1 00:00:00,460 --> 00:00:06,020 This Sunday evening, December the 3rd, 1972, in 2 00:00:06,020 --> 00:00:09,700 Richmond, Virginia, ministry is being given through Brother 3 00:00:09,700 --> 00:00:10,880 Stephen Kong. 4 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:23,500 Thank God for getting us together here tonight. 5 00:00:23,500 --> 00:00:34,790 I wonder if some of you still 6 00:00:34,790 --> 00:00:41,150 remember what we fellowshiped together, I think just 7 00:00:41,150 --> 00:00:42,010 two months ago. 8 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:49,940 We mentioned that as we are approaching the 9 00:00:49,940 --> 00:00:56,360 end, this is the time that we should 10 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:57,980 look back to the beginning. 11 00:01:02,990 --> 00:01:07,610 Because he is the beginning and... 12 00:01:07,610 --> 00:01:13,090 And this is the time that we shall 13 00:01:13,090 --> 00:01:17,630 see if the end will meet with the 14 00:01:17,630 --> 00:01:17,950 beginning. 15 00:01:21,540 --> 00:01:25,940 I do believe that when God begins, he 16 00:01:25,940 --> 00:01:27,380 has in view the end. 17 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:33,080 And the end shall meet with the beginning. 18 00:01:35,230 --> 00:01:39,330 And for this reason, we feel that we 19 00:01:39,330 --> 00:01:44,770 should, as we are approaching the end of 20 00:01:44,770 --> 00:01:49,410 this age, as we are approaching the end 21 00:01:52,580 --> 00:01:59,140 of the age of grace of the Church, 22 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:02,480 this is the time that we shall go 23 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:06,180 back to the Book of Acts and see 24 00:02:06,180 --> 00:02:09,560 how God began with his Church. 25 00:02:10,980 --> 00:02:15,780 So that's where we left off last time. 26 00:02:16,940 --> 00:02:22,130 Now tonight, I'd like to read from the 27 00:02:22,130 --> 00:02:25,210 third chapter of the Book of Acts. 28 00:02:32,270 --> 00:02:33,950 Acts chapter 3. 29 00:02:40,260 --> 00:02:42,420 We'll begin with the first verse. 30 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:46,840 And Peter and John went up together into 31 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:49,820 the temple at the hour of prayer, which 32 00:02:49,820 --> 00:02:51,400 is the ninth hour. 33 00:02:52,740 --> 00:02:54,980 And a certain man who was laying from 34 00:02:54,980 --> 00:02:58,720 his mother's womb was being carried, whom they 35 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:00,780 placed every day at the gate of the 36 00:03:00,780 --> 00:03:04,660 temple called Beautiful, to ask alms of those 37 00:03:04,660 --> 00:03:07,480 who were going into the temple, who, seeing 38 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:09,740 Peter and John about to enter into the 39 00:03:09,740 --> 00:03:12,260 temple, asked to receive alms. 40 00:03:13,460 --> 00:03:16,800 And Peter looking steadfastly upon him with John 41 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:18,500 said, Look on us. 42 00:03:19,340 --> 00:03:21,660 And he gave heed to them, expecting to 43 00:03:21,660 --> 00:03:23,400 receive something from them. 44 00:03:24,260 --> 00:03:26,460 But Peter says, Silver and gold I have 45 00:03:26,460 --> 00:03:29,880 not, but what I have, this give I 46 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:30,380 to thee. 47 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:34,060 In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, 48 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:36,780 rise up and walk. 49 00:03:37,820 --> 00:03:39,960 And having taken hold of him by the 50 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:41,760 right hand, he raised him up. 51 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:45,220 And immediately his feet and ankle bones were 52 00:03:45,220 --> 00:03:45,900 made strong. 53 00:03:45,900 --> 00:03:49,280 And leaping up, he stood and walked and 54 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:52,140 entered with them into the temple, walking and 55 00:03:52,140 --> 00:03:53,540 leaping and praising God. 56 00:03:54,180 --> 00:03:56,100 And all the people saw him walking and 57 00:03:56,100 --> 00:03:56,840 praising God. 58 00:03:57,200 --> 00:03:59,780 And they recognized him that it was he 59 00:03:59,780 --> 00:04:02,680 who set for alms at the beautiful gate 60 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:03,920 of the temple. 61 00:04:04,660 --> 00:04:07,120 And they were filled with wonder and amazement 62 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:09,160 at what had happened to him. 63 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:12,220 And as he held Peter and John, all 64 00:04:12,220 --> 00:04:14,180 the people ran together to them in the 65 00:04:14,180 --> 00:04:18,000 portico, which is called Solomon's, greatly wondering. 66 00:04:18,860 --> 00:04:21,880 And Peter seeing it answered the people, Man 67 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:24,680 of Israel, why are ye astonished at this? 68 00:04:25,060 --> 00:04:27,560 Or why do ye gaze on us as 69 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:30,320 if we had by our own power or 70 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:32,260 piety made him to walk? 71 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:35,200 The God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, 72 00:04:35,660 --> 00:04:38,460 the God of our fathers, has glorified his 73 00:04:38,460 --> 00:04:41,800 servant Jesus, whom he delivered up and denied 74 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:44,160 him in the presence of Pilate, when he 75 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:46,340 had judged that he should be let go. 76 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:49,360 But he denied the Holy and Righteous One 77 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:51,440 and asked that a man that was a 78 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:53,460 murderer should be granted to you. 79 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:57,120 But the originator of life he slew, whom 80 00:04:57,120 --> 00:05:00,320 God raised from among the dead, whereof we 81 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:03,700 are witnesses, and by faith in his name. 82 00:05:04,460 --> 00:05:07,180 His name has made this man strong, whom 83 00:05:07,180 --> 00:05:08,440 ye behold and know. 84 00:05:08,980 --> 00:05:11,240 And the faith which is by him has 85 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:14,760 given him this complete soundness in the presence 86 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:16,200 of you all. 87 00:05:19,330 --> 00:05:24,620 Chapter 4, verse 5. 88 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:27,560 Chapter 4, verse 5. 89 00:05:29,690 --> 00:05:31,570 And it came to pass on the morrow 90 00:05:31,570 --> 00:05:34,270 that their rulers and elders and scribes were 91 00:05:34,270 --> 00:05:35,670 gathered together at Jerusalem. 92 00:05:36,270 --> 00:05:39,990 And Annas the high priest, and Theophas, and 93 00:05:39,990 --> 00:05:42,690 John and Alexander, and as many as were 94 00:05:42,690 --> 00:05:45,550 of the high priestly family, and having pleased 95 00:05:45,550 --> 00:05:48,190 them in the midst they inquired, In what 96 00:05:48,190 --> 00:05:51,230 power or in what name have ye done 97 00:05:51,230 --> 00:05:51,530 this? 98 00:05:52,250 --> 00:05:55,170 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said 99 00:05:55,170 --> 00:05:57,330 to them, Rulers of the people and elders 100 00:05:57,330 --> 00:05:59,790 of Israel, If we this day are called 101 00:05:59,790 --> 00:06:01,810 upon to answer as to the good deed 102 00:06:01,810 --> 00:06:04,630 done to the infirm man, how he has 103 00:06:04,630 --> 00:06:07,070 been healed, be it known to you all 104 00:06:07,070 --> 00:06:09,830 and to all the people of Israel that 105 00:06:09,830 --> 00:06:12,390 in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, 106 00:06:12,750 --> 00:06:15,250 whom ye have crucified, whom God has raised 107 00:06:15,250 --> 00:06:17,790 from among the dead, by him this man 108 00:06:17,790 --> 00:06:20,010 stands here before you sound in body. 109 00:06:20,570 --> 00:06:22,490 He is the stone which has been set 110 00:06:22,490 --> 00:06:24,810 at naught by you, the builders, which is 111 00:06:24,810 --> 00:06:28,610 become the cornerstone, and salvation is in none 112 00:06:28,610 --> 00:06:28,930 other. 113 00:06:29,510 --> 00:06:32,610 For neither is there another name under heaven 114 00:06:33,010 --> 00:06:36,310 which is given among men by which we 115 00:06:36,310 --> 00:06:38,070 must be saved. 116 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:55,220 One afternoon, about three o'clock, this was 117 00:06:55,220 --> 00:06:59,880 the time of evening prayer for the Jewish 118 00:06:59,880 --> 00:07:00,320 people. 