Do all in Christ's name

Q: What does the Bible say about doing everything in Christ's name?

The Bible instructs us to do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, as seen in Colossians 3:17. In Colossians 3:17, the Apostle Paul encourages believers to do all things—whether in word or deed—in the name of the Lord Jesus. This means that our actions should reflect Christ's character and purposes, acknowledging His authority in our lives. By doing everything in His name, we are reminded that our lives should be lived in submission and gratitude, recognizing that it is through Christ that we have access to the Father and are called to live in holiness and service.

Q: How do we know that we are to live by faith in Christ?

We are called to live by faith in Christ as believers, as shown in Colossians 3:3-4. Colossians 3:3-4 states that Christians have been raised with Christ and that our lives are hidden with Him in God. This indicates that our identity and the basis for our living are found entirely in Christ. We are encouraged to look to Him by faith, trusting in His completed work for our standing before God. Living by faith means recognizing that our actions and our worth are rooted in His sacrifice and righteousness, allowing us to serve and relate to others in a way that pleases Him.

Q: Why is giving thanks important for Christians?

Giving thanks is important as it acknowledges God’s sovereignty and grace in our lives. In Colossians 3:17, Paul emphasizes that in all we do, we should give thanks to God the Father through Jesus Christ. Gratitude fosters a heart of humility and recognition of God’s blessings and sovereignty. It acknowledges that everything we have and do comes from His grace, preventing pride and self-reliance. By expressing thanks, we cultivate an attitude of worship and dependence on God's sustaining and sovereign grace in every aspect of our lives.

Q: How does Acts 3 illustrate living in Christ's name?

Acts 3 shows the power and authority of Christ’s name through the healing of a lame man. In Acts 3, Peter and John heal a lame man in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, highlighting the authority and power that lies in Christ’s name. Peter makes it clear that the healing was not by their own power or holiness but entirely by the authority of Christ. This act serves as a powerful testimony of Christ's supremacy and the transformative nature of faith in Him. It demonstrates how believers are called to act in His name, emphasizing that our works should reflect His glory and intention for salvation.

Q: What is the significance of doing good works in Christ's name?

Doing good works in Christ's name reflects His character and fulfills God's purpose for His people. The significance of performing good works in Christ's name lies in the reflection of His character and fulfilling our calling as believers. As we engage in actions that represent His love, grace, and truth, we not only emulate Christ but also testify to His transformative power in our lives. Good works done in His name are not for self-glory but to point others to Christ, demonstrating the reality of faith in action and fulfilling our purpose as His representatives in the world.

I want to hold your place there in Acts chapter 3 and 4, and turn with me to Colossians chapter 3. We've been going through this book and it's been very instructive, reinforcing the gospel to us in many ways and clarifying it in many ways, and I'm thankful for that. We've come to this place in chapter 3 where the Lord having given the truth of what God has done and what he has done to exalt his son and to glorify his son for the salvation of his people, and how in the Lord Jesus Christ, God himself has qualified his people, redeemed them, has brought them to himself, reconciled them, put them before him, presented them to himself, holy and without blame in the Lord Jesus Christ. and that he has been pleased to put all fullness in his son for them so that in Christ they are complete, full, there's nothing to be added.

And then he goes from there to defend them against the intentions of wicked men who would add to something and try to seek to persuade them to be deterred, to be led astray from Christ. And he emphasizes this, do not allow that to happen. The ordinances that were against you were nailed to his cross. He took them out of the way and he silenced and shamed all of his adversaries in his cross.

And then he describes to us what we now are. He says in chapter three, you're risen with Christ. You're seated with him. He is your life and your life is hid with Christ in God. There's nothing that can touch you. Nothing can change God's favor and blessing upon you because you're already in Christ seated there with him.

Now it is on that basis and that foundation that he tells us to live this life. And so when we get to this chapter, in chapter three, he tells us to put off the old man, to put on the new, to put on Christ by faith. Looking to him, knowing what we are by God's doing in him, then taking by faith what he has said as the way things are and putting him on. And the result of that is that we live not in order to obtain something, but because we are in Christ now by God, holy and without blame before Him, perfectly qualified to be in His presence by the blood of His Son. Now these are the truths upon which all of our life is to be lived. So that by faith in Christ, we do all that we do. The attitudes, our behavior, our words, our actions, everything is to be based on this revelation of who Christ is. Not only who he is in his person, but who he is to us in all of his work and his offices as Christ.

