This message will present another legal aspect of our position, of our privileges in the Lord Jesus Christ, and the fantastic provisions that He has made for every need—not only things that we consider needs from a human viewpoint, but the needs that we have now as we appropriate His perfect eternal purpose to bring us into full sonship and glory.
We are heirs of God. In a true sense we are stewards of the Lord. Giving your money in a tithe and an extra sacrificial offering to the Lord is a type of stewardship, but we are involved with another kind of stewardship. And that is the fact that the Lord has committed to us all the vast riches and glory of His grace and has told us that we are to take all of this and literally go out and use it to do business for the King.
It is important for you to see that the privileges and the promises are given through the name of Jesus Christ. The name of Jesus Christ is given to us to use. It is the currency of the Kingdom. If you want to do business, you must have the currency of that realm. You can’t use Chinese money to buy a hamburger in America. Some countries may honor different currencies, but when it comes to the Kingdom of God, there is only one currency you can use. You have to do all the business, not in the name of the Federal Reserve System, but in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. That is the currency of the Kingdom. The disciples turned their pockets inside out and said to the poor lame beggar, “Silver and gold we don’t have, but such as we have we will give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.” They were saying, “We’re loaded.” What a surprise! They had a bagful of the real money, the currency that really counts—the currency of the Kingdom.
It’s just like having the power of attorney. You come along and say, “I’m ready to do business for the King.”
“What are your credentials?”
“He gave me the power of attorney and told me to use His name.”
“What did He say you could do?”
“Well, He gave me very broad powers. He said that anything I would ask in His name, I would receive. In His name I can cast out devils, heal the sick—anything.”
“All right, we’ll honor that.”
The name of Jesus Christ is a charge plate of the Kingdom. It’s the badge of authority. It’s the whistle of the Kingdom police. When they blow that whistle, everyone stops. It’s the portfolio of those glorious ambassadors who go forth doing the business of the Kingdom of God. It’s a signet ring of the King. When we use that ring to stamp His seal on things, it makes everything legal. It’s the credential that we bear as executioners. We say to the demons, “I’m an executioner.” They answer, “Oh yeah?”
“Yeah, In the name of Jesus, we cast you out.
The name of the Lord Jesus Christ is the letter of credit for the commissioned ones as they go forth. It shows that we have what it takes. This letter of credit shows that all things are committed to us and everything we have need of is ours. The name of Jesus is also a hand grenade for the soldier who is in the army of the Lord. When he is crowded into a corner, he tosses that grenade and ducks. After everything clears away, he can go on his way. It is the invisible shield for the pilgrim who is making his way into all things of the Lord.
Chapters 14, 15 and 16 of John record the last instructions Jesus gave the disciples on the night of the Passover, before going to Gethsemane. John 17 gives the last prayer He prayed with them. Then it tells us that they sang the hymn of the Passover and proceeded to make their way across the little brook into the garden, where Jesus experienced the travail of Gethsemane, the betrayal of Judas and then went on to the cross for our sins. We will be reading a few pertinent passages from these chapters of John.
Usually people reserve some of the most important things they have to say to the very last, just before they die. In fact, one often hears of famous last sayings. The last saying of Saul, in the Old Testament, was, “I’ve played the fool.” What did Jesus have to say to His disciples just before He was to die for them? He spoke words of comfort, trying to help them. It is interesting to note that He did not dwell on the fact that He was going to suffer and die, that they would be hiding behind locked doors for fear. Instead He said, “I’m preparing a place for you” (King James calls it “mansions,” but it is actually a spiritual abode), “and where I am, there you are going to be also. You’re going to do the same works that I do. And on top of that, anything you ask in My name, it will happen.”
Sometimes when you are passing through a hard situation, it’s good to remember what Jesus did and then do the same. You endure the cross and despise the shame for the glory that is set before you. You know that if you can just get out of this difficult place, something wonderful will be set before you. You who are going through the work of the cross—cheer up! Resurrection life is just ahead.
Jesus gave the disciples this beautiful hopeful look into the future, telling them that they would be appointed with the power of attorney to go out and do His business. They would even go out and do greater things than He had done. What comforting words for these miserable, frightened disciples.
“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go to the Father. And whatsoever you ask in My name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it.” John 14:12–14.
“You did not choose Me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you ask of the Father in My name, He may give it to you.” John 15:16. I like the whatevers as well as the whosoevers. “Whosoever believeth”—I like that. But I like this “whatever you ask,” just as much.
