Biblical Expressions 4
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Introduction
Calling mom or dad and then having to use their real name
We tend to use a name as an identifier to separate one from another
But in Eastern culture a name was equivalent to that person, their worth, character, reputation, authority, will and ownership. - Jason Dulle
The word name in both Hebrew and Greek appear over a 1000 times in Scripture
What about the name of Jesus - Many Jesus’ in Jesus’ day “he will save his people from their sins”
It is not a differentiation between them but a reflection of who he is, his purpose and what he has done.
So Jesus’ name is a declaration of these things.
But how do we use it?
Some times as just a way to end our prayers
Some times as a magical statement to get from God
or perhaps a way to convince God that what we are asking he should do
But what does Scripture actually say about the name of Jesus
I. Identification with Jesus
I. Identification with Jesus
And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
Salvation through Jesus name - belief in the person of...
Jesus’ name is a declaration of being His
Baptism
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
Why is this important?
For the name to Jesus to truly mean anything in our lives we must be his first
Sons of Sceva in Acts 19
On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’
The power that we have to live the life we are called to only come by truly being his.
II. Represent Jesus
II. Represent Jesus
A. Our life is to reflect who our identity is in
But God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.”
B. Ambassadors
From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
ambassador - Canadian in other countries represents our interests, purposes, direction
“God making his appeal through us”
We are to represent his name
III. Direct Access through Jesus
III. Direct Access through Jesus
John 14-16 - preparing disciples for his death and departure - sorrow
A. Glorify God 14:12-14
He knows what is best, and He wants what is best: His glory and our good. God wants to give you what you would want God to give you if you were wise enough to want it.
B. Through Abiding in Christ
If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him; for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything. Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.
C. In the Spirit 16:12-15 - We pray to the Father, through the Son by the Holy Spirit
D. Direct Access 16:22-24
Exalting Jesus in 1,2,3 John We Can Know that God Answers Prayer (1 John 5:14–17)
George Mueller (1805–1898) was a great man of prayer who refused a regular salary and financial support for himself or the ministries he led. A leader of the Christian Brethren movement, Mueller said, “Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness” (quoted in Be Real, 179). Therefore nothing we ask for lies beyond the power of God except that which lies beyond His will, His purpose, His plan.
This is a good thing because imagine what we might ask for or think back on what you have asked for
God’s no is the good thing that God promises to give us
I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life. And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.
IV. Glorify the Father
IV. Glorify the Father
Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
Ex.
Man born blind in John
As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him.
For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show my power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills.
We need a miracle words
And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Conclusion
So we can freely and fully go to the Father in prayer knowing who Jesus is and what he has done
But we can also go know that the Father will answer in the most powerful and amazing ways that bring about the most amazing things for His glory.