Turn to song number 37.
Song number 37.
Alright, song number 37.
There'll be no dark valley.
On that first.
There'll be no dark valley when Jesus comes.
Together his loved ones home.
There'll be no dark valley when Jesus comes.
Together his loved ones home.
Song number 37 on that second.
There'll be no more sorrow when Jesus comes.
But a glorious morrow when Jesus comes.
Together his loved ones home.
There'll be no dark valley when Jesus comes.
Together his loved ones home.
Verse 3.
There'll be no more weeping when Jesus comes.
But a blessed reaping when Jesus comes.
Together his loved ones home.
There'll be no dark valley when Jesus comes.
Together his loved ones home.
There'll be songs of greeting when Jesus comes.
And a joyful meeting when Jesus comes.
Together his loved ones home.
There'll be no dark valley when Jesus comes.
Together his loved ones home.
Amen.
Brother Kyle, would you pray for us?
Father God, we thank you for this day.
We thank you for gathering of us together here.
We invite you still to come to this experience.
Amen.
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kind of up for grabs, the first person that memorizes
Psalm 148, and gets back to me, and they can recite it
to me, then that person's gonna get that guitar, all right?
It's right over there.
Ooh, it's in the box, ah.
It is a beginner's guitar, but it's fairly nice,
and so obviously free is a very good price, right?
Well, I mean, it's not free, you gotta work for it,
you gotta memorize some verses, but,
so it's not completely free,
but you don't have to pay for it with money,
so the first person that gets that challenge done gets it,
you know, so that's the way it is,
and then if you still wanna do the challenge,
maybe you didn't get the guitar,
we'll still give prizes for people that do it,
so I'm gonna give about two weeks
in order for this to be done, and then that'll be it,
we'll close the door, the windows of heaven
will be shut unto you, but two weeks from today,
that challenge will be done at 11.59 midnight,
no, if you call me at 11.59, Julene,
no, I'm just kidding, I don't think they're here,
but, or she's here, where is she, she's not here?
Okay, anyway, so that's the Psalm 148 challenge,
so the first person to come to me
and recite it word perfect, it can't be willy-nilly,
you know, the E-T-H has to be at the end of words
and stuff like that, so, anyway,
we're a family-integrated church,
that means the children and infants
are welcome during the church services,
and we have mother-baby rooms and dad-baby rooms
available for your family, for your convenience,
the mother-baby room's located there,
dad-baby room's located over there,
there's ways to listen to the sermon still,
and not just be in here, so if you need to use those rooms,
they're available for you, and there's rock,
and let's see, we wanna reserve the back rows
for families with young children,
rockers are for pregnant and nursing mothers
and elders only, please know men
in the mother-baby rooms and vice versa,
no attended children in any area of the building,
so please make sure you're keeping an eye on your children
and cleaning up after them accordingly,
and silence your cell phones if you would at this time,
please, or put it on airplane mode,
escorts are still available by ushers,
if you need them, just tap one of the ushers
on the shoulder and they can walk you to your car,
also, online donations are available at our website
and the text-giving number's there,
the tithes and offerings that have come in so far
for August are there, ooh, sorry,
and then we have one birthday,
and last week we sang Happy Birthday to Maddie,
but guess what, we're gonna sing Happy Birthday
to you again, so her face is turning extremely red
right now, everybody look at her, okay, good,
so let's sing Happy Birthday one more time,
just because I wanna embarrass her,
so no, Happy Birthday, Maddie, it's today, right?
Okay, let's sing Happy Birthday, ready?
["Happy Birthday to Maddie"]
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday, God bless you,
Happy Birthday to you.
Yay!
All right, I think that's all we have for announcements.
Uh, yep, that's it, okay, let's sing another song,
oh wait, one more thing, okay, so the music people,
we got Psalm 148, all the music is printed off here,
and I'll just put it, I guess,
just you guys can just come and grab it,
or I'll put it over here, so anyway,
let's sing another song and we'll receive that.
All right, song about eternal security,
song number 152, we're gonna do this song
a little differently, verse number four will be acapella,
and we'll do the rest normally,
just verse number four, acapella,
so I wanna hear you guys sing it out.
All right, verse number one.
More secure is no one ever
Than the loved ones of the Savior
Not young star on high abiding
Nor the burden homeness hiding
Song number 152 on the second.
God His own doth tend and nourish
In His holy courts they flourish
Like a Father kind He spares them
In His loving arms He bears them
Neither life nor death can ever
From the Lord His children sever
For His love and deep compassion
Comfort them in tribulation
All right, acapella, I wanna hear you guys sing it out.
Little flock to join then yield thee
Jacob's God will ever shield thee
Ressecure with this defender
At His will all foes surrender, amen.
What He takes or what He gives us
Shows the Father's love so precious
We may trust His purpose wholly
Tis His children's welfare solely
Amen.
Brother Sean, would you bless the offering?
Lord, thank you so much for your...
Amen.
I'll bring you one, Acts chapter four.
Acts four, the Bible reads,
And as they spake unto the people,
the priest and the captain of the temple
and the Sadducees came upon them,
being grieved that they taught the people
and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
And they laid hands on them and put them in a hold
unto the next day, for it was now eventide.
Howbeit, many of them which heard the word believed,
and the number of the men was about 5,000.
And it came to pass on the morrow
that their rulers and elders and scribes
and Ananias the high priest and Caiaphas
and John and Alexander, and as many as were
of the kindred of the high priest
were gathered together at Jerusalem.
