Authority In The Name of Jesus — Keith Malcomson

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Praise God, we're turned to the word of God this morning and continuing with this series on spiritual warfare. But before we do, I just want to commend you, mothers in our gathering. We don't stand on ritual and special dates and events, but it's always wonderful to be able to think of the mothers in the church, those that have given birth to children and especially raising them and the things of Christ here in the church.

And we really pray for you. It's a wonderful task. And the message I'm going to preach this morning, I can assure you, I learned this truth, not from reading the Bible, not from hearing a preacher, but at my mother's knee.

I owe so much to my mother. I can't even begin to tell you how much I owe my mother concerning the things of God. And all of you are benefiting from a mother who taught me well, prayed well, opened up the scriptures and pointed me constantly to the Lord Jesus Christ.

Mothers run this race well. You don't know the child that you're raising. You never know what God's plan or purpose is for that child. And so give yourself to it. I know it's hard. I know there's a real devil, but be assured we're in a spiritual warfare.

One of your great warfares of your life could be to raise those children or that child and not let the devil get his hands upon them. Preach to them, lay your hands on them, pray for them, plead the blood of Jesus over them.

Tell them about the power that is in Jesus' name. It is a great calling. And here today, we do give thanks for all the mothers and especially those that have taught their children and will in the days ahead concerning the Lord Jesus Christ.

It's a wonderful task, a wonderful calling, and it's greatly diminished in this hour, but we don't diminish the place of women in our midst. There is an order and there is a way for a woman to behave herself and act in the home and in the church.

But you know what? I have the highest regard and respect for women. I'll never dishonor a woman, belittle her, or treat her wrongly. That is a shame on the gospel, but we honor a woman on the calling of Jesus Christ.

Please turn with me here this morning as we go to the word. And I wasn't planning this, but certainly what a message I'm gonna preach this morning is in honor of my mother, assuredly, because she taught me these truths from her knee.

What a precious thing. Turn into Mark chapter 16 and read in there this morning, my message, authority in the name of Jesus. Read in from Mark chapter 16 and verse 15. And this is Jesus speaking. And he said unto them, and he said unto them, go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved. He that believeth and he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them that believe. Listen carefully. In my name shall they cast out devils.

They shall speak with new tongues. They shall take up serpents. And if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them. They shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover. My message, authority in the name of Jesus.

This is part four of our series on spiritual warfare. And I can assure you that knowing the authority in Jesus' name is a vital part of this warfare. Will you pray with me this morning, as a church, as the saints of God, let's agree together.

Let's pray in that name. Let's pray in the authority of that name, through the virtue of that name, through the provision of that name. All that that name means, we come in prayer. I'm not praying on my own basis.

I'm not asking him to answer me because of me or because of you, but I'm asking that he answers our prayer this morning because of Jesus' name, the authority that is in that name. Father, we come unto you, not in any other name, but the name of Jesus Christ.

We know the authority is in that name. We have been commanded to pray unto you in the name of Jesus, according to your will. And Lord God, we approach you because of Jesus, on the basis of Jesus Christ, by his virtue, by his holiness, by his power, by his grace, by his provision, we approach unto you in that name.

And we pray that you speak unto us today, that you show us that we have authority over all the power of Satan, that even as a church, that you would make us to rise up in the city of Limerick to take authority in Jesus' name, to stand in the authority of Jesus Christ.

We know that there's powers of darkness in this city. We know that the devil has come to destroy our families. We know, oh God, that he's destroying people in our workplaces and around us where we live.

But Father, we pray that from this day, we are gonna begin to fight in the authority, in the name and in the power of Jesus' name, even as we have sung already this morning, in Jesus' mighty name, in the power, in the virtue of that name, we ask it that you be glorified, amen.

Signs That Follow Those Who Believe

My message this morning, authority in the name of Jesus. It says there in Mark chapter 16 and verse 17, and these signs, notice they are signs, indicators pointing to Jesus. When these signs operate, it turns the eyes upon Jesus.

These things honor Jesus, point to Jesus and bring glory to Jesus. And these signs shall follow them that believe. All those that believe, you don't need to be great or mighty, you don't need to be rich or famous.