And he gives us these relations, the relation of wives to husbands, and husbands to wives, and children to parents, and fathers to children, and servants to masters, and masters to servants. And he sums it all up in two verses. In chapter 3, in verse 17, Colossians 3, 17, he says, here in summary of all this, he says, whatsoever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him. And then also in verse 23, whatsoever you do, do it heartily as to the Lord and not to men.

Okay, so given the fact that by the name of Jesus, we have been brought near to God, by God's will, according to God's will, own purpose of grace, according to His eternal love, according to all the perfections of His nature, His holiness in everything, He has appointed and has been pleased and taken delight in offering up His Son to bring us to Himself as His children, to make us holy before Him in love.

Now this is God's doing. This is not our doing, and His declaration, His proclamation of it, this is the truth of heaven, and this is the foundation on which we are to stand. In spite of all appearances to the contrary, in the weakness of our sinful flesh, in the weakness of our bodies, in the decline of age, in death itself, we are to cling and hold fast to Christ by God's word, that by His name all that God has said is so and will most certainly be brought into our experience because now it is already established in heaven. And that's what he's saying here. These relations that we experience in our lives are simply the context out of which we are to live in faith, by faith in Christ, and to live on the basis of what God has said. And so he tells us these things.

He says how we are to have these attitudes, these attitudes we're to have, forbearing, he says, In verse 12, notice in verse 12 of chapter three, Colossians 3 verse 12, put on therefore, as the elect of God, not something you work at to become, something God has done, he's chosen you in Christ, as the elect of God, holy, again, this is what God has done, he's made you holy, and the blood of his son, and by the grace of his spirit, he's made you holy by faith in Christ, and beloved, beloved of God, then put on bowels of mercy because of what you are, whose you are, and what you are in Christ before God, then put on these bowels of mercy. In other words, these are things that describe Christ in his nature, in his will, and in his purpose, and in his attitude towards his people. And so taking hold on Christ by faith and seeing who He is by God's appointment, out of God's own character, and seeing God's character in Him, His name, His honor, His glory, and His work, and all these things, then we are also to follow Him in this, put on these bowels of mercy. kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering, forbearing one another, forgiving one another.

If anyone has a quarrel against any, even as Christ forgave you, so also do you. So it's always taking what God has said concerning Christ and living on that foundation and looking to Christ, not only as the pattern, the one we love, but also as the one who provides all grace from his throne, from his throne. according to holiness in fulfillment of all God's will and to the glory of God.

So whatever you do, therefore, in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus. Do all in the name of the Lord Jesus. Now, I want to consider what that means today. And that's the reason I had Brad read from Acts chapter 3 and 4, because I think this gives such a clear explanation of what it means to do all in the name of the Lord Jesus. I'm going to reference a number of scriptures, but I want you to focus especially on Acts chapter 3 and 4 this morning, and I want to compare it to some other things in scriptures that explain to us what it means to be in the name of the Lord Jesus.

First of all is that Jesus said in Mark chapter 9, and you don't have to turn there, but I will find that reference and read it to you here. Mark chapter 9, the Lord is talking to his disciples and he tells them some amazing things. He says, I'm sorry, I was looking at this in my other Bible and my eyes were looking in the wrong, you know, that orientation on the page where you lose the, where you were. Let me find this for a moment here because I want you to see this in Mark chapter nine. Ah, here it is, Mark chapter nine. It says here in verse 35, In verse 35 of Mark 9, Jesus sat down and he called the 12. These are his disciples.

And he said to them, if any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all. If you have the ambition of being first, you're going to be the very last. He said, and if any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all and servant of all. And he took a child and set him in the midst of them. And when he had taken him in his arms, a little child, insignificant, no potential, what can he do for the king of glory? Nothing. That's the point.

He said to them, whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me. You see what it means here? If in the name of Christ, there's an insignificant one of Christ's own, and you receive that one as Christ in his name, considering that one to belong to him and receiving them as Christ, That's what it means to receive a child in his name. You're receiving the child as if it were Christ himself. And you do it by faith in who he is, that this is one of his own.

And he goes on. Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name receiveth me. And whosoever shall receive me Receive with not me, but him that sent me. So receiving Christ means you've received the Father. But he goes on. And he says, in fact, look at verse 41.

