Christ is the Mystery no 202
All in the Name of Jesus - review no 25
Brian Kocourek, pastor
Please pray for me this morning, because we are going
to try to get through 6 sermons and 53 pages from a mini series called "All in the Name", within the Christ is the Mystery series and in this mini
series we looked at many different aspects concerning the Name of Jesus such as
His name brings His Presence, Why we are baptized into His Name, Characteristics of His Name, All that we do in Word or in Deed we do in His Name,
How a Righteous man carries His Name, The Nature of His Name, and The Life in His Name. Therefore we have a lot of
Scriptures and quotes to get through, so just pray I can get myself out of the
way that God will help us to grasp the magnitude of His Name that He gave to
His son, and the rest of His Family. To save time since this is a review, I am
only going to give you one or two Scriptures or quotes concerning each
attribute we mention, other wise we will not get through in one service this
review on the Name of Jesus.
We will began with Christ
is the Mystery no 150 All in the Name
no 1 His Name brings His presence. We examined the power of
the name, how there's no salvation outside that name, and how even how demons
tremble at the name of Jesus Christ.
Concerning salvation in the Name of
Jesus we find several Scriptural references, such as; Romans
We also found that believers will
be hated but saved because of His Name.
Mark 13:13 And ye shall be hated of all men for my
name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be
saved. Matthew
10:22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my
name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
Now, in speaking on the name of Jesus brother Branham said in his sermon Witnesses 54-0303 P:35 brother Branham said, "Every man, today, knows that he
can take the Name of Jesus Christ and meet any foe at any place, any time, and
he will be defeated. I've met witch-doctors. I've met demons of all sorts
and never seen a time but what they'd bow to the Name of Jesus Christ.
Tell you, friends, when
the Church lost the Name and the power of the Name of Jesus Christ, they lost
it.
Jesus said in John
Listen, we all know that the name is
very important because the
name reflects the character. It defines the seed life. You all
know that? That is why we don't name our children "Elvis"
because it means cat, and "Rickie" means rat. Names
have meaning because the name expresses the character. And people ought to
research the meaning of a name before they name their children, or you may have
trouble on your hands later on.
The name Jesus, Yeshua is derived from Jehovah,
carries the character of God. I can prove it in Exodus 3:11-15. And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I
should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of
What is the Token God promised Moses? His presence. God Himself said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this (My Presence) shall be a token unto
thee, that I have sent thee:
When thou hast
brought forth the people out of
Notice Moses asks God the question. What
is your name? And that word name was translated as name from the hebrew Word "shem". Now there is something special
about this word "shem", because it actually means in the Hebrew dictionary, not the word name, but the word "character". The word "shem"
is an appellation, as a
mark or memorial of individuality; by implication it speaks of honor, and authority,
and character.
Therefore, the Hebrew word for name is shem and it speaks of identifiable
characteristics, or character, honor and authority. So Moses is saying, by what
appellation are you known for, what character defines you? And God answers him.
14 And God
said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the
children of
The Jews write the name of God as JHWH
because in Judaism the name of God expresses the very being and nature of God.
As the word "shem"
explains the very
character of God. To
pronounce the name of God was to encounter and be enveloped by the very
presence of God. That is why the Jew never mentions the name of God,
because they thought, "No man can do this and live". Just like no man could approach God's presence on
the mountain and live. But Jesus commanded us that we must be baptized in that name in order to
receive life, God's own Life. Why? Because I am that I am simply means does not speak of past tense, nor
future tense but present tense presence. "I am the one Who is
Present".
It is in the name of Jesus that the very
character of God was manifested, because after all "Jesus" which was
pronounced in Hebrew as "Yeshua", means
"Jevovah Saviour, or Jehovah who Saves"
As we already
saw the Hebrew Word Shem was translated into English as the word
name, but actually meant characteristics, so also the word name was translated from the Greek word "onoma" which is also translated as character and authority or power. Notice then in the name is the character
which is the very
nature on display, the authority which is the power itself, to
do it.
