Why Does the Bible Stress the Power of Jesus’s Name?

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John Piper, Unknown, 163859, Pastor, Ask, Theology, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Questions

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🗓️ 8 November 2019

⏱️ 12 minutes

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The Bible stresses repeatedly the power and greatness of Jesus’s name. But why does it emphasize his name, and not just his person?

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0:00.0	Well, why does the Bible stress the power of Jesus' name?
0:06.9	The question comes from a listener named Jared.
0:09.3	Hello, Pastor John.
0:10.3	A question for you that my wife and I have wondered about for a while now.
0:13.7	Why the biblical emphasis on praising the name of Jesus and praying in the name of Jesus?
0:20.2	Of course, we want to, and it's a pattern we see all over the New Testament, especially
0:24.0	in the book of Acts.
0:25.3	And here he excites Acts 2, chapter 3, chapter 4, chapter 5, chapter 8, chapter 9, chapter
0:30.5	10, chapter 16, 1926, and in Paul, in 1 Corinthians 1, 2, Philippians 2, 10, it's all over the
0:36.4	place.
0:37.4	To ask it another way, why is there power in Christ's name rather than saying there's
0:42.1	power in Christ's person?
0:44.4	What would you say to Jared and his wife?
0:46.0	Well, the answer to that last question is easy.
0:49.6	There isn't.
0:51.6	There isn't power in Christ's name rather than saying there's power in Christ's person.
1:00.4	There is power in Christ's name because there is power in Christ's person.
1:10.8	But Jared knows that.
1:11.8	That was just a, that was just a freak of wording.
1:15.2	He knows that.
1:16.2	What he really wants to know, I think, is what he said at the beginning.
1:21.5	Why do we see such an emphasis on praising the name of Jesus and praying in the name of
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