119 00:07:01,660 --> 00:07:05,780 You know the Jewish people, they had set 120 00:07:05,780 --> 00:07:07,120 times of prayer. 121 00:07:08,540 --> 00:07:11,220 Usually three times each day. 122 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:15,480 The morning prayer, the noon prayer, and the 123 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:16,120 evening prayer. 124 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:24,130 The morning prayer was at about nine o 125 00:07:24,130 --> 00:07:24,350 'clock. 126 00:07:25,550 --> 00:07:31,570 And you remember that was the time, in 127 00:07:31,570 --> 00:07:35,330 chapter two, when the Holy Spirit came down 128 00:07:35,330 --> 00:07:37,310 upon the hundred and twenty. 129 00:07:39,110 --> 00:07:40,750 They were filled with the Holy Spirit. 130 00:07:41,730 --> 00:07:45,670 The church, the body of Christ, was born 131 00:07:45,670 --> 00:07:48,750 at the time of morning prayer. 132 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:54,620 So when people mocked and said, these people 133 00:07:54,620 --> 00:07:57,140 were drunk. 134 00:07:58,160 --> 00:08:01,380 Peter's answer was, this is not the time 135 00:08:01,380 --> 00:08:05,640 to be drunk, because this is the time 136 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:06,420 of morning prayer. 137 00:08:07,460 --> 00:08:09,440 And according to the custom of that time, 138 00:08:10,220 --> 00:08:14,260 they will not drink or eat anything before 139 00:08:14,260 --> 00:08:15,720 the morning prayer. 140 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:22,700 But here you'll find in this chapter, it 141 00:08:22,700 --> 00:08:24,920 was during the time of the evening prayer. 142 00:08:26,460 --> 00:08:29,440 And Peter and John, they went to the 143 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:31,179 temple to pray. 144 00:08:33,490 --> 00:08:36,490 You know they lived in a transitional period. 145 00:08:40,030 --> 00:08:46,490 It was a transitionary period between the old 146 00:08:46,490 --> 00:08:48,390 covenant and the new covenant. 147 00:08:49,250 --> 00:08:51,130 The old and the new. 148 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:58,220 So somehow they still kept the habit of 149 00:08:58,220 --> 00:09:01,360 going to the temple to pray at the 150 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:02,100 set hours. 151 00:09:03,460 --> 00:09:07,440 Though at other times, you remember, they met 152 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:11,940 together as the church to remember the Lord. 153 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:15,840 So it was during that evening prayer. 154 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:18,380 Peter and John, they went to the temple 155 00:09:18,380 --> 00:09:18,860 to pray. 156 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:22,620 And as they were entering into the temple 157 00:09:22,620 --> 00:09:29,280 area, they saw a man laying from birth. 158 00:09:30,860 --> 00:09:36,640 He was carried there by his friends and 159 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:41,280 put at the front of the gate called 160 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:41,760 Beautiful. 161 00:09:44,100 --> 00:09:48,600 Asking alms from those who came in to 162 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:48,860 pray. 163 00:09:55,550 --> 00:09:57,050 What a contradiction. 164 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:01,640 The gate was called Beautiful. 165 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:05,440 But by the sight of the gate Beautiful 166 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:06,960 was an ugly scene. 167 00:10:09,180 --> 00:10:12,260 A man laying from birth. 168 00:10:13,340 --> 00:10:13,720 That is. 169 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:22,860 This gate was called Beautiful because people told 170 00:10:22,860 --> 00:10:26,160 us it was a gate made of massive 171 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:26,960 brass. 172 00:10:28,780 --> 00:10:29,880 Greatly adorned. 173 00:10:31,190 --> 00:10:35,090 This was one of the three entrances to 174 00:10:35,090 --> 00:10:35,530 the temple. 175 00:10:37,620 --> 00:10:39,580 Now this man who was born lame. 176 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:44,020 He was at the front of that gate. 177 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:45,700 By the side of that gate. 178 00:10:48,630 --> 00:10:52,150 He was not allowed to enter into the 179 00:10:52,150 --> 00:10:57,670 temple to pray, to worship, to serve God. 180 00:10:59,900 --> 00:11:03,140 He was kept outside of the temple. 181 00:11:04,460 --> 00:11:07,140 All he could do, the best he could 182 00:11:07,140 --> 00:11:12,200 do was sitting by the gate and asking 183 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:12,860 for alms. 184 00:11:14,540 --> 00:11:17,520 You know when people went into the temple 185 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:21,640 to pray, this was the time that people's 186 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:24,000 hearts should be soft, you know. 187 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:32,540 So he was, in a sense, psychologically, he 188 00:11:32,540 --> 00:11:37,020 was at a good advantage because people who 189 00:11:37,020 --> 00:11:41,040 were going into prayer, surely, they would like 190 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:42,400 to give some alms. 191 00:11:43,460 --> 00:11:44,320 And there he was. 192 00:11:47,160 --> 00:11:50,500 Brothers and sisters, what is the temple? 193 00:11:57,040 --> 00:12:01,720 When Solomon built the temple, he prayed. 194 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:06,660 He said, God, the heaven and the heaven 195 00:12:06,660 --> 00:12:09,200 of heaven cannot contain me. 196 00:12:10,700 --> 00:12:15,260 How can I expect you to live in 197 00:12:15,260 --> 00:12:15,840 this temple? 198 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:21,220 Even though this temple is made of massive 199 00:12:21,220 --> 00:12:31,800 stone, of gold, majestic, gorgeous, splendid, yet 200 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:34,200 the heaven and the heaven cannot contain him. 201 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:38,580 How can God live in such a small 202 00:12:38,580 --> 00:12:39,000 place? 203 00:12:40,820 --> 00:12:47,120 But, this temple was built that God may 204 00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:48,960 set his name. 205 00:12:51,630 --> 00:12:55,130 In other words, the temple was the place 206 00:12:55,460 --> 00:12:58,150 where God's name was placed. 207 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:03,860 The temple was different from all the other 208 00:13:03,860 --> 00:13:06,960 houses in one respect. 209 00:13:08,260 --> 00:13:13,320 Not because this was more beautifully built than 210 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:15,640 might the other houses that are equally beautiful. 211 00:13:17,220 --> 00:13:20,840 The only difference between this house and all 212 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:24,760 the other houses was in the fact that 213 00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:28,960 the name of the Lord was set upon 214 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:29,500 this house. 215 00:13:31,820 --> 00:13:34,180 And because the name of the Lord was 216 00:13:34,180 --> 00:13:38,380 set upon this house, the ears of the 217 00:13:38,380 --> 00:13:42,820 Lord were there listening to the prayers offered 218 00:13:42,820 --> 00:13:44,220 in that house. 219 00:13:45,460 --> 00:13:49,140 The eyes of the Lord were upon this 220 00:13:49,140 --> 00:13:49,500 house. 221 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:52,780 And he saw everyone who came in. 222 00:13:54,720 --> 00:14:01,880 In other words, the temple, the characteristic of 223 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:06,420 the temple was in the fact that the 224 00:14:06,420 --> 00:14:08,940 name of the Lord was there. 225 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:12,180 And because the name of the Lord was 226 00:14:12,180 --> 00:14:13,380 there, the Lord was there. 227 00:14:18,140 --> 00:14:21,700 Even though at that time Solomon's temple was 228 00:14:21,700 --> 00:14:22,600 already destroyed. 229 00:14:24,690 --> 00:14:27,730 The temple at that time was rebuilt by 230 00:14:27,730 --> 00:14:31,610 the Jewish remnants who came back from captivity 231 00:14:31,610 --> 00:14:32,830 from Babylon. 232 00:14:33,830 --> 00:14:35,210 They rebuilt the temple. 233 00:14:36,530 --> 00:14:41,510 And then King Herod, he enlarged it, beautified 234 00:14:41,510 --> 00:14:46,680 it, spent 46 years on it. 235 00:14:47,380 --> 00:14:51,600 So awkwardly, it was still a magnificent edifice. 236 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:54,760 Beautifully adorned. 