Even the Pharisees knew there is power
in the name s you hear in Acts 4:7 And when they had set them in the midst, they
asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this? 8 Then Peter,
filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders
of Israel, 9 If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent
man, by what means he is made whole; 10 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 doth this man stand here
before you whole.
And that led us to the next
in our series called, Christ is the Mystery no 151 All in the Name no 2 Baptized into His Name And
we took our text from Ephesians 4:5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 One God and Father of
all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
We talk about baptism by water and then
baptism of the Holy Ghost, but Paul says there is only one baptism, and the same Paul that said there is
only one baptism said Israel was baptized in the red sea, and they were also
baptized under the Pillar of Cloud.
The fact is that when we are baptized
into Christ we are
baptized into His name.
Not baptized into titles, but into His Name.
The same name that He was identified with, and with the same Name He lived and
expressed the Life of His Father in, in Whose Name He was given birth in, and in that name He declared the Life and
character of the Father to mankind. And we are baptized into that same name and
thus we are identified with the same person whose name we now bear, and the same
character He possessed we now possess. With the nature He owns, we now own. And
with the power he manifested in His Life, we now manifest in ours.
God's provided place of worship 65-0425 P:91 Only those that are born into Jesus Christ, take on His Name...
That's right. You take on His Name when you're borned in there, not by
water baptism. Although you can be baptized in His Name, but that don't take
on His Name. You
take on His Name by birth, not by water. See, you're baptized into the Name of
Jesus Christ (Yes, sir.) into fellowship; but you are baptized by the Holy
Ghost into Jesus Christ. So you can be baptized a hundred times, any
way you wanted to, the other way, it'd make no difference. But when you're once baptized by the
Holy Ghost into the Body of Christ, you become a son or a daughter of God,
and every Word is true. And then He did that for that purpose.
Therefore the very baptism in the name
of the Lord Jesus Christ begins the transformation of each individual from
sinner to Son of God, made in the image of the Father. As brother Branham said,
"He became us so
that we might become Him". How many times brother Branham uttered those words. Then
when we are filled with the very same Spirit, the very same Life which lived
itself and expressed itself in His Life, We then must put on His Life the very
same way he put on and expressed the Fathers Life.
Galatians 3:27 For as many of you as have been baptized into
Christ have put on Christ.
And when you are
baptized into His name, you put on His name, and the character that goes with His
Name.
Souls in prison now - 63-1110M And He never left His body see corruption,
neither did He leave His soul in hell, but raised Him up on the third day, and
He's alive forever more. And we will have a body like His Own
glorious body. That's why we're baptized into His Name that we might come
forth in his name, in His death, in His resurrection, that we rise again
testifying to the world that we have new Life, that the old man is dead.
We buried that first nature. See, that first nature's gone, and now we are the nature of Him. He lives in us, and we don't do
our own will; we do His will. We don't think our own thoughts. The mind is what
thinks. The mind that was in Christ Jesus is in every believer.
Then if we put on Christ when we are
baptized with the holy Ghost, then how can a person
continue to live in sin after they've put on Christ? Tell me how the Spirit of
Jesus Christ living in you can do iniquity? Tell me how can the Holy Spirit
that lived holy in Jesus live unholy in you? Tell me how the Life that lived in
Jesus live in you and lie? How can the Spirit of
Christ living in you cheat? How can the Spirit of Christ living in you steal?
How can the Spirit of Christ living in you commit fornication or adultery? How
can the Spirit of Christ that showed humility in Him show arrogance in you?
It's not the same characteristic and nature so it can not be the same Spirit.
In Christ is the Mystery no 152 All in the Name no 3 The
Character of His Name, we found in Scripture evidence of the
Character of the Name of Jesus.
Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,
peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance:
against such there is no law. 24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the
flesh (they have crucified self) with the affections and lusts. 25 If we live
in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26 Let us not be desirous of
vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
Galatians 6:1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault,
ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the
spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. 2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil
the law of Christ.