And when they had set them in the mist, they asked,
by what power or by what name have you done this?
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost,
said unto them, ye rulers of the people
and elders of Israel, if we this day be examined
of the good deed done to the impotent man,
by what means he is made whole,
be it known unto you all and to all the people of Israel
that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,
whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead,
even by him, that this man stand here before you whole.
This is the stone which was set at naught of you builders,
which has become the head of the corner.
Neither is there salvation in any other,
for there is none other name under heaven given among men
whereby we must be saved.
Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John
and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men,
they marveled, and they took knowledge of them
that they had been with Jesus.
And beholding the man which was healed standing with them,
they could say nothing against it.
But when they had commanded them to go outside
of the council, they conferred among themselves,
saying, what shall we do to these men?
For that indeed a notable miracle had been done by them
and is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem,
and we cannot deny it,
but that it spread no further among the people.
Let us straightly threaten them that they speak henceforth
to no man in this name.
And they called them and commanded them not to speak at all
nor teach in the name of Jesus.
But Peter and John answered and said unto them,
whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you
more than unto God, judge ye.
For we cannot but speak the things which ye have seen
and heard.
So when they had further threatened them,
they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them
because of the people.
For all men glorify God for that which was done.
For the man was about, or the man was above 40 years old
on whom this miracle of the healing was showed.
And being let go, they went to their own company
and reported all that the chief priests and elders
had said unto them.
And when they heard that,
they lifted up their voice to God with one accord and said,
Lord, thou art God which has made heaven and earth
and the sea and all that in them is.
Who by the mouth of thy servant David has said,
why did the heathen rage and the people imagine vain things?
The kings of the earth stood up and the rulers were gathered
together against the Lord and against his Christ.
For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus,
whom thou has anointed both Herod and Pontius Pilate
with the Gentiles and the people of Israel
were gathered together for to do whatsoever
thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
And now, Lord, behold their threatenings
and grant unto thy servants that with all boldness
they may speak thy word by stretching forth thine hand
to heal and that signs and wonders
may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
And when they had prayed, the place
was shaken where they were assembled together
and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost
and they spake the word of God with boldness.
And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart
and of one soul, neither said any of them
that ought things which he possessed was his own,
but they had all things in common.
And with great power gave the apostles
witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ
and great grace was upon them all.
Neither was there any among them that lacked,
for as many as were possessors of lands or houses
sold them and brought the prices of the things that were sold
and laid them down at the apostles feet
and distribution was made unto every man according
as he had need.
And Joseph, who by the apostles was
surnamed Barnabas, which is being interpreted
the son of consolation, a Levite,
and of the country of Cyprus, having land
sold it and brought the money and laid it
at the apostles feet.
Brother Sean, will you pray for us?
Amen.
OK, we're in Acts chapter 4, verse 10.
The title of the sermon this morning
is The Powerful Name of Jesus.
Look at verse number 10.
It says, be it known unto you all and to all
the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus
Christ of Nazareth, whom he crucified,
whom God raised from the dead, even by him
doth this man stand here before you whole.
This is the stone which was set it not of you builders,
which has become the head of the corner.
Neither is there salvation in any other,
for there is none other name under heaven given among men
whereby we must be saved.
Let's pray, Heavenly Father, we thank you, Lord, so much
for the name of Jesus and the power that it has behind it.
Lord, I pray you'd help us to realize
that that name is the only name we can be saved by
and the only name that we should pray through
and that it has much power in its naming.
And Lord, I pray you fill me with your spirit this morning
as I preach your word.
Give me boldness and power to preach the message.
In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.
So the powerful name of Jesus.
Now, right here in Acts chapter four,
the Bible plainly tells us here
that there's no salvation in any other name.
Isn't that what it says in verse 12?
Neither is there salvation in any other.
Jesus is the only way to get to heaven.
Jesus is the only way and it says,
for there is none other name under heaven, none other,
right, under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved.
What name must we be saved by according to the Bible?
The name of Jesus.
And so just as a quick introduction to this,
I wanna go into the Old Testament
because in the Old Testament,
the name of Jesus was not known unto them.
It was not known until he was born in Bethlehem
that his name was actually going to be Jesus.
But I wanna show you just a couple things
where Jesus appears in the Old Testament
as the angel of the Lord and also a verse in Proverbs.
But let's turn to Judges chapter 13, verse 15.
So you have the prophecy of Samson in this chapter.
And the angel of the Lord appears unto Manoah and his wife
and gives a prophecy about the birth of Samson.
Now obviously, Jesus Christ was manifest in the flesh
in the New Testament.
He was born in Bethlehem, but before, sometimes,
and I'm not saying that every angel of the Lord
that appeared to people was Christ,
but I definitely think this one is.
And I think that the angel that wrestled with Jacob
was the Lord, I believe the captain of the host
of the Lord's army was a pre-incarnate Christ.
But because Jesus has always been and always will be,
he's from everlasting.
So, but look at Judges chapter 13, verse 15.
It says, and Manoah said unto the angel of the Lord,
I pray thee, let us detain thee
until we shall have made ready a kid for thee.
So he's obviously, he's trying to prepare a sacrifice
for this angel.
And it says, and the angel of the Lord said unto Manoah,
though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread.
And if thou will offer a burnt offering,
thou must offer it unto the Lord.
For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the Lord.
And Manoah said unto the angel of the Lord,
what is thy name?
That when thy sayings come to pass, we may do the honor.
And the angel of the Lord said unto him,
why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is a secret.
