BBD 09.14.21 Name Above All Names (Classic)
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Classic from 2001
The Burning Bush Devotional
13 September 2021
Name Above All Names
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 2:9-11.
Then the seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject
to us in Your name.” - Luke 10:17.
The seventy that had been sent out by Jesus returned and there apparently was
some surprise that there was such power in the name of Jesus. We pray in the
name of Jesus, but do we really comprehend the tremendous power that is still
available to us today through His name? The early church clearly understood
this because the name of Jesus is frequently referred to in the New
Testament. But what about today? Is the name of Jesus still the name
above all names? Is there still power in the name of Jesus?
Every
two or three years we see news reports of someone in a crisis situation using
the name of Jesus in order to survive. Sometimes they are in out of the way
places and do not even make it to the national media. In December 2000 I cut
out an article of such an incident which occurred in Ardmore, Oklahoma.
Barbara Rhodes, the owner of Bobbie’s Outlet Store in Ardmore suddenly came
face to face with a robber pointing a gun at her. Barbara’s response
was to say, “I rebuke you in the
name of Jesus.” Several times the
robber demanded her purse. Each time Barbara responded, “I rebuke you in the name of Jesus.” The gun at one point made a click as if he had tried to fire it.
Barbara laid the magazine she was holding onto the counter and started walking
toward the door. The man fled.
Why did he leave? Barbara says, “It was the
Lord that made him take off.”
“And
whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus... (Colossians
3:17).”
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