- Satan trembles at the mention of the name.
It is easy for us to get familiar with the name of Jesus because we use it frequently, but the devils are subject to and fear the name of Jesus. Luke 10:17. When the apostles began to preach, out of fear, the authorities commanded them not to teach in that name. They feared the name.
Colossians 2:10-15 speaks of the victory of Christ over the enemy.
“When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities [those supernatural forces of evil operating against us], He made a public example of them [exhibiting them as captives in His triumphal procession], having triumphed over them through the cross”.
Colossians 2:15 [AMP]
The Message translation puts it in an interesting way.
“He stripped all the spiritual tyrants in the universe of their sham authority at the Cross and marched them naked through the streets”
Colossians 2:15[MSG}.
Satan and the powers of darkness will never forget the day they were put to a public spectacle. He knows the victory has been won and when we say the name of Jesus, we appropriate the victory. Satan remembers that He was destroyed at the cross. Hebrews 2:14-15. He is afraid when we mention the name of God.
- The name of the Lord allows us to speak as one having authority.
And it came to pass when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine: For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
Matthew 7:28-29.
Having the name of the Lord helps us not only to pray as one having authority but to teach the word as one having authority. Using the word of God and sealing it with the name of the Lord is powerful. It is a guaranteed prayer already, Isaiah 55:11. In the example of Moses and the red sea in Exodus 14:14-16, God told him to stop crying and use the rod (the word also means sceptre, symbolizing power and authority). He had already been given the authority. We are to just speak the word and use the name, Jesus. We are to speak life into situations and seal it with the name of Jesus.
Knowing this, we should not pray and be agitated like the heathens do, but pray knowing we have the backing and authority of the almighty God. Matthew 6:7-8. His name is I AM that I AM, this is a blank cheque. Exodus 3:14, God is our ever-present help in time of need, Psalm 46:1 and is to us what we need: healer, teacher, Father, Friend, Lover, Strength, Salvation, Righteousness, Sanctifier. You name it, He is!
Therefore, my people shall know my name: therefore, they shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is I. Isaiah 52:6
The Grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your Spirit!
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