The name of Jesus was a secret in the Old Testament.
And so that name was not known to them.
And look what it says, it says,
so Manoah took a kid with a meat offering
and offered it upon the rock of the Lord.
So again, there you got your picture of the rock
being Jesus Christ, right?
And the angel did wondrously.
And Manoah and his wife looked on.
For it came to pass when the flame went up toward heaven
from off the altar, that the angel of the Lord ascended
in the flame of the altar.
And Manoah and his wife looked on it
and fell on their faces to the ground.
But the angel of the Lord did no more appear to Manoah
and to his wife.
Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the Lord.
So why do I think it was Jesus?
Well, listen to what they say here.
It says, and Manoah said unto his wife,
we shall surely die because we have seen God.
So now, if you looked upon the face of God the Father,
you would die instantly.
But people could look on the face of Jesus and not die.
All right, so, and it says,
but his wife said unto him,
if the Lord were pleased to kill us,
he would not have received a burnt offering
and a meat offering at our hands,
neither would he have shewed us all these things,
nor would, as at this time,
have told us such things as these.
So I believe that that was a pre-incarnate appearing
of Christ, and when he asks his name,
he says, why are you asking my name, seeing it a secret?
So he doesn't, he cannot reveal his name.
If he was like Gabriel or Michael,
why would that be a secret unto him?
And it's just because the name was not revealed
in the Old Testament.
Proverbs chapter 30, verse four,
and then after we look here,
we'll get into the main parts of the message here.
Proverbs chapter 30, verse four says,
who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended?
Who hath gathered the wind in his fists?
Who hath bound the waters in a garment?
Who hath established all the ends of the earth?
What is his name, and what is his son's name,
if thou canst tell?
So obviously, God is the one that has done all these things,
and it says, what is his name, and what is his son's name,
if thou canst tell?
So in the Old Testament, his name was not revealed,
and so it's kind of asking this question,
do you know his name?
Well, now we know his name.
Now we know his name is Jesus, the son of God,
the son of Jesus the Christ,
and Christ just means anointed one or the Messiah, right?
So now, let's look at Acts, back in Acts chapter,
let's look at Acts chapter two.
So point number one this morning
is that we are saved by the name of Jesus,
and I just wanted to emphasize this even more.
I mean, I think those verses in Acts chapter four
are super clear.
Well, look at Acts chapter two, verse 38.
It says, then Peter said unto them,
repent and be baptized, every one of you,
in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins,
and he shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
So it says, repent and be baptized,
every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ,
for the remission of sins.
Now, obviously, baptism doesn't remit your sins.
Baptism is just a picture of the death, burial,
and resurrection, but when you repent,
when you change your mind and you get saved,
you have to change your mind of whatever worldview,
if you're an atheist, if you believe in evolution,
if you're a Buddhist, if you're a Hindu or a Muslim,
you have to repent of that belief and that false ideology
that you believed before, and you have to put your name,
your faith, not your name, but your faith
in the name of Jesus Christ.
Isn't that what it says?
Every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ.
So we are saved by that name.
That's the name that we're supposed to believe in, right?
It's not Jehoshua or Yahshua or Yehuda
or any of these Black Hebrew Israelites
or whatever they come up with as the name.
The name is Jesus in our Bible, okay?
So that's the name that we are supposed
to call upon to be saved.
So look at Acts chapter eight, verse nine.
Acts chapter eight, verse number nine.
Acts chapter eight, verse nine says,
But there was a certain man called Simon,
which before time in the same city used sorcery,
and bewitched the people of Samaria,
giving out that he himself was some great one,
to whom they all gave heed from the least to the greatest,
saying, This man is the great power of God.
So this guy is a sorcerer, the people regarded him
and thought he was a great person in the earth,
that he had the power of God upon him.
And look what it says in verse 11, it says,
And to him they had regard, because that of a long time
he had bewitched them with sorcery.
So this guy, sorcery is not the power of God,
it's the power of the devil, first of all.
But look at verse 12, it says,
But when they believed Philip, preaching the things
concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ,
they were baptized, both men and women.
Then Simon himself believed also, and when he was baptized
he continued with Philip and wondered,
beholding the miracles and signs which were done.
So they believed the preaching of Philip
and the things concerning the kingdom of God
and the name of Jesus Christ.
So the name of Jesus Christ is super important
when we're preaching.
If you're not bringing up the name of Jesus
while you're out preaching the gospel,
you're not doing God a service in that way.
People are generic when they answer our questions.
Well, who do you have to believe in?
God.
We used to have a kid in one of our junior church classes,
and when I would ask questions to some of the kids
or whatever, he had two answers that he gave.
Jesus and God, no matter what the questions were, okay?
But he'd always say God, you know?
But people do that at the door with us too
when we're out preaching the gospel,
like, what are you putting your faith in to be saved?
And they're like, God.
And there's nothing wrong with that,
but I always try to get specific with people.
What God is that?
Because now when you knock on doors,
you could hear pagan.
Who's heard pagan out slowly, yeah?
Or pagan, and you're like, okay, what does that mean exactly?
They don't believe in Jesus.
That's what you should know by that.
So not everybody believes in Jesus,
and when they say God,
some people believe that God is a woman.
You know, she, they say she,
as if God is a she.
God is not a she.
And so we have to get specific
because the Bible's teaching us
that we need to get specific.
Doesn't it?
Regarding, you know, it says in the name of Jesus.
They didn't, a lot of people didn't know the name of Jesus.
You know what, today it's the same way.
