Jesus' Name Is So Powerful That The Devil Doesn’t Want You To End Your Prayer In Jesus Name. The Devil Hates That Name. People Curse & Swear Using The Name Of The Lord. You Never Hear People Cuss Using The Name Of Buddha Or Allah. The devil wants you to compromise. He managed many years ago to keep prayer out of schools. Non-Christians get offended when we pray in Jesus name, so, we are asked to silence our prayers so that others are not offended and the news media is sure to beep out any mention of Jesus name if mentioned on the news or talk shows. Listen To This:
Matthew 12:17-18a, 21 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: [18] “Here is my servant whom I have chosen ... [21] In his name the nations will put their hope.” Including Islamic nations! and Hindu nations! All nations. Christ's Name is the HOPE of the nations! Including the USA! Jesus' Name is a strong tower in our midst. Acts 4:17-18 “But to stop this thing from spreading any further among the people, we must warn these men to speak no longer to anyone in this name. “Then they called them in again, commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. Jesus' Name Is So Powerful That The Devil And His People Will Try To Stop You From Using It.
People Curse And Swear Using The Name Of The Lord. The Devil Hates That Name. You Never Hear People Cuss Using The Name Of Buddha Or Allah. Listen To This: The Name of the Lord is a strong tower, powerfully providing safety for you. It’s the Name above all other names. Call on that name — the Lord Jesus Christ — for salvation. Call on His Name to see signs, wonders, gifts of the Spirit, healings, and demons flee. Call on God the Father in prayer in Jesus’ Name. “Ask and you will receive.” Speak Christ's Name to the nations; it is their great hope. The devil will try to stop you from calling on His Name. Don’t let him! Let that "strong tower," the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, be often on your lips.
The Name of the Lord is where strength lies. His Name has all the power to combat anything the enemy tries to raise against us. The name of the Lord is the name above every name. It is a refuge for us to run into and be safe from all the attacks that come against us. The Name of the Lord is our divine protection, and we always need Him. The Name of the Lord contains what we need in times of stress and anxiety if we will be quick to run to Him.
“The name of the Lord is a strong tower. The righteous run into it and are safe” Proverbs 18:10
The Name of the Lord is a strong tower. The righteous run into it and are safe.” When we read this verse, we seem to focus on the big strong tower that is a fortified place to hide from danger, but it is the Name of the Lord that our focus is to be centered on. The Name of the Lord is where strength lies. His Name has all the power to combat anything the enemy tries to raise against us.
If we were caught out in a storm and only had a flimsy umbrella, the wind, and force of the storm would rip it right out of our hands, but if we see a tower in the distance, we could run into it and be safe from the wind and rain or whatever might come crashing down on us. The Name of the Lord is strong against storms that would try to uproot us. The Name of the Lord is secure. We are protected from harm and harassment by the enemy.
In the early church, believers had victory in the Name of the Lord. They understood the power in His name that broke the chains of captives and set them free. Philippians 2:9-11 says everything in heaven and on earth must bow to the name of Jesus—every knee shall bow. Today we can speak His Name over the circumstances that cause us to panic. Jesus is Lord over all sickness and disease. Name the disease and say, “Jesus is Lord over all of it.” Once you have called on His Name there may be a time lapse before the victory comes and we can see it with our eyes. Are you afraid He has not heard you? That is where our confidence in the Name of Jesus must take place right when we pray.
If we believe He is Lord and every knee shall bow to His name, then that’s the way it is. Run into the strong tower. His Name.” “Let your requests be made known to God with thanksgiving and then experience His peace that surpasses all understanding” (Philippians 4:6, 7).
Why continue to be fearful if we have a strong refuge in His Name? You will notice that it says the righteous run into it and are safe. Getting to His protection should be primary on our mind that we would run to the Lord rather than walk as if we had all day. Jump in the strong tower of His Name and lock the doors where nothing can get to you. Stand by the promises He gives and don’t hesitate to believe it. Focus on His Name and the meaning behind that Name so powerful that every knee shall bow, and tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.
In Proverbs 18:10, Solomon wrote that “the name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.” What exactly does that mean? How is the name of the Lord a strong tower? What is a strong tower?
To understand how the name of the Lord is a strong tower for us today, we’ll break the verse into four parts and go deeper into each.
- The name of the LORD
- A strong tower
- The righteous
- Safety
What Is the Name of the Lord?
A name is a powerful thing. This was more widely understood in ancient times than it is now, but it is still true, nonetheless. A name carries the identity of the person named. It is who they are.
In Proverbs 18:10, the word used for LORD is Yahweh so it can be read “the name of Yahweh is a strong tower…” This is speaking of God’s character, the entirety of who he is. Throughout the Bible, it refers to God himself as our strength, our rock, our fortress, etc. God and His name are the same.