All those who believe, if you believe these signs will follow you. There are signs that follow a believer and he's about to list some of these signs here. These signs shall follow a believer. Why does God give signs?

He gives signs to verify the message. He gives signs to show that there's a power involved with the preaching of the gospel. He gives signs to show that he is in the midst of the church of Jesus Christ.

Signs are there to indicate that Jesus has risen from the dead. Signs are there to show that he is in the midst. Signs are there to reveal and to prove that he is seated at the right hand of the father.

It says these signs shall follow them that believe. In my name shall they cast out devils. Notice here that the casting out of devils is in the name of Jesus, only in the precious name. My message, authority in the name of Jesus.

They shall take up serpents and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them. They shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover. All these precious promises are signs given to those that believe.

Saints, just believe this morning. Let us be a church that believes that these signs shall follow the preaching of the gospel. Where this is preached and believed, these things happen. Where people say these things are not for today, they do not happen.

Show me a church that says healing doesn't happen today. Nobody gets healed. Show me a church or a people that say, I believe healing is for today. And someone in that gathering is gonna get healed. I promise you, faith cometh by hearing.

It's not a believing without the word of God. But when the word of God is preached, we believe. Saints, I wanna tell you, there's authority in the name of Jesus. These signs shall follow them that believe.

The Reliability of Mark 16 and the Authority of Scripture

But if we do away with these teachings, none of these signs will point to Jesus Christ. Now, there's a great controversy over Mark chapter 16. Many modern day scholars who actually proclaim themselves expert on ancient manuscripts, say that the last 12 verses of Mark from verse nine to verse 20 should not be in our Bibles.

What they say in some of your Bibles, I hope it doesn't say it, you need a new Bible, but there are Bibles in this hour and it will be written there that these verses are not in the most ancient and reliable manuscripts.

If that is written in the margin of your Bible, it's time to get yourself a new Bible. My Bible says, and Jesus said, these signs shall follow them that believe. Why do they say that these precious 12 verses should not be in our Bible?

They go back to two manuscripts. The Sinaticus and the Vaticanus, and they give them preeminence above all other manuscripts. Do you know that there's 620 manuscripts of Mark chapter 16, 620? Guess how many these verses are missing in?

Only two. First of all, the Sinaticus that was found over 150 years ago in an old monastery in Sinai, just as it was about to be thrown in the flames. The second manuscript was found in the Vatican libraries.

It's called the Vaticanus. These two manuscripts are the most corrupt manuscripts in all of the world. And yet these two manuscripts were recovered and brought out and have changed many translations of the Bible.

Can I tell you Mark chapter 16 is used by 31 ancient Christian writers just after the days of the apostles. Also, many of the translations of the Bible into early languages all had this in them, but there's only two corrupt manuscripts.

The Vaticanus given to the born again church by the Vatican and the papacy. And another one rescued from a waste bin about to be burned. And these two manuscripts were used to change many modern Bibles.

Until the year 1870, nobody questioned Mark chapter 16. And yet since that time, many have said this should not be in our Bibles. Since I wanna tell you that I believe that was an attack of the devil on the authority of scripture.

He wanted to remove a very precious verse here that says, in my name shall they cast out devils. I believe that this scripture stirred up the anger of hell and the devil said, I want to move that out.

And so raised up two corrupt manuscripts, even though all the others have this in there. Be very careful who you listen to in this generation. Be very careful of listening to experts who say they know what they're talking about.

And yet they rip our Bibles apart. The same goes with fasting. You know how in Mark chapter nine, the apostles had power. They'd seen the sick healed, demons cast out. And yet when they went to pray for a young boy, they found, they shouted, they prayed, they laid hands on.

And yet they had no power to cast that demon out of the little boy. The father was tormented, went to Jesus and said, why could your disciples not do this? Listen to what Jesus said in Mark 9 29. This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.

Again, in the modern translations of the Bible, that word fasting has been taken out. It wouldn't make sense for Jesus to say, this demon doesn't come out of the boy, but by prayer. That's what most translations have.

It wouldn't make sense. Of course they were praying, but Jesus said it doesn't come out, but by prayer and fasting. If I was the devil, there's certain scriptures I want to remove from the Bible. Most of the new versions of the Bible remove the word fasting from Matthew 17 21, from Mark chapter 9 29, from Acts chapter 10 and verse 30, and from 1 Corinthians 7 and verse 5.

