Sunday Re-cap (18th March 2007)

THE RELEVANCE OF THE NAMES OF GOD IN THE NT**BELIEVER

by Pastor Sam Hari

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I. JESUS IS THE FULLNESS OF GOD IN BODILY FORM.

Col 1:16-20

V16-All things were created IN HIM, THROUGH HIM, FOR HIM.

V18-He is the head of the body, THE CHURCH.

V19-IN HIM is ALL the FULLNESS of GOD.

Col 2:9-10 For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. (10) And you are complete in Him, who is the Head of all principality and power,

II. HIS FULLNESS IS IN US!

Eph 1:22-23 And He has put all things under His feet and gave Him to be Head over all things to the church, (23) which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

Eph 3:14-21

V14,15-we are HIS family with HIS NAME (the NAMES of GOD, HIS nature, attributes, power is now IN the NT believers unlike the OT** believer who only encountered HIM externally).

V17-Christ now dwells in the NT believer’s hearts!

V18, 19-we now come to a place of knowing the love of Christ that passes knowledge (beyond the OT believer and the law; beyond intellect and theological knowledge).

That LOVE acts as a bridge between the OT and the NT. Without that bridge of LOVE we cannot have the FULLNESS of GOD.

God’s intention in revealing HIS fullness was HIS LOVE for us. We are GREATLY LOVED! HIS NAMES dwell in us for HIS love’s sake.

V20-according to the power that works in us. The power of HIS NAME.

What is that power?

Col 1:26-27.. Which is Christ in you, the hope of glory,

1Jo 4:13

1Jo 4:4 … because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

Application

1. Unlike the OT, the Names of Jehovah are no longer for external application only. They are to be applied internally.
1. Jehovah Rapha does not just bring healing, HE is in us! Meaning healing is in us.
2. Jehovah Jireh is not just one who sees and bring provision, He is seeing and HE is provision and HE IS IN US!
3. Jehovah Nissi is in us…Tsidkenu, Makkadesh, Rohi, Sabaoth, Elohim, etc.
2. Don’t just ask Jehovah to manifest His nature for our situation, ask Him to manifest the nature of His name IN US and through us to the world around us.
3. The Names of God unlocks God’s treasures for us and IN US and through us!

**OT-OLD TESTAMENT NT-NEW TESTAMENT