the Third Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
John Gossner's Treasury
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. John 16:23-24. And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee. Psalms 9:10. For thy name’s sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity. Psalms 25:11.
"Our help is in the name of the Lord" only, as David says (Psalms 124:8). This was prophesied by Zephaniah, who says, "Then (in the new covenant) will I turn to the people a pure language (pure lips), that they may call upon the name of the Lord" (of Christ) (Zephaniah 3:9). "And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered" (saved and blessed) (Joel 2:32). Blessed, then, is he who knows the name of Jesus, not only the two syllables Je-sus, but the power and salvation of this person, this Being in the perfect likeness of God, He in whom "the fulness of the Godhead dwells bodily," who has "received the Spirit without measure," who is ours with all that He is and has, because He died and gave Himself for us. His name, therefore, and all that it contains: His merits and worthiness. His power, the pleasure of God that rests in Him, is ours; we may plead it before God, and come before God clothed in His name. He who thus enters into the presence of God shall be received, heard and pardoned; he shall obtain all that he desires and asks of God. He who stands thus in the presence of God is immovable and firm. On the other hand, he who pleads the name of Jesus as did the exorcists of whom we read in Acts 19:13 ff , is not regarded either by God or the devil. To such a person it will be said, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who art thou? " You do not belong to Jesus and Jesus does not belong to you. You must, therefore, put on Jesus, and have His name written in your heart. Then you can pray in the name of Jesus and expect to be heard. He, however, who has Jesus on the tongue, but has the world and the devil in his heart, pleads in vain before God the name of His Son.
Come, my soul,thy suit prepare,
Jesus loves to answer prayer:
He Himself has bid thee pray.
Therefore will not say thee nay.
Thou art coming to a King:
Large petitions with thee bring;
For His grace and power such,
None can ever ask too much.
