14/07/2020
Authority in the Name of Jesus
Jesus gave every believer in His name on earth the authority to use that name. The transfer of this type authority in our world today, is what is recognized in legal terms as “The Power of Attorney”. A Power of Attorney is the authority that is given to another person, so as to act on behalf of the issuer in legal or any other matters.
Jesus gave us the power to use His name on earth in the same manner. We are acting as His representative on earth today. Everything that Jesus wants to get done on earth today, He does it through the believers in His name, who has been given the Power of Attorney to act on His behalf.
The terms of the transfer of power is always included in the document that transfers that power. And how powerful that transfer is, will be determined by the value in it that is put in place by the issuer.
The Bible is the document that clearly highlights the transfer of authority to the believers. Every sentence inside it with the red ink, where Jesus reveals the transfer of such authority to the believers itemizes the transfer itself.
The value of our power as believers in His name was put on that name by Jesus when He said:
“And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.”
Matthew 28:18-20 NKJV
And again He said:
“And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.””
Mark 16:17-18 NKJV
These words of Jesus in the Bible makes the transfer of power to all believers in His name legally binding on earth, in the heavens and under the earth. This means human, angelic and demonic beings of the three worlds are bond to respond to the name of Jesus.
We must note here that the authority was given to humans only, of all the three beings.
This transfer of authority makes both the angelic and demonic beings, to wonder about the enormous power given to the believers in Christ. Humans are the last of the three beings to be created by God.
The scriptures says:
“It is not to angels that he has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking. But there is a place where someone has testified: “What is mankind that you are mindful of them, a son of man that you care for him? You made them a little lower than the angels; you crowned them with glory and honor and put everything under their feet.” In putting everything under them, God left nothing that is not subject to them. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to them.”
Hebrews 2:5-8 NIV
We do have enormous power available to us in the name of Jesus, that makes every angelic and demonic being to wonder about the power and authority in us. God gave it to only the believers in that name – Jesus.
Every time we call on that name, God in Heaven sees us through the eyes of Jesus. We can use His name in getting anything that we want.
And just like any Power of Attorney, Jesus gave us the power to use His name while He was still on earth (John 16:24). In legal terms that kind of delegation of authority is binding on the receiver of the authority, since the issuer is alive and in right mind when it was issued. Jesus was yet to go to the cross where He gave us His name to use.
A dead man or a person without the ability to reason cannot do this. This will render it non binding. The power of attorney that Jesus gave to us, as Christians more than two thousand years ago, is still binding and effective in our world today.