237 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:57,360 And you remember, even towards the very last 238 00:14:57,360 --> 00:14:59,960 of the life of our Lord Jesus, the 239 00:14:59,960 --> 00:15:04,680 last time he left Jerusalem, his disciples pointed 240 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:09,300 to the Lord, the stone, the precious stone 241 00:15:10,580 --> 00:15:12,620 that made up that temple. 242 00:15:13,460 --> 00:15:14,360 A beautiful thing. 243 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:18,080 Wonderful place. 244 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:29,340 But, was the name of the Lord really 245 00:15:29,340 --> 00:15:29,740 there? 246 00:15:32,940 --> 00:15:35,640 This was supposed to be the place where 247 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:37,600 the name of the Lord was placed. 248 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:43,760 If this was a fact, then the Lord 249 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:44,280 was there. 250 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:50,550 If the Lord was there, then every problem 251 00:15:50,550 --> 00:15:51,330 should be solved. 252 00:15:53,250 --> 00:15:55,510 There would be no need for the lame 253 00:15:55,510 --> 00:15:59,210 to be barred from entering into the temple 254 00:15:59,210 --> 00:16:00,290 to worship God. 255 00:16:03,980 --> 00:16:09,160 He could go into the temple, experience the 256 00:16:09,160 --> 00:16:11,920 work of the Lord, and he could pray, 257 00:16:12,140 --> 00:16:13,880 and pray, and worship. 258 00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:18,760 The temple was there. 259 00:16:20,870 --> 00:16:25,370 By all professions, it was God's temple where 260 00:16:25,370 --> 00:16:26,490 his name was set. 261 00:16:27,350 --> 00:16:33,480 And yet, there was no power, no reality. 262 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:38,860 There wasn't a living presence of the Lord 263 00:16:38,860 --> 00:16:40,620 in that temple. 264 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:47,440 On the contrary, it became a house of 265 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:47,900 merchandise. 266 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:51,200 A robber's den. 267 00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:53,660 No wonder. 268 00:16:55,540 --> 00:16:59,080 All it could do to a lame person, 269 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:06,339 to a person with problems, was giving him 270 00:17:06,339 --> 00:17:12,560 some alms just that he might live by. 271 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:13,859 That was all. 272 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:21,000 This beggar was not expecting anything more than 273 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:22,060 that from the temple. 274 00:17:25,339 --> 00:17:27,620 All that he received from the temple was 275 00:17:27,620 --> 00:17:30,440 a little money that he might live on. 276 00:17:32,020 --> 00:17:36,260 And he didn't have any hope of anything 277 00:17:36,260 --> 00:17:36,660 better. 278 00:17:38,760 --> 00:17:41,240 That was the condition at that time. 279 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:46,600 And here came Peter and John. 280 00:17:48,950 --> 00:17:53,630 Brothers and sisters, in the preceding chapter, we 281 00:17:53,630 --> 00:17:56,550 find that the church was born on the 282 00:17:56,550 --> 00:17:57,630 day of Pentecost. 283 00:18:00,370 --> 00:18:03,050 Peter and John, when they entered into the 284 00:18:03,050 --> 00:18:13,740 temple, they represented the 285 00:18:13,740 --> 00:18:15,880 living house of God. 286 00:18:17,390 --> 00:18:18,390 The real temple. 287 00:18:19,910 --> 00:18:25,980 The physical temple was standing there in name, 288 00:18:28,750 --> 00:18:29,910 but not in reality. 289 00:18:31,090 --> 00:18:35,980 But here you find two men, living stone, 290 00:18:38,180 --> 00:18:40,100 building to a living house. 291 00:18:42,270 --> 00:18:44,910 And the name of the Lord was there 292 00:18:44,910 --> 00:18:46,350 with them, in them. 293 00:18:49,610 --> 00:18:50,670 So they came forward. 294 00:18:51,810 --> 00:18:55,750 And this beggar looked at them thinking that 295 00:18:55,750 --> 00:19:00,110 they were just another worshippers. 296 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:05,920 So he was expecting some alms from Peter 297 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:06,500 and John. 298 00:19:08,690 --> 00:19:11,610 So Peter and John looked at him and 299 00:19:11,610 --> 00:19:13,150 said, Look on us. 300 00:19:14,050 --> 00:19:14,870 He looked. 301 00:19:15,870 --> 00:19:17,170 He was expecting something. 302 00:19:22,330 --> 00:19:27,390 And Peter said, Silver and gold I do 303 00:19:27,390 --> 00:19:27,930 not have. 304 00:19:32,020 --> 00:19:34,600 But what I have I give to you. 305 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:39,060 In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazarene, 306 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:40,580 rise up and walk. 307 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:46,660 And he took hold of that man, got 308 00:19:46,660 --> 00:19:53,080 him up, and suddenly his ankle bone and 309 00:19:53,080 --> 00:19:54,860 leg became strong. 310 00:19:55,920 --> 00:19:56,460 He stood. 311 00:19:57,620 --> 00:19:58,360 He leaped. 312 00:19:59,000 --> 00:19:59,720 He ran. 313 00:20:01,160 --> 00:20:02,400 He praised the Lord. 314 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:07,100 He entered into the temple to worship God. 315 00:20:09,110 --> 00:20:15,990 Brothers and sisters, what did Peter and John 316 00:20:15,990 --> 00:20:16,430 have? 317 00:20:17,870 --> 00:20:20,530 They do not have silver or gold. 318 00:20:22,190 --> 00:20:23,750 But they do have something. 319 00:20:25,370 --> 00:20:28,210 They have the name of the Lord Jesus. 320 00:20:28,950 --> 00:20:31,770 That's what they have. 321 00:20:32,030 --> 00:20:33,810 And in the name of the Lord Jesus 322 00:20:33,810 --> 00:20:41,560 this name from a beggar he became a 323 00:20:41,560 --> 00:20:42,080 worshiper. 324 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:58,640 Brothers and sisters, what is the meaning of 325 00:20:58,640 --> 00:20:59,180 the church? 326 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:04,100 What is the church? 327 00:21:07,220 --> 00:21:11,340 The church is a spiritual house. 328 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:16,240 A holy habitation of God. 329 00:21:17,540 --> 00:21:20,220 The church is the place where the name 330 00:21:20,220 --> 00:21:21,860 of the Lord is placed. 331 00:21:23,490 --> 00:21:27,190 You know, the name is very important in 332 00:21:27,190 --> 00:21:27,590 the Scripture. 333 00:21:28,790 --> 00:21:30,750 Now, what do you mean by name? 334 00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:40,660 If you look up Webster's International Dictionary, you 335 00:21:40,660 --> 00:21:43,520 will find in that dictionary it says what 336 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:44,180 is a name? 337 00:21:45,120 --> 00:21:49,940 A name is a title by which a 338 00:21:49,940 --> 00:21:55,160 person or thing is known or designated. 339 00:21:56,460 --> 00:22:02,280 A distinctive appellation. 340 00:22:05,100 --> 00:22:09,660 And then he says a descriptive appellation. 341 00:22:11,140 --> 00:22:14,200 In other words, a name is a title 342 00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:19,120 that identifies a person. 343 00:22:21,930 --> 00:22:23,930 A name is distinctive. 344 00:22:25,230 --> 00:22:28,070 Not only distinctive, but descriptive. 345 00:22:29,770 --> 00:22:32,650 It describes that person. 346 00:22:33,350 --> 00:22:35,770 It expresses that person. 347 00:22:38,990 --> 00:22:43,010 The Bible emphasizes very much on the name. 348 00:22:48,690 --> 00:22:55,220 Often times you'll find God changes people's names. 349 00:22:58,060 --> 00:23:00,900 For instance, Abraham to Abraham. 350 00:23:07,940 --> 00:23:11,430 Jacob to Israel. 351 00:23:15,510 --> 00:23:17,870 Simon to Peter. 352 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:23,240 God puts great emphasis on names. 353 00:23:24,700 --> 00:23:28,720 And when we say we know God, how 354 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:29,440 do we know God? 355 00:23:31,180 --> 00:23:33,740 We know God by knowing His name. 356 00:23:36,460 --> 00:23:39,440 And you'll find in the Bible God reveals 357 00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:42,320 His name to His people in a progressive 358 00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:42,660 manner. 359 00:23:45,650 --> 00:23:49,030 He revealed Himself in that burning bush to 360 00:23:49,030 --> 00:23:49,350 Moses. 361 00:23:50,730 --> 00:23:52,350 Moses said, now what's your name? 362 00:23:53,630 --> 00:23:54,590 What's your name? 363 00:23:55,190 --> 00:23:57,330 I am that I am. 364 00:23:58,510 --> 00:23:59,310 That's my name. 365 00:24:00,790 --> 00:24:03,670 And throughout the Scripture you'll find that He 366 00:24:03,670 --> 00:24:08,030 reveals His name gradually to His people. 