The incarnate Son of God was manifest to restore humanity to the place
that God had originally intended. All that Adam was before he committed
treason and forfeited the dominion and authority that God had given him
over creation, was God's goal of the restoration of man. The Apostle
Paul tells us, "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. " (Romans 3:23) This means that not one human being could ever satisfy
justice for Adam's transgression. So God Himself would be the only
candidate that could fulfill such an incredible undertaking.
The Apostle John tells us, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." (John 1:1) and "the Word became flesh and dwelt among us..." (John 1:14) The angel Gabriel announced to Mary, "And
behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall
call His name JESUS. He will be great, and will be called the Son of
the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father
David. And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His
kingdom there will be no end." (Luke 1:31-33) and so it was, Deity
and humanity came together. The Word was conceived in the womb of a
woman, became flesh and His name is JESUS.
The Apostle Paul tells us, "Let this mind be in you which was also in
Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it
robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking
the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being
found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to
the point of death, even the death of the cross. Therefore God also has
highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name,
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and
of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue
should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the
Father." (Philippians 2:5-11)
Because Jesus willingly gave up His sinless, perfect life for every man, woman and child, "God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name." In other words, God
the Father has super-eminently exalted Jesus, has given Him the highest
position above all else and there is no other name that can be compared
with his. It stands alone! Hebrews tells us, "having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they." (Hebrews 1:4) These things are very important for all believers to
understand because not only is the name of Jesus above every other name,
His name carries with it all authority in heaven, on earth, and under
the earth. This means that every created being in those three realms
must bow in submission to His name.
We may be quick to say "amen" to this, but the possibilities that
surround His name are beyond our understanding. Basically, in His name,
He has given the church (believers) "carte blanche" to all the resources
and promises of God. The good news in this is, all believers have been
given the legal use of His name so that, "at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and
of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue
should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the
Father." This mean the devil, every evil spirit and every demon. We see this played out in the ministry of seventy other disciples that Jesus sent out, "Then the seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name." (Luke 10:17) Let us take note that this was before His resurrection and
the exaltation of His name. So think how much power and authority the
believer has today in His name. Honestly, it is almost incomprehensible.
God did not do this for Himself. He made this tremendous, stupendous investment for
the benefit of all humanity and now is made manifest through the church (all believers). He made this investment so
that all who would believe upon the name of Jesus would have the liberty
to use His magnificent name to meet their every need and also to
enforce what Jesus' death and resurrection has secured, especially the power over the
enemy. However, all of these things that the name of Jesus provides for
the church do not manifest simply because the Bible reveals these
things. Faith must be released through the believer and then the believer must act upon his released faith."But
someone will say, "You have faith, and I have works." Show me your
faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works." (James 2:18)
So let us remember this; God the Father has bestowed upon Jesus honor, glory, power, all authority and has "seated
Him at His right hand in the heavenly places far above all principality
and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not
only in this age but also in that which is to come. And He put all
things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the
church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all." (Ephesians 1:20-23) Glory be to God!!!
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