Jesus Christ’s name is loaded

Resolving Personal &
Spiritual Conflicts

Proverbs 18:10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.  The name Jesus is not an empty shell. It is a wonderful name loaded with meaning and power. There is salvation in the name of the Lord Jesus. It is written in Matthew 1:21, “And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.” God named him Jesus because his mission for coming to into this world was to save people from their sins.

If you are not yet saved from your sins, be of good cheer because the name of Jesus is still efficacious to save you from those sins. No sinner is beyond salvation in the name of Jesus. Sinful habits like drunkenness, lust, gossip, and stealing depart from one’s life in the name of Jesus. When you think about it casually, it seems the name of the Lord Jesus is insignificant and worthless. But to the skilled and enlightened users of this name, the name Jesus is loaded with divine abilities. Sin may be a powerful thing but the name of Jesus is a more powerful thing.  Sin may be a strong thing but the name Jesus is a stronger thing. Sin is a great name in the world but Jesus is a big name. This is the meaning of Paul’s words, ‘where sin abounds, grace much more abounds.’      

      
Isaiah was the prophet par excellence of hope in Jesus. Through Him God revealed the salvation that was loaded in Jesus hundreds of years before Jesus’ first coming. Isaiah 1:18 reads, “Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be scarlet, they shall be as white as snow ; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” This was a prophetic prediction of the remission and forgiveness of sins in the name of Jesus. For you to say that you are a hopeless sinner who is beyond redemption is in actuality a show of unbelief in God’s promise of salvation. God says that you can be saved no matter how sinful you are.
Perhaps you do not really understand what you can do to be saved. Well, you do not need to do anything in the way of human effort to get saved. You just need to respond to the offer of salvation by believing and confessing the salvation that is in the name of Jesus. Romans chapter 10 sets the conditions of salvation. Going to heaven or down into the deep searching for Jesus are not part of the conditions. But believing in your heart that God raised Jesus from the dead and confessing that Jesus is your Saviour are the only proper conditions of salvation.

However, the name of the Lord Jesus is not loaded with salvation from sins only. It is also loaded with deliverance from the effects of sin which are mainly sickness, poverty, shame, condemnation, fear and evil domination and control. Did you know that the Greek word for salvation suteriya means more than salvation from sin? It is an all encompassing word meaning salvation, preservation, deliverance, healing and safety. This is what it means to be loaded. In Jesus’ name you find salvation from sin, preservation from harm, deliverance from demons and bondages, healing of the whole person soul, spirit and body and safety from dangers.
When you carefully study the Old Testament you will find that all these benefits and riches are found in the name of the Lord. King David took advantage of these riches available to us in the name of the Lord.  In Psalms 27:1 he revealed God as a saviour.  And since He is our light and salvation there is therefore no one and nothing to fear.

 In Psalms 46:1 God is said to be our refuge, strength and a very present help in trouble. Psalm 34:19-20 says, “Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all. He keepeth his bones: not one of them is broken.”  These scriptures show that we have deliverance and preservation in the name of the Lord. Then Proverbs 18:10 says, “The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.” It shows that there is safety in the name of the Lord.

Now, if the name of the Lord Jesus is loaded like this why do many people lack salvation from sin? It is either salvation in the name of Jesus has not been preached to them or they are just hardhearted.
Also, if the name of Jesus is rich and wealthy like this why do many Christians live in fear, insecurity and under the dominion of evil spirits? It is either they are not properly taught the wealth in the name of Jesus or they fail to trust enough in it to call upon it in times of trouble. The name Jesus is loaded just for you to unload it for your benefit.
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