367 00:24:09,250 --> 00:24:14,330 And as one name is revealed, His people 368 00:24:14,330 --> 00:24:15,350 know Him. 369 00:24:17,630 --> 00:24:20,670 We know God by knowing Him. 370 00:24:24,290 --> 00:24:32,420 Of course, knowing Him is not just a 371 00:24:32,420 --> 00:24:35,340 mechanical thing, technical thing. 372 00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:39,160 This knowing is you really know Him. 373 00:24:39,860 --> 00:24:43,780 When He reveals Himself in a special name 374 00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:46,040 that reveals Him. 375 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:50,440 That reveals who He is and why He 376 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:50,660 is. 377 00:24:51,420 --> 00:24:54,540 And in knowing that, you know Him a 378 00:24:54,540 --> 00:24:55,280 little bit more. 379 00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:57,080 That's why God has so many names. 380 00:24:58,940 --> 00:25:01,540 Our Lord Jesus has many names. 381 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:05,300 Even before He was born, a name was 382 00:25:05,300 --> 00:25:06,080 given to Him. 383 00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:07,740 He shall be called Jesus. 384 00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:08,820 Why? 385 00:25:08,980 --> 00:25:12,440 Because He will save His people from their 386 00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:12,740 sin. 387 00:25:15,270 --> 00:25:16,830 He shall be called Emmanuel. 388 00:25:17,890 --> 00:25:19,290 God is man. 389 00:25:20,310 --> 00:25:22,410 His name is wonderful. 390 00:25:23,190 --> 00:25:23,910 Counselor. 391 00:25:24,990 --> 00:25:26,350 Prince of Peace. 392 00:25:29,580 --> 00:25:30,690 Almighty God. 393 00:25:31,630 --> 00:25:33,030 Father of Eternity. 394 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:36,840 He has many, many names. 395 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:39,820 And we know His name. 396 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:41,640 We know Him. 397 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:50,400 A name identifies a person. 398 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:54,920 A name describes that person. 399 00:25:55,980 --> 00:25:57,120 It is the right name. 400 00:26:01,310 --> 00:26:03,810 Especially when a person is absent. 401 00:26:05,250 --> 00:26:07,790 Then His name stands in for him. 402 00:26:08,430 --> 00:26:09,070 For his person. 403 00:26:13,660 --> 00:26:16,680 Remember our Lord Jesus before He left His 404 00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:17,120 disciples? 405 00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:24,640 He said, He is told, You have not 406 00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:26,860 asked anything in My name. 407 00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:30,720 But now if you ask anything in My 408 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:35,560 name, My Father will hear you. 409 00:26:38,870 --> 00:26:41,450 In other words, our Lord was leaving His 410 00:26:41,450 --> 00:26:41,850 disciples. 411 00:26:43,270 --> 00:26:46,490 And in leaving His disciples, He left with 412 00:26:46,490 --> 00:26:47,590 them His name. 413 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:54,380 And when His disciples prayed in the name, 414 00:26:54,620 --> 00:26:59,140 in His name, it was as if He 415 00:26:59,140 --> 00:26:59,800 was praying. 416 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:05,080 His name stands in for Himself. 417 00:27:06,340 --> 00:27:09,300 That's why His name is so powerful. 418 00:27:10,780 --> 00:27:12,240 It represents it. 419 00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:19,490 Brothers and sisters, this is the most precious 420 00:27:19,490 --> 00:27:21,770 thing that God, that our Lord has left 421 00:27:21,770 --> 00:27:22,690 with us. 422 00:27:23,910 --> 00:27:26,390 Physically speaking, He is not with the Church 423 00:27:26,390 --> 00:27:26,790 today. 424 00:27:27,610 --> 00:27:32,290 But spiritually speaking, He has left His name 425 00:27:32,290 --> 00:27:33,450 with the Church. 426 00:27:38,810 --> 00:27:41,350 This is our heritage. 427 00:27:42,910 --> 00:27:52,500 And using His name means that He Himself 428 00:27:52,500 --> 00:27:53,820 is involved. 429 00:27:55,310 --> 00:27:56,540 He Himself is involved. 430 00:27:59,880 --> 00:28:01,660 That's the importance of the name. 431 00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:04,400 What is the Church? 432 00:28:06,340 --> 00:28:09,600 Where two or three gather together unto My 433 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:12,520 name, there am I in the midst of 434 00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:12,720 them. 435 00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:16,420 That is the real meaning of the Church. 436 00:28:17,860 --> 00:28:21,080 When two or three are gathered together unto 437 00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:28,120 His name, out of all the nations, God 438 00:28:28,120 --> 00:28:37,030 has called a people unto Him. 439 00:28:37,050 --> 00:28:42,270 In other words, this people is different from 440 00:28:42,270 --> 00:28:45,170 all the people of this world. 441 00:28:46,450 --> 00:28:53,360 In one sense, they have the name of 442 00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:54,000 the Lord Jesus. 443 00:28:55,540 --> 00:28:58,100 And having the name of the Lord Jesus, 444 00:28:58,440 --> 00:28:59,920 they have the Lord Himself. 445 00:29:09,030 --> 00:29:14,730 If we measure the Church in this, with 446 00:29:14,730 --> 00:29:21,130 this measurement, where do we stand? 447 00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:38,080 Are we like the temple in Jerusalem, supposed 448 00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:44,890 to have the name placed with us and 449 00:29:44,890 --> 00:29:45,390 among us? 450 00:29:46,510 --> 00:29:48,770 And yet there is no reality, no reality, 451 00:29:49,590 --> 00:29:50,690 no power. 452 00:29:53,420 --> 00:29:55,480 All we can do is to give a 453 00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:56,460 little alms. 454 00:29:59,820 --> 00:30:04,220 We cannot bring them to be worshippers of 455 00:30:04,220 --> 00:30:04,680 the Father. 456 00:30:08,090 --> 00:30:16,940 Or are we a people who really possess 457 00:30:16,940 --> 00:30:19,140 the name of the Lord Jesus? 458 00:30:20,860 --> 00:30:25,400 And because that name is there, He is 459 00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:25,740 there. 460 00:30:26,780 --> 00:30:30,540 And He manifests Himself as living. 461 00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:35,340 He is able to bring people into the 462 00:30:35,340 --> 00:30:38,980 very presence of the Fathers and make them 463 00:30:38,980 --> 00:30:40,160 worshippers. 464 00:30:41,580 --> 00:30:45,740 Not just keeping them out, but bring them 465 00:30:45,740 --> 00:30:49,180 into the very presence of God. 466 00:30:54,490 --> 00:30:58,170 There is a story about this verse. 467 00:30:59,930 --> 00:31:05,030 One day, a famous theologian by the name 468 00:31:05,030 --> 00:31:07,610 of Thomas Aquinas, you know, in the Roman 469 00:31:07,610 --> 00:31:11,550 Catholic Church, Thomas Aquinas was one of the 470 00:31:11,550 --> 00:31:13,630 greatest theologians they ever produced. 471 00:31:15,250 --> 00:31:18,110 And one day this great theologian was visiting 472 00:31:18,110 --> 00:31:21,110 the Pope, Innocent II. 473 00:31:23,420 --> 00:31:25,880 And while he was visiting with the Pope, 474 00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:31,840 the Pope showed him all the wealth of 475 00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:33,200 Vatican. 476 00:31:36,010 --> 00:31:38,410 And when the Pope showed him the wealth 477 00:31:38,410 --> 00:31:42,990 of Vatican, the Pope said to Thomas Aquinas, 478 00:31:43,870 --> 00:31:47,590 He said, Today we do not need to 479 00:31:47,590 --> 00:31:49,270 speak like Peter. 480 00:31:49,850 --> 00:31:52,330 Silver and gold have I none. 481 00:31:56,840 --> 00:32:00,920 And Thomas Aquinas answered, Yes. 482 00:32:02,100 --> 00:32:05,200 But neither can we say, In the name 483 00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:07,900 of Jesus Christ, rise up and walk. 484 00:32:13,370 --> 00:32:14,090 Which is better? 485 00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:17,240 What do you want? 486 00:32:18,420 --> 00:32:20,200 Do you want silver and gold? 487 00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:24,680 And give some pennies to the beggars? 488 00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:28,700 Or you want the name of the Lord 489 00:32:28,700 --> 00:32:29,020 Jesus? 490 00:32:30,340 --> 00:32:33,800 That will transform that beggar into a worshipper. 491 00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:39,360 What is the mission of the Church? 