ENEMY NO.4 -- FAILURE TO UNDERSTAND OUR RIGHT TO USE THE NAME OF JESUS !

ENEMY NO.4 -- FAILURE TO UNDERSTAND OUR RIGHT TO USE THE NAME OF JESUS: (John 16:23-24). "Whatsoever you shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. Hitherto have you asked nothing in my name: ask, and you shall receive, that your joy may be full." When we fully realize the power of Jesus Name --- when we understand what that Name will do -- then we can defeat Satan and all his demonic influences and enjoy the victory. In the 16th chapter of Mark, Jesus told his disciples, "goal ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. What are they supposed to believe ? I submit to you that they are to believe the words that carried the power of God ! "And these signs shall follow them that believe. . ." (Mark 16:15--17). These signs shall follow those who believe the Gospel -- Not Just the Early Church, not just the apostles, not just the preachers. All believers can cast out devils in His Name. All believers have authority over evil spirits in the Name of Jesus. In His name That they will speak with new tongues. In His Name they will lie hands on the sick and they share recover. The name of Jesus have authority and power today, and that Name belongs to us ! For there is no other name given among mankind whereby we must be saved ! ENEMY NO.5 -- FAILURE TO ACT UPON THE WORD: If we know that God's Word is true, and I am not talking about just mentally acknowledging it is true. I am talking about when we act as if it is true, it becomes a reality in our lives. The Bible says, "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding" (Proverbs 3:5). All that is necessary for us to ask is, "what does God's Words say ?" People often ask me why they don't receive healing or for that matter any of the other blessing. They quote such scriptures as "Himself took our infirmities, and bore our sicknesses" (Matthew 8:17), and "Who his own self bore our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes you were healed" (1 Peter 2:24). They tell me they believe the Scriptures. Then I asked them, "But have you ever acted like these scriptures are true ? Many of you probably don't know about A. B. Simpson, a Presbyterian minister who later founded the Christian and Missionary Alliance, was told he was dying of a heart condition and had only a few months to live. He took a vacation to old Orchard Beach, Maine, where he could spend time studying the Word of God on the subject of divine healing, a subject that had game his interest. He writes in the Gospel of healing, " . . . The summer I speak of I had a great number of people testify that they had been healed by simply trusting the Word of Christ, just as they would for their salvation. It drove me to my Bible. I determined that I must settle this matter one way or the other. "I am so glad I did not go to man," he continued. "At His feet, along, with my Bible open, and with no one to help or guide me, I became convinced that this was part of Christ Jesus glorious gospel for a sinful and suffering world, and the purchase of His blessed cross, for all who will believe and receive His Word." Simpson solemnly vowed to God that he accepted healing without question; that he took Jesus as his Healer; and that he will preach and minister healing in every way God asked him to. Two days later, Simpson was invited to speak at a service in New York Hampshire. He testified about Jesus and His faithfulness to heal and share that he had just taken Jesus as His healer. The next day he was invited to go mountain climbing. His first reaction was that he couldn't go because of his heart condition. Then he remembered he had declared his healing, so he accepted the invitation. Until this time, he had not felt his healing; he had just declared it. He battled all the way up the mountain. Every time he got his mind off the Scriptures, he felt weakness, pain, and fear. But as he overcame these feelings and claimed his healing, the symptoms would leave. He fought this battle all the way to the top of the mountain --- and walked away victorious. He went on to lead an active energetic life in God's service, and he suffered no more symptoms. I suggest, that many of you step out and claim your victory, Real faith in God is the child of the knowledge of God's Word. Simpson acted on the Word and got real God kind of faith from it. Instead of trying to believe, he acted upon the Word.