And what is this law of
Christ Paul said we are to fulfill? It is the Law of Life where every seed must bring forth after its kind. And it is
called the law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus as Paul says in Romans 8:2 For the law of
the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin
and death.
As Paul tells us in Galatians 5 there is one law that Governs how you
live, and that is the law set forth in Genesis 1:11
that "every seed must
bring forth after it's kind."
The law of life in the natural man as we see in Galatians is called the fruits of the flesh which are all evil.
But the law of the Spirit
of Life in Christ Jesus
shows that those who have died to self, to the old nature and have been buried
in the Name of Jesus Christ, actually are planted in baptism and are raised up
bearing the Name of the One that planted them, namely the same Name that
governed the nature of Life in Christ Jesus Himself.
As Paul said in Romans
Notice he says, God's Spirit will bear witness with our spirit. Now,
brother Branham said, the body is what you look at but the Spirit is what
controls you. And the soul is the nature of the spirit. So Paul says, God's Spirit will bear witness with what controls you. And
that will bear record through the body which others can see. So God bearing
witness with your spirit is born out in the way you conduct yourself. That is
why you can find very often the prophet of God telling us I do not care what
your experience is, your fruits will bear witness whether you have the Holy
Spirit or not.
Planting the vine and where to plant it
59-0920 P:61 Jesus said,
"At that day,
you'll know that I am in the Father, the Father's in Me, and I in you and you
in Me." See, it's
that Life of God flowing right down through the Name of Jesus Christ, right
down into the Church. See? Makes us one. We're
branches. We're representatives of His.
Planting the vine and where to plant it
59-0920 P:68 The very Bible that said, "The works that I do shall you also," said this: "These signs shall follow them that believe:
If they lay their hands on the sick they shall recover." Now, the God that made one promise
and keeps it... If
you're planted by the rivers of water, it brings
every Divine Presence of God, every promise right into your connection.
You're a tree that's planted by the rivers of one Water.
That one Water is Christ, His Holy Spirit. There's healing; there's salvation;
there's joy; there's long-suffering, meekness, gentleness,
patience, all kinds of gifts laying right in that one precious Name. "Whatever you ask the Father in My Name, that
I will do."
As we bear the name of Jesus we bear the Life in the name. We are bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh, Word of His Word and Spirit off
of His Spirit. We are one, because we are baptized by one Spirit into One body.
Galatians 6:8 For he that soweth to
self shall of self reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit
shall of The Spirit (God's Spirit) reap life everlasting.
Notice the attributes of God Life. Psalms 86:15 But thou,
O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious,
longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
Colossians 3:12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God,
holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness
of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
James 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure,
then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good
fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. In other words, not
pretentious of phony but real and genuine.
From his sermon, Tested Faith Produces Goods 58-0518 P:37
"He that heareth My Word, and believeth on Him that sent Me, has
Eternal Life, and shall not come to the judgment; but has passed from death to
Life." Then what
kind of a character would that be? If many has that profession and don't
have the fruits of the Spirit to follow it, then they're deceived. "If you love the world, or the things of the
world, the love of God is not in you."
From Christ is the mystery - 63-0728 216.brother
Branham said, "Listen closely now again as we
go on, going back to the original
And again from Christ is the mystery - 63-0728 217. And remember, we are now as His Bride,
pregnated with His Spirit. Oh, my. The Church bearing children (See?), pregnated by His Spirit with His
Name, bearing
His Name, bearing
His Life, bringing forth the signs of His Life evident with the preeminences, evidence of His resurrection showing that He
is not dead, but alive forevermore. This is Eternal Life. And
a-vindicated--vindicates to the world that we are alive in Him. Whew.
