now, this is going to help you. The Scripture
says in Psalm 33 and 21, For our heart shall rejoice in Him because we have
trusted in His holy name. Matthew 12 and 21 it says, In His name the Gentiles will
trust. Again I want to tell you, there is power in the name of Jesus. There is power
for salvation, and everything that salvation entails, everything that
salvation brings. At the sound of that name, angels come to attention and demons
tremble. If you are saved, you have been authorized to use that name. You know, in
Matthew's Gospel, after Jesus had been raised from the dead, He gathered with
the disciples just before His ascension. He said, All authority in heaven and
earth has been given to Me. And then He said, You go therefore. Basically, He gave
His authority to the disciples and to the church. We are to go forth with this
delegated authority. In Mark's Gospel, Mark puts it this way. Mark chapter 16
and verse 17 it says, And these signs will follow those who believe, and Jesus
is speaking. He said, In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new
tongues; they will take up or literally drive away serpents; if they drink
anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and
they will recover. And it goes on in verse 20, says, And they went out and
preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word
through the accompanying signs. Amen. They went out in His name. We read in the book
of Acts about the man that was healed at the Beautiful Gate of the
temple. And Peter said, Look, it is Jesus name,
it was His name, through faith in His name, gave this man this perfect
soundness in the presence of you all. As believers, we have been authorized to use
that name. There is power in the name of Jesus to drive out demons, to bring
healing to the sick. And if you're a believer, if you're part of the church,
you've been given that name. It's His name, through faith in His name. I
challenge you, you ought to do a study in the New Testament,
just on the name of Jesus, where it is used, and then the power that is
vested in that name. And then maybe go into the Epistles, and find out that He got
His name through conquest. A name was given to Him above every other name
because of what Christ has done. Now, if you're not saved, I've got good news.
You've been given the privilege to call upon the name of Jesus to receive
eternal life. The Bible says, Whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be
saved. And friend, salvation, it's about an
inward change of heart that results in an outward change of life. Sin has
separated us all from God and left us with no approach to Him. Not through our
good works, not through our personal sacrifice. We can't get to God on our own.
But in His mercy, when we couldn't get to Him, He reached down to us. He sent His
own Son who died as our substitute on the cross, was raised from the dead on
the third day. And the Bible says this, if you believe that Jesus was raised from
the dead after having given His life as your sacrifice, after He paid your debt
in full; if you believe God has raised Him from the dead, and you're willing to make
Him the Lord of your life, literally die to your rights of independent living and
say, Jesus , I submit my heart to you. And if you will invite Him in, Jesus will
come into your life, and He will change you. He will wash you clean from your sin.
You will know the glory of forgiveness, and then you need to realize that He has
given you His name. First He gives you His name that when you call upon it, it
brings salvation. Then you can use His name with authority over the forces of
darkness. There is power in the name of Jesus.