He says, whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward. He shall have the reward of grace. You're giving the insignificant cup of water. Water is plentiful. And yet you give just a cup of water to one because they belong to Christ. Then the Lord says you won't lose that reward that he gives to his people. You see the significance here? Giving in his name means giving as to Christ. doing it as to the Lord, doing it because of who he is. That's his name, who he is.

And we can go on and on. But I want to turn now to Matthew chapter seven. I want to give you a contrast here to help us to turn up the contrast and understand what it means to do all that we do in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. In Matthew chapter seven, This is such an instructive text of scripture. Sometimes the darkest passages become the brightest light, shed the brightest light on the truth and help us to understand it. And that's what this one does. In verse 21 of Matthew 7, Jesus says, he's prophesying of future history. This will happen.

Not everyone that says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven. Now, if you were to think, well, not everyone, that means most people will enter, but not a few. Some won't, and there's a few, but that's not what he means here. Not everyone, if you look down at the next verse, many, many, a great number. So, not everyone that says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he that doeth the will of my Father, which is in heaven.

Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, they're pleading for their lives. They stand at the gate of life, eternal life. Or the gate to destruction, eternal damnation. And so he says, many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? And in thy name have cast out devils and in thy name done many wonderful works. Then I will profess to them, I never knew you. Depart from me, you that work iniquity.

Now, these people were invoking the name of Christ. In all that they did, they said they prophesied, they were teachers, they were preachers, these were not pew warmers, they were not attenders only on Easter Sunday. They were the zealous preachers and teachers in the place where Christ was claimed to be Lord, and they said they did what they did in His name. What's wrong? You would think that if anyone could enter life in heaven, it would be them. But Jesus, who knows the hearts of all men, he says, no, no, you are workers of iniquity.

They were claiming a basis, a foundation on which they should be admitted. And the basis was what they did in Christ's name. In other words, they were taking the name of Christ, and invoking His name in order to perform works that they could then use to gain entrance, to bring recognition to themselves from God and from men. So invoking Christ's name in this way, we did it in your name, it was for their work. They invoked His name so they could perform their work.

And they could use their works as a platform to stand on, to give them entrance into glory and heaven and life. But Jesus said, no, no. What was lacking here, they understood him to be the Lord. That wasn't the issue. What was lacking here is they didn't invoke his name. as God had revealed him to be the savior of sinners. They were never a helpless sinner. They never called on him who is the physician, the great physician of the sinsick, those who are dead in sins and those who cannot help themselves.

And that's what Acts chapter three shows us in contrast here. Now this is Peter and John who come into the temple. In Acts chapter three, in verse one, Peter and John are coming into the temple, and there was a certain man, in verse two, who was lame from his mother's womb and was carried. He couldn't get there. He was carried. And it had been since birth. He had a birth defect. From his birth, he was defective. He was sick, and he couldn't walk. And you can imagine what condition his legs and his feet were in.

In chapter four, it says that he was above 40 years old. For 40 years, his muscles had so atrophied because he never used them. I hurt my ankle a couple of days ago and I was limping around and I was thinking, I'm lame. I can't fix it. That's what this man was. He was, and Peter describes him as impotent, without strength. He couldn't walk.

Now, in Scripture, walking refers, in spiritual things, it refers to believing on the Lord Jesus Christ. He couldn't believe. We can see that this man, when he sees Peter and John, he asks them for alms. He thinks his need is met by what he gets in this life. For over 40 years, he went to the place where people were worshiping God and bringing their alms, and he's thinking, these are the kinds of people, and this is the place. where I'll be able to get something to help me live. I can't work.

For over 40 years, people put up with this man. They knew him. He was a publicly recognized man. Thousands of people were coming to the temple. Literally thousands of people were coming to the temple and they saw him year after year after year. People understood this man could not help himself. This man was utterly helpless to do one thing.

That's what this is telling us here. Now that's the context. And it says in verse three, when Peter and John were about to go into the temple, he asked alms of them and Peter, fixing his eyes, fastening his eyes, looking intently at him. This is in verse, He said, and with John also, both of them looking intently. You can imagine Peter and John looking at them.