Christ is the mystery -
63-0728 281. What is
it? Not them people; the Headship and the Body has
become One unit. It's God manifested in His people. That's the reason the
husband and wife is no longer twain; they're one. God and His Church is One:
Christ in you, God's great revelation (Glory to God.), even bearing his
name. His Name is Jesus, the Anointed. The reason He's called Jesus, He
is the Anointed. And it's the Anointed Body of Christ proving, manifested God
like that Body did. And that Body redeemed every these
bodies.
How can you not bear character His
character if you are bearing His name?
How can you not bear His nature if you are bearing His name?
How can you not bear His Life if you are bearing his name?
How could you not bear His
Power if you are bearing His name?
Because bearing His name means you
are bearing his presence, bearing His power. Because when he said, I
am, that means "the
self existing one,"
"the One Who is present".
Did Jesus not promise in John
And did not Jesus promise
us in Matthew 28:20 "lo, I am with you always, even unto
the end of the world. Amen."
And Matthew
Therefore Speaking His name brings
His Presence. Because that is what His name means. I exist that I
exist. I am present that I am present. In old testament
they knew that if they spoke his name it would bring his name it was too holy
to utter.
Therefore, We are kept by the name of Jesus
as Jesus himself prayed in John
Therefore, Jesus came to
manifest the name of the Father which means he came to manifest the very
nature, the very character and the very power of the father through the name
the father gave Him. John
17: 4 I have glorified thee on the earth: (I have doxazo,
I have magnified thy Values, and thy Opinions and judgments) I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. 5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me (magnify in me thy values, opinions and
judgments) with thine own
self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. and what was this work of the father that he finished? We
get our answer in the next :. 6 I have manifested thy
name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the
world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and
they have kept thy word.
Therefore in manifesting
the name of the father he manifested the very character, the very nature, and
the very power of the father. God identifying Himself 64-0320 P:31 The Bible don't give an uncertain sound. It
identifies the characteristic of God in Its sounding. Jesus said in St. John 10:37, "If I do not the works of My Father, and I
don't have that character of My Father, then don't
believe Me. They are the one... They identify His character in Me, His
characteristics, because the Father is the Word." In the beginning was the Word, and the Word
was with God, and the Word was God. And the characteristic of God is displayed by His promise for that
age.
Christ is the Mystery no 153 All in the Name no 4 All
that we do in word or Deed we do in His Name which we
find in Colossians 3:17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of
the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
Therefore we begin by giving
thanks in His name as we see in Ephesians
1 Corinthians
Revelation 3:12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in
the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him
the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new
Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon
him my new name.
I don't understand in this message all
the talk about the bride this, and the bride that, and placing so much emphasis
on the bride, and not on the Groom. Brother Branham said in his sermon, God's
Notice what he said here. He kind of
gives us a list of things, or perhaps ideas of when to use the name of Jesus.
1) When we pray.
2) When we ask petition
3) When we walk
4) When we talk
5) When we baptize
2) When we
ask any petition of God, we must ask it in the name of Jesus Christ if we expect to
receive what we ask for.
John 14:13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that
will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
3) When we walk, we should walk by no other name
1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the
light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his
Son cleanseth us from all sin.
4) When we talk there is no other name we should talk of
Colossians 3:17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do
all in the name
of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
5) When we baptize There is only One
name we must be baptized in.
Acts 2:38 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 ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
That's why Paul said in 1 Corinthians
6) When we pray for the Sick
Mark 16:17 And these signs shall follow them that believe;
In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new
tongues;
7) When we preach we must preach in the name of Jesus
Acts 8:12 But when they believed Philip preaching the
things concerning the
8) When we bow down in worship and
praise there is only One name to bow down to,
the name of Jesus.
Psalms 148:13 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for
his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
9) If we are to do the works of Christ and miracles it must be done in the name of Jesus.
Mark 9:39 But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no
man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me.
10) When we gather together we must gather together in his Name.
Matthew 18:20 For where two or three are gathered together
in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
11) There is only one name that we are filled with the Holy Ghost
John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost,
whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring
all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
12) When we give to others we must do it in His name if we wish
reward for our doing.