492 00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:42,180 What is the meaning of the Church? 493 00:32:43,020 --> 00:32:45,520 It is not on this earth just to 494 00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:48,120 do a little good social thing. 495 00:32:48,860 --> 00:32:50,900 By the grace of God we should. 496 00:32:53,270 --> 00:32:54,470 But we should do more. 497 00:32:56,730 --> 00:33:00,130 The very existence of the Church on earth 498 00:33:01,330 --> 00:33:07,180 is to make people worship us in spirit 499 00:33:07,180 --> 00:33:08,400 and in truth. 500 00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:12,100 But do we have the power? 501 00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:15,360 Do we have the authority? 502 00:33:18,220 --> 00:33:20,560 Is the name of the Lord Jesus that 503 00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:26,150 living, that real among His people? 504 00:33:31,470 --> 00:33:37,520 In one sense, God has called us out 505 00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:40,660 of every nation, every tribe, every tongue and 506 00:33:40,660 --> 00:33:45,480 every people and gather us together unto His 507 00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:45,940 name. 508 00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:48,600 Thank God for that. 509 00:33:53,110 --> 00:33:55,430 We are those who call upon the name 510 00:33:55,430 --> 00:33:56,010 of the Lord. 511 00:33:57,790 --> 00:33:59,470 And are saved. 512 00:34:01,090 --> 00:34:04,030 There is no name other than the name 513 00:34:04,030 --> 00:34:06,610 of the Lord Jesus whereby one can be 514 00:34:06,610 --> 00:34:06,970 saved. 515 00:34:07,429 --> 00:34:08,770 Because no other name is given. 516 00:34:12,340 --> 00:34:13,480 In one sense, yes. 517 00:34:14,100 --> 00:34:17,820 We who believe in the Lord Jesus, He 518 00:34:17,820 --> 00:34:19,400 has given His name to us. 519 00:34:19,659 --> 00:34:21,159 We are called by His name. 520 00:34:21,940 --> 00:34:22,520 That's true. 521 00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:33,179 By the way, are you satisfied by being 522 00:34:33,179 --> 00:34:36,060 called with His name? 523 00:34:37,340 --> 00:34:39,760 You know, one problem that really is a 524 00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:40,159 problem. 525 00:34:42,060 --> 00:34:46,920 I don't know whether you have such embarrassing 526 00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:49,699 experience or not, but I had many times. 527 00:34:50,460 --> 00:34:53,280 In many places that I go, people will 528 00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:54,580 come up to me and say, now, are 529 00:34:54,580 --> 00:34:55,179 you a Christian? 530 00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:56,720 I say, yes. 531 00:34:58,300 --> 00:35:00,000 But they are not satisfied. 532 00:35:01,520 --> 00:35:03,460 They say, what denomination? 533 00:35:06,730 --> 00:35:11,370 In other words, the designation of Christ is 534 00:35:11,370 --> 00:35:12,090 not enough. 535 00:35:14,190 --> 00:35:17,450 You have to be designated something more in 536 00:35:17,450 --> 00:35:20,230 order to be recognized. 537 00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:25,540 When I answer and say, well, I said, 538 00:35:25,540 --> 00:35:30,580 I don't take upon myself any other name. 539 00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:33,040 I'm just a simple Christian. 540 00:35:34,180 --> 00:35:35,980 They shake their hands and say, that cannot 541 00:35:35,980 --> 00:35:36,300 be. 542 00:35:41,340 --> 00:35:43,560 Now, this may be a very small thing, 543 00:35:43,660 --> 00:35:43,980 is it? 544 00:35:44,980 --> 00:35:46,100 But it speaks a lot. 545 00:35:51,220 --> 00:35:54,500 What is our attitude towards the name of 546 00:35:54,500 --> 00:35:55,120 the Lord Jesus? 547 00:35:57,730 --> 00:36:00,630 Is His name sufficient for us? 548 00:36:00,630 --> 00:36:03,830 Or do you need some more names in 549 00:36:03,830 --> 00:36:05,570 order to be something? 550 00:36:20,030 --> 00:36:23,170 You know, it's like in a marriage. 551 00:36:24,470 --> 00:36:27,070 Our brother and sister are newly married, so 552 00:36:27,070 --> 00:36:30,110 let me use them as an illustration, you 553 00:36:30,110 --> 00:36:30,250 know. 554 00:36:32,070 --> 00:36:33,450 It's good, so. 555 00:36:39,930 --> 00:36:42,870 When a man and a woman are married, 556 00:36:42,870 --> 00:36:44,830 you know what happens. 557 00:36:47,470 --> 00:36:49,190 We say they are joined into one. 558 00:36:49,950 --> 00:36:50,310 Yes. 559 00:36:53,610 --> 00:36:59,410 But how do you express that oneness to 560 00:36:59,410 --> 00:36:59,830 the world? 561 00:37:01,910 --> 00:37:06,290 Something tremendous happened on the day you are 562 00:37:06,290 --> 00:37:06,710 married. 563 00:37:10,200 --> 00:37:15,260 Before you are married, each of you has 564 00:37:15,260 --> 00:37:21,120 your own name, your family name, your surname. 565 00:37:21,740 --> 00:37:25,060 In other words, you belong to a certain 566 00:37:25,060 --> 00:37:25,680 family. 567 00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:28,200 That's where you belong to. 568 00:37:29,580 --> 00:37:31,600 You are under a certain name. 569 00:37:33,460 --> 00:37:36,500 That designates you, identifies you. 570 00:37:37,580 --> 00:37:38,900 You belong to that family. 571 00:37:41,220 --> 00:37:43,000 But when a man and a woman are 572 00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:43,840 married, what happens? 573 00:37:45,720 --> 00:37:49,660 Now, according to Chinese custom, after a woman 574 00:37:49,660 --> 00:37:53,680 is married to a man, he takes the 575 00:37:53,680 --> 00:37:55,900 name of the husband upon her. 576 00:37:58,290 --> 00:38:01,690 She is no longer called Miss So-and 577 00:38:01,690 --> 00:38:02,010 -So. 578 00:38:02,850 --> 00:38:06,510 She is called Mrs. So-and-So. 579 00:38:07,930 --> 00:38:15,330 In other words, her name was submerged in 580 00:38:15,330 --> 00:38:17,890 under the name of her husband. 581 00:38:19,110 --> 00:38:21,590 So our sister is now Mrs. Wood. 582 00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:34,850 In other words, the woman, when she wants 583 00:38:34,850 --> 00:38:40,490 to get married, she voluntarily gives up her 584 00:38:40,490 --> 00:38:45,050 name and puts herself under the name of 585 00:38:45,050 --> 00:38:45,610 her husband. 586 00:38:47,330 --> 00:38:50,070 That makes them one. 587 00:38:55,900 --> 00:39:05,480 From now on, your husband's name is yours. 588 00:39:08,720 --> 00:39:10,460 It's your possession. 589 00:39:11,940 --> 00:39:14,780 Other people cannot use your husband's name, but 590 00:39:14,780 --> 00:39:15,240 you can. 591 00:39:17,560 --> 00:39:19,780 You have a right to your husband's name. 592 00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:24,680 Everything that belongs to your husband is yours. 593 00:39:26,040 --> 00:39:26,920 Even his death. 594 00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:32,240 You are now one. 595 00:39:34,080 --> 00:39:35,880 That's the importance of the name. 596 00:39:37,340 --> 00:39:39,840 And when you go out and do something 597 00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:43,340 in the name of your husband, the world 598 00:39:43,340 --> 00:39:46,940 recognizes it, as if your husband has done 599 00:39:46,940 --> 00:39:47,480 it. 600 00:39:48,460 --> 00:39:51,040 And sometimes even when your husband tries to 601 00:39:51,040 --> 00:39:54,400 explain, now I haven't told her to do 602 00:39:54,400 --> 00:39:56,940 that, but no matter how the husband explains, 603 00:39:57,400 --> 00:39:57,920 it's done. 604 00:40:03,500 --> 00:40:06,420 As if the husband himself has done it. 605 00:40:06,540 --> 00:40:07,300 Now is it all right? 606 00:40:10,120 --> 00:40:12,320 That's the importance of a name. 607 00:40:13,720 --> 00:40:16,760 Brothers and sisters, when we believe in the 608 00:40:16,760 --> 00:40:18,380 Lord Jesus, do you know what happens? 609 00:40:22,790 --> 00:40:26,610 When we call upon His name and He 610 00:40:26,610 --> 00:40:31,330 gives His name to us, from now on, 611 00:40:34,540 --> 00:40:36,140 He is identified with us. 612 00:40:36,940 --> 00:40:39,260 We are identified with Him. 613 00:40:43,190 --> 00:40:43,830 We are one. 614 00:40:45,430 --> 00:40:50,420 Whatever we do, He is involved. 615 00:40:55,220 --> 00:40:58,020 And many times I think the Lord in 616 00:40:58,020 --> 00:40:59,460 heaven will say, Farewell. 617 00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:04,680 You're really involved. 618 00:41:10,170 --> 00:41:13,750 Brothers and sisters, is the name of the 619 00:41:13,750 --> 00:41:15,510 Lord Jesus enough for you? 620 00:41:17,590 --> 00:41:22,250 Isn't it a tremendous privilege that we have 621 00:41:22,250 --> 00:41:24,210 the name of the Lord Jesus? 622 00:41:25,310 --> 00:41:28,870 All the named Christians, Christ, man. 623 00:41:29,770 --> 00:41:30,970 We belong to Him. 624 00:41:31,750 --> 00:41:32,990 He belongs to us. 625 00:41:32,990 --> 00:41:35,250 That's a wonderful name. 626 00:41:36,790 --> 00:41:37,650 Isn't that enough? 