How the Bible Describes Angels

How the Bible Describes Angels

The Holy Bible has so many to say on Angels, Here are some points to remember:

Angels are referred to as masculine, although neither do they have a sexual distinction nor do they marry.

In the Bible we see large numbers of Angels many times.

Angels are very fast; they have great speed.

Angels are very strong but they are not all powerful (omnipotent).

Angels are very wise

Some Angels are good and some angels are evil; the evil ones are called demons.

The Angelic Host

1 At creation

Job 38:7

 when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

2 At the Giving of the Law

Galatians 3:19 

Why then the law?
It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was put in place through angels by an intermediary.

3 At the Birth of Jesus

Luke 2:13-14 (KJV)

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

4 At the Temptation of Christ

Matthew 4:11 

Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and were ministering to him.

5 At the Resurrection of Christ

Matthew 28:2 

And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it.

6 When Christ Comes Again

Mark 8:38 

For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

Angel’s Ministry

1 They Minister to God

Psalms 148:1-2 

Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD from the heavens; praise him in the heights! Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his hosts!

2 They Minister to Man as Messengers

Luke 1:13 

But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

3 They Minister to Man as Guardians

Daniel 6:22 

My God sent his angel and shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not harmed me, because I was found blameless before him; and also before you, O king, I have done no harm.

4 They Minister to the Needs of Believers

Hebrews 1:14

Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?

On My birthday

I just need a prayer to be at peace with myself.

I’m tired of fighting daily with my self esteem and self image.

Each year when it’s my birthday in this month I never feel happy because nobody except for a few of my close friends celebrate it.

I just for once to be happy with me and my life. I need to stop being jealous of everyone else’s lives, because I feel have nothing.

Truly
Daly felicitus
Daly -The Bible Homiletics

Blessings for Obedience

Blessings for Obedience - topic for our word Ministration for today.

28 If you will only obey the Lord your God, by diligently observing all his commandments that I am commanding you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth; 2 all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you obey the Lordyour God: 3 Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.

4 Blessed shall be the fruit of your womb, the fruit of your ground, and the fruit of your livestock, both the increase of your cattle and the issue of your flock.

5 Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.

6 Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.

7 The Lord will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before you; they shall come out against you one way, and flee before you seven ways.
8 The Lord will command the blessing upon you in your barns, and in all that you undertake; he will bless you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. 

9 The Lord will establish you as his holy people, as he has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the Lordyour God and walk in his ways.
10 All the peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of the Lord, and they shall be afraid of you. 

11 The Lord will make you abound in prosperity, in the fruit of your womb, in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your ground in the land that the Lord swore to your ancestors to give you

12 The Lord will open for you his rich storehouse, the heavens, to give the rain of your land in its season and to bless all your undertakings. You will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow.

13 The Lord will make you the head, and not the tail; you shall be only at the top, and not at the bottom—if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I am commanding you today, by diligently observing them, 

14 and if you do not turn aside from any of the words that I am commanding you today, either to the right or to the left, following other gods to serve them.

Warnings against Disobedience

Warnings against Disobedience

15 But if you will not obey the Lord your God by diligently observing all his commandments and decrees, which I am commanding you today, then all these curses shall come upon you and overtake you:

16 Cursed shall you be in the city, and cursed shall you be in the field.

17 Cursed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.

18 Cursed shall be the fruit of your womb, the fruit of your ground, the increase of your cattle and the issue of your flock.

19 Cursed shall you be when you come in, and cursed shall you be when you go out.

20 The Lord will send upon you disaster, panic, and frustration in everything you attempt to do, until you are destroyed and perish quickly, on account of the evil of your deeds, because you have forsaken me. 

21 The Lord will make the pestilence cling to you until it has consumed you off the land that you are entering to possess. 

22 The Lord will afflict you with consumption, fever, inflammation, with fiery heat and drought, and with blight and mildew; they shall pursue you until you perish. 

23 The sky over your head shall be bronze, and the earth under you iron. 

24 The Lord will change the rain of your land into powder, and only dust shall come down upon you from the sky until you are destroyed.

25 The Lord will cause you to be defeated before your enemies; you shall go out against them one way and flee before them seven ways. You shall become an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth. 

26 Your corpses shall be food for every bird of the air and animal of the earth, and there shall be no one to frighten them away. 

27 The Lord will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with ulcers, scurvy, and itch, of which you cannot be healed. 

28 The Lord will afflict you with madness, blindness, and confusion of mind; 

29 you shall grope about at noon as blind people grope in darkness, but you shall be unable to find your way; and you shall be continually abused and robbed, without anyone to help.

