There is power in the name of Jesus

There is power in the name of Jesus.

Is it just by pronouncing it? or by believing in it?

what is the power? when is it required?

These are the questions comes when we come across mentioning the name of Jesus at the time of trials, sufferings or even devil. But Jesus when commissioned the Disciples commanded them:

In Jesus name we cast out demons
In Jesus name we speak in new tongues
In Jesus name we will not be hurt even if we pick up serpents and drink any deadly poison
In Jesus name we will recover the sick by laying hands on them.


It is very much important to know the power of the word Jesus, not just by pronouncing it, but by believing in it. To believe in it is also to pronounce it, but mere pronouncing will do no benefit. So, we are to call up on his name with faith.

Hebrews 11:6New American Standard Bible (NASB)

6 And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.

demons will shake and tremble at his name - Jesus.

John 14:30New American Standard Bible (NASB)

30 I will not speak much more with you, for the ruler of the world is coming, and he has nothing in Me;

Mark 16:14-19New American Standard Bible (NASB)

The Disciples Commissioned

14 Afterward He appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at the table; and He reproached them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who had seen Him after He had risen.15 And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. 16 He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned. 17 These [a]signs will accompany those who have believed: in My name they will cast out demons, they will speak with new tongues; 18 they will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

19 So then, when the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

Why Does God Allow Sufferings?

God being the omnipotent, omnipresent and omniscient. Why does he allow sufferings? When an evil doer suffer or when someone who does sin suffers we can understand it is the reward for the the evil that person does, but why does bad things happen to Good - Godly people?

We consider sufferings in the way that a person experiences or expresses his feelings towards life. Ex: When the disciples asked about the blind man, When Job was confronted by his friends, When David was confronted with the prophet Nathen.

John 9:1-12New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Healing the Man Born Blind

9 As He passed by, He saw a man blind from birth. 2 And His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he would be born blind?” 3 Jesus answered, “It was neither that this man sinned, nor his parents; but it was so that the works of God might be displayed in him. 4 We must work the works of Him who sent Me as long as it is day; night is coming when no one can work. 5 While I am in the world, I am the Light of the world.” 6 When He had said this, He spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and applied the clay to his eyes, 7 and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which is translated, Sent). So he went away and washed, and came back seeing.8 Therefore the neighbors, and those who previously saw him as a beggar, were saying, “Is not this the one who used to sit and beg?” 9 Others were saying, “This is he,” still others were saying, “No, but he is like him.” [a]He kept saying, “I am the one.” 10 So they were saying to him, “How then were your eyes opened?” 11 He answered, “The man who is called Jesus made clay, and anointed my eyes, and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash’; so I went away and washed, and I received sight.” 12 They said to him, “Where is He?” He *said, “I do not know.”

For his Glory:



For we know what it is to sin. The reward of Sin is suffering, but not all sufferings are because of Sin. Job's case.


Testing:


God's Sovereignty:

Sufferings are a result of differences in what happens in one's life. The fear of the future, the torcher of the present - The presence of pain.

1 Corinthians 10:13New American Standard Bible (NASB)

13 No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.

Matthew 6:26 NIV Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?

Jesus is one of the best example of how a person should look at this differently, when at the time of sufferings, confusion, doubt, pain, difficulties. He never gave up, even at the time of at most confusion, he called upon God - The Father, Luke 22:42 NIV "Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done."

His confidence in stating that the Heavenly Father will take care of everything is very clear when he says - Matthew 6:26 NIV Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?

Jesus walked through all the possible difficulties any man could go through, but yet remained faithful to the Father. His obedience to the point of death (Philippians 2:8 NIV And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death-- even death on a cross!,) His power of resurrection -

John 10:17-18(NASB) For this reason the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life so that I may take it again. 18 No one has taken it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own initiative. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This commandment I received from My Father.”

Jesus said:

Matthew 6:25-34New American Standard Bible (NASB)

The Cure for Anxiety

25 “For this reason I say to you, [a]do not be worried about your [b]life, as towhat you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the [c]air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, andyet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?27 And who of you by being worried can add a single [d]hour to his [e]life? 28 And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, 29 yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these. 30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith! 31 Do not worry then, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear for clothing?’32 For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But [f]seek first [g]His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be [h]added to you.

34 “So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will [i]care for itself. [j]Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Jesus' observation on the nature is very significant, no one could have ever thought the way he thought about it. He created everything, he was there in the beginning, everything created is to his glory.

John 1:1-5 (NASB)

The Deity of Jesus Christ

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. 5 The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

The Fig Tree -


The Mustard Seed -





The Lost Sheep -




The White tomb -
The Cup -



Living Bread, Water




Love, Care, Affection.




Women at the Well, The Offering of the Widow, The Woman who Anoint Jesus' feet with the Alabaster Oil,


In his miracles, Water turned into Wine,

In God's Covenants:

Stars and Sands
Rainbow