Then they changed the word fasting for hunger in 2 Corinthians chapter 6 and verse 5. And again, in 2 Corinthians 11 and 27. But fasting is different than hunger. Very, very different. These six verses on fasting to break the power of Satan have been removed from many or most of the new Bible versions.

The Sinaiticus and Vaticanus have removed all of these scriptures. Some Bible translations remove the word fasting. Others like the NIV remove the entire verse. When you go there, you'll see that it is gone.

Saints, I tell you that there has been an onslaught of hell against the reality of the teaching of the authority of the Bible. I believe there is authority in the name of Jesus. And if hell can steal that truth from you, it will.

The Highest Name and Supreme Authority of Jesus

My message this morning, authority in the name of Jesus. And my first point, the highest name. You must know this before I tell you about your authority through the name of Jesus. I've got to first tell you about the authority of that name.

It says here in verse 7 in Mark 16, in my name shall I cast out devils. Jesus promotes his own name. He said, there's only one name that will defeat the devil. One name that you can stand upon in coming against the devil, or resisting the devil, in my name.

Jesus says, only in my name. If you're gonna face the devil, it better be in my name. You better discover the power of my name. You better realize that my name is more powerful than the devil. I don't care if there's 6 ,000 demons in an individual.

I don't care if it's the Prince of Persia or the Prince of Greece. I don't care if it's the devil himself. There is power in the name of Jesus. In my name, you will cast out devils. I wanna show you that you don't wanna play games with the devil.

You don't wanna mock him. You don't wanna call him names. You don't wanna get involved with the devil unless you know the authority of Jesus' name. You would play a very dangerous game. And we as a church, we as a church here need to understand, to believe, to study the word of God, to find out the authority invested in Jesus' name.

Do you know God the Father has put all authority, I mean, supreme authority, absolute authority, sovereign authority in the name of Jesus. He says in Matthew 28, verse 18, and Jesus came and spake unto them, the disciples, saying, all power.

The word power there is exousia. And I'm gonna explain it to you. It's very important to realize that when we talk about the name of Jesus, we're talking about authority, authority. There is no authority apart from his name.

Jesus said, all power, all authority is given unto me in heaven and on earth. That's what Jesus said. God the Father has given me all authority. There is nothing that can stand against me. Authority is given.

That word power, where Jesus said, all power is given unto me, and listen carefully, is the word exousia. You've got to understand this word exousia. We know in the Bible in Acts 1 and verse 8 is the word dunamis, you shall receive power.

That's dunamis, that's the power of the Holy Spirit. This word is a different Greek word. It is the word exousia. Power is given unto him in heaven and earth. Exousia is used in our New Testament 103 times.

The Greek word exousia is translated as power 69 times, as authority 29 times. What does exousia mean? What does this Greek word exousia mean? It means authority. All authority has been given to Jesus in heaven and on earth.

There is nothing outside of that authority, nothing greater than that authority. Jesus has supreme authority. No power of hell can compete with him. No power of hell can touch him. No power of hell can stand against that name.

There is supreme power or exousia or authority. Given unto Jesus. What does exousia mean? It means authority. It means the legal right. When it talks about this power in Jesus' name, it means there's the legal right or the lawful right.

When Jesus is given all authority, he has a lawful authority. Lots of people in our world claim to have authority, but very often it's illegal. It's against the law of the land. Or in the church, it's against the teaching of scripture.

They claim to have authority, but yet they contradict so much in the Bible. It shows me they have no true authority. It's illegitimate. But the word exousia means a legitimate authority, a lawful authority, a authority that has been given by permission.

It means you're given a jurisdiction of responsibility or the right to exercise certain powers and privileges. It means you have the right to command, to govern, to rule, to take charge, or to carry responsibility.

Never separate responsibility from authority. If I have been given a task as a mother to raise children, then I do have authority. If you're a man to lead your home and family, there's a responsibility, but there is also authority.

You have been given a legitimate God-given right. I, as a preacher in this church, have been given exousia. I've been given certain privileges and responsibilities. There is an authority in that that's given from God to rule the church, to take charge in the church, or to preach with all authority.