30 You shall become engaged to a woman, but another man shall lie with her. You shall build a house, but not live in it. You shall plant a vineyard, but not enjoy its fruit. 

31 Your ox shall be butchered before your eyes, but you shall not eat of it. Your donkey shall be stolen in front of you, and shall not be restored to you. Your sheep shall be given to your enemies, without anyone to help you. 

32 Your sons and daughters shall be given to another people, while you look on; you will strain your eyes looking for them all day but be powerless to do anything. 

33 A people whom you do not know shall eat up the fruit of your ground and of all your labors; you shall be continually abused and crushed, 

34 and driven mad by the sight that your eyes shall see. 

35 The Lord will strike you on the knees and on the legs with grievous boils of which you cannot be healed, from the sole of your foot to the crown of your head. 

36 The Lord will bring you, and the king whom you set over you, to a nation that neither you nor your ancestors have known, where you shall serve other gods, of wood and stone. 

37 You shall become an object of horror, a proverb, and a byword among all the peoples where the Lord will lead you.

38 You shall carry much seed into the field but shall gather little in, for the locust shall consume it. 

39 You shall plant vineyards and dress them, but you shall neither drink the wine nor gather the grapes, for the worm shall eat them.

 40 You shall have olive trees throughout all your territory, but you shall not anoint yourself with the oil, for your olives shall drop off. 

41 You shall have sons and daughters, but they shall not remain yours, for they shall go into captivity. 

42 All your trees and the fruit of your ground the cicada shall take over. 

43 Aliens residing among you shall ascend above you higher and higher, while you shall descend lower and lower. 

44 They shall lend to you but you shall not lend to them; they shall be the head and you shall be the tail.

45 All these curses shall come upon you, pursuing and overtaking you until you are destroyed, because you did not obey the Lord your God, by observing the commandments and the decrees that he commanded you. 

46 They shall be among you and your descendants as a sign and a portent forever.

47 Because you did not serve the Lordyour God joyfully and with gladness of heart for the abundance of everything, 

48 therefore you shall serve your enemies whom the Lord will send against you, in hunger and thirst, in nakedness and lack of everything. He will put an iron yoke on your neck until he has destroyed you. 

49 The Lord will bring a nation from far away, from the end of the earth, to swoop down on you like an eagle, a nation whose language you do not understand, 

50 a grim-faced nation showing no respect to the old or favor to the young.

51 It shall consume the fruit of your livestock and the fruit of your ground until you are destroyed, leaving you neither grain, wine, and oil, nor the increase of your cattle and the issue of your flock, until it has made you perish. 

52 It shall besiege you in all your towns until your high and fortified walls, in which you trusted, come down throughout your land; it shall besiege you in all your towns throughout the land that the Lord your God has given you. 

53 In the desperate straits to which the enemy siege reduces you, you will eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of your own sons and daughters whom the Lord your God has given you. 

54 Even the most refined and gentle of men among you will begrudge food to his own brother, to the wife whom he embraces, and to the last of his remaining children,

 55 giving to none of them any of the flesh of his children whom he is eating, because nothing else remains to him, in the desperate straits to which the enemy siege will reduce you in all your towns. 

56 She who is the most refined and gentle among you, so gentle and refined that she does not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge food to the husband whom she embraces, to her own son, and to her own daughter, 

57 begrudging even the afterbirth that comes out from between her thighs, and the children that she bears, because she is eating them in secret for lack of anything else, in the desperate straits to which the enemy siege will reduce you in your towns.

58 If you do not diligently observe all the words of this law that are written in this book, fearing this glorious and awesome name, the Lord your God, 

59 then the Lordwill overwhelm both you and your offspring with severe and lasting afflictions and grievous and lasting maladies. 

60 He will bring back upon you all the diseases of Egypt, of which you were in dread, and they shall cling to you. 

61 Every other malady and affliction, even though not recorded in the book of this law, the Lord will inflict on you until you are destroyed. 

62 Although once you were as numerous as the stars in heaven, you shall be left few in number, because you did not obey the Lord your God. 

63 And just as the Lord took delight in making you prosperous and numerous, so the Lord will take delight in bringing you to ruin and destruction; you shall be plucked off the land that you are entering to possess. 

64 The Lord will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other; and there you shall serve other gods, of wood and stone, which neither you nor your ancestors have known. 

65 Among those nations you shall find no ease, no resting place for the sole of your foot. There the Lord will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a languishing spirit.