627 00:41:43,080 --> 00:41:46,000 You know, in the book of Revelation, chapter 628 00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:51,200 3, of the seven churches in Asia, one 629 00:41:51,200 --> 00:41:58,400 church was praised by God, by the Lord. 630 00:41:59,640 --> 00:42:00,600 Only praise. 631 00:42:02,160 --> 00:42:03,480 No reprimand. 632 00:42:04,840 --> 00:42:07,700 It was the church in Philadelphia. 633 00:42:08,500 --> 00:42:13,120 And do you know why the Lord commanded 634 00:42:15,070 --> 00:42:16,610 the church in Philadelphia? 635 00:42:17,450 --> 00:42:18,350 For several reasons. 636 00:42:19,550 --> 00:42:21,730 First, the brotherly love there. 637 00:42:22,710 --> 00:42:24,910 They really love one another. 638 00:42:27,130 --> 00:42:30,850 If you love one another, the world will 639 00:42:30,850 --> 00:42:33,830 know that the Father has sent you. 640 00:42:35,550 --> 00:42:40,130 Second, they keep His word. 641 00:42:41,930 --> 00:42:42,950 They keep His word. 642 00:42:45,350 --> 00:42:50,150 In spite of all the circumstances and environment 643 00:42:50,150 --> 00:42:58,780 that seem to speak differently, they keep the 644 00:42:58,780 --> 00:42:59,460 word of God. 645 00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:02,440 The word of His patience. 646 00:43:04,740 --> 00:43:08,860 Third, they do not deny His name. 647 00:43:11,530 --> 00:43:16,050 In other words, no matter what happens, His 648 00:43:16,050 --> 00:43:24,080 name may be persecuted, rejected, despised. 649 00:43:25,460 --> 00:43:27,300 They do not deny His name. 650 00:43:29,330 --> 00:43:30,410 They go along with Him. 651 00:43:32,730 --> 00:43:36,390 They declare that they belong to Christ. 652 00:43:37,110 --> 00:43:39,910 They keep on to His name. 653 00:43:40,450 --> 00:43:42,930 They will not deny His name. 654 00:43:45,520 --> 00:43:50,700 Dear brothers and sisters, is there not a 655 00:43:50,700 --> 00:43:51,480 lesson for us? 656 00:43:54,080 --> 00:43:55,860 He has given us His name. 657 00:43:58,980 --> 00:44:01,660 Should we not honor that name? 658 00:44:07,260 --> 00:44:12,800 But, on the other hand, it is true 659 00:44:12,800 --> 00:44:16,100 that He has given His name to us. 660 00:44:17,120 --> 00:44:19,160 We have a right to His name. 661 00:44:20,520 --> 00:44:21,300 That's true. 662 00:44:23,700 --> 00:44:28,260 But on the other hand, sometimes you may 663 00:44:28,260 --> 00:44:31,220 use His name and it doesn't work. 664 00:44:36,900 --> 00:44:40,320 You involve Him, yes, but somehow He does 665 00:44:40,320 --> 00:44:40,900 not respond. 666 00:44:44,240 --> 00:44:46,420 Now, if that should happen, then you are 667 00:44:46,420 --> 00:44:48,240 really in a narrow place, you know. 668 00:44:52,460 --> 00:44:57,180 This is not something automatic or mechanical. 669 00:44:58,620 --> 00:45:01,320 Not because He has given His name to 670 00:45:01,320 --> 00:45:05,900 us, therefore we can use His name carelessly. 671 00:45:07,280 --> 00:45:09,540 You know, the third commandment is do not 672 00:45:09,540 --> 00:45:11,280 utter the name of the Lord in vain. 673 00:45:12,820 --> 00:45:15,840 You will not be considered innocent. 674 00:45:16,560 --> 00:45:19,440 You will be guilty if you utter His 675 00:45:19,440 --> 00:45:20,160 name in vain. 676 00:45:20,280 --> 00:45:21,240 Well, what does that mean? 677 00:45:21,900 --> 00:45:25,500 It means that you use His name, but 678 00:45:25,500 --> 00:45:27,720 in vain. 679 00:45:32,700 --> 00:45:35,680 Because His name represents Him. 680 00:45:38,640 --> 00:45:42,520 To have His name is to be under 681 00:45:42,520 --> 00:45:44,340 His authority. 682 00:45:49,240 --> 00:45:51,920 Where two or three are gathered together unto 683 00:45:51,920 --> 00:46:00,320 my name, spiritually, if we really want to 684 00:46:00,320 --> 00:46:04,380 use His name, and when His name is 685 00:46:04,380 --> 00:46:11,640 used, He honors it, there is a condition. 686 00:46:13,410 --> 00:46:15,110 Now look at Peter and John. 687 00:46:16,470 --> 00:46:18,570 They say silver and gold we do not 688 00:46:18,570 --> 00:46:18,870 have. 689 00:46:19,670 --> 00:46:21,290 But what we have we give to you. 690 00:46:21,450 --> 00:46:23,310 In the name of the Lord Jesus, rise 691 00:46:23,310 --> 00:46:24,090 up and walk. 692 00:46:26,420 --> 00:46:28,500 And the lame rose up and walked. 693 00:46:29,960 --> 00:46:32,740 Why is it when they use the name 694 00:46:32,740 --> 00:46:39,840 of the Lord Jesus, the Lord honors, and 695 00:46:39,840 --> 00:46:40,380 things happen? 696 00:46:41,440 --> 00:46:42,080 Why? 697 00:46:44,400 --> 00:46:48,320 You see, it is not a mechanical thing. 698 00:46:48,480 --> 00:46:49,920 It is not a technical thing. 699 00:46:50,580 --> 00:46:52,460 It is a spiritual thing. 700 00:46:53,320 --> 00:46:53,960 Why? 701 00:46:55,300 --> 00:47:03,390 Because these two men, before they used the 702 00:47:03,390 --> 00:47:07,630 name of the Lord Jesus, they were first 703 00:47:07,630 --> 00:47:11,530 wholly committed to that name. 704 00:47:16,220 --> 00:47:16,860 Read their history. 705 00:47:20,200 --> 00:47:23,580 They were not only believers of the Lord. 706 00:47:24,640 --> 00:47:27,240 They were followers of the Lord. 707 00:47:28,740 --> 00:47:30,520 One day the Lord walked by the Sea 708 00:47:30,520 --> 00:47:31,120 of Galilee. 709 00:47:32,040 --> 00:47:34,980 He saw Peter there, casting the net. 710 00:47:35,560 --> 00:47:38,360 And the Lord said, Come, follow me. 711 00:47:39,360 --> 00:47:42,980 He left everything and followed the Lord. 712 00:47:44,340 --> 00:47:46,500 The Lord went a little distance, and he 713 00:47:46,500 --> 00:47:49,700 saw John there, mending the net. 714 00:47:50,180 --> 00:47:52,320 And he said, Come, follow me. 715 00:47:53,000 --> 00:47:54,160 He forsook everything. 716 00:47:59,000 --> 00:48:01,360 Silver and gold have I none. 717 00:48:07,690 --> 00:48:11,950 If you have too much, you may not 718 00:48:11,950 --> 00:48:19,840 be able to use his name so effectively. 719 00:48:22,190 --> 00:48:25,010 In order to use his name, they give 720 00:48:25,010 --> 00:48:25,850 up everything. 721 00:48:28,220 --> 00:48:31,380 They give up everything for that name. 722 00:48:32,340 --> 00:48:36,220 They give up everything to put themselves under 723 00:48:36,220 --> 00:48:36,920 that name. 724 00:48:37,680 --> 00:48:40,540 They were fully committed to that name. 725 00:48:42,000 --> 00:48:45,820 And because of their commitment to that name, 726 00:48:47,840 --> 00:48:52,480 the Lord committed himself fully to their using 727 00:48:52,480 --> 00:48:53,440 his name. 728 00:48:57,440 --> 00:49:03,500 Brothers and sisters, the reason why today, there 729 00:49:03,500 --> 00:49:09,480 isn't that power when his name is mentioned, 730 00:49:09,820 --> 00:49:11,240 when his name is used. 731 00:49:12,420 --> 00:49:15,780 One reason is, we who are the Lord, 732 00:49:16,760 --> 00:49:20,020 we have too much of other things. 733 00:49:25,080 --> 00:49:27,260 We are not fully committed. 734 00:49:31,340 --> 00:49:32,440 Put it in another way. 735 00:49:33,480 --> 00:49:35,420 We forsake too little. 736 00:49:38,140 --> 00:49:42,660 Therefore, we possess very little. 737 00:49:47,020 --> 00:49:48,200 Now that is a bargain. 738 00:49:48,540 --> 00:49:49,660 No, it is not a bargain. 739 00:49:51,510 --> 00:49:52,510 It is not a bargain. 740 00:49:53,730 --> 00:49:57,210 But it is a spiritual principle. 741 00:50:09,800 --> 00:50:19,300 You know, to really be under his name 742 00:50:22,140 --> 00:50:24,900 requires that we forsake everything. 743 00:50:25,620 --> 00:50:28,880 We deny everything, even ourselves. 744 00:50:31,090 --> 00:50:36,330 Otherwise, we cannot say we are really under 745 00:50:36,330 --> 00:50:37,410 his name. 746 00:50:40,240 --> 00:50:42,560 You remember the Lord said, if anyone wants 747 00:50:42,560 --> 00:50:46,120 to be my disciple, let him deny himself, 748 00:50:47,020 --> 00:50:49,380 take up his cross, and follow me. 749 00:50:57,360 --> 00:50:59,440 One day, a young man came to the 750 00:50:59,440 --> 00:50:59,680 Lord. 751 00:51:01,320 --> 00:51:03,040 This young man was very serious. 752 00:51:04,660 --> 00:51:05,760 Very serious. 753 00:51:07,980 --> 00:51:09,180 He ran to the Lord. 754 00:51:12,910 --> 00:51:18,000 And he was a ruler, a wealthy man. 755 00:51:19,420 --> 00:51:20,640 But he was so serious. 756 00:51:22,280 --> 00:51:23,640 He ran to the Lord. 757 00:51:24,740 --> 00:51:27,560 And before the crowd, he knelt before the 758 00:51:27,560 --> 00:51:34,620 Lord and said, Teacher, what should I do 759 00:51:34,620 --> 00:51:35,640 to inherit? 760 00:51:38,820 --> 00:51:40,620 Now this was unusual, you know. 761 00:51:41,420 --> 00:51:45,500 For a young man, a ruler, a wealthy 762 00:51:45,500 --> 00:51:51,120 person, to run and to kneel before the 763 00:51:51,120 --> 00:51:55,200 Lord, before the crowd, that was unusual. 764 00:51:56,680 --> 00:51:58,840 No wonder the Lord looked at him and 765 00:51:58,840 --> 00:51:59,400 loved him. 766 00:52:00,460 --> 00:52:01,000 And loved him. 767 00:52:01,600 --> 00:52:02,820 But you know what the Lord said? 768 00:52:04,580 --> 00:52:05,220 Go. 769 00:52:05,820 --> 00:52:06,700 Sell everything. 