You see the power, this word exousia means the power or authority to occupy a position and to take up that position by the right of God. Since I'm telling you that Jesus Christ, by his own name, has been given ultimate exousia.

In other words, Christ has a legitimate authority given by God the Father. He has supreme authority to reign, to rule, to take charge, to take command. And when you know that you have such an exousia, such an authority, you know what?

The devil isn't gonna play games with you. Jesus Christ proclaimed, he knew that he had all authority in heaven. The devil never played games with him. Again, it says in Acts chapter four and 12, neither is there salvation in any other, for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

Ultimate authority has been given to the name of Jesus. There is no other higher name. There is no other name by which we can be saved. The name Mary does not even get a look in. The name Muhammad doesn't even get a mention.

Do you know the gospel of Christ, the person of Christ, the real Jesus is utterly exclusive. There's no other room for any other name. There's no other room for any other religion. The ecumenical movement is out.

The churches together movement is out, where you just join everything together. Other religions do not get a look in. There is salvation in no other name. Do you realize how offensive the name of Jesus is gonna be to this generation?

Do you realize why this age is starting to turn against the real gospel? They're not sitting at ease with it anymore. You know why? The name Jesus is exclusive. You can't get saved by any other name. There's no power to be saved from your sin outside of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Jesus excludes all other religion, only by him, only in him is there salvation. Why is salvation in his name alone? Why is it that a sinner has to call on the Lord Jesus to be saved? It's because his name has been given supreme authority.

Anyone else who tries to say, you need to pray in this name or to this person, or you need to include some other name, or you mustn't mention the name of Jesus. You know, all of that is illegitimate. We don't even recognize it.

It's not even worth to argue about. Jesus alone has all power. He alone has all authority. He alone is legitimate authority. In Ephesians 1 .20, it says that God the Father has set Jesus at his own right hand in heavenly places, far above all principality, power, might, dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but in that which is to come, and has put all things under his feet and gave him to be the head of all things to the church, which is the body.

Since you need to learn the authority of Jesus' name, you need to realize he has absolute authority. No name can challenge him. No power of hell, no devil, no demon, no bondage, no addiction, no demonic spiritual influence can hold sway in his presence.

When Jesus moves, when his name is exalted, there is a breaking of the power of the devil. Do you realize every single name, every name of a demon or an angel has to be subject to the name of Jesus. Every name that is named amongst men must be submitted.

There is no higher authority. And this same Jesus is given to be a head of the local church, the body. There is authority in his name. There is no higher name. He has supreme authority. And you know what?

All authority has to submit to him. All other authority that is not in right relationship with him, whether it's a government, in the home or in the church, it is illegitimate unless it is in right relationship with him, the authority in his name.

In Philippians chapter two and verse nine, it says, wherefore God also has highly exalted him. That is Jesus. And given him a name, which is above every other name, that at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow.

Of things, notice the three areas, things in heaven, things on earth, and things under the earth. Three realms where his name is given as utterly supreme. And every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.

Before I even talk about the authority that you and I have and the church has in Jesus' name, we've got to see supreme, absolute authority rests in Jesus Christ. There is no competition. He is not competing with any name or any power or any authority or any dominion.

Every power of hell acknowledges his authority. When he walked on the earth, as soon as he walked into the synagogue, demons screamed out and says, why have you come to Terminus, thou son of the most high God?

Jesus told them, be silent because they are revealing who he was. Wherever he went, the devil acknowledged who he was. The religious system wanted to crucify him. The political power wanted to crucify him, but the demons of hell pleaded with them, don't cast us into hell before our time.

Do you know the kingdom of Satan acknowledges his power? The kingdom of Satan and the devil acknowledges the reverence, the authority of Jesus' name. This world of ours might laugh at his name, but not the devil, not demon powers, not principalities.

They tremble at that name. They revere that name. They acknowledge that name. And you know what, a church or a Christian who knows the authority of Jesus' name, that demonic world recognizes it. You see, the devil knows those who understand authority, who operate in authority.

That's why in your home, if you don't have authority function, you're very foolish. The devil will play games with that. A church that doesn't have right authority and order, the devil is gonna play with that.

