And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.” Acts 4:12.
Today your LORD (יהוה) God (אלהים) says:
I have given you a treasure that no one can take from you. Do you know it? Do you use it? You should. It is invaluable. No one would ever have enough to buy it. It has to come as a gift from Me and it cost Me beyond what you can ever know or imagine.
Peter and John used it. Paul knew to use it. I have told you to use it. My Son told you to use it.
There is no other name under heaven given to men by which you must be saved. Acts 4:12. Do you know that Name that is above every other name?
It is the Name of Jesus and I so love you that I gave Him to and for you. And He is yours, all of His infinite merits, including His Name. And Jesus inherited His Name from Me and now you have also.
God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world. And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become as much better than the angels, as He has inherited a more excellent name than they. Hebrews 1:1-4.
And Jesus has given you who believe in Him the right to use His Name to cast out demons, to heal the sick, to raise the dead, and to do the works He did and greater.
Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father. Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it. John 14:12-14.
These signs will accompany those who have believed: in My name they will cast out demons, they will speak with new tongues; 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.” Mark 16:17-18.
The whole family of believers, the church on earth and the church in Heaven derives their name from Me. We are family and I am the Father, but you have joined with Me in My Son and the church is His body and the bride of Christ. You have Him and you have His Name. You are kept in the strong tower of My Name and empowered with authority with His Name.
Names are very important. I changed Abram’s name to Abraham and Sarai’s name to Sarah. I told Hagar to name her son “Ishmael.” Genesis 16:11. I changed Jacob’s name to “Israel.” I told Zachariah to name his son “John.” My Son changed Simon’s name to “Peter.” I changed Saul’s name to “Paul.” I call you each by name and when you enter the Kingdom of Heaven I give you a beautiful white stone with your name engraved upon it that I have given you, a name only you and I know. But the Name that is above every other name is so important to Me that I have given all authority in Heaven and earth to Him and to those who are His and who use He Name to do the works He did and greater.
Truly, truly, I say to you, if you ask the Father for anything in My name, He will give it to you. Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be made full. John 16:23-24.
I told both Mary and Joseph to name My Son “Jesus.” The Name of My Son is very important to Me. I planned that Name from eternity.
Behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for the Child who has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. She will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.” Matthew 1:20-21.
However, if you do not know My Son’s name in Hebrew, you do not understand what I said to Joseph about His Name. The Name of Jesus in its original language as I named Him is “ישועה (Yeshuah),” which is the word “Salvation.” I use this word throughout the Old Testament for it literal meaning.
The first time the word “Yeshuah” is used in the Bible it is spoken by Jacob just before he departed from this life as he spoke over each of his sons. In between speaking over his sons Dan and Gad, Jacob interspersed a line: “For Your salvation (יְשׁוּעָה) I wait, O LORD.” Genesis 49:18. The name “Dan” means “judgment” and the name “Gad” means “fortune.” Jesus took divine judgment for your sins on Himself and give you good fortune in His Name.
Then word “Yeshuah” is from the root word “Yasha” which means to deliver, to save, to liberate.
The next time the word “Yeshuah” is used in the Bible is by Moses and Moses heard it from Me as they stood with the Red Sea before them and Pharaoh’s approaching army behind them and they cried out to Me.
But Moses said to the people, “Do not fear! Stand by and see the salvation of the Lord which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you will never see them again forever.” Exodus 14:13.
From slavery to freedom by My salvation. And when it all came out just as I had spoken, the Israelites sang a song of praise of My salvation:
“The LORD is my strength and song, and He has become my salvation; This is my God, and I will praise Him; My father’s God, and I will extol Him. Exodus 15:2.
With joy you shall draw water at the springs of Salvation. Isaiah 12:2-3. My Son is pure joy, to Me and to you. And it was His joy to save you. Hebrews 12:2. And I anointed Him with the oil of joy. And He is your great High Priest and He has made you a kingdom, priests unto Me and you share His anointing. You are anointed with the oil of joy.
The Name of Jesus is powerful. He is the Word through whom everything that is made was made. He upholds all things by His Word.
Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2:5-11.
It is a most powerful and amazing and glorious Name. His Name shall be called wonderful, counselor, God Hero, Father Forever, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:5. It is all there in that glorious Name of My Son, Yeshuah. Who gave His life for you and for Me. He gave His life to redeem you, both for Me and for yourself. I gave My Son to have you back and He was willing to do that for Me and for you. You cannot begin to fathom all I have done for you in Christ. He is your very life, your eternal life, your abundant life. He is the reason you can be forgiven, healed, delivered, blessed, favored, and enter My Kingdom. There is no other Name by which you must be saved.
And I have given you the privilege of using that sacred Name to benefit yourself and others by casting out demons, healing the sick, moving mountains, increasing and multiplying supplies and good things, securing wisdom, righteousness, sanctification and redemption, and above all giving eternal salvation to all who will join with you in receiving Jesus as Lord.
After Jesus had ascended back to Heaven to My right hand, when Peter saw the man crippled from birth at the Beautiful Gate of the Temple, do you recall what he said? “I do not possess silver or gold, but what I DO HAVE I give you: In the Name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene—walk! Acts 3:6. And the man walked.