A lot of people, they might have heard of Jesus,
but maybe the Jesus they believe in isn't the right Jesus.
You know, the Mormon Jesus is not the same Jesus
that I believe in.
The Jehovah's Witness Jesus
is not the same Jesus I believe in.
So actually, you know, we need to get real specific
even about the fact that he is God manifest in the flesh.
But the name of Jesus is very important
when we're out preaching the gospel.
We need to actually have people understand
that it's Jesus that they have to put their faith in, right?
Matthew chapter one.
Let's turn to Matthew chapter number one.
So point number one is we are saved by the name of Jesus.
We're still on that point,
but I just wanted to emphasize that.
We are saved by the name of Jesus.
Look at Matthew 1 21.
It says, and she shall bring forth a son,
and thou shalt call his name Jesus,
for he shall save his people from their sins.
Jesus, who's gonna save the people from their sins?
Jesus is gonna save the people from their sins.
Now all this was done that it might be fulfilled,
which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet,
saying, behold, a virgin shall be with child,
and shall bring forth a son,
and they shall call his name Immanuel,
which being interpreted is God with us.
So who was Jesus?
God with us.
He's not some lesser God.
He is God manifest in the flesh.
Then look at verse 24.
It says, then Joseph, being raised from sleep,
did as the angel of the Lord have bidden him,
and took unto him his wife.
And he knew her not till she had brought forth
her firstborn son, and he called his name Jesus.
So I know Sam Gibbs confused about that,
but the Bible's very clear that it was,
his name was supposed to be Jesus.
All right, so in the Old Testament,
people called upon the name of the Lord
that they knew at that time,
the name that was revealed to them in those time periods.
So let's look at Genesis chapter four, verse 26,
because we were supposed to call upon
the name of the Lord to be saved.
Now obviously we call upon the name of the Lord in prayer,
but to be saved, we also are supposed to call
upon the name of the Lord,
and that doctrine's been attacked.
It's been a while since I heard anybody attack it,
but a couple years ago, I think it was two, three years ago,
maybe it was longer than that, I don't know,
but there was a group of people that were saying
that Pastor Jimenez was a heretic,
because he was saying that you have to call
upon the name of the Lord.
There's a big controversy about it,
but the Bible's very clear that you must call
upon the name of the Lord to be saved,
and that's been the way it's been since the beginning.
Look at Genesis chapter four, verse 26.
It says, and to Seth, to him also, there was born a son,
and he called his name Enos,
then began men to call upon the name of the Lord.
So now obviously they called upon the name of the Lord
in prayer, but they also called upon the name of the Lord
to be saved, and so the Bible is very clear
we have to call upon the name of the Lord to be saved.
Look at Exodus chapter six, verse two.
I just want to cover kind of how the name was different
than that you called upon than you do now.
So Exodus chapter six, verse two,
because God has many names,
but when it says to call upon the name of the Lord,
you know, you are calling upon a specified name.
Now obviously God is his name also.
The Holy Ghost, the Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ,
Lord God Almighty, and so on and so forth,
but look, and Jehovah.
But look at Exodus six, two, it says,
and God spake unto Moses and said unto him, I am the Lord.
And so it says, and I appeared unto Abraham,
unto Isaac, and unto Jacob by the name of God Almighty.
So how did he appear to Jacob, Abraham, and Isaac?
By the name of God Almighty.
But by my name Jehovah was I not known to them.
So here we have the name of Jehovah being revealed to Moses
and saying this is what they knew me as before,
but this is, my name is Jehovah, was not known to them.
So even earlier on God, you know,
God reveals to us information as he sees fit.
We don't have to know the reason why God does everything,
but the fact is is that his name was not revealed as Jehovah
until he saw and met with Moses at the burning bush.
Now let's look at Joel chapter two, verse 32.
Joel chapter two, verse 32.
And Joel chapter two, verse 32 is quoted
in Acts chapter two by Peter.
And so look at Joel chapter two, verse 32.
It says, and it shall come to pass that whosoever,
that means anybody, right, shall call on the name
of the Lord shall be delivered.
Now that word obviously delivered also means saved, right?
So you could call upon the name and be delivered
from some kind of, you know, calamity
that you're involved in, some kind of, you know,
your life is crashing down around you.
You could call upon the name of the Lord to be delivered.
You're being persecuted.
But that word also is translated in Acts as saved.
So when you get saved, aren't you delivered from something?
You're delivered from your sins.
You're delivered from hell.
And you become a child of God.
There shall no condemnation come upon you.
And we are passed from death unto life at that moment.
And so we are delivered when we call upon the name
of the Lord and ask him to save us.
It says for Mount Zion and Jerusalem shall be deliverance
as the Lord has said and in the remnant
whom the Lord shall call.
Now let's look at Romans chapter 10, verse eight.
Romans chapter 10, verse eight.
And obviously this is a very famous passage
that we all use out soul-willing all the time.
But the reason why I'm emphasizing this so much
is because I know that sometimes people just maybe
for whatever reason don't always use the name of Jesus
when they pray the sinner's prayer with somebody.
And I think it's very important that we do use
the name of Jesus when we pray the sinner's prayer.
Now it doesn't matter if you've been talking
about Jesus the whole time.
But there's none other name under heaven given
among men whereby we must be saved.
So when you're calling upon the name of the Lord,
you're helping someone to call upon the name of the Lord,
don't you think you should do what the Bible says
and pray in the name of the Lord?
And what's that name?
It's Jesus, isn't it?
So look at Romans chapter 10, verse eight.