66 Your life shall hang in doubt before you; night and day you shall be in dread, with no assurance of your life. 

67 In the morning you shall say, “If only it were evening!” and at evening you shall say, “If only it were morning!”—because of the dread that your heart shall feel and the sights that your eyes shall see. 

68 The Lord will bring you back in ships to Egypt, by a route that I promised you would never see again; and there you shall offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but there will be no buyer.

How you can be led by the Holy Spirit following the Spirit

How you can be led by the Holy Spirit following the Spirit

Rev Samuel S Konjah from Ghana

Be Spirit conscious

*Realize that you are born of the spirit

3 Jesus answered him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God."  4 Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?"  5 Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.  6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.  (John 3:3-6, ESV)

*Keep the flesh under

But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.  (1 Corinthians 9:27, ESV)

*Walk in the spirit

For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.  (Romans 8:6, ESV)

*Pray in the spirit

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.  (Galatians 5:16, ESV)

If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.  (Galatians 5:25, ESV)

For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit.  (1 Corinthians 14:2, ESV)

For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays but my mind is unfruitful.  (1 Corinthians 14:14, ESV)

Listen to the inward witness

*The spirit communicates with your spirit

The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,  (Romans 8:16, ESV)

*We have the witness within

Whoever believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. Whoever does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning his Son.  (1 John 5:10, ESV)

*Listen for a check in your spirit: intuition, hunch, premonition

9 Since much time had passed, and the voyage was now dangerous because even the Fast was already over, Paul advised them,  10 saying, "Sirs, I perceive that the voyage will be with injury and much loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives."  (Acts 27:9-10, ESV)

*What does your heart say

for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything.  (1 John 3:20, ESV)

*He shall direct your path

5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.   6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.   (Proverbs 3:5-6, ESV)

Judge all things by the word

*Beware: Satan quotes scripture also!

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.  (Matthew 4:1, ESV)

*Not every voice is of God

There are doubtless many different languages in the world, and none is without meaning,  (1 Corinthians 14:10, ESV)

*Prove all things.

but test everything; hold fast what is good.  (1 Thessalonians 5:21, ESV)

*Check it out, The word

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.   (Psalm 119:105,
ESV)

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.  (Romans 12:2, ESV)

How to sharpen your spirit

*Meditate on the word

This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.  (Joshua 1:8, ESV)

*Put it to practice

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.  (James 1:22, ESV)

*Always give the word first place

20 My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.   21 Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart.   22 For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh.   (Proverbs 4:20-22, ESV)

*Instantly obey your spirit

For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.  (Romans 8:14, ESV)

The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,  (Romans 8:16, ESV)

*Pray in the spirit without ceasing

12 Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God.  13 And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.  14 The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.  (1 Corinthians 2:12-14, ESV)

God bless us all

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How you can be led by the Holy Spirit by hearing the voice of the Spirit

How you can be led by the Holy Spirit by hearing the voice of the Spirit

The Holy Spirit leads us

*Led by the Spirit guides us into all truth

For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.  (Romans 8:14, ESV)

When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.  (John 16:13, ESV)

*Teaches us all things

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.  (John 14:26, ESV)

Through our own Spirit

*Your Spirit: the candle of the Lord

The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all his innermost parts.   (Proverbs 20:27, ESV)

*He lights our candle for direction

For it is you who light my lamp; the LORD my God lightens my darkness.   (Psalm 18:28, ESV)

*The Holy Spirit speaks to our spirits

The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,  (Romans 8:16, ESV)

*We have the unction so that we can know all things

But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.  (1 John 2:20, ESV)

Create the Atmosphere

*Renew your mind, cut out all anxiety

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.  (Romans 12:2, ESV)

do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.  (Philippians 4:6, ESV)

*Supplication with Thanksgiving

Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.  (Romans 8:26, ESV)

*Praying in the Spirit

For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit.  (1 Corinthians 14:2, ESV)

For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays but my mind is unfruitful.  (1 Corinthians 14:14, ESV)

*A tender conscience, ministering to the Lord while fasting

through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared,  (1 Timothy 4:2, ESV)

I am speaking the truth in Christ-I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit-  (Romans 9:1, ESV)

Beware of the 'Fleece'

*Do not pursue prophecies, special signs are not reliable, do jot seek visions

1 Now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a lifelong friend of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.  2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."  (Acts 13:1-2, ESV)

*Personal prophecy must confirm God's message to you. eg. Marriage, business, ministry