770 00:52:08,520 --> 00:52:09,520 Give to the poor. 771 00:52:10,240 --> 00:52:10,880 Come. 772 00:52:10,900 --> 00:52:12,220 Come and follow me. 773 00:52:14,820 --> 00:52:17,060 And that young man, when he heard that, 774 00:52:19,280 --> 00:52:20,780 he ran away serious. 775 00:52:22,540 --> 00:52:26,380 And the Lord said, It is more difficult 776 00:52:27,120 --> 00:52:29,620 for a rich man to enter into the 777 00:52:29,620 --> 00:52:33,940 kingdom than for a camel to go through 778 00:52:33,940 --> 00:52:35,360 a needle's hole. 779 00:52:37,660 --> 00:52:40,520 So the disciples were surprised and said, Then 780 00:52:40,520 --> 00:52:41,980 who, who can be saved? 781 00:52:45,760 --> 00:52:48,420 So the Lord said, With man it is 782 00:52:48,420 --> 00:52:48,960 impossible. 783 00:52:49,600 --> 00:52:52,620 With God all things are possible. 784 00:52:54,100 --> 00:52:56,180 Now brothers and sisters, do you think our 785 00:52:56,180 --> 00:52:58,380 Lord is a little bit too hard on 786 00:52:58,380 --> 00:52:59,020 that young man? 787 00:53:00,580 --> 00:53:02,680 This young man had a real heart for 788 00:53:02,680 --> 00:53:04,460 spiritual things. 789 00:53:06,000 --> 00:53:07,520 Do you think that our Lord should be 790 00:53:07,520 --> 00:53:09,940 a little bit more tactful or... 791 00:53:21,650 --> 00:53:22,430 Sell all. 792 00:53:24,090 --> 00:53:24,970 Give to the poor. 793 00:53:25,870 --> 00:53:27,870 Come and follow me. 794 00:53:29,880 --> 00:53:31,360 Not because he was rich. 795 00:53:33,000 --> 00:53:37,260 But because he trusted in his wealth. 796 00:53:45,950 --> 00:53:49,830 I remember our brother said, Is there anyone 797 00:53:49,830 --> 00:53:52,770 who can really sell all? 798 00:53:53,350 --> 00:53:54,230 Forsake all? 799 00:53:56,290 --> 00:53:57,850 Is there anyone who can do that? 800 00:54:02,450 --> 00:54:05,130 You may think that young man, because he 801 00:54:05,130 --> 00:54:06,890 had so much, he was difficult. 802 00:54:08,130 --> 00:54:10,050 Well you don't have that much. 803 00:54:10,550 --> 00:54:11,810 It shouldn't be that difficult. 804 00:54:12,630 --> 00:54:13,210 But you try. 805 00:54:19,990 --> 00:54:23,830 Is there anyone who really can sell all? 806 00:54:24,770 --> 00:54:26,050 Give away all? 807 00:54:26,710 --> 00:54:27,870 And follow the Lord? 808 00:54:32,040 --> 00:54:35,020 So our brother said, The problem with this 809 00:54:35,020 --> 00:54:38,380 young man is not that he cannot do 810 00:54:38,380 --> 00:54:38,620 it. 811 00:54:39,760 --> 00:54:43,980 The problem with that young man is he 812 00:54:43,980 --> 00:54:46,300 went away sadly. 813 00:54:48,230 --> 00:54:50,630 In other words, what he should do. 814 00:54:51,190 --> 00:54:53,250 The Lord knows with men it is impossible. 815 00:54:56,090 --> 00:54:58,830 The Lord knows with men it is impossible. 816 00:54:59,770 --> 00:55:03,090 The Lord is asking something impossible from that 817 00:55:03,090 --> 00:55:03,350 man. 818 00:55:03,750 --> 00:55:05,230 He knows that man cannot do it. 819 00:55:08,480 --> 00:55:09,060 But why? 820 00:55:09,300 --> 00:55:10,520 Why should he ask that question? 821 00:55:11,960 --> 00:55:15,040 The reason is, with God all things are 822 00:55:15,040 --> 00:55:15,420 possible. 823 00:55:16,680 --> 00:55:19,440 If only that young man would say, Lord 824 00:55:19,440 --> 00:55:21,120 you know I cannot do that. 825 00:55:23,850 --> 00:55:24,390 I cannot. 826 00:55:25,490 --> 00:55:27,650 But if you want it, you have to 827 00:55:27,650 --> 00:55:31,090 do it in me and for me. 828 00:55:31,710 --> 00:55:34,210 And if he did, the Lord would do 829 00:55:34,210 --> 00:55:36,050 it in him. 830 00:55:36,810 --> 00:55:38,750 He did not need to go away sad. 831 00:55:39,770 --> 00:55:40,090 No. 832 00:55:42,970 --> 00:55:46,390 If he only trusted the Lord, if he 833 00:55:46,390 --> 00:55:49,570 only committed himself fully to the Lord, the 834 00:55:49,570 --> 00:55:52,010 Lord would commit himself fully to him. 835 00:55:53,880 --> 00:55:55,820 And great things would happen. 836 00:55:58,290 --> 00:56:00,590 If you don't believe that, read the next 837 00:56:00,590 --> 00:56:00,950 chapter. 838 00:56:03,340 --> 00:56:05,860 You know in Luke, these two chapters come 839 00:56:05,860 --> 00:56:06,260 together. 840 00:56:06,620 --> 00:56:09,620 You read the next chapter and something happens. 841 00:56:10,100 --> 00:56:11,040 Another rich man. 842 00:56:12,640 --> 00:56:14,720 Probably this man was richer than the other 843 00:56:14,720 --> 00:56:15,020 man. 844 00:56:15,240 --> 00:56:15,460 Why? 845 00:56:15,600 --> 00:56:17,780 Because he was the chief of tax collectors. 846 00:56:19,140 --> 00:56:24,260 That is, he was an older man, and 847 00:56:26,020 --> 00:56:29,780 a young man might inherit his wealth. 848 00:56:30,900 --> 00:56:34,580 But an old man, he worked hard to 849 00:56:34,580 --> 00:56:36,160 get his wealth, you know. 850 00:56:37,000 --> 00:56:39,540 Humorously speaking, it was more difficult for Zacchaeus 851 00:56:39,540 --> 00:56:41,360 to part with his wealth. 852 00:56:43,800 --> 00:56:44,780 But here was Zacchaeus. 853 00:56:47,750 --> 00:56:49,770 The Lord said, I will go to your 854 00:56:49,770 --> 00:56:50,790 house tonight, today. 855 00:56:52,690 --> 00:56:55,610 And Zacchaeus came down happily from that tree, 856 00:56:55,690 --> 00:56:59,370 you know, ready to receive the Lord, and 857 00:56:59,370 --> 00:57:01,050 the crowd began to murmur. 858 00:57:03,440 --> 00:57:04,620 The Lord didn't say anything. 859 00:57:05,540 --> 00:57:07,040 The Lord didn't preach to him. 860 00:57:08,100 --> 00:57:10,060 The Lord didn't tell him what he should 861 00:57:10,060 --> 00:57:10,320 do. 862 00:57:10,860 --> 00:57:13,020 Not like what he did to the young 863 00:57:13,020 --> 00:57:13,240 man. 864 00:57:13,880 --> 00:57:15,260 He told the young man what he should 865 00:57:15,260 --> 00:57:15,560 do. 866 00:57:16,340 --> 00:57:18,240 But with Zacchaeus, the Lord didn't say anything. 867 00:57:18,360 --> 00:57:19,580 The Lord said, I'll go to your house. 868 00:57:20,980 --> 00:57:21,740 That's all he said. 869 00:57:22,280 --> 00:57:23,220 And you know what happened? 870 00:57:24,860 --> 00:57:28,240 Zacchaeus said, I'll give half of all that 871 00:57:28,240 --> 00:57:29,140 I have to the poor. 872 00:57:29,920 --> 00:57:36,840 And if I have extorted anybody, I'll repay 873 00:57:36,840 --> 00:57:37,520 four times. 874 00:57:41,280 --> 00:57:45,160 You know, according to Mosaic law, all you 875 00:57:45,160 --> 00:57:47,620 need to do is add one-fifth as 876 00:57:47,620 --> 00:57:47,880 interest. 877 00:57:49,360 --> 00:57:51,920 If you want to be legalistic, just add 878 00:57:51,920 --> 00:57:52,420 one-fifth. 879 00:57:53,500 --> 00:57:54,300 And you'll pay. 880 00:57:55,320 --> 00:57:58,280 But here you'll find the grace of God, 881 00:57:58,280 --> 00:58:00,520 or the love of Christ has so constrained 882 00:58:00,520 --> 00:58:00,940 him. 883 00:58:01,800 --> 00:58:06,360 When Christ came in, money went out. 884 00:58:10,170 --> 00:58:11,950 He said, I give half to the poor. 885 00:58:13,410 --> 00:58:16,090 And what I did to others wrongly, I 886 00:58:16,090 --> 00:58:17,010 repay four times. 887 00:58:17,190 --> 00:58:24,640 In other words, he became poor. 888 00:58:25,480 --> 00:58:29,900 By believing in the Lord Jesus, he lost 889 00:58:29,900 --> 00:58:30,300 everything. 890 00:58:31,880 --> 00:58:32,960 But he gained Christ. 891 00:58:35,960 --> 00:58:38,980 With God, all things are possible. 892 00:58:40,300 --> 00:58:42,580 Brothers and sisters, we are not suggesting that 893 00:58:42,580 --> 00:58:44,600 you should go to your home tonight and 894 00:58:44,600 --> 00:58:45,340 sell everything. 895 00:58:45,860 --> 00:58:47,120 We are not suggesting that. 896 00:58:49,100 --> 00:58:52,480 But in spiritual principle, this is what it 897 00:58:52,480 --> 00:58:52,740 is. 898 00:58:54,660 --> 00:58:57,600 If we want to use the name of 899 00:58:57,600 --> 00:59:03,690 the Lord with power, there is a condition. 900 00:59:04,630 --> 00:59:06,910 We must be fully committed. 901 00:59:09,730 --> 00:59:12,310 That name must make us poor of everything. 902 00:59:15,230 --> 00:59:19,970 Not only our wealth, our opinion, our ideas, 903 00:59:20,670 --> 00:59:21,250 everything. 904 00:59:23,500 --> 00:59:25,080 We must lose everything. 905 00:59:25,260 --> 00:59:27,040 We must be able to say like Peter, 906 00:59:27,100 --> 00:59:29,060 silver and gold I do not have. 907 00:59:29,720 --> 00:59:30,500 It's all gone. 908 00:59:32,880 --> 00:59:33,620 It's not mine. 909 00:59:34,600 --> 00:59:35,700 It's all yours. 910 00:59:36,460 --> 00:59:38,460 I have no right over anything now. 911 00:59:39,360 --> 00:59:40,480 I'm yours. 912 00:59:40,780 --> 00:59:42,280 I'm under your name. 913 00:59:43,280 --> 00:59:46,140 Brothers and sisters, if we are so fully 914 00:59:46,140 --> 00:59:51,180 committed to his name, then he is fully 915 00:59:51,180 --> 00:59:53,240 committed to us. 916 00:59:54,540 --> 00:59:57,240 And when we use the name of the 917 00:59:57,240 --> 01:00:01,380 Lord Jesus, you will find there is power. 