It says, but what saith it?
The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth and in thy heart.
That is the word of faith which we preach.
That's what we preach too, right?
The word of faith.
And it says that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth
the Lord Jesus, see, you have to confess with your mouth
the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart
that God hath raised him from the dead,
thou shalt be saved.
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness,
and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
So we confess with our mouth, we believe in our heart.
Who do we believe in?
Who do we have to believe in to be saved?
So if you're not using the name of Jesus,
then what are you doing?
You have to call, when you pray the sinner's prayer,
when people are trusting in God for salvation,
the name of Jesus is the name that we need to be using.
Says for, in verse number 10, it says for the heart man,
verse number 11, it says for the scripture saith,
whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek,
for the same Lord over all is rich unto all
that call upon him.
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord
shall be saved.
So it's the name of the Lord, that name is Jesus.
So it's super important that we use the name of Jesus
in our gospel presentation.
You know, just using the generic term God,
again, I'm not taking away from the fact that he is God
and that would be a name.
You know, if you say God, you know what God you're saying,
but they might not realize that.
So it's very important that we preach the right Jesus,
first of all, and that we use the right name.
How many times do you see just even scrolling
through Facebook or Instagram or whatever,
where people are using the name, you know,
Yehuda or whatever, some weird, Yeshua.
So, but does your Bible say Yeshua in it at all?
Does it say Yeshua?
No, it doesn't.
So the name that you see in your English Bible is Jesus.
So again, if you're not emphasizing that name,
then you're not doing it right.
You know, people are like, oh, no, no.
You need to call upon the name of the Lord
and that name is Jesus Christ.
Look at verse 14, it says,
How then should they call on him?
Who's the him?
Jesus, in whom they have not believed.
And how shall they believe in him?
That's Jesus, whom they have not heard.
And how shall they hear without a preacher?
So it's our job as the preacher to go out there
and tell people that they need to be saved by faith in him.
And that name is Jesus.
It's a very powerful name.
Look at First Corinthians chapter one, verse two.
First Corinthians chapter one, verse number two.
First Corinthians chapter one, verse two, the Bible says,
Unto the church of God, which is at Corinth,
to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus,
called to be saints, with all that in every place
call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord,
both theirs and ours.
So obviously I believe that this is talking about
people that have been saved,
they're sanctified in Christ Jesus,
they're called to be saints,
and in every place they call upon the name of the Lord,
of Jesus Christ our Lord.
So again, that could be prayers,
but so we're supposed to call upon the Father,
though, when we're praying.
So that's why I think that this differentiates
you know, we don't pray directly to Jesus,
we pray directly to the Father,
which brings me to point number two,
that we are to pray in the name of Jesus.
So, you know, it says every, you know,
in the verse that you're at right now,
it says, in every place call upon the name
of our Lord Jesus Christ.
I think that that's talking about salvation.
They've called upon the Lord Jesus for salvation.
Now do I think it's wrong to pray to Jesus?
I don't think it's necessarily wrong to pray to Jesus,
but don't you think we should do things
the way the Bible says for us to do them?
Look at Colossians chapter three, verse 17.
Now obviously when we get saved, we pray to Jesus Christ.
You know, we call upon his name to be saved.
And again, Jesus is God, so it's not,
I don't think it's wrong to pray to Jesus,
but I think that when we, even in the Lord's prayer
says our Father which art in heaven, right?
So you're praying to the Father in the name of Jesus.
So look at Colossians chapter three, verse 17.
It says, and whatsoever you do in word or deed,
do all in the name of the Lord Jesus,
giving thanks to God and the Father, what does it say?
By him.
So who are we, whatever we do, we're doing it
in the name of Jesus when we, anything that we do
as a Christian, we should be doing in the name of Jesus,
not in our own name, not in somebody else's name,
but in the name of Jesus.
Hey, people should know, let the redeemed
of the Lord say so.
Don't be embarrassed of his chains, so to speak.
Paul was saying don't be, they're not ashamed of my chain,
well don't be ashamed of the chain of Christ.
So it says in Colossians three, verse 17
that we're supposed to give thanks to God
and the Father by him, that's the Lord Jesus Christ, amen.
Turn to John chapter 14, verse 13.
John chapter 14, verse number 13.
I'll just give you one more scripture on this point here.
It says in John chapter 14, verse 13, it says,
and whatsoever ye shall ask, what does it say?
In my name, that will I do, that the Father
may be glorified in the Son.
If ye shall ask anything in my name, I will do it.
So we're supposed to pray in his,
we're supposed to pray to the Father in the name of Jesus
and then he's gonna do things for us that we ask.
Doesn't say if you ask anything in my name, I'll do it.
So I mean, that's the pattern that we see in scripture.
If you prayed to the Holy Ghost, he's God also.
So it's not necessarily wrong, but I just think
that when we're going to our, if we're being real specific,
we should be praying to the Father
through the name of the Son, okay?
So look at John chapter 18.
I'm gonna go to my third point, my final point
of the sermon is the power of the name of Jesus.
There's power in the name of Jesus.
There's power in the Bible that we use.
He is the word of God and we are,
when we use the name of Jesus, that name is very powerful.
Demons screech in terror when the name of Jesus
is invoked upon them.
Look at John chapter 18, verse four.
Even the fact that he just speaks
when someone asks him what his name is.
Look at what happens here in John chapter 18, verse four.
It says, Jesus, therefore, knowing all things
that should come upon him, went forth and said unto them,
whom seek ye?
They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth.