Who are these men? Well, they were fishermen. And later on, it says in chapter four, they were ignorant and unlearned men. So they were ruffians. They were the kind of guys that, you know, look, here comes a fisherman. He's nothing. Maybe he's got some money. I'll ask him. Look at us. They grabbed his attention. And what did he do? Verse five, he gave heed to them, expecting to receive something of them. So his eyes were drawn to them because Peter said, look on us. And John too, Peter and John were companions. They were fellow laborers. They were always together with Jesus. And so then Peter said in verse six, these memorable words, Silver and gold have I none. What you're looking for, I don't have.

But such as I have, give I thee. And here it comes. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk in the authority for his name's sake, by his power. according to His holiness, according to God's having exalted Him. For the proclamation of Him and His truth and His work and His people, listen to Him, know Him, receive this from Him.

Peter's not claiming, I'm going to make you whole. I'm going to say something to you and I'm going to make you whole. He didn't say that at all. He directs this man who now had, they had his full attention, he directs them to Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

And he says, rise up and walk. While looking at Peter, while listening to Peter, he directs him to Christ and in that In that name, by the declaration of who Christ is, because that's what the name means, Jesus, the savior, Christ, the prophet, the priest, the king, the one in whom God has spoken, the one who has offered himself as the lamb of God to bring his people to God, the one who is the king of glory and also the king in our salvation. The one to whom all honor and power in heaven and earth is given. In that name, rise up and walk. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ in a spiritual sense, but know this is physical. And there's a reason for the physical miracle here. And we're going to see that. And so Peter takes him by the right hand, took him by the right hand. lifted him up immediately.

These over 40-year-old atrophied muscles had never been used. Bam! He stands up. All the sensation and the skill required to walk that you learn as a child, he had never learned, and now suddenly he's able to stand up. And not just stand, but leaping, he says in verse 8, leaping up, stood and walked. and entered with them into the temple, walking and leaping and praising God."

He had heard of Christ. He was now walking. The Lord had done something. The Lord had done something. So he goes on. Verse 9, all the people saw him walking and praising God. They knew it was he which sat for alms at the beautiful gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened to him.

And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John. So he's with them. I can see him. He's got his arms around John and Peter. He's jumping up and down. He's probably doing these little kicks, you know, that the Irish do. I don't know. He was happy. He was irrepressibly happy. He was over-the-top excited. The Lord had given him legs and feet to walk, and now he is praising God, the Lord in whose name he was healed, Jesus Christ of Nazareth, God. He's praising him. And he's praising God the Father and God the Holy Spirit, all that was done to save him.

And they knew that it was him. These people understood, look, this guy, he's completely incapable of doing anything of value. He's a recipient only, he's a beggar. All his life, he could do nothing, and yet the Lord in grace takes a hold of him and gives him himself, gives him all that he needed. He became to this man his savior.

And so when the people ran together and they were just amazed at this, in verse 12, when Peter saw it, he answered the people, he said, you men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? Or why look ye so earnestly on us as though by our own power or holiness we made this man to walk? You see what he's doing?

In contrast to the people in Matthew 7 who were told to depart and who invoked Christ's name in order to substantiate their work before God, Peter directs all attention to Christ and calls on Christ on his throne to do this for this man with another goal in mind. so that the people who were convinced this man was impotent and knew him to be so for over 40 years, they would see that the God of glory had exalted his son, and because he was exalted, he gave this man perfect standing, ability to walk, and to praise God, so that they would see that what Peter said about him was most certainly true. That's the whole thing here.

In other words, Peter invoked Christ's name, not only by his authority, not only because it was his power, he did the work, and it was by virtue of his holiness, no virtue in us, but also because this would make the people know that God has exalted his son, given him this glory, and by his power, that healed this man, by that same power, he would save his people. That's his name, Jesus. He saves his people from their sins. And so he goes on in verse 13, the God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, the covenant God, the God of your fathers, has glorified his son. You see, it wasn't what we did. It wasn't by our power or by our holiness. Nothing in us, it was entirely about what God has done. The God of glory has glorified his son in this healing because he glorified him in his saving work.

And he goes on, now he describes the condition of the people who heard him. This was shortly after Pentecost. It may have been only days after Pentecost. which was only 50 days after Jesus had risen from the dead, had been crucified on Passover, between Passover and Pentecost, only 50 days. The event of Christ's crucifixion was very fresh in the minds of these people. The whole throng, the thousands of people who were here on this day saw this miracle.