Christians who don't honor the king, the government, even when they're wrong and give them due respect. I assure you, the devil knows all about that. The devil knows all about authority, structure, submission.

The Believer's Delegated Authority

And he can recognize men who submit themselves to authority, who acknowledge authority, and who know how to use authority. Second of all, the delegated authority of the believer. Christ has supreme exousia.

He has supreme power. He has the supreme legal right to rule over all powers and dominions. When you begin to realize who Jesus is, I don't care if you're a very new Christian. I don't care if you're a child.

I, as a child, loved Jesus. I never feared the devil. You know, when I was young, like all children, like many adults, I didn't like the dark. My mother used to ask me at night, will you go out and get the coal for the fire?

Well, we didn't have lights. We were in the countryside, no lights outside. And I would go out the door, the wind would be blowing. It's dark. I had to go up the side of the house, round the back into the dark coal house, get the coal and come back.

Well, I was only a young boy. And like all young boys, I'm scared of the dark. My heart would begin to beat. I would begin to imagine that someone is hiding there, about to jump out. But you know what?

I was born again, saved as a child. I loved Jesus and I knew he had all authority. You know what I'd done as a child? No one told me to do this. My mother didn't. I would tell myself, speak to myself, said, Keith, stop being stupid.

If Jesus is for you, who can be against you? You know what I would do? I would walk half the speed because I said, there's nothing there. The angels of heaven guard me on the left and the right. Jesus is with me and he dwells in this heart.

I've got nothing to fear. All authority is given unto Jesus. Do you know this little boy gained a victory over the fear of darkness, over the thoughts of his mind. He faced his fears and triumphed. You know why?

It wasn't because I thought I had great authority. It was because I knew the authority that was in Jesus. All power is given to him. The devil cannot contend with him. My second point, the delegated authority of the believer.

It says here again in Mark 16, 17, and these signs shall follow them that believe in my name. They shall cast out devils. Notice here that Jesus gives to those that believe, not to preachers, not to apostles, but those that believe.

He said, these signs shall follow them that believe. It's time we began to believe, saints. We've got a lost world to reach, a city to evangelize. There is powers of darkness playing games with your families while we sit back powerless.

I wanna tell you, Jesus has given his authority, his exousia to you. Do you know what he says? The devil is behind all that drugs, all of that blindness, all of that deception. The devil does work in the midst of darkness, but Jesus says, in my name shall I cast out devils.

In other words, Jesus gives his authority to believers. Those who believe are gonna have authority over the devil. They can cast the devil out. If an individual is demon-possessed, a real believer, a real Christian can cast out that demon.

If they're demon-possessed and they can't hear, can't speak, are their bodies in torment, do you realize you have authority, exousia? If you don't believe that, you most certainly won't operate in it.

You won't have the courage. You won't have the ability. Like that young boy, if you don't believe this, you're gonna run to the coal house and you're gonna run back very fast before anything jumps out of the darkness.

But when you know there's an authority, it affects your actions. You know, when you believe this, that in his name, you will cast out demons. He didn't say, I'll do it. You will do it in my name, through my name, by the power of my name.

It's not by your power. It's not your authority. It's not by your own name. It's by my name. Cast out demons in my name. My name has authority. My name is a legal power. My name has supreme authority above every other name.

That's why when we come against the devil, we come in the name of Jesus. There's no fear when you know who it is that you're standing in. There is no despondency when you realize it's a warfare and you come in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, they shall take up serpents.

It says in Luke chapter 10 and 17, concerning that when Jesus sent out the 70 to preach, to go from village to village to preach the gospel, and it says the 70 returned again with joy, saying, Lord, and they're amazed here, even the devils are subject onto us through thy name.

This was their first experience. There was a time when these 70 disciples experienced for the very first time in their life, they'd seen the master do it, they'd heard about it, but for the first time, they themself experienced, he sent them out, he stayed there, but he sent them.

And when they come back, they come back with the testimony. We found out, we experienced, as we stood in the authority of thy name, you sent us, we went, we preached, we cast out demons, you told us to, you commanded us, and they're in awe, they have great joy.

They'd never seen this before. They came back with testimonies of experiences involving people getting set and free from the devil that they'd never experienced before. Even devils are subject to us through thy name.