Jesus saith unto them, I am he.
And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.
As soon as he had said unto them, I am he,
they went backward and fell to the ground.
So obviously, you know, Jesus is also the great I am.
You know, he is, you know, I am, you know,
he has all these, I am the bread of life,
you know, and all these other things
that he says in the Beatitudes, but you know,
just the fact that they asked him what his name is
and when he said, I am he, they all fell down on the ground.
That's how powerful Jesus' words are.
Now, look back at Acts chapter three, verse two.
Acts chapter three, verse number two.
The name of Jesus is powerful,
and when we use the name of Jesus when we're doing things,
that name is so powerful,
it does lots of things that are miraculous.
Look at Acts chapter three, verse two.
It says, a certain man, lame from his mother's womb,
was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple,
which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them
that entered into the temple,
who seen Peter and John about to go into the temple,
asked in alms, and Peter, fastening his eyes upon him
with John, said, Look on us, and he gave heed unto them,
expecting to receive something of them.
Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none,
but such as I have give I thee.
In the name of who?
Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.
So they're specifically using the name of Jesus
to have this man rise up and walk.
And of course, the Lord Jesus Christ
did things like this multiple times
in his earthly ministry, but now the apostles,
who are that other foundation laid upon Christ,
are using, they're not using their own name,
they're not saying the name of great Peter and John,
they're saying in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,
rise up and walk.
And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up,
and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.
And he, leaping up, stood and walked and entered with them
into the temple, walking and leaping and praising God.
And all the people saw him walking and praising God,
and they knew that it was he which sat for alms
at the beautiful gate of the temple,
and they were filled with wonder and amazement
at that which had happened unto him.
That name of Jesus is powerful,
and the apostles used that name and said,
hey, rise up and walk.
And what happened?
He rose up and walked.
And not only was he walking,
he was leaping and jumping for joy,
as would anybody that wasn't able to walk
and was able to walk again, perfectly normal again.
Now look at Acts chapter five, verse 38.
You see, because the name of Jesus is very powerful,
and so when they said, hey, rise up and walk,
they rose up and walked.
Their faith in Jesus and the fact
they're spreading the gospel in this early church,
but they're showing, you know,
the apostles were given special power like that
from the Lord Jesus for the first century,
but I don't believe that that power
is used today in that way necessarily.
I mean, obviously you can pray for people and they'll heal.
I'm not saying God doesn't do miracles anymore.
I'm just saying that miracles like this don't happen.
You see these Pentecostals that go around
and they're whipping people with coats
and talking in tongues and all this stuff,
and they seemingly heal people.
What's that guy's name that stretches people's legs out
or whatever, is it Todd White?
Is that who I'm thinking of?
Anyway, he tries to say, hey, that guy's leg
was longer than the other and then he stretches his leg out
and they're both the same size or whatever.
I don't know, it's just all these false miracles.
How come they don't go into children's burn centers
and heal burned children and children
that have ailing issues?
They don't because they can't because it's all phony.
They pay these people to do these false miracles
and wonders.
So look at Acts, we're still in Acts chapter three.
Oh no, I had you turn to Acts chapter five, I'm sorry.
Acts chapter five verse 38 says,
And now I say unto you, refrain from these men
and let them alone, for if this counsel
or this work be of men, it will come to naught.
So the apostles were out preaching the gospel
and doing all these things and the people,
of course the rulers of the Jews were upset with this
and they're being told to leave these people alone.
It says, but if it be of God, you cannot overthrow it
lest happily you be found even a fight against God.
And to him they agreed.
And when they had called the apostles and beaten them,
they commanded that they should not speak
in the name of Jesus and let them go.
Why would they, so they beat them, they think,
okay, well if we just give them a good beat
and they'll stop preaching in the name of Jesus.
That's what they wanted, right?
They were commanded, these rulers of the people
were commanding them to stop speaking in the name of Jesus.
You know why they wanted them to stop speaking
in the name of Jesus?
Because the name of Jesus is powerful, that's why.
Because the preaching of the cross is powerful,
the preaching of Jesus to be saved is powerful,
that's why we have so much opposition against us
all the time because why?
We're preaching the name of Jesus
and people are getting saved as a result of that.
There's always gonna be someone trying to stop us
from preaching the gospel and from going out
and fulfilling the great commission.
And maybe they will beat us, maybe they will impact
our ministry in some way, shape, or form,
but we're never gonna quit speaking the name of Jesus.
No matter what they say, no matter what they do.
That should be our attitude.
You should settle that in your heart right now
because hard times are gonna be coming.
And hey, settle it in your heart now
because when it comes time where you actually
have to make a stand, you'll be ready to stand
in that situation.
Look at verse 41, it says they departed from the presence
of the council rejoicing that they were counted worthy
to suffer shame for his name.
Whose name?
Jesus' name.
And so when we suffer because of the preaching
of the cross, if someone cusses you out
and slams the door in your face,
someone hits you or whatever, they attack you
in one way, shape, or form,
if they're messing with you at work,
all these things, hey, why don't you just count that
as a thing to rejoice about because that means
you're doing something right.
That means you're doing something right.
And what did they do instead of listening?
It says daily in the temple, daily in the temple
and in every house they cease not to teach
and preach Jesus Christ.
So they didn't take the warning, you know,
because it's better to obey God rather than man.
It's better to obey what the Bible says
and to preach the name of Jesus, why?
Because it's powerful.
Because it gets people saved.
It's a name above all other names.
There's no other name to be saved by.
There's no other name that we call upon the Lord for.