And they were astounded. And they wondered, who could have done this? Let's look for the reason in these men. No, it's not in us. It's by Christ on His throne. His name, His power, His holiness, God's purpose. He's the one God. He's the God of Abraham, of Isaac and Jacob. He has glorified His Son.

Now he goes on to describe the people whom you delivered up and denied him in the presence of Pilate when he was determined to let him go. But you denied the Holy One and the just and desired a murderer to be granted to you. It's not enough that you wanted him dead. You wanted him to die the most excruciating and shameful death, the crucifixion. And not only that, but you opposed him. You opposed the governor, the God-delegated governor who said, no, we're going to release him. No, you said, no, we demand him to be crucified. And you preferred a murderer to be released to you as a free man that you might kill the prince of life. You killed the prince of life.

But God raised him from the dead, and therefore we are witnesses. That's what we're telling you. Notice verse six, and his name. who He is in His person, His character, His reputation, His honor, His offices, in His work, everything that He said, all that is involved, by which we know a person, Him, His name, through faith in His name. Faith in him whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. We're resting our life, our eternal life, our salvation from our sins and from eternal damnation on his name. We're calling on his name. Save me for your glory, by your power, by virtue of your holiness, according to God's will, to God's glory.

And don't look for anything from me because I'm utterly impotent. In fact, I'm opposed. I denied. I wanted him to be put to death in the worst way. and release a murderer instead. I killed the prince of life, but God raised him from the dead. I was hostile to the Lord Jesus Christ, the son of God, the prince of life, and to God, his father. And yet, through faith in his name, this man is made strong, whom you now see, who you see and know. You know it. Yay. Let's go further. He says in verse 16, the faith which is by him.

Not only was this man impotent, but you are utterly impotent. God finds his people when they're hostile towards him and without strength. And he gives them the faith, he gives them the strength. By his name, that's his person, that's who he is, that's his glory. to save sinners who are opposed to Him, save those who put Him to death. These are the people who put Christ to death. Look at the last verse of chapter three. Unto you first, God, having raised up His Son, sent Him to bless you. in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.

That is why he's exalted. That's why he died. That's his name. Do you know him? Do you know that this is God's revelation of who his son is, who he is himself, the savior of sinners, those who opposed him, who put him to death, who killed the prince of life, who denied him? He gives them grace of life with faith in Him, in His name and all that He is. And God saves His people through faith in His name. Faith in Him. The one who's the performer of all the work. The one who has all the virtue. The one who does it in opposition to my hostility. Who saves me from my sins.

That's His gift. We could go on and on in this, and I would like to. Perhaps we will go on this. But look over as we were reading in chapter four and verse nine. It says. In verse 5 of chapter 4, sorry, I said verse 9, I meant 5. Chapter 4, verse 5, it came to pass in the morrow that the rulers and the elders and the scribes and Annas the high priest and Caiaphas and John and Alexander and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest were gathered together at Jerusalem.

These are the elders. These are the rulers of the people. These are the Jews. And these are unbelieving Jews. But Peter. graciously said earlier in chapter three that I know that even your rulers in verse twenty seventeen. Now, brethren, I would not that I want that through ignorance you did it, as did your rulers also. These men were ignorant. And Peter is preaching to these these rulers, these elders who oppose Christ. And now they're opposing this this miracle.

And when these rulers had set them, verse seven, when they had set them in the midst, they asked them, here's the question, by what power, by what name, what authority have you done this? And Peter filled with the Holy Ghost said to them, you rulers of the people and elders of Israel, if we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, completely helpless, by what means he has made whole, be it known unto you all and to all the people of Israel, That by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, the same thing he said to the remnant man, whom you crucified, this identifies us, doesn't it? Sinners, murderers of Christ, whom God raised from the dead even by him, Christ, does this man stand here before you whole. Here he was, standing with Peter and John, being examined by the rulers and the elders, and you can see this man.

He's just so happy and they're so mad and they want to shut him up. How could we stop this from happening? This man has been here 40 years. People have seen him year after year. Thousands of people have seen him. Verse four, it says, many of them which heard the word believed and the number of them of the men were about five thousand, five thousand believers out of this one message. that Peter preached as a result of the miracle that Christ performed on this man. The evidence of that gave validation to the word that Peter preached that this was Christ's message. Christ had raised him, made him to stand and walk and leap and praise God. That same Christ is on his throne. That's what God is doing here. He's glorifying his son. It's by him. His name, okay?