He had something far more powerful and precious than silver or gold. There is no price you could pay that would be high enough to buy it. And yet I have given it to you freely and entrusted it to you for your protection, deliverance, healing, and provision, and to work miracles and signs for the benefit of all.
And how did Peter explain this miracle of healing that had taken place at his command to the amazed crowd? “Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this, or why do you gaze at us, as if by our own power or piety we had made him walk? The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus, the one whom you delivered and disowned in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release Him. But you disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you, but put to death the Prince of life, the one whom God raised from the dead, a fact to which we are witnesses. And on the basis of faith in His name, it is the name of Jesus which has strengthened this man whom you see and know; and the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect health in the presence of you all.” Acts 3:12-16.
Do you see? Not your own power or piety but faith in the Name I have given you by which you are saved! You do not have to work up your own power or be perfect to use the gift I have given you to heal, deliver, and raise up. You only need to have faith in the Name. And then you can get through any trial or storm and it is then things start moving and no demon in hell can fight and win over that Name. They must bow. A child can use it with faith and it will work just as much for them as for the most well know preacher of the Gospel. For the power in not in the person naming it but in the One whose Name it is. Yeshuah. My Son. The Almighty.
But you have to know the Name by relationship with Him, declare it with faith, and use it with reverence. For no one can say Jesus is LORD except by the Holy Spirit. Do you recall an instance of this where unbelievers saw Paul’s power using the Name and they tried to use it like a charm? It did not work for them. There was no faith in Jesus and no relationship with Me through Him for them to rely on. Here is what happened: “Some of the Jewish exorcists, who went from place to place, attempted to name over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, “I adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.” Seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this. And the evil spirit answered and said to them, ‘I recognize Jesus, and I know about Paul, but who are you?’ And the man, in whom was the evil spirit, leaped on them and subdued all of them and overpowered them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.” Acts 19:13-16.
Paul used the Name with the love and reverence and faith He had for Me and the gift of My Son. He counted all else rubbish except to know Jesus. And it was most effective with Paul.
Jesus told you who believe: “These signs will accompany those who have believed: in My name they will cast out demons, they will speak with new tongues; 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.” Mark 16:16-18. Not your power or piety, the Name. There is power in the Name of Jesus that no one and nothing can go above. At His Name every knee shall bow in heaven, on earth and under the earth and every tongue declare the Jesus Christ is LORD. He is the Lord of lords and the King of kings. All victory is in that Name alone.
You see this with Paul when he cast the demon out of the possessed girl in Philippi. Luke wrote it down for he witnessed it: “It happened that as we were going to the place of prayer, a slave-girl having a spirit of divination met us, who was bringing her masters much profit by fortune-telling. Following after Paul and us, she kept crying out, saying, “These men are bond-servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation.” She continued doing this for many days. But Paul was greatly annoyed, and turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” And it came out at that very moment.” Acts 16:16-18.
Jesus. His Name is wonderful. And it is yours forever. It is a great treasure that you possess as your very own precious inheritance.
And I have given Him My Name. John 17:11. And He has manifested it to you. Healer, Provider, Shepherd, Deliverer, Helper, Savior, Sanctifier, Redeemer, Comfort, Father, your peace, your righteousness, your Lord, your God, your Father, your friend. It is all there in the Name.
And whoever calls on the Name of the Lord will be saved.
You will have trials in this life. The world is not in My Kingdom yet. You still have the adversary among you. So do not expect once you believe that you will never have to fight the good fight of faith to hold your ground. You will. Jesus told you that you will have trials in this life, certainly Paul had many, many trials, but it never took him down. He had the Name. And when Jesus told you that you would have trials in this life, many have even been imprisoned and killed for their faith like Paul, My Son also told you to cheer up and be of good courage, for He had overcome the world. And so can you with His Name. A crown awaits you and an eternity of perfection. But now is the time of battle. And you have all the weapons to win provided to you by grace.
So next time you have a bad report, an adverse result, a trial and test, cheer up you have the most powerful weapon in the universe. You have the Name above every other name and it belongs to you as your very own treasure. Use it with reverence, joy, confidence, and, above all, with faith, and watch things move. Like prison gates opening and cripples walking, leaping and dancing, the blind seeing and the sick recovering. Isn’t it time you turned the world upside down? Or should I say right side up? Isn’t it time you started a whole town rejoicing like Philip did in Samaria. Isn’t it time you used the Name of Jesus?
So next time you are ready to go down in defeat and despair as your whole world seems to be caving in, stand up tall, smile and shout, “I have the Name of Jesus!” And declare it as you cast out the demon with that Name and lay your hands on the sick. And remember it is not your own power and piety but faith in His Name. Because behind the Name is the Person and He is the one who will do it.
I love you so much I gave you My Son to be your own. You can offer Him for as your own Lamb of sacrifice for your sins and you can use His Name to move the mountains, heal the sick and to help in all your needs. You have nothing to fear. He and I are One and there is no snatching out of My Hand. And My Hand feeds you, heals you and protects you forever.