The Name in the Epistles

THE NAME IN THE EPISTLES

THE use of the Name in the Epistles is very illuminating. “Unto the Church of God which is at Corinth, even them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called
saints with all that call upon the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, their Lord and ours.” I Cor. 1:2. “With all that call upon the Name.”

In those early days, the believers knew the value and place and authority of that Name-they appreciated It. They walked and lived in the conscious freshness of the power of the Name of Jesus.

When they made an appeal to the brethren, they used language like this “Now, I beseech you, brethren, through the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, that there he no division among you.” Their appeal was in the Name of Jesus.

In I Cor. 5:4 we read, “In the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ. ye being gathered together.” Here, the Church is facing an internal trouble-one of the young men has committed a very grave misdemeanour.

And Paul tells them that when they have gathered together in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, they are to deliver such a one over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh. that the spirit may be saved in the day of Christ Jesus.
That Name had the power of Life and of Death in those
days.

“And such were some of you: but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified. but ye were justified in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God.” I Cor. 6:11.
Here, they are washed, sanctified, and justified in that Name.

The farther you go in the Epistles, the more deeply you are impressed with the power, and dignity, and grace of God vested in that Name.
“Giving thanks always for all things in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father.” Eph. 5:20.

Even our praises and our worship cannot go to God directly they must come in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ. That does not hinder us from worshipping and praising Jesus Himself but when we praise the Father, it must be done in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ. “Wherefore also God highly exalted Him, and gave unto Him the Name which is above every name; that at the Name of Jesus every knee should bow, of beings in heaven and beings on earth and beings 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.

God has highly exalted the Name of Jesus in the three worlds – every knee bows; all the angelic beings bow before the Name of this Wonder Man Jesus. No Name is so great, no Name has so many glories attached to it as the Name of Jesus.

On earth, the Name of Jesus has steadily grown from the day when He lay an infant in the manger, and Mary looking upon Him remembered what the angels had said: “And His Name shall be called Jesus, for it is He Who shall save His people from their sins.”
From the cradle with its prophecy to the cross with its tragedy, and sweeping down through the ages, that Name has steadily grown until today, the Jew, the Gentile, and heathen of all lands are compelled to recognize that Name.

No man writes a deed in Christian Lands who does not honour the Name of Jesus. The date on that document, showing the year of our Lord (A. D.) must be written.
The Lord has so arranged it that everyone regardless of his belief must acknowledge the birth of Christ every time he dates a letter.

Wherever that Name has become known, honoured, and venerated, habitations have changed to homes; the mother’s position from that of a slave to that of the honoured queen, and girlhood from being despised to being honoured and loved.

Wherever that Name is honoured, educational institutions spring up, inventions, scientific investigation, and discoveries are fostered. This Name that men have ignored and trampled upon during this dispensation will be the Name that will fill the hearts of wicked men with fear.