For What Purpose?

For What Purpose?

God has made this investment for the benefit of the Church; He has made this deposit on, which the Church has a right to draw for Her every need. He has given to Him the Name that has within it the fullness of the Godhead, the wealth of the Eternities, and love of the heart of the Father-God: and, that Name is given us.

We have the right to use that Name against our enemies. We have the right to use it in our petitions. We have the right to use it in our praises and worship. That Name has been given unto us.

But this is only the beginning of the wonders and the value of the greatness of that Name.
In Colossians 2:15 we get a deeper view of His conquest of the Satanic forces just before He rose from the dead: “Having despoiled the principalities and the powers, He made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.”

The picture here is of Christ in the dark regions of the lost, in awful combat with the hosts of darkness. It gives us a glimpse of the tremendous battle and victory that Jesus won before He rose from the dead.

The margin reads: “Having put off from Himself, the principalities and powers.”
It is evident that the whole demon host, when they saw Jesus in their power simply intended to swamp Him, overwhelm Him, and they held Him in fearful bondage until the cry came forth from the throne of God that Jesus had met the demands of justice; that the sin-problem was settled and man’s redemption was a fact.