“And in that day you will ask Me no question. (Do you have a lot of questions now? There will be a day when you won’t ask Him any questions.) Truly, truly, I say to you, if you shall ask the Father for anything, He will give it to you in My name. Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full, These things I have spoken to you in figurative language; an hour is coming, when I will speak no more to you in figurative language, but will tell you plainly of the Father. In that day you will ask in My name; and I do not say to you that I will request the Father on your behalf; for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me, and have believed that I came forth from the Father.” John 16:23–27.
The time will come when you won’t need to do business through the power of attorney, but because you are so completely doing His will, the Father will love you directly. But right now you’d better not count on that. Now you had better slide in on the merits of Jesus Christ and do all your business in the name of the King.
It is very important that you now see a truth based upon three Scriptures that are interrelated. In a sense, they speak the same thing, but until you put them together, you don’t realize that they are speaking the same thing. This has to do with the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and its effectiveness. Even in this day, there will be those who will come, as Jesus said, “Many will come in My name and deceive many” (Matthew 24:5). The Word tells of those who will come and say, “Lord, Lord, didn’t we do many mighty miracles in Your name?” And He will say, “Depart from Me. I never knew you, you workers of lawlessness.” (Matthew 7:22–23). It is very important for you to understand that it is possible—but not at all prudent—to use the name of Jesus and use it effectively even if you are not a dedicated person. I believe that even some who practice the black mass use the name of Jesus and use it effectively, and see some things happen. It is difficult to understand how such a thing would work. It works because that name has all authority in heaven and in earth. That name was exalted above every name.
The Word has something to say about the responsibility and the reactions of those who use the name of Jesus when they are not prepared or dedicated to use it. “Whoever receives one child like this in My name is receiving Me; and whoever receives Me is not receiving Me, but Him who sent Me.” John said to Him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to hinder him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him, for there is no one who shall perform a miracle in My name, and be able soon afterward to speak evil of Me. For he who is not against us is for us (literally, “on our side”). For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because of your name as followers of Christ, truly I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.” Mark 9:37–41.
Jesus is saying that no one can do a miracle in His name and then immediately afterward speak evil of that name. The reason for this is the fact that the minute you use His name, you identify yourself with it, and from that time on you have a responsibility for having used that name. Let me give you an illustration from everyday life. Suppose a man who needs some money decides to forge another man’s name on a check. When he signs that man’s name on the check, he becomes responsible for that action and according to the law he will suffer some serious consequences. If any man uses the name of Jesus Christ to perform a miracle, when he has not become completely identified with that name by spiritual birth, by actual dedication of his heart, by identifying himself completely with the Lord as His bond servant—that man is in serious trouble. According to the Scriptures, he is in serious trouble. Jesus said, “If someone performs a miracle in My name, he dare not then turn around and immediately say something evil about Me. He can’t do it. He has identified himself with My name.”
“Not every one who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the will of My Father, who is in heaven. Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.’ ” Matthew 7:21–23.
If a man uses the name of Jesus to prophesy and to work miracles, and he is not dedicated to the Lord, he is literally a spiritual forger. And he will find the reaction one of judgment upon himself. He has used the name without any authorization to use it, and the laws of the Kingdom are such that only those who are believers are authorized to use His name. If anyone else uses that name to accomplish something, even to work deception, it comes back upon him. Jesus said, “Many will say to Me in that day”—“that day” being the hour of judgment. They will be put into the great tribulation of judgment because they have used the name of Jesus carelessly.
The name of Jesus is a battleground as far as the heart of Satan is concerned. If he cannot get people to come as ministers of righteousness, even as he is an angel of light, then he tries to get them to use the name of Jesus in blasphemy and drag it down into the gutter. Be careful how you use the name of the Lord Jesus Christ! Don’t let the name of Jesus Christ fall across your lips in any blasphemy.
Therefore also God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those who are in heaven, and on earth, and under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2:9–11.
Do you want to use the name of Jesus? Do you want the power of attorney to do unlimited things? Then respect the name of Jesus for what it is. Respect the fact that the Father has given Him the name that is above every name, that every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that He is Lord. Don’t you dare use the name of Jesus to try to perform one miracle until your knees have bowed to Him and your tongue has confessed that He is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. When you have confessed that and you have bowed to Him, then go your way and do the business of the Kingdom in His name. Then exercise the power of attorney. But until you have yielded and you have surrendered, don’t use the name! Don’t use the name.
The book of Acts contains good illustrations of the power of the name of Jesus. One of the last illustrations is found in Acts 19:13–l7. But also some of the Jewish exorcists, who went from place to place, attempted to name over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, “I adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.” And seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this. And the evil spirit answered and said to them, “I recognize Jesus, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”
And the man in whom was the evil spirit leaped on them and subdued both of them and overpowered them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. And this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived in Ephesus; and fear fell upon them all and the name of the Lord Jesus was being magnified.
