JESUS assures us that if we ask anything in HIS NAME, believing, it will be done...that when we ask in accordance with the will of the FATHER, our supplication will be supplied.
The WORD also tells us that sometimes we ask amiss.
The 'name it and claim it' gospel holds out a magic wand to believers, telling people of faith that whatever they desire can be theirs if they are simply bold enough to proclaim it.
Very often, it is implied, that their successful proclamation will include a generous gift to the proclaimer of the message.
Nobody who professes faith in CHRIST should allow himself to be persuaded by this false gospel.
Indeed, rather than attaining gifts to lavish upon ourselves, we are told that we shall experience tribulation in the world. We are told that if the world hated our SAVIOR, it will also hate us.
Becoming CHRISTIANS will not make us the winners of any popularity contest. Becoming CHRISTIANS will make us the object of the world's disdain...but, "be of good cheer," JESUS said...HE overcame the world.
So will HIS people.
That is the promise. Those who name the name that is above all names will ultimately overcome.
In HIS matchless name is the power to see the will of the HOLY ONE implemented in the lives of frail, fallen people.
Will you sign on to that?
Nobody who professes faith in CHRIST should allow himself to be persuaded by this false gospel.
Indeed, rather than attaining gifts to lavish upon ourselves, we are told that we shall experience tribulation in the world. We are told that if the world hated our SAVIOR, it will also hate us.
Becoming CHRISTIANS will not make us the winners of any popularity contest. Becoming CHRISTIANS will make us the object of the world's disdain...but, "be of good cheer," JESUS said...HE overcame the world.
So will HIS people.
That is the promise. Those who name the name that is above all names will ultimately overcome.
In HIS matchless name is the power to see the will of the HOLY ONE implemented in the lives of frail, fallen people.
Will you sign on to that?
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