I was at prayer meeting on Monday, and these words just kept rolling around in my spirit: "The Name. The Name. The Name." I mean, I just couldn't get away from it. The Name. The Name.
What does that mean? What name am I talking about?
The Name of Jesus. Let's look at what Paul had to say about The Name.
Philippians 2:8-11 "8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.
9 Therefore God has also highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name,
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth,
11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."
Let's break this down here.
We know through scripture that Jesus set aside everything that made Him God when He came to the earth. He operated on the earth as a man, specifically, a prophet under the Abrahamic Covenant.
So, He was crucified, buried, descending into hell where He suffered for three days and nights, taking our place, until God spoke. He then led captivity captive, was raised from the dead, and given a name by God. What is this name that Jesus was given?
Paul refers to it as "the name which is above every name." If you study it out, you will find that Paul is referring to what is often translated "LORD" in many translations of the Bible. Some people have translated it, "Jehovah" or "Yahweh." In Hebrew, it is יהוה, or as we refer to in English, the Tetragrammaton. It is God's personal name. When He revealed Himself in the Old Testament to Moses, He used this name. Unfortunately, the pronunciation has been lost throughout the years, but it is made up of four letters in the Hebrew language. Yodh He Waw He.
Now, it is important to understand the significance of this name. The Jewish people stopped using it, because they were told if you use this name in vain, you will die. They decided the safest thing to do was to not use it at all. Now, that was incorrect of them, but you can surely understand their reasoning.
So, what Paul is saying here, is that when God raised Jesus from the dead, He gave Jesus His PERSONAL NAME!
We could read it this way. "There God has highly exalted Jesus, and given Him the name יהוה, which is above every name, that at the Name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven and those on earth and those under the earth, and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is יהוה, to the glory of יהוה forever!"
All the power in that Name was given to Jesus, and the Jesus went and delegated that power to you in the Great Commission! He gave you His Name to use! He told us to cast out devils, in His Name, to lay hands on the sick, in His Name (and they would recover)! You have been given the right and responsibility to use His Name!
So, I hope you understood why I went into this amount of detail on the subject. Jesus gave you His name, and you need to understand the power behind that name! That name carries the very power of God Himself!
So, when you pray, don't just say, "In Jesus' name, Amen" without understanding what you are saying. You are saying, "Situation! You listen to me! You have to bow your knee to the name of Jesus! I call upon the power in that Name to fix this situation! So be it!" That's what it means! The second you say, "In Jesus' name, Amen," Heaven records it as done the second you pray! So believe God. Pray in faith, and use the Name of Jesus, and the power within it to change your life!
