Mufasa

Remember the scene in the movie, The Lion King, where the hyenas are talking about the Lion King, Mufasa.  Shenzi, one of the hyenas says: “I just hear that name, and I shudder!”, referring to Mufasa.  

NEWSFLASH!!  There is a true Lion King, the Lion of Judah at whose name every knee shall bow:

“at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; ¹¹And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” Philippians 2: 10-11

It was the name for which Paul was willing to die for:

“I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”  Acts 21:13

What was it about that name?  Why was it to die for?

The seventy returned to Jesus after being sent out and said:

“Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name”

Jesus, after chastising the eleven disciples for their unbelief and hardness of heart, told them:

“And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; ¹⁸They 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.”

If that is true, which it is; then, the converse is also true:

“And these signs shall NOT follow them that DON’T believe; In my name shall they NOT cast out devils; they shall NOT speak with new tongues; ¹⁸They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it SHELL hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall NOT recover.”

WELL!  Do YOU believe that these signs (In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; ¹⁸They 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.”) follow them that believe?

Truth #6:  There is power in the name of Jesus and signs follow belief in that name.