There's no other name that we pray through.
And people are gonna get saved if you continue
to preach the Bible, if you continue to preach
the name of Jesus and have people call upon his name.
So, you know, why is it such a big deal
for them to not preach in Jesus' name?
Because it's powerful.
Because, you know, they wanted to stop them
from spreading any further.
You know, and some people will just take this
and be like, okay, well maybe we'll just say God.
Just a generic God.
You know, we preach God, God loves you.
And he does, I get that.
But like some people are so scared to preach the gospel
that they just do anything else but preach the gospel.
They do anything else but preach in the name of Jesus.
They say it, but they're not willing to go out
and actually preach that name.
And what happens is the enemies of Christ, they fall.
When we use the name of Jesus, it changes hearts.
It changes minds.
It changes people's eternal destiny.
And what would the enemy love more
than to stop that from happening?
That's what they want to stop from happening.
They want churches like our church
and the churches that we've started to crumble and fall.
Why do they want that?
Because they hate the name of Jesus.
And they want, they don't want people to be saved.
I mean, what other explanation would you have for that?
People come at our church all the time.
They've been doing it since we started.
And they'll continue to do it long after I'm gone.
You know why?
Because when you preach the name of Jesus,
you're gonna get opposition.
You're gonna have people lie about you.
You're gonna have people make up things about you.
You're gonna have people just cast out your name.
You know why?
Because they cast out the name of Jesus too.
They called him Beelzebub.
They called him the devil.
And they're gonna call you far worse than that.
And they're gonna mock.
And they're gonna make fun.
But you know what?
Someday God's gonna break the teeth out of their mouth
and they're gonna get cast into hell.
Turn to Acts chapter nine verse 26.
And obviously I don't want people to go to hell.
Yeah, we all have choices in life.
You know, we've chosen to proclaim the name of Jesus Christ
at this church.
You know why?
Because there's no other name under heaven
given among men.
Whereby we must be saved.
And nobody out there that you preach the gospel to
and you don't bring up Jesus is gonna get saved.
Because there's only one way to heaven.
There's only one name to be saved by.
Look at Acts chapter nine verse 26.
It says that when Saul was come to Jerusalem,
he is saved to join himself to the disciples.
But they were all afraid of him and believe not
that he was a disciple because at one point,
Paul was persecuting Christians.
But he ended up getting saved.
It says, but Barnabas took him
and brought him to the apostles
and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way
and that he had spoken to him
and how he had preached boldly at Damascus
in what?
The name of Jesus.
Paul, you know, before was capturing people.
He was trying to get them to recant their faith.
He was imprisoning them.
He had letters to go and grab these disciples
and take them back and have them punished.
And now the guy that was destroying the faith
is preaching in the name of Jesus.
That's how powerful Jesus is.
Jesus appeared to Saul on the road to Damascus
and blinded him.
And then three days later, he received his sight back.
You know, Saul got saved.
Saul got baptized and started going out
and preaching in the name of Jesus.
Look at what it says in verse 28.
It says, and he was with them coming in
and going out at Jerusalem and he spake boldly
in the name of the Lord Jesus
and disputed against the Grecians,
but they went about to slay him.
So right away, Paul starts getting the persecution
that he was giving other people.
Why was he getting persecuted though?
It says he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Again, we should not be ashamed to speak the name of Jesus.
We should not be ashamed to not, you know,
to preach the name of Jesus Christ.
He preached boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus
and disputed against the Grecians.
People get upset with us because we dispute
with people about things.
What did Saul do?
What did Paul do?
He disputed with people that were wrong about things.
And obviously, he wanted people to get saved,
but sometimes, people come and try to challenge
the doctrine and things like that
and they need to be disputed against.
You know, we're supposed to earnestly contend for the faith.
What does contend mean?
Fight.
Sometimes there's battles that we have to fight.
People get wary of those battles.
People get upset, like all we do is go through battles.
That's all they did in the book of Acts.
They followed Paul around like weird stalkers all the time
and they would show up before he got there
and start trying to rile up the people against him.
It's like it's so weird that when it plays out
in our own churches that people are just like,
oh, I didn't sign up for this.
I didn't know this was gonna happen.
What do you mean you didn't know it was gonna happen?
Have you ever read the Bible before?
That's all you see.
It's called the book of Acts because it was action.
They were doing good works and they were preaching
in the name of Jesus.
And what happened?
But they went about to slay him.
The enemies are always gonna come at us and try to slay us.
So just get used to it.
And if you don't like a church that's filled with action,
then maybe just go back to an old IFB church
that never gets persecuted.
Go back to the non-denominational church that you go to
and never get persecuted.
Go back and do whatever, if you just don't wanna have
any rewards or you don't wanna be in the battle,
then that's fine.
But don't sit here and complain and pull other people out
because we're about preaching the name of Jesus
at this church and we're gonna continue to do that
no matter what.
And nothing's gonna stop us.
No weapon formed against us will prosper.
Turn to Acts chapter 16 verse 18.
Acts chapter 16 verse 18.
Acts chapter 16 verse 18 says,
And this did she many days.
This is some demon-possessed woman that's following
Paul around and they'll talk a big game.
They'll talk about Jesus and they'll, you know.
But I've seen people that are straight up demon-possessed
talk about God and Jesus.
People, look, people are gonna follow us around,
whether that's on the internet or whether that's in our lot
at an apartment complex.
You ever had someone follow you around
an apartment complex?
Pulling all your invitations off the doors.
Why do they do that?