918 01:00:04,450 --> 01:00:05,610 His name is power. 919 01:00:06,090 --> 01:00:07,230 His name is authority. 920 01:00:09,270 --> 01:00:11,830 So when the council, you know, they brought 921 01:00:11,830 --> 01:00:13,890 Peter and John in and they began to 922 01:00:13,890 --> 01:00:16,870 inquire, they said, in what name and by 923 01:00:16,870 --> 01:00:19,150 what authority have you done this? 924 01:00:19,830 --> 01:00:20,230 They know. 925 01:00:22,520 --> 01:00:23,800 The name is authority. 926 01:00:27,360 --> 01:00:34,130 Oh, the wonderful thing is that name once 927 01:00:37,300 --> 01:00:42,680 represented humility, even humiliation. 928 01:00:44,750 --> 01:00:46,510 Jesus of Nazareth. 929 01:00:48,310 --> 01:00:49,850 That's a humble name. 930 01:00:52,500 --> 01:00:56,620 But one day, God has given him a 931 01:00:56,620 --> 01:00:59,360 name that is above everything. 932 01:01:01,160 --> 01:01:03,760 And in that name, every knee shall bow 933 01:01:03,760 --> 01:01:11,470 and every tongue confess that Jesus is destiny. 934 01:01:16,150 --> 01:01:17,670 That name has power. 935 01:01:18,410 --> 01:01:19,490 That name has authority. 936 01:01:20,370 --> 01:01:23,210 And that name is placed in the church. 937 01:01:24,610 --> 01:01:27,510 It's meant for the church to use that 938 01:01:27,510 --> 01:01:29,970 name with the right. 939 01:01:33,110 --> 01:01:35,750 It is not just a nominal name. 940 01:01:37,780 --> 01:01:38,460 It is real. 941 01:01:39,920 --> 01:01:41,140 He is behind his name. 942 01:01:42,380 --> 01:01:44,060 His power is authority. 943 01:01:45,080 --> 01:01:46,340 He is behind that name. 944 01:01:47,040 --> 01:01:49,540 And whenever that name is used by the 945 01:01:49,540 --> 01:01:51,860 church, things happen. 946 01:01:53,840 --> 01:01:53,940 Why? 947 01:01:54,260 --> 01:01:57,340 Because the church in the early days was 948 01:01:57,340 --> 01:02:00,420 fully committed to that name. 949 01:02:05,120 --> 01:02:09,620 Dear brothers and sisters, we have the name 950 01:02:09,620 --> 01:02:10,500 of the Lord Jesus. 951 01:02:13,080 --> 01:02:18,340 But why is it that name doesn't seem 952 01:02:18,340 --> 01:02:23,660 to carry that power and authority that it 953 01:02:23,660 --> 01:02:24,040 has? 954 01:02:26,080 --> 01:02:30,540 One reason is today we are not that 955 01:02:30,540 --> 01:02:31,640 fully committed. 956 01:02:32,280 --> 01:02:32,940 That's the problem. 957 01:02:36,680 --> 01:02:41,200 We have not given up everything to that 958 01:02:41,200 --> 01:02:41,460 name. 959 01:02:45,400 --> 01:02:52,010 We have not given up our name and 960 01:02:52,010 --> 01:02:57,180 come under his name, under his authority. 961 01:02:59,030 --> 01:03:01,810 If we do, you'll find the same thing 962 01:03:03,890 --> 01:03:08,230 as in the third chapter of Acts. 963 01:03:10,900 --> 01:03:11,620 One thing more. 964 01:03:13,540 --> 01:03:16,420 Having that name is such a privilege. 965 01:03:18,180 --> 01:03:21,260 There is such authority and power in that 966 01:03:21,260 --> 01:03:21,560 name. 967 01:03:22,520 --> 01:03:26,160 But of course, great responsibility as we have 968 01:03:26,160 --> 01:03:26,500 mentioned. 969 01:03:27,160 --> 01:03:28,240 But there is another thing. 970 01:03:31,250 --> 01:03:32,250 We have to suffer. 971 01:03:36,940 --> 01:03:37,120 Why? 972 01:03:38,220 --> 01:03:43,380 Because today that name is still despised and 973 01:03:43,380 --> 01:03:45,600 rejected by the world. 974 01:03:48,550 --> 01:03:52,830 Anyone who follows that name, who is serious 975 01:03:52,830 --> 01:03:58,130 with that name, must suffer for that name. 976 01:04:00,490 --> 01:04:03,270 And when the apostles suffer for that name, 977 01:04:04,710 --> 01:04:08,700 what was their attitude? 978 01:04:09,620 --> 01:04:13,420 They thanked God that they were considered as 979 01:04:13,420 --> 01:04:18,100 worthy to suffer for that name. 980 01:04:20,040 --> 01:04:21,740 Is that our attitude today? 981 01:04:26,250 --> 01:04:29,330 Apostle Peter said, now do not suffer because 982 01:04:29,330 --> 01:04:30,830 you have done something wrong. 983 01:04:32,410 --> 01:04:32,890 You know? 984 01:04:33,670 --> 01:04:39,610 But if you suffer because you are a 985 01:04:39,610 --> 01:04:44,490 Christian, you are called by his name, do 986 01:04:44,490 --> 01:04:48,850 not be ashamed because the glory of the 987 01:04:48,850 --> 01:04:51,030 Lord is upon you. 988 01:04:53,300 --> 01:04:59,290 Oh dear brothers and sisters, anyone who is 989 01:04:59,290 --> 01:05:03,350 fully committed to that name will have to 990 01:05:03,350 --> 01:05:03,710 suffer. 991 01:05:06,680 --> 01:05:08,940 Do not think that the day of suffering 992 01:05:08,940 --> 01:05:11,300 and persecution is over. 993 01:05:12,120 --> 01:05:14,800 Do not think that we who are in 994 01:05:14,800 --> 01:05:20,400 this country is spared from suffering. 995 01:05:21,300 --> 01:05:25,380 That our brothers in other part of the 996 01:05:25,380 --> 01:05:34,920 world, it may not be physical, but if 997 01:05:34,920 --> 01:05:41,460 we really mean business with that name, you 998 01:05:41,460 --> 01:05:44,280 will find there will be suffering. 999 01:05:47,640 --> 01:05:54,040 But our attitude is we are not worthy. 1000 01:05:55,680 --> 01:06:01,100 That name that is above every name, we 1001 01:06:01,100 --> 01:06:01,860 are not worthy. 1002 01:06:02,760 --> 01:06:05,300 If we are counted worthy to suffer for 1003 01:06:05,300 --> 01:06:08,640 that name, it is an honor. 1004 01:06:10,690 --> 01:06:11,390 It is an honor. 1005 01:06:12,350 --> 01:06:14,730 Now that should be our attitude. 1006 01:06:16,190 --> 01:06:18,390 And the Bible said, if we suffer with 1007 01:06:18,390 --> 01:06:22,870 him, if we endure with him today, one 1008 01:06:22,870 --> 01:06:25,650 day we shall reign. 1009 01:06:32,530 --> 01:06:38,160 You know in the book of Acts, there 1010 01:06:38,160 --> 01:06:43,020 are about, I think, 26 times when the 1011 01:06:43,020 --> 01:06:47,160 name, his name, or thy name are used. 1012 01:06:47,880 --> 01:06:48,680 Maybe more. 1013 01:06:50,320 --> 01:06:54,900 It shows that what a place the name 1014 01:06:54,900 --> 01:06:59,350 of the Lord Jesus had in the early 1015 01:07:05,080 --> 01:07:05,340 church. 1016 01:07:05,580 --> 01:07:08,800 And because of their respect for that name, 1017 01:07:12,050 --> 01:07:15,690 when they prayed, when they used the name, 1018 01:07:17,050 --> 01:07:19,470 the Lord honored it. 1019 01:07:22,300 --> 01:07:23,140 It's all real. 1020 01:07:23,500 --> 01:07:24,140 It's all living. 1021 01:07:25,100 --> 01:07:28,300 So dear brothers and sisters, tonight this is 1022 01:07:28,300 --> 01:07:29,860 the only burden in my heart. 1023 01:07:30,020 --> 01:07:31,360 One burden in my heart. 1024 01:07:33,900 --> 01:07:38,260 As we are approaching the end, the name 1025 01:07:38,260 --> 01:07:43,060 of the Lord Jesus should be recovered in 1026 01:07:43,060 --> 01:07:43,460 the church. 1027 01:07:47,250 --> 01:07:50,270 There should be the due honor and respect 1028 01:07:50,270 --> 01:07:51,370 to that name. 1029 01:07:52,490 --> 01:07:56,310 And to due respect to that name, it 1030 01:07:56,310 --> 01:08:01,470 demands that we really surrender our all and 1031 01:08:01,470 --> 01:08:06,070 put ourselves under his name, under his authority. 1032 01:08:06,990 --> 01:08:11,250 And if we do, we shall find his 1033 01:08:11,250 --> 01:08:13,170 presence with us. 1034 01:08:13,850 --> 01:08:20,920 We shall find his power and authority because 1035 01:08:20,920 --> 01:08:25,340 he is the same, yesterday, today, and forever. 1036 01:08:25,840 --> 01:08:26,500 Shall we pray? 1037 01:08:32,310 --> 01:08:37,229 Our Heavenly Father, how we praise and thank 1038 01:08:37,229 --> 01:08:42,770 thee that we are a people called by 1039 01:08:42,770 --> 01:08:43,490 his name. 1040 01:08:46,120 --> 01:08:48,540 How we praise and thank thee that thy 1041 01:08:48,540 --> 01:08:49,939 name is not nominal. 1042 01:08:49,939 --> 01:08:52,319 Thy name is real. 1043 01:08:53,660 --> 01:08:55,660 There is authority. 1044 01:08:56,600 --> 01:08:59,720 There is power in that name. 1045 01:09:00,960 --> 01:09:03,420 Oh, that we may honor thy name. 1046 01:09:04,660 --> 01:09:07,640 We may see what thy name means. 1047 01:09:08,580 --> 01:09:12,359 That we may really put ourselves under thy 1048 01:09:12,359 --> 01:09:12,720 name. 1049 01:09:13,859 --> 01:09:16,899 Fully committed to thy name. 1050 01:09:17,899 --> 01:09:21,960 And Lord, may thy name be so real 1051 01:09:21,960 --> 01:09:26,260 among thy people that there may be power 1052 01:09:26,260 --> 01:09:31,899 and authority manifested when thy name is used. 1053 01:09:32,960 --> 01:09:35,979 Oh Lord, thou hast put thy name in 1054 01:09:35,979 --> 01:09:36,520 the church. 1055 01:09:39,260 --> 01:09:41,720 May thy name be hallowed. 1056 01:09:44,370 --> 01:09:49,069 We ask in thy exalted name, the Lord 1057 01:09:49,069 --> 01:09:49,550 Jesus.