When you hear the name of someone you know, you have an inner vision of them because the name carries all that you know about them. This means that a name carries a person’s reputation.
We can see how God’s name, or reputation, preceded him in the Book of Joshua. When God was leading Israel into the Promised Land, Joshua sent men into Jericho to spy out the land. They were discovered, and protected, by a woman named Rahab who made this declaration to them:
We have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites east of the Jordan, whom you destroyed. When we heard of it, our hearts melted in fear and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the Lord your God is God in heaven above and on the earth below Joshua 2:-10-11.
By faith, Rahab tapped into the name of the LORD, and she and all her family were kept safe when the city of Jericho was destroyed.
How Is the Name of the Lord a Strong Tower?
The name of the LORD is a strong tower. Some translations use terms such as fortified tower, strong fortress, mighty tower, and tower of strength, and in one translation it simply says, “great strength.”
A tower is something tall, or high. The name of the LORD is high.
Let them praise the name of the LORD because his name is high above all others. His glory is above heaven and earth Psalm 148:13.
The tower is strong. Strength is manifested in numerous ways. Words the dictionary uses to convey how strength is conveyed are: physical, mental, competence, influence, moral power, effectiveness, healthy, means to resist attack, uncompromising, well-supplied, clear, firm, and thriving.
The name of the LORD, which is a strong tower is high above your problem, providing all you need.
Who Is Righteous?
There are two things here. The righteous refers to the person, and the action “run.”
Who is the righteous this verse is talking about? Righteousness according to the Bible is being in the right standing with God. This is something no one can achieve on their own. For anyone to attain righteousness they must receive it from God.
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith — and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God — not by works, so that no one can boast Ephesians 2:8-9.
For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ! Romans 5:17.
What is the significance of the action run? Running is simply faster than walking. However, the word used in the original text implies urgency. It is more accurately translated rush, or hurry how it’s written in this translation:
The name of the LORD is a strong tower; a righteous person rushes to it and is lifted above the danger (ISV).
Can We Feel Safe in the Strong Tower?
What does it mean to be safe? The verse above says, “Lifted above the danger.” Jesus is our safe place our safety net. What happens when we are told that our church is our safe place, but yet this is the place where a member trusted someone too much and was molested when we are told that this family relative and home is a safe place, but this is where someone was raped by a family member when you are admitted to a drug rehab facility and yet you still have access to get drugs, what about an alcoholic rehabilitation center and yet you are not protected, someone breaks the rule, you are admitted to the hospital, you are told this is the safest place for you and you die from misdiagnosis and the list goes on and on. Jesus is our safe place, call on His name which gives us strength. Run to Him in the time of trouble, pray to Him at all times.
The dictionary defines being safe as protected from or not exposed to danger or risk; not likely to be harmed or lost.
Other translations of the verse use words like set on high, set safely on high, be safe, is safe, shall be exalted, be strengthened, and are protected.
Looking at the word in the original language we get these phrases: inaccessibly high, too high for capture, and set on high far above evil.
In the verse that follows, Solomon identifies an “imagined” place of safety.
The wealth of the rich is their fortified city; they imagine it as a wall too high to scale (Proverbs 18:11).
Imagined safety isn’t true safety. The name of the Lord is where true safety and protection are found.
The name of the LORD is a strong tower when we are scared when we are ill when we are lost, when we are confused, when we are sad when we are threatened, when we are weak, when we are overwhelmed, and even when we are struggling financially. Always.
The safety that the name of the LORD provides is multi-faceted and trustworthy. No wonder the righteous rush toward it. By faith, we can rush to the name of the LORD and find safety at any time.
We Can Call on His Name
The name of the LORD represents all that He is and has for us — love, mercy, grace, power, righteousness, and more. David called on the name of the LORD throughout his life and tasted the deliverance of God. Here are a few examples:
From the ends of the earth, I cry to you for help when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the towering rock of safety, for you are my safe refuge, a fortress where my enemies cannot reach me Psalm 61:2-3.
Hear me, my God, as I voice my complaint to protect my life from the threat of the enemy. Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the plots of evildoers Psalm 64:1-2.
Deliver me from my enemies, O God; be my fortress against those who are attacking me. Deliver me from evildoers and save me from those who are after my blood Psalm 59:1-2.
The LORD is my protector; he is my strong fortress. My God is my protection, and with him I am safe. He protects me like a shield; he defends me and keeps me safe Psalm 18:2.
For in the day of trouble, he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his sacred tent and set me high upon a rock Psalm 27:5.
Call on the name of the Lord. Three times it is written that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved Joel 2:32; Acts 2:21; Romans 10:13.
Blessings
J.P. Olson
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