The demons get stirred up by the use of the name of Jesus, but the deliverance has to come from someone who has bowed his knee to that excellent name and has confessed with his tongue that Jesus is the Lord, over his life in particular. After he has declared that, then he can use the name. The sons of Sceva had not done this. And the devils were very perceptive: they knew Jesus and they had heard all about Paul, but they didn’t know anything about these men who were trying to cast out demons. The name of Jesus is not a magic formula; it’s a power of attorney. And only a man who has worthy respect for it dares to use it. If you’re going to use the name of Jesus and you want it to be effective, it must mean as much to you in your surrender as you expect it to mean from your lips in proclamation. That has to be.
Other incidents in the book of Acts illustrate how the name of Jesus was used, and will show you why it is important that whatever you do, you do all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Everything must be done in His name because both those who give and those who receive, in the name of the Lord, have a unique identity with Him in His authority and in the great provision of His grace and His wonderful love to us.
But Peter said, “I do not possess silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you: In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene—walk!” And seizing him by the right hand, he raised him up; and immediately his feet and his ankles were strengthened. And with a leap, he stood upright and began to walk…. Peter told the people, “And on the basis of faith in His name, it is the name of Jesus which has strengthened this man whom you see and know; and the faith which comes through Him (through Jesus) has given him (the lame man) this perfect health in the presence of you all.” Acts 3:6–8, 16. If you believe in the name of Jesus Christ, but you don’t believe in your own faith, this is a good verse to apply.
You may say, “I don’t know if I have faith enough to do this.” Notice that Peter said, “On the basis of faith in His name, it is the name of Jesus which has strengthened this man; and the faith which comes through Jesus has given the lame man this perfect health in the presence of you all.” When you use the name of Jesus, you not only bring your faith into full activation, but you bring Jesus’ faith into play.
After Peter and John had been called to account by the priests and the Sadducees, they came before Annas the high priest…and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of high-priestly descent. And when they had placed them in the center, they began to inquire, “By what power, or in what name, have you done this?” Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of the people, if we are on trial today for a benefit done to a sick man, as to how this man has been made well, let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead—by this name this man stands here before you in good health.”Acts 4:6–10.
The council decided, “But in order that it may not spread any further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more to any man in this name.” They had to stop these men, if they could, from using the name of Jesus, and so they threatened them. And when they had summoned them, they commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John answered and said to them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to give heed to you rather than to God, you be the judge; for we cannot stop speaking what we have seen and heard.” Acts 4:17–20.
After they had been released, they returned to the prayer meeting with the rest of the body and said, “And now, Lord, take note of their threats, and grunt that Thy bond-servants may speak Thy word with all confidence, while Thou dost extend Thy hand to heal, and signs and wonders take place through the name of Thy holy Servant Jesus.” And when they had prayed, the place where they had gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak the word of God with boldness. Acts 4:29–31.
The authorities were still upset over the miracle and they laid hands on the apostles and put them in prison. But the Lord released them. But someone came and reported to them, “Behold, the men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people!” Then the captain went along with the officers and proceeded to bring them back without violence; (for they were afraid of the people, lest they should be stoned).
And when they had brought them, they stood them before the Council. And the high priest questioned them, saying, “We gave you strict orders not to continue teaching in this name, and behold, you filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.” But Peter and the apostles answered and said, “We must obey God rather than men.” Acts 5:25–29. They had respect for that name.
And they (the Council) took his (Gamaliel’s) advice; and after calling the apostles in, they flogged them and ordered them to speak no more in the name of Jesus, and then released them. So they went on their way from the presence of the Council, rejoicing that they had been considered worthy to suffer shame for His name (literally “the name”). Acts 5:40–41.
After the conversion of Saul of Tarsus, God told Ananias to go and help this man Saul. But Ananias answered, “Lord, 1 have heard from many about this man, how much harm he did to Thy saints at Jerusalem; and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call upon Thy name.” Acts 9:13–14. The name of Jesus was a very great issue at the beginning. Later, because of the lethargy and the apostacy of the Church, the name of Jesus did not come to mean as much as it should have.
We should come to worship the name. We should come to bow before it. We should submit to that name. The Lord gave Him a name above every name that is named. Above all principalities and powers and rulers is the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. We should speak it so reverently. The reverence we give it is going to determine the effectiveness of its use. Do you want the power of attorney? Then enter into the real dedication of discipleship and watch it work in your life.