And so Peter says, be it known to you, in verse 10, be it known to you all and to all the people of Israel, by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by Him, now this man stands here before you whole. And this is the stone, Christ is, which was said it not of you builders. You're supposed to be the builders and you took the cornerstone that should have been the corner of the building of God's church and you denied Him, you rejected Him, you despised Him. which has become the head of the corner, verse 12. Notice, neither is there salvation in any other, for there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved.

That's the name. The name. Just the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. believing on his name. You who are as I am, not only helpless and impotent and unable to live by faith, we have no value, no value in ourselves. All of our value is in Christ Jesus, the Lord. And by him, we were in opposition, we were hostile, ignorant, and the Lord has had this grace upon us. He brought the gospel to us, which was what Peter did when he preached as a result of this man's healing, and 5,000 souls were saved.

Look at verse 24 now of chapter 4. After the elders and the rulers told Peter, he says, now, don't you say any more in this name. Don't you do anything more in this name. And Peter and John in verse 19 said, well, whether it's right in the sight of God to hearken to you more than God judge you, but we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard. The impotent man's like, yes, I can't help it. I'm sorry. No, I'm not sorry. The man was about above 40 years old on whom the miracle of healing was showed.

So being let go, they went to their own company and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them. And when they heard that, when the disciples heard that, notice what happened. Not only was the lame man healed, and made to walk and leap and praise God.

Not only was this the occasion of the preaching of the gospel by which 5,000 souls were saved, and not only were the elders and rulers brought out to be what they were, which is deniers and persecutors of Christ and his people, but when the disciples, the church heard that, They lifted up their voice to God with one accord and said, Lord, thou art God, which has made heaven and earth and the sea and all that in them is who by the mouth of thy servant David said, Why did the heathen rage and the people imagine vain things? The kings of the earth stood up and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against his Christ for of a truth. Against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed both Herod and Pontius Pilate with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel were gathered together for to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

And now, Lord, behold their threatenings. In Grant, here's the prayer. This is what they're asking. In Christ's name, on his authority, Do what you have said, Lord, exalt your son. He says, grant unto thy servants that with all boldness they may speak thy word. And by stretching forth thy hand to heal, ye are doing the healing that by signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus. And when they had thus prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. And they, this is the result of being filled, they spoke the word of God with boldness. Do all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Not to enable you to do works to present yourself for recognition before God. No, Christ is everything. And that's what it means, His name. He's the worthy one. He's the virtuous one. He's the holy one.

He's the one God has appointed and anointed. He's the one of whom all the prophets from the foundation of the world have spoken. He's the one God made a covenant with on behalf of His. He's the one God promised would justify His people by His own blood. He's the one God exalted because He did that.

And He's the one who sits on the throne of glory to send His Holy Spirit that through the Holy Spirit the gospel would be preached concerning who He is and what He has done and His people would be called by that gospel and lifted up from their impotence. to trust him.

And in his name, they are saved. God's glory is magnified. His name is upheld. He overthrows their sin to the dishonor of their enemies and their shame, and he puts them under in order to exalt his people in the Lord Jesus Christ, the one who is exalted. His name is honored. God is glorified in his son.

Do everything. Wives, husbands, children, fathers, servants, masters, everything do it in his name on his authority that he might be glorified by his power. This doesn't come from us by the faith that he gives. The faith that is by him, everything goes to him. All of our prayers we ask, Lord, don't receive it for my sake, but for the Lord's sake. Save me for the Lord's sake by His power, by His virtue, for His honor, for His glory. Let Him have all the credit. I don't want any. I certainly don't deserve any.

And put this in our hearts so deep that everything we do in this life will be done for the Lord's sake, for His honor, for His name, by His power. so that the gospel might be preached and he might save those rebellious, defiant, perverse, bent, helpless sinners to the glory of the praise of his grace.

Do all in Christ's name

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What does the Bible say about doing everything in Christ's name?

How do we know that we are to live by faith in Christ?

Why is giving thanks important for Christians?

How does Acts 3 illustrate living in Christ's name?

What is the significance of doing good works in Christ's name?

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Do all in Christ's name

Key Quotes

What does the Bible say about doing everything in Christ's name?