Because they wanna oppose us.
Because they wanna stop us from getting the name of Jesus
out there so people could be saved.
Look what Paul does.
He finally gets sick of this woman following him around
and she's possessed and says,
But Paul being grieved turned and said to the Spirit,
I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ
to come out of her.
And what happened?
And he came out that same hour.
So this woman is possessed by,
it sounds like a male spirit.
But this spirit is a spirit of wickedness.
And what happened when he invoked the name of Jesus Christ?
He commanded, in the name of Jesus Christ,
that spirit came right out the same hour.
So there's great power in the name of Jesus Christ.
Now let's look at our last set of scriptures
I'll have you turn to.
I figure I owe you an early dismissal
at least one time out of the year.
Philippians chapter two verse five.
And I know I've gone to these scriptures a lot.
I love these set of scriptures.
And I think it puts everything into perspective
of why Jesus has this name that's so powerful.
Because he was humble.
Because he humbled himself.
Look at Philippians chapter two verse five.
Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus.
Who being in the form of God
thought it not robbery to be equal with God,
but made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of a servant,
and was made in the likeness of men.
And being found in fashion as a man,
he humbled himself and became obedient unto death,
even the death of the cross.
Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him,
and given him a name which is above every name.
See, Jesus' name is above every name.
That's why there's no other name under heaven
given among men whereby we must be saved.
Look at verse 10, it says that at the name of Jesus
every knee should bow, of things in heaven,
and things in earth, and things under the earth.
At some point, even the most wicked atheist,
the most God-hating fiend is gonna bow the knee
to Jesus Christ whether they like it or not.
They're gonna bow the knee
because he is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
And he's gonna come back, and when he comes back
it's not gonna be a pretty picture for some people.
The enemies of God, he says, bring them before me
that I may slay them.
Slay them before me!
The enemies of God are gonna have their day,
but let's not let them have our day.
Let's try and fight against them as much as possible
because look, any time you're living godly in Christ Jesus
you're going to be suffering some kind of persecution.
But you know, God is not gonna just allow us
just to be killed at every door or whatever.
Maybe there's gonna be a time when the saints are overcome,
but you know what, if you're one of those people
then guess what, you get a better resurrection.
Bonus.
Right, it's a bonus.
It's like hey, how'd you get that great resurrection?
Well, you know, I had to get my head cut off,
but it's back attached again, so.
And I got a better resurrection, you know?
So it doesn't sound very appealing,
but you know, that kind of thing's over in an instant.
So even if we do get killed for our faith,
at least we have a better resurrection to look forward to.
The people that during the time that Jesus comes back,
the people that before he comes back
that are killed for the name of Christ,
they're gonna be living in a very special generation.
Not everybody gets to have that kind of resurrection,
but obviously there's been martyrs throughout the years.
Of course, the prophets have always been persecuted
by the wicked.
John the Baptist's head was cut off
by a guy that actually liked him.
He liked John and he killed him
just because his wife was super wicked.
So it says that in the name of Jesus,
every knee should bow of things in heaven,
things of earth, things under the earth,
and that every tongue should confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.
Even those people that are unsaved
are still gonna call him Jesus Christ the Lord.
They're gonna know.
Even the devils bow down to him.
Every time you saw Jesus coming,
the devils would come out and manifest themselves,
but they're subject unto his power.
And they would bow down.
And they don't like Jesus.
They hate Jesus.
They hate God.
So we are saved, number one, by the name of Jesus.
Number two, we are to pray in the name of Jesus.
And number three, we need to realize
the power of the name of Jesus.
This is powerful.
And don't forget, when you're out sowing,
to make sure that Jesus is the emphasis and focus
of your gospel presentation.
You know, obviously the gift, eternal life,
all that's very important too.
I'm not saying it's not.
But getting them to understand
that they need to believe in Jesus
and who Jesus actually is,
God manifesting the flesh,
is very important for people to understand.
The death, burial, and resurrection
are very important for people to understand.
So when we go out today,
sow in and make sure that you're emphasizing
the name of Jesus,
because that's what the Bible teaches, amen?
Let's pray.
Heavenly Father, we thank you, Lord, so much
for Jesus Christ, our Savior.
And Lord, even though we endure persecution
and we're just, our names are maligned
and dragged through the mud,
we're mocked and ridiculed.
Lord, even so, we're still gonna preach the name of Jesus.
And Lord, we just thank you so much for the Savior.
Thank you so much for the fact that he died for us
and was buried and rose again the third day
so that we could be saved, Lord.
Pray that you just bless this church,
Lord, put a hedge of protection about it.
And I pray that your name would be proclaimed
in a mighty way from our church
from this day forward.
Every time we go out sowing,
every time we do something nice for someone,
Lord, we wanna make sure that you get the credit for that.
In Jesus' name we pray, amen.
Psalm 89.
Psalm 89, and then just keep your finger there.
And then also, we're gonna do Psalm 117.
So we're gonna do both 89 and 117.
All right, Psalm 89.
It's only verse number one, so.
["I Will See You In My Heart"]
Amen, this is verse number one.
["I Will See You In My Heart"]
Amen, Psalm 117.
["I Will See You In My Heart"]
Psalm number 117.
["I Will See You In My Heart"]
Oh, praise the Lord, all ye nations.
Praise Him, all ye people,
for His merciful kindness is great toward us,
and the truth of the Lord endured forever.
Praise ye the Lord.
Amen.
Brother Bill, would you close us in a word of prayer?
Heavenly Father, thank you for your word.