The Name of Jesus by Billy Joe Daugherty

Author:Billy Joe Daugherty
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Attributes of God
ISBN: 9781562673925
Publisher: Victory Christian Center
Published: 2003-03-31T22:00:00+00:00

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Threatened for Using Jesus' Name

If you have denied Jesus' name when challenged not to use it publicly, this is your day to repent. In this hour, the heat is being turned up not to use the name of Jesus publicly.

Look at Acts 4:13: "Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus." What's going to encourage you to speak the name of Jesus? You have been with Him! We're talking about relationship!

And seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it. But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,

Saying, "What shall we do to these men? For, indeed, that a notable miracle has been done through them is evident to all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.

"But so that it spreads no further among the people, let us severely threaten them, that from now on they speak to no man in this name." So they called them and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name o f Jesus.

Here is what some people in positions of authority have said: "You can teach Math and Science, but don't mention the name of Jesus."

"You can teach English or History, but don't mention the name of Jesus." "You can work here, but don't mention the name of Jesus." "You can serve here, but don't mention the name of Jesus."

Some people have already blazed this trail.

But Peter and John answered and said to them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God, you judge. For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard."

Acts 4:19,20

If you haven't heard of Jesus, then you probably won't speak of Him. You can have religion—go to church, have a good Bible, give occasionally, and sing the songs—but if you have ever met Jesus, if you have ever heard His voice, then you will speak of Him. The rulers, elders, and scribes demanded that the disciples not speak or teach or proclaim Jesus' name to any person. Peter and John responded, "We must obey God."

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