On my car bears a sticker - a name big enough that no one can miss. It has generated both positive and negative responses. Some have found it amusing, some embarrassing. Where others have found it weird, others have taken courage from it. It could be a good start to conversation, or else a controversy but one thing is for sure….
It is the name above every name. It is the name that every knee in heaven, earth, and hell shall bow to, and every tongue confess that ‘Jesus Christ is Lord‘ (Philippians 2:9-11). Whether you agree or disagree, it is what the God of the whole universe has already declared - like it or not. Can anyone stop the sun in its track and the coming of the moon at night? Can anyone capture the power of the lightning in their hands or contest the rumble of the thunder with their voice? Can anyone calm the pounding of the great ocean waves or cease the shaking of the earth? No one except God.
When the name of 'Jesus' becomes a taboo, it is exactly where Satan wants everyone to be; his purpose is to suppress and keep anyone from experiencing the power inherent in that name. The devil knows that what we speak out or what we don't speak out will either bring life or death. When the disciples were casting out demons and laying hands over the sick, whose name did they utter? It's no other else's name except the name of JESUS.
“I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live; that you may love the Lord your God, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your life and the length of your days….” Deuteronomy 30:19-20 (NIV)
“The thief [Satan] does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I [Jesus] have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly“. John 10:10 (NIV)
Thursday, August 5, 2010
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