1 Now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a lifelong friend of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.  2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."  (Acts 13:1-2, ESV)

*We have a more sure word

1 Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets,  2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.  (Hebrews 1:1-2, ESV)
God bless us all

How you can be led by the Holy Spirit

Rev Samuel S Konjah from Ghana

How you can be led by the Holy Spirit

Man is a spirit

Creation in the image of God, Spirit, soul and body

Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."  (Genesis 1:26, ESV)
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.   (Genesis 1:27, ESV)

Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.  (1 Thessalonians 5:23, ESV)

The hidden man

but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious.  (1 Peter 3:4, ESV)

The inward man

So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.  (2 Corinthians 4:16, ESV)

The spirit leaves the body

23 I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better.  24 But to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account.  25 Convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith,  (Philippians 1:23-25, ESV)

God dwells in you

The spirit of God is in you

Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?  (1 Corinthians 3:16, ESV)

Dwells in you

What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, "I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.   (2 Corinthians 6:16, ESV)

Abides in you

And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever,  (John 14:16, ESV)

You have a new nature
You are a new creature

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.  (2 Corinthians 5:17, ESV)

Born of God

No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God.  (1 John 3:9, ESV)

That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.  (John 3:6, ESV)

Partakers of the divine nature

by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.  (2 Peter 1:4, ESV)

The role of the Holy Spirit

Comforter

And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever,  (John 14:16, ESV)

Helper

Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.  (Romans 8:26, ESV)

Reveals things to come

When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.  (John 16:13, ESV)

He will teach you

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.  (John 14:26, ESV)

He will guide your mind

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.  (John 14:26, ESV)

He will lead you

For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.  (Romans 8:14, ESV)

God bless us all

The name of Jesus

Rev Samuel S Konjah from Ghana

Hallelujah
The name of Jesus

The more excellent name: How it came

*By Prophecy

And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus.  (Luke 1:31, ESV)

*By Inheritance

1 Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets,  2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.  3 He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,  4 having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.  5 For to which of the angels did God ever say, "You are my Son, today I have begotten you"? Or again, "I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son"?   6 And again, when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says, "Let all God's angels worship him."   (Hebrews 1:1-6, ESV)

*By Bestowal

9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name,  10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,  (Philippians 2:9-10, ESV)

*By Conquest

He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.  (Colossians 2:15, ESV)

He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,  (Colossians 1:13, ESV)

Back by Deity (God himself)

*He is God with us

"Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel" (which means, God with us).   (Matthew 1:23, ESV)

*He is the express image of God

For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily,  (Colossians 2:9, ESV)

2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.  3 He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,  (Hebrews 1:2-3, ESV)

*He is God

Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.  (Acts 20:28, ESV)

"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."  (Revelation 1:8, ESV)

*He is the Judge of all flesh

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.  (2 Corinthians 5:10, ESV)

For the Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son,  (John 5:22, ESV)

Authority in the Name

*Jesus has authority over the spiritual realm

5 When he had entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, appealing to him,  6 "Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, suffering terribly."  7 And he said to him, "I will come and heal him."  8 But the centurion replied, "Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof, but only say the word, and my servant will be healed.  9 For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. And I say to one, 'Go,' and he goes, and to another, 'Come,' and he comes, and to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."  10 When Jesus heard this, he marveled and said to those who followed him, "Truly, I tell you, with no one in Israel have I found such faith.  (Matthew 8:5-10, ESV)

*All power belongs to Him

And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.  (Matthew 28:18, ESV)

*He has the keys of authority

and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.  (Revelation 1:18, ESV)

*The name stands for the person Himself

17 And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues;  18 they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover."  (Mark 16:17-18, ESV)

*The name belongs to all believers, especially me

For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them."  (Matthew 18:20, ESV)

3 Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive alms.  4 And Peter directed his gaze at him, as did John, and said, "Look at us."  5 And he fixed his attention on them, expecting to receive something from them.  6 But Peter said, "I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!"  (Acts 3:3-6, ESV)

The name in Prayer

*Ask in the name , ye shall recive

In that day you will ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.  (John 16:23, ESV)

Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.  (John 16:24, ESV)

The name is salvation

*The only way to the father, the only name given to men

And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."  (Acts 4:12, ESV)

Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.  (John 14:6, ESV)

*The only mediator, the only Saviour

She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins."  (Matthew 1:21, ESV)

"Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel" (which means, God with us).   (Matthew 1:23, ESV)

For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,  (1 Timothy 2:5, ESV)

God bless us all