Welcome to the Family of God.
I thank God for you who prayed to receive Jesus as Lord in your life. Jesus has made us (me, you and everyone born again child of God, one family)
For you are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus. And all who have been united with Christ in baptism have put on Christ, like putting on new clothes. There is no longer Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male and female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus. And now that you belong to Christ, you are the true children of Abraham. You are his heirs, and God’s promise to Abraham belongs to you.
Galatians 3:26-29 NLT
And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have God’s Son does not have life.
1 John 5:11-12 NLT
What does salvation mean?
It simply means to be born again.
What does it mean to be born again?
1. Your sins are forgiven because the blood of Jesus was shed (Hebrews 9:22)
2. Jesus is in your heart because you opened the door of your heart to Him (revelation 3:20)
3. You are a new creation (1Corinthians 5:17)
4. God accepts you into His Family, which makes you part of a new family (Galatians 4:4-6)
*Key Scripture’s*
Luke 1:31 , John 14:6, Philippians 2:5-11 NLT.
You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus.
Luke 1:31 NLT
(Purpose)
Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.
John 14:6 NLT
(Person)
You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. Instead, he gave up his divine privileges ; he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When he appeared in human form, he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross. Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor and gave him the name above all other names, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue declare that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Philippians 2:5-11 NLT
(Power)
The three P’s in our key Scripture’s are purpose, person, power.
1. Purpose:
Is a target, goal, an aim to be reached.
The reason why something is done or it’s done in a particular way.
Name:
A person, Reputation or also A unique identifier.
2. Person:
A single human being, the physical human body, seen as distinct from the mind, character.
3. Power
It’s capability or influence
Physical force or strength
Today being our last day of the series on What’s in a Name?
We shall focus on the power behind the name of Jesus.
The 70 disciples came back very happy. They said, “Lord, even demons obey us when we use the power and authority of your name!” Jesus said to them, “I watched Satan fall from heaven like lightning. I have given you the authority to trample snakes and scorpions and to destroy the enemy’s power. Nothing will hurt you. However, don’t be happy that evil spirits obey you. Be happy that your names are written in heaven.”
Luke 10:17-20 GW
Jesus said, “I know. I saw Satan fall, a bolt of lightning out of the sky. See what I’ve given you? Safe passage as you walk on snakes and scorpions, and protection from every assault of the Enemy. No one can put a hand on you. All the same, the great triumph is not in your authority over evil, but in God’s authority over you and presence with you. Not what you do for God but what God does for you—that’s the agenda for rejoicing.”
Luke 10:18-20 MSG
Now I am departing from the world; they are staying in this world, but I am coming to you. Holy Father, you have given me your name; now protect them by the power of your name so that they will be united just as we are. During my time here, I protected them by the power of the name you gave me. I guarded them so that not one was lost, except the one headed for destruction, as the Scriptures foretold.
John 17:11-12 NLT
He humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, death on a cross. This is why God has given him an exceptional honor— the name honored above all other names— so that at the name of Jesus everyone in heaven, on earth, and in the world below will kneel and confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.
Philippians 2:8-11 GW
We have learned that the Name of Jesus has been elevated above all other names that is (angels, devil’s, needs, wants, sicknesses or any other name that is there) God has made the name of Jesus to carry Power behind it and we see the that when Jesus sent the 72 disciple’s out they came back victorious because of the Name of Jesus.
The name of Jesus to us carries many things, that is
Salvation, Freedom, protection, unity,Life, hope, healing, Love, forgiveness, mercy, Grace, transformation, Purpose, relationship with God, miracles, power and authority over rulers of the unseen world, and God expects us not missuse His Name in any way.
As God’s Children let’s always be
*God inside minded*
Little children, you are of God [you belong to Him] and have [already] defeated and overcome them [the agents of the antichrist], because He Who lives in you is greater (mightier) than he who is in the world.
1 John 4:4 AMPC
*Prayers*
We close with the prayers Jesus prayed for us.
“My prayer is not for the world, but for those you have given me, because they belong to you. All who are mine belong to you, and you have given them to me, so they bring me glory. Now I am departing from the world; they are staying in this world, but I am coming to you. Holy Father, you have given me your name; now protect them by the power of your name so that they will be united just as we are.
“Now I am coming to you. I told them many things while I was with them in this world so they would be filled with my joy. I have given them your word. And the world hates them because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world. I’m not asking you to take them out of the world, but to keep them safe from the evil one. They do not belong to this world any more than I do. Make them holy by your truth; teach them your word, which is truth. Just as you sent me into the world, I am sending them into the world. And I give myself as a holy sacrifice for them so they can be made holy by your truth. “I am praying not only for these disciples but also for all who will ever believe in me through their message. I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one—as you are in me, Father, and I am in you. And may they be in us so that the world will believe you sent me.
“I have given them the glory you gave me, so they may be one as we are one. I am in them and you are in me. May they experience such perfect unity that the world will know that you sent me and that you love them as much as you love me. Father, I want these whom you have given me to be with me where I am. Then they can see all the glory you gave me because you loved me even before the world began! “O righteous Father, the world doesn’t know you, but I do; and these disciples know you sent me. I have revealed you to them, and I will continue to do so. Then your love for me will be in them, and I will be in them.”
John 17:9-11, 13-26 NLT
