~~ Using the Name ~~

John 16:22 And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.

Joh 16:23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.

Joh 16:24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

Joh 16:25 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall show you plainly of the Father.

Joh 16:26 At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you:

Joh 16:27 For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.

Joh 16:28 I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.

To any here who truly wish to learn God’s truth, study this with an open heart. Pray and ask God to reveal his truth to you. Nothing I or anyone else says will open your understanding. Only God can do that. Jesus told us all to search the Scriptures. God said study to shew yourselves approved to God. Now he meant to study the Scriptures. So if all you do is read what some other person wrote, and not the Scripture itself, you will never have true revelation from God.

You may read this and believe it. But until you put time to God for yourself and study the Word itself, and let God speak to you, then and only then will you have the revelation for yourself. After God speaks to you and reveals something to you, it will be clear and you will never doubt it again. Now you can see from the above Scripture that I am speaking truth to you. But you still must feed upon it for yourself. You absolutely MUST study the Scriptures for yourself. If you do not do this you will never grow up in Him and have truth in your heart.

Now back to the Scripture: This is Jesus speaking to his disciples just before he was crucified. Up until that time, no one had used the name of Jesus. Up until that time, the name of Jesus was not the power. Up until that time, none of them had prayed in the name of Jesus. Why? Because Jesus had not been given the power at that time. Jesus was not in power to rule or be God at that time.

Every truth must have an OT type. Are you aware that God had set up a man, in the OT times, to be a god to someone? And that God also gave this other god a prophet? Yes, God made Moses a god to Pharaoh and he also made Aaron to be Moses�?prophet. Now that was done to show the world that God can and did, make a human man to be God. God made his Son, Jesus, to be our God. But this only happened after his resurrection. At the resurrection is when God beget his Son in his own likeness and glory. This is proven in Romans one, and in Acts 13. Ac 13:33 God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. Ac 13:34 And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David.

Now that proves that the day he was begotten was the day of his resurrection. Ro 1:3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; Ro 1:4 And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:

Both those Scriptures say that the day Jesus was raised from the dead is the day God beget him as his only begotten Son.

Now back to John: John 16:24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name:

So Jesus told them then that up until that time, (hitherto) you have asked NOTHING in my name. This proves that they were not using the name of JESUS up until the time of his crucifixion.

John 16:25 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall show you plainly of the Father. 16:26 At that day ye shall ask in my name:

Now Jesus shows them when they would start asking in his name. He said I will show you plainly of the Father. So at that time they did not know the Father plainly. They knew of an OT God and of course had to use the name of that God. But they did not one time consider using the name of Jesus. Why? Because they did not think that Jesus was God. They had not one time ever considered that this man was God. Jesus had not been given the power of God until his resurrection, so no one had asked in his name. He was not in authority then to work as God. He did heal the sick by faith in God. He did all those miracles by faith in God. But he was not the one whose name was in power. It was the name of the Father. His name is the LORD God or God of Hosts. Jesus was not the name of God.

After Jesus ascended on high, God gave Jesus all power in heaven and earth to rule as God. He commanded all the angels of God to worship his Son as God. So they did. Also on earth the understanding came to the disciples that now Jesus was OUR GOD. So now that Jesus was sitting on the throne of God, and God had decreed that no one can come to him but by Jesus, then the power was switched to the name of Jesus. Now we all must pray in the name of Jesus. We must baptize in the name of Jesus. If we raise the dead, this must be done in the name of Jesus. God will not allow anyone in this grace age of Church, to go to Him and use His name and bypass his Son.

Those of you who claim that Jesus is God and that you do not have to go to this God through his Son, are rebelling against the order of God himself. You are flat denying the Word and authority of God to set his Son up as God.

John 16:26 At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you:

John 16:27 For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.

John 16:28 I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.

At that day ye shall ask in my name. But they had not asked in his name before that day. Why? Because God was still in power and had not yet turned the power over to his Son.

Verse 28..I leave the world, and go to the Father.

Now be reasonable. If Jesus had been the Father, as you are claiming, why would he have to leave the world and GO TO THE FATHER?

If he were the Father, he would not have to GO TO THE FATHER. If the spirit of God which was in Jesus were all that there is of the Father, then it would be very silly to claim to leave the world to GO TO THE FATHER.

No ‘oneness�?teacher in this world can make sense of this statement of Jesus himself. He said the Father HIMSELF loves you because ye have loved me. You may accuse Jesus of speaking foolish, but I certainly do not. He did not mean, myself loves you because you have loved myself. No. Jesus did not speak that foolishly.

By: Jo Smith ~~~ October 24, 2007