Taking Jesus At His Word 

Jesus Christ of Nazareth spoke with a power and certainty the world had never known. Jesus’s words carried the authority of Heaven, the voice of the Father was openly revealed through the Son. He said, “All power is given unto Me in heaven and in earth” (Matthew 28:18).

No other name carries such dominion, for in Him all authority resides. What He received from the Father, He imparted to those who believe in His Name.  On one occasion court officers were sent out by the religious authorities to arrest Jesus and bring Him into the court, but these officers were so moved by the words of Jesus that they exclaimed; No man has ever spoken like this man.

There were other accounts of people having heard Jesus speak declare that Jesus spoke with an authority that no scribes ever possessed.

When Jesus sent forth His disciples, He said, “Go your way; behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves” (Luke 10:3).  Yet those lambs were not defenseless. He gave them His authority, saying, “Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you” (Luke 10:19).

The Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth carries the authority to subdue darkness, silence the enemy, and release the power of God wherever it is spoken in faith. When the seventy returned, rejoicing that even the demons were subject to them through His Name, Jesus confirmed the reality of that authority. “I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven” (Luke 10:18). 

This is of utmost importance, and this must become firmly fixed in the lives of all believers,the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth does not merely represent power, it enforces victory.

The authority of  His Name is not a symbol; it is the active expression of the triumph of the Son of God. Jesus declared, “He that believes on Me, the works that I do shall he do also, and greater works than these shall he do, because I go unto My Father” (John 14:12). 

This is not human ambition; it is divine commission. The believer’s authority is not self-derived but it has been  delegated. “If you shall ask anything in My Name, I will do it” (John 14:14).

Here is a tremendous truth that must never be taken for granted,the power of the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth lies not in the one who speaks it, but in the One whose authority it carries.

When Jesus sent out His followers, He said, “As the Father has sent Me, even so send I you” (John 20:21). The same authority that rested on the Son was passed to His disciples. They were not to go in their own strength but in the power of His Name.

He told them, “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” (Mark 16:17–18).

These are not symbolic statements. They are the literal words of the risen Christ, affirming that His Name carries living power to accomplish His will on earth.

He said, “Whatsoever you shall ask in My Name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son” (John 14:13). Every prayer offered in His Name, in faith, brings glory to the Father through the Son.

Jesus made it clear that His authority is inseparable from obedience. “If you love Me, keep  My commandments” (John 14:15). The authority of His Name is not for those who merely admire His words, but for those who act upon them.

“Why call you Me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?” (Luke 6:46). The power of His Name flows through those who believe and obey, those who align their will with His.

Jesus also revealed the secret of abiding authority. “If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you shall ask what you will, and it shall be done unto you” (John 15:7). To abide in Him is to remain united with His life, to think His thoughts, to speak His Word, and to act in His will.

The authority of His Name is not a formula; it is the outflow of a living relationship with the risen Lord. Jesus taught that all things are possible to the one who believes. “If you can believe, all things are possible to him that believes” (Mark 9:23).

Unbelief locks the authority of His Name in silence, but faith releases its power. Jesus  said, “Have faith in God. For verily I say unto you, that whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be removed, and be cast into the sea, and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he says shall come to pass, he shall have whatsoever he says” (Mark 11:22–23).

Faith in the Word of Jesus activates the authority of His Name. His Word is not empty; it is living and active.

 “The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life” (John 6:63). 

When spoken in faith, those words carry the same creative power that stilled storms, opened blind eyes, and raised the dead, we do not serve a historical Jesus, we are servants of the risen Lord and Saviour.

The Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth is not to be admired; it is to be acted upon.  It is the Name before which every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that He is Lord. To those who believe, He said, “Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world” (Matthew 28:20). 

His authority has never diminished, His power has never waned, His Word has never failed. The question that remains is not whether His Name has power, but whether we will believe and act upon it. To take Jesus at His Word is to honor His authority. To walk in His Name is to demonstrate His victory.

The world will not be changed by those who speak about the Name of Jesus, but by those who live in the authority of it. His command still stands, His Word still speaks, and His Name still reigns above every name in Heaven and on earth.

“All power is given unto Me in heaven and in earth.” — Matthew 28:18
“In My Name shall they cast out devils… they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.” — Mark 16:17–18
“If you shall ask anything in My Name, I will do it.” — John 14:14

The Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth remains the highest authority in time and eternity. Its power is undiminished, its reach unlimited, its truth eternal. It waits to be spoken in faith, believed in the heart, and demonstrated in life — that the Father may be glorified, the Son magnified, and the world transformed.