Mark 9:41 For whosoever shall give you a cup of water
to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he
shall not lose his reward.
Hebrews 6:10 For God is not unrighteous to forget your work
and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to
the saints, and do minister.
Ephesian church age 60-1205 P:62 If you have to do something that you can't
do in Jesus' Name, let it alone. Somebody said, "Take a little drink." You can't
do that in Jesus' Name, so let it alone. Somebody said, "Play a little cards." You can't do that in Jesus' Name, so
let it alone. A little, dirty, smutty joke at your bridge party, you can't
tell that in Jesus' Name, so let it alone. See? You can't wear shorts in
Jesus' Name, so let it alone. I could go on, but you know what I'm
talking about. All right. You can't do that. What you can't do in His Name,
leave it alone. Because he said, "Whatever you do in word and deed, do it all
in the Name of Jesus Christ." All right, now.
That brings us to Christ
is the Mystery no 154 All in the Name
no 5 The Righteous Man
Psalms 32:2 Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no
guile. In other words, as Brother Vayle used to
say, "you did it but you just didn't get credit for it."
The truth of the matter is, we are
righteous, because we are in Him, and we bear His name. And being
in Him gives us His Spirit, and His right-Wise-ness, through His Word.
1 John
Why? Because Genesis
And that brings us to Christ
is the Mystery no 155 All in the Name
no 6 The Nature of the Name
Romans
Smyrnaean church age 60-1206 P:50 Now, a church... Now, the church name is
associated with the nature of its character. Did you notice the
That's why naming your
children is a very important thing. Because the name is supposed to describe the character of who they are. We should be very careful what we name our
children. Too many young people today don't think in terms of what names really
mean, and so they go after names that are popular. But popular name are not
always names with a very good meaning. And don't ever forget when you name your
child, that child is stuck with that name, and the meaning of that name.
Faithful Abraham 59-0424A P:7 Jehovah-jireh.
Now, "Jehovah-jireh" means, "The Lord
will provide Himself a sacrifice." Now, God has
them compound redemptive Names: Jehovah-jireh, and
Jehovah-rapha the Healer, and so forth, Jehovah our
Buckler, Jehovah our Shield, and Jehovah our Peace, and... And all those
Names are inseparable. That is the nature of Jehovah that He appears in.
That's His nature: Jehovah-jireh, the Lord
will provide for Himself a sacrifice, Jehovah-rapha,
the Lord that heals all our diseases. Now, if He isn't Jehovah-rapha anymore, He also isn't Jehovah-jireh
anymore. And if He isn't Jehovah-jireh, then there's
no sacrifice for you, and you're in your sins. And if He is Jehovah-jireh, the Lord's provided sacrifice, Jesus Christ, then
He's also Jehovah-rapha, the Lord the Healer. You
cannot separate God's nature (See?), His compound redemptive Names.
And remember, everything God is, he
placed in the name of Jesus.
Hebrews 1:4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance
obtained a more excellent name than they.
And what name did he inherit? The name
Jesus!
Notice Jesus said in John
And we know that the name of His Father
had many redemptive attributes added to it, but all that
God was he poured into His son. And since the name is the very nature of the
person, then listen to what Jesus tells them in John chapter 10.
John 10:25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye
believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of
me. They tell you who I am through the nature of those works.
God's provided way fellowship 60-0709 P:29 When we see Jesus, we see God in Him, see
what God was and God's nature. He manifested; He displayed what God was, to
redeem man back to Himself again.
