FAITH CAPSULE: His name will not change and His name will continue to make changes
Exodus 3:13-19 ACTS 19:1-20
Anyone who does not know the name of the Lord will not receive the benefits or privileges of whoever calls on Him. Many people know about His name but very few know His name. There is a significant difference. Knowing about the name of Jesus will not qualify one to be saved. Knowing about the name of Jesus is different from knowing the name of Jesus. Knowing the name of Jesus is not enough and it will not do if the one who claims to know Him is not known in Him. The case of the itinerant Jewish’s exorcist is a good case of ones that only about Jesus. They do not know Him (no relationship with Him) and they were not known in Him. It is written, “Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul, so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them. Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists took it upon themselves to call the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “We exorcise you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches.” (Acts 19:11-14)
The itinerant Jewish exorcists do not know Jesus; they only know Him as one whom Paul preaches. It was not funny for them when the evil spirit responded stating, “And the evil spirit answered and said, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?” (Acts 19:15) They were not known in Him. After the evil response was reaction which states, “Then the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.´(Acts 19:16) Truly the itinerant Jewish had no relationship but they wanted to experience what those in relationship with Jesus always experience. Instead, they were overpowered and were naked. Do you know Him and known in Him? Paul was known in Him and the evil force could not touch Paul when He ministered deliverance.
Which of His Names do you know? He answers name which no any other god shares with Him. Moses inquired from Him about His name and He responded, “Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, the LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.” (Exodus 3: 14-15) His Name has not changed. His name will not change and His name will continue to make changes because His Name is for all generation. Get to know Him and be known in Him.
Prayer for today: Ask God to guide and lead you into knowing Him and to be known in Him.