More Than Just A Name

The devil is terrified of the Name of Jesus. He has no option but to flee in fear when that Name is spoken by a believer who has faith in it because it carries all the authority and power of Jesus Himself.

Jesus and His Name are One. His Name can do anything He can do. It can do anything He did while He was on the earth and bring to pass anything He ever said.

I will always remember the first time I laid hands on someone in Jesus’ Name. I was just getting started in ministry. A 30-year-old freshman at Oral Roberts University serving as copilot on Brother Roberts’ airplane, I had traveled with him to one of his healing meetings and been sent to help minister to the people in the invalid tent.

They were the sickest people I’d ever seen! All too ill or damaged to sit with the rest of the

POINTS TO GET YOU THERE:

1

Jesus inherited the Name of God, the Creator and owner of everything.

(Heb. 1:3–4) congregation, they couldn’t attend the main meeting. So my job was to summarize the main points of Brother Roberts’ message for them after he finished preaching. Then, once they were prepared to receive ministry, the plan was for him to come in and lay hands on them.

That night, however, Brother Roberts didn’t stick with the plan. Instead, when he walked into the tent, he grabbed me by the shoulder of my coat and pulled me toward him. “You’re going to do the praying, and you’re going to do the laying on of hands,” he told me.

Looking at him in astonishment, I felt the 2

Jesus’ Name and God’s Name are synonymous, because the heavenly Father Himself called Him “God.”

(Heb. 1:8)

3

When you received Jesus as LORD and Savior, His Name became yours.

(Eph. 3:14–15)

4

Your words count in the court of heaven because you’ve been given His Name.

(John 16:23)

5

While you’re on earth, Jesus’ Name provides you with protection.

(Prov. 18:10)