Go wake Jesus 63-1103 P:55 Jesus said to them, "Search the Scriptures; for in Them you think
you have Eternal Life: and They are They that testify of Me. They tell you what
I am." Oh, I
don't have to say I'm Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, or whatever. The life
that you live, the words of God... If you are a part of that living Word, how
can you deny what you are? And how can the Word keep from confirming what
you are, if you are? See? How can a sheep be asked to manufacture wool? He
can't manufacture wool. As long as he's a sheep, he will bear wool because he's
a sheep. And a man don't have to work up nothing. If
he's a Christian, he is because he is. See? That's what he's made up of. He is
a Christian by nature. A apple tree is an apple tree
because it's an apple tree. See? A peach tree is a peach tree because it's a
peach tree. And a Christian is a Christian because Christ lives in that
person, and makes... Christian means Christ-like, not a membership,
but a vindication, God producing through you just what a Christian is. It's you
getting out of the way and letting God come in, you taking no thoughts. Let the
mind that was in Christ be in you. There you are. That's the real Christian.
Oh, my.
Jesus said in John
Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the
Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from
the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and
with the mouth confession is
made unto salvation. 11
For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him
shall not be ashamed. 12 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. 13 For whosoever
shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Martin Luther in his Commentary on Romans 10. said, "How shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? (
Christ is the Mystery no 157 All in the
Name no 7 The Life in the Name
In Christ is the Mystery
of God Revealed brother Branham shows us
there is Life in the Name of Jesus. But first before we pray, let's open our
bibles to Romans chapter 8,
and we will read from verse 10 and 11 for our text.
Romans 8:10-11 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead
because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead
dwells in you, He that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your
mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwells in you.
Now brother Branham said in his sermon, Christ is the Mystery of God Revealed 63-0728 P:216 "Listen closely now again as we go on,
going back to the original
Notice he says, "we should bear His name," the word bear means: to accept or endure
(something) : to be worthy of or accept the
responsibility of).
And notice that brother Branham is
saying, if we are truly born of His Spirit, born again, then there is a life
that must grow up within you. And that Life is God-Life,
it is not just changing your habits, or changing your ways. It is
actually God's Life growing up inside of you just like in the
natural. A woman must become the Wife of the man and bear his name before she
is worthy of bearing his Child, thus His life.
And the bride of Christ must show
herself worthy of bearing His name, "Christian", Christ-like if she
is going to bear His Life.
When a woman accepts the name of her
husband, then and only then can is she worthy of bearing his children, his
life, his name. So when she becomes impregnated with the life of her husband,
there is another life besides her own life that grows on the inside of her
body. It is that other life that begins growing within her, cell upon cell,
upon cell. And that Life comes forth in the name of the Father, bearing the
Life from the Father.
And so when we are born again, Brother
Branham is telling us that the very Life of Christ is now within us, and that
Life should have the preeminence in our being. And if that Life has the
preeminence, then he says, "all our actions will declare Him." Why? Because we have His name, therefore we should be bear His name. We
should accept His Name,
we should carry his name, we should be worthy of His Name, we should count the cost and
responsibility of what the name means.
That was in pp. 17 And remember, we
are now as His Bride, pregnated with His Spirit. Oh, my. The Church bearing
children (See?), pregnated by His Spirit with His Name, bearing
His Name, bearing His Life, bringing forth the signs of His Life
evident with the preeminences, evidence
of His resurrection showing that He is not dead, but alive forevermore. This is
Eternal Life. And a-vindicates
to the world that we are alive in Him.
That is why the New birth is so
important, because when you are born of His Spirit, then he comes in to will
and to do on your behest as this same apostle Paul told us in Philippians 2:13 For it is God which works in you both to
will and to do of his good pleasure.
Therefore, when we speak of "Bride", we should not be
focused on the woman herself, but our focus should be on the person we have
committed ourselves to. And that is The Groom. Because that is what a bride is.
She is one who has committed herself to her Groom. So then it is all about him,
it's not about her. The groom doesn't take her name,
the bride takes on the name of the groom. She becomes Mrs. Jesus, and she
doesn't give him life, but He gives her His life into her, and that life placed
into her brings forth another life within her. So, it's not about her, its all
about him. And He is Life.
The Apostle Paul said in Colossians 3:4 When
Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in
glory.