THREE LIFE-CHANGING BLESSINGS THE MOST HOLY NAME BRINGS

In Y’shua's time Jewish custom forbid everyone from pronouncing the names I am and YHVH. The Jews called God Adonai instead. But Y’shua was there to replace with the truth the false teachings lurking in the minds of His disciples. He uncovered the God-appointed names (reverting Adonai to I AM and YHVH) and pronounced them publicly. He did at the risk of being stoned to death (John 8:59). 

⁶ Father, I have revealed [uncovered] Your name to those whom You gave Me out of the world… ⁸ I gave them the words that You gave Me and they accepted them… ¹⁴ I have given them Your Word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world… ¹⁷ Sanctify them by the truth; Your Word is truth. ²⁶ I have made Your name known to them, and will continue to make You known in order that the love You have for Me may be in them and that I Myself may be in them. JOHN 17

Y'shua prompted His disciples to stop calling God Adonai whose real names were I AM and YHVH (Hebrews 2:12). To this we should take cue. Let us stop calling Him Jesus whose real name is Y'shua. Matthew 1:21 and Luke 1:31 instruct us to call Him Y’shua. The instruction is a command, imperative for everyone to obey.

The name Y'shua brings three blessings to those who put their faith in it. As a Pastor I would not want anyone to miss the blessings. They are life-changing. 

What are these blessings?

Blessing No. 1:  YOU GET A WEAPON TO REPEL LUCIFER AND HIS DEMONS.

The most holy name is an extremely powerful weapon in spiritual warfare. It shoos away the demonic spirits in our midst and neutralizes their wicked works. Tremendous terror seizes them every time the name is vocalized.  

There are occasions when I do exorcism with other pastors. It has been observed that when their “In Jesus’ name!” fails to cast out the demons, my “In the name of our Lord Messiah Y’shua!” works. My xperience jibes with the finding of the Seventy-Two:

¹⁷ The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in Your name.” LUKE 10

If we carry the name of Y'shua in our hearts, there is no reason for us to fear Lucifer and his demons. As Don Moen said in his song Be Strong and Take Courage, “Nothing can face you that you can’t command.” 

¹⁰ Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. EPHESIANS 6

Blessing No. 2:  PERSONAL SALVATION

¹² Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved. ACTS 4

The demons have replaced the most holy name. First, because replacement causes them no fear, discomfort or pain. Second, because they do not want anyone to be saved. Do not be deceived though. There is no other name by which we could be saved.

⁹ If you confess with your mouth Y’shua is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. ¹⁰ For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved… ¹³ For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. ROMANS 10

¹² To all who received Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God— ¹³ children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God. JOHN 1

If you carry the name of Y'shua is your heart, be ready for your faith will be tested. The evil empire will make life very difficult for you. You will experience rejection, alienation, persecution and hostility. Y’shua warned about it: “They will lay hands on you and persecute you. They will deliver you to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors, and all on account of My name” (Luke 21:12).

Stand firm and God will say to you: “I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept My Word and have not denied My name” (Revelation 3:8). 

Blessing No. 3:  Key to Quick Answered Prayer

¹³ I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. ¹⁴ You may ask Me for anything in My name, and I will do it. JOHN 14 

If you carry the name of Y'shua in your heart, you will not have to steal, beg or borrow from your neighbor when you come to be in need of something. You will not have to weigh down your heart with worry or envy or self-pity. You can ask God to supply you your need in Y’shua’s name. God will deliver the needy who cry out to Him (Psalm 72:12). There is nothing He cannot give. His wealth has no limit; He owns everything (Job 41:11, Psalm 24:1, Leviticus 225:23, Psalm 50:10, Haggai 2:8). He can create anything out of nothing.

What is it that you need? The word ask in Matthew 7:7 is aiteo. The better translation for it is demand. Demand to be given in Y’shua’s name.  

Your needs can be categorized into six:

1. PHYSICAL NEED: Health, vitality and strength;
2. MATERIAL NEED: Food, water, clothing, shelter, heat and air;
3. MENTAL NEED: Knowledge, understanding and wisdom;
4. EMOTIONAL NEED, companionship and laughter;  
5. FINANCIAL NEED: Regular source of income or financial security; and
6. SPIRITUAL NEED: Soul-growth, salvation, restoration, inner joy and serenity. 

² You want something, but you don’t get it… You do not have, because you do not ask God. JAMES 4

²⁴ Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete. JOHN 16

The Philippines has a very high incidence of poverty and misery, even among the Born Again pastors. Yet nobody has to wallow in it. God has promised to give abundance to those who ask for it (Matthew 25:28).

²¹ It is very easy for the Lord to make a poor person suddenly rich. SIRACH 11  

Learning Application: We have taken the liberty of replacing all scriptural references to “Jesus” and “Christ” in this blog with Y’shua and Messiah respectively. That is because when Y’shua said “Ask in My name”, He was saying "Ask in My Hebrew Aramaic name." Also because when the Seventy-Two said “Even the demons submit to us in Your name”, they were saying "The demons submit to us in Your Hebrew Aramaic name." Furthermore, because when the Scripture says “There is no other name by which we must be saved”, the Scripture means His Hebrew Aramaic name. The name Jesus does not exist then.

IF JESUS IS NOT GOD'S NAME, HOW COME THE DEMONS FLEE WHEN THE NAME IS INVOKED AGAINST THEM? 

Bishop Levi Bar Thoma, head of the Ancient Apostolic Church of the East in the Philippines, gave this explanation: “The demons are great deceptors. They pretend to flee in order to promote the wrong name.”

The Spirit has impressed on me one more reason: God is the King of mercy! He is waiting for us to learn the most holy name and call on it, but until we do, He is granting petitions addressed to Jesus  just so we could be helped. Hallelu-yah for God’s mercy!

Are we being biblical here? Yes, we are. God was not pleased with being addressed as Adonai. It’s an unauthorized name. Nonetheless He granted the petitions addressed to Adonai just so the petitioners could be helped. God has been merciful to the ignorant. 

Take note: We said ignorant, not ignoring. Ignorant is the person who does not know the truth. Ignoring is the person who knows but sets it aside in favor of the false. You are not ignorant anymore because now you know Matthew 1:21 and Luke 1:31. If you continue in calling on Jesus, moreso in teaching others that it’s okay to call on Jesus, then you are ignoring. You are no different to the Pharisees and the teachers of the Law who were stubborn and sinful: stubborn because they were forcing their human will to prevail over God’s will, and sinful because they were deliberately ignoring and disobeying God’s instruction.

²¹ I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the Law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.  MATTHEW 5

Share Your Blessing

Aren’t you blessed today? Oh, yes, you are! Many do not know the most holy name, but you do now. Many do not know the three blessings that come with calling on the name, but you do now. Use your gain to your advantage. Pause for a moment and pray in the name of Y’shua. Go ahead, pray for freedom from satanic bondage, for freedom from poverty and misery, for freedom from the Second Death.

One more thing: Do not keep your gain to yourself, please. Share it and bless your neighbors with it, especially your loved ones. Spread the Good News!

³² Whoever acknowledges Me before men, I will also acknowledge him before My Father in heaven. ³³ But whoever disowns Me before men, I will disown him before My Father in heaven. MATTHEW 10

⁸ I tell you, whoever acknowledges Me before men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge him before the angels of God. But he who disowns Me before men will be disowned before the angels of God. LUKE 12