We weren't scared of the devils. We didn't run from the devils. We didn't hide from the devils. We didn't get discouraged because the devil wouldn't move. You know what? They returned with joy, rejoicing, saying, even devils are subject onto us.

How? Through thy name. They used the name of Jesus, and they found that the devil respected that name. The devil had to go because of the authority in Jesus' name. Never you pray in your own authority.

Never you come against the devil in your own authority. You need to fight the devil in your family with the name of Jesus. You say, I come in the authority of Jesus. I come and not name high above all else.

I am tired of the devil destroying my family, my children, my parents, my loved ones, those in my workplace. When are you going to get stirred, Church of God, to say, I've had enough of the devil. It's time for believers to stand in the authority.

And for the first time to experience, there's power. There's power. Even the devils will be subject to you through Jesus' name. And he said unto them, he gave them a warning. I beheld Satan fallen as lightning from heaven.

He was saying, be careful of pride. It's wonderful that you have discovered the power in this name, but never forget that humility must always stand with power and authority. Never separate exousia from a humble heart, a careful heart.

Do you know, there's many that teach what I'm telling you, spiritual warfare. And they go off into many strange things. They've forgotten the danger of pride in the heart. They discover spiritual reality.

They discover spiritual ministry. And all of a sudden they get exalted in their own thoughts. They think too much of themselves. They forget that they are nothing. They're a hell deserving sinner. There's no good thing in their flesh that apart from the grace of God, what hope would there be?

But you know what? These disciples, Jesus warned them. And he said, behold, I give unto you power. You need to remember where the power is. Any authority you have, any power you have, anything of the working of God.

You know what? I give you the power. The word power there again is exousia. It means authority. I give unto you power, exousia, to tread on serpents. He's not talking about physical, literal serpents.

He's talking about spiritual powers of darkness. Do you know there's powers of darkness in our city that are playing games with our family? They are serpents and they are scorpions. I give you exousia to tread on serpents and scorpions.

When are you gonna start doing this church? When are you gonna stop running from the devil? When are you gonna start saying, I've got authority through Jesus Christ. He has given me exousia to trample over the enemy.

And listen, over all the power of the enemy, we have been given an exousia by Jesus Christ in his name over all the exousia of the devil. Are you awed by the power of the devil? Are you standing there noting how he can come in on your life or on this church or in this city or in your family members and the devil has authority?

To play games? What about you exerting authority? Has he not given you authority over all the authority of the devil? Do you believe that? You might say, yes, preacher, you have that. No, I'm telling you here, I don't care if you're saved days.

I don't care if you're a child. God has given authority over the enemy. Do not be afraid of the devil. I'm talking about spiritual warfare. We are in a real warfare. It is a real battle. Thoughts are very real.

Temptations are real. We're commanded, don't give any foothold. Don't give any place in your life to the devil. Don't let him come in on that life of yours. But listen to me, there is authority in Jesus' name.

In that name of Jesus, there is authority. Jesus goes on to say, notwithstanding, in this rejoice not, that spirits are subject unto you, but rather rejoice because your name is written in heaven. That's what you ought to be glad about.

That's always the best way to stay humble is to remember that you're a sinner saved by grace. Our generation talks a lot about a good self-esteem, feeling good about yourself. I've never believed that.

Do you know what? There's nothing good about you. You were a hell deserving sinner. I want to tell you, I don't feel good about my self-esteem. I feel good that Jesus Christ died for the sinner. I didn't deserve it.

There was nothing good in me, but on a tree on Golgotha's Hill 2 ,000 years ago, Jesus died for me. Why would he love such as me? I don't know, but he loved me. He drew me. He saved me. He changed me.

You want a good self-worth and high esteem? Find yourself standing saying, there's nothing good in me. I was a hell deserving sinner, but on that tree, God sent his only begotten son to shed his blood that I could be forgiven.

Saints, that's what you ought to rejoice in. It is that truth that your name is written in the Lamb's Book of Life. There is a thing called delegated authority that a believer has. In other words, Christ's authority is given to the Christian.

The authority of his name over all the powers of darkness has been given to individual Christians and members of the body of Christ. In fact, you'd be shocked if you begin reading the New Testament, looking for all the verses that talk about what we have through the name of Jesus.