The Prayer Ministry of the Church by Watchman Nee

Author:Watchman Nee
Language: eng
Format: mobi, pdf
Tags: Religion, General, Prayerbooks, Devotional
ISBN: 9780870838606
Publisher: Living Stream Ministry
Published: 1995-03-01T22:00:00+00:00

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3 In the Name of the Lord Jesus—

The Trust of God

Scripture Reading: Phil. 2.9-11; John 14.13-14;

15.16; 16.23-24,26a; Mark 16.17; Luke 10.17-20; 24.47;

Acts 3.6; 4.7,10,12; 10.43; 16.18; 19.5; 1 Cor. 6.11

One matter which we especially have to understand before God concerns the name of the Lord Jesus. No one on earth can be saved except by the name of the Lord Jesus; and none can be a useful vessel in God’s hand unless he knows the name of the Lord Jesus.

We must therefore understand what the name of the Lord Jesus means. How sorely to be lamented is the fact that the name of the Lord Jesus has become too common in human language! How

frequently such phrases as “in the name of Jesus Christ” or “in the name of the Lord Jesus” become almost meaningless! People are so used to reading and hearing these words that they fail to comprehend their significance. Let us ask God to lead us back to the real meaning of the most familiar name of our Lord Jesus.

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The name of the Lord Jesus is very special. It is something which Christ did not possess while on earth. When He was on earth His name was Jesus. This is what Matthew 1 tells us. But in Philippians 2

it is further indicated that the Lord having humbled himself unto death—even the death of the cross—God has also highly exalted Him and given Him a name which is above every name. What is this name? Let us read Philippians 2.10-11—“That in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven and things on earth and things under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” This name is

“the name of Jesus”. Was He not called Jesus while on earth? Yet this is a name given Him after He had ascended to heaven. Because 52

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of His obedience to God even unto death—and that the death of the cross—the Lord is exalted and given a name which is above every name. And that name above every name is the name of Jesus.

It is not only Paul who, having received revelation, says that the name of the Lord Jesus has undergone this great change; even the Lord Jesus himself shows us that His name has undergone a drastic change: “Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be made full. . . . In that day ye shall ask in my name” (John 16.24,26a). “In that day”, says Jesus, not

today; but just wait until that day and then you shall ask in My name.

On the day He spoke these words He had not yet had this name that is above all names. But He receives that name above all names “in that day”, and “in that day” we can go to the Father and ask in His name.

May God open our eyes to

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