But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen instrument of Mine, to bear My name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel; for I will show him how much he must suffer for My name’s sake.” And Ananias departed and entered the house, and after laying his hands on him said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road by which you were coming, has sent me so that you may regain your sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit.” Acts 9:15–17.
After Saul had been put out of Damascus and had come to Jerusalem, Barnabas took hold of him and brought him to the apostles and described to them how he had seen the Lord on the road, and that He had talked to him, and how at Damascus he had spoken out boldly in the name of Jesus. And he was with them moving about freely in Jerusalem, speaking out boldly in the name of the Lord. Acts 9:27–28. He learned right from the beginning to use that name.
An incident in Acts 16:18 tells how effectively Paul used that name and the power that it had. …Paul was greatly annoyed, and turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” And it came out at that very moment.
When Jesus commissioned the disciples (Mark 16) He said, “Do all of this in My name. Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. In My name shall you cast out devils.” The reason it must be done in His name is so that He is involved. He is involved directly in what you give and He is involved directly in what you receive.
We must have a new revelation of the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and a new sense of our relationship to it. But remember, there are two factors involved with this. Not only do you submit to the Lord Jesus Christ and bow before Him (and many of us are working toward that), but then you also boldly enter in to the privilege, to the responsibility or stewardship, to the commitment that He has given to you to use His name. One without the other does not work. If you’re going to be submissive, then also be aggressive to use the name. If you want to be aggressive to use His name, then be sure that you are submissive. We don’t say, “Lord, Lord, we’ve done all of this in Your name,” if we are workers of lawlessness. We submit to Him or we come into judgment.
Both factors are very necessary. In this walk with God, if you say, “I believe and I’m submissive; I’m a real disciple,” but you never use the name, you are derelict of duty. You haven’t done your job. If I have a good credit card, but refuse to use it, it’s my own fault if I’m hungry. If you have money in the bank, you should not go around complaining, “I’m poor.” Write a check and cash it. Then you will have the money you need to live. All power in heaven and earth is given to the Lord. He said, “Go in My name and make disciples of all the nations.” You do it. You may say, “But I don’t have much to give.” You don’t need much. Just be submissive to His name.
Jesus tried to tell His disciples that. He commissioned and sent out the seventy and when they returned, they said, “Even the demons are subject to us in Your name.” He told them, “What you should rejoice in is the fact that your name is written in the Lamb’s book of life, that You belong to Me. You should be thankful that you had the kind of relationship that enabled you to go out and cast out demons, because your name is in the Lamb’s book of life. You’re My people, therefore you can do this. You’re dedicated to Me, therefore you can cast out the devils.” Do you understand what he was telling them? “Don’t just rejoice that it works; rejoice that you have the relationship that makes it work.” What a fantastic truth this is for us.
“He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me. He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward; and he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward. And whoever in the name of a disciple gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water to drink, truly I say to you he shall not lose his reward.” Matthew 10:40–42. Again we see the importance of his name.
At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” And He called a child to Himself and stood him in their midst, and said, “Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you shall not enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever then humbles Himself as this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.” That gives you the background, now here’s the meat: And whoever receives one such child in My name receives Me.” Matthew 18:1–5. If you are submissive to Jesus Christ and you come to a little child and say, “I receive this child in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,” you have received Christ. When you use the name of Jesus, you identify Jesus with that child.
When we lay hands on people to heal them, we must do it in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. The gift of healing is there, but we have to identify them with Christ more than we have been doing. Jesus said, “When you bring a little child and say, ‘I bless you in the name of the Lord Jesus,’ you are receiving Me.” The name of Jesus identifies Christ with that child right there. Anything that is done, is done directly in a relationship between that child and Christ.
“But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it is better for him that a heavy millstone be hung around his neck, and that he be drowned in the depth of the sea.” Matthew 18:6.
“Truly I say to you, whatever you shall bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven. Again I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about anything that they may ask, it shall be done for them by My Father who is in heaven. For where two or three have gathered together in My name, there I am in their midst.” Matthew 18:18–20. This may seem like a liturgy or a ritual, but when we come together, I think we should say, “We gather ourselves together in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,” so that we identify His presence with us right there. The minute we gather in His name, He’s there to bless, He’s there to help.
Now can you see why Paul tells us in Colossians 3:17: And whatever you do in word and in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus…. Whatever we do, we must do it all in His name because He is involved. He’s involved in what you give; He’s involved in what you receive.
We have been talking about the transactions, about the blessings and the treasure, about the trustee and the Holy Spirit administering the estate, but when it comes right down to the nitty gritty, and you want to do the business, you’d better know the procedures of business. When we use His name, we exercise His authority. When we use His name, we enforce His victory over sickness. We enforce His victory over demons. Jesus said, “If you ask anything in My name, I will do it, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.” It brings the glorifying of Christ. It brings the glorifying to the Father who has given Him the name above every name. As we honor that name, as we do business with it, we are not only proclaiming our submission, but we are proclaiming His Lordship. It brings glory to God that it is all done in His name. He gets the praise and the glory for all of it. We submit to Him and we use His name; this is our legal right. It is not only our right; it is our legal responsibility to do it.
This is a very simple revelation that has for too long been just words to people. Now let’s do it! Bow before His name and begin to use His name. Bind things over to the will of God by the name of Jesus Christ. But be careful how you use it. Use it like a man who has the power of attorney. When you come up to someone who is demon-possessed, don’t react fearfully, “Oh, I’d better not tackle that.” Don’t say timidly, “In the name of Jesus, I bind you.” Understand what the name of Jesus is for. Approach the situation boldly. Declare emphatically, “Oh, I see that demon-possessed man. Isn’t it terrible how that demon oppresses him? That demon knows very well that Jesus won the victory over principalities and powers and made an open show of them in His cross. He knows that. After two thousand years, how audacious of him to still be tormenting men. Well, I am going to enforce the victory and judgment of Jesus over him. In the name of Jesus Christ, you go into the pit!” We are the executioners of the Kingdom. Don’t go at it fearfully. These demons have been around too long already. If they shriek out, “Are you come to torment us before the time?” just answer boldly, “No, this is the time. It’s time!” This is the way we are going to transact business.
You may say, “I don’t have much perception. I don’t have much discernment.” You don’t need much. All you need to say is, “In the name of Jesus, whatever is wrong or whoever is doing something wrong—stop it!”
When Peter healed the lame man in the name of Jesus, he used very few words, “In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene—walk!” That was it. I like the fact that they didn’t pray so much. We have come to the place of begging when we pray because we don’t know how to use the name. It’s the power. It’s the glory. It’s the authority. We have the power of attorney. Yet we say, “Please, devil, go away. Please, sickness, get better. If it be Thy will, O God, do this and that.” He’s committed His authority to us and said, “I’ll do it.” He’s laid the initiative upon us. But the first initiative is our submission and consecration to the Lord.
Peter saw this and he said, “Men of Israel, why do you marvel at this, or why do you gaze at us, as if by our own power or piety we had made him walk? On the basis of faith in His name, it is the name of Jesus which has strengthened this man whom you see and know; and the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect health in the presence of you all.” He said, “Don’t look at us. It’s not by our power or piety.” He was very careful to give the glory to the Lord. But notice that, they didn’t pray; they did it! And because they dared to move boldly in their authority with the power of attorney, with the commissioning that was upon them, it got done.
Let’s cut our prayers down. They’re too long anyway. Cut them down to about ten percent of what we have been doing and get down to business with what should be proclaimed, and let’s proclaim it. Don’t pray about it; proclaim it. Whatever should be done in the administration—let’s do it! What we have authority to do—let’s submit to the Lord and let’s get the job done that He told us to do, instead of just begging and whining about it.
The name is the currency of the Kingdom. It’s the corporate seal of the Kingdom, by which you sign deeds and documents. It’s the power of attorney by which you become a direct representative to move not only in His stead, but to move in Him. It’s the charge plate of the Kingdom. It’s the badge of authority. It’s the whistle of the police of the Kingdom. It’s the flag of the conqueror that is set upon rebellious territory which is to be taken in the name of the Lord. It’s the signet ring of kings by which judgment is proclaimed. It’s the lock combination that opens the impossible through prayer. It’s the portfolio of the ambassadors who come to represent the citizens of the Kingdom above. It’s the credentials of an executioner. It’s the passbook to the bank of heaven. It’s the letter of credit to everyone who is commissioned to go out and do audacious things in His name. It’s the invisible shield to the pilgrim, for the arrow that flies by day and the terror that stalks in the night. It’s the hand grenade for the soldier in the army of the Lord.
In the book of Revelation we read that the Lord always has a name written, as He comes to conquer. Christ doesn’t have to do one thing, except to come in that precious name, because the Father has exalted that name above every name. It’s done. Why did He do that? Because Jesus humbled Himself to become obedient, even to the death of the cross. Therefore God has exalted Him and given Him the name. Let us do the same thing. Let this mind be in us which was in Christ. Let’s humble ourselves so completely that it’s like unto the Master’s humbling before the Father. And as we humble ourselves before the Lord, as He humbled Himself before the Father, we enter into the exaltation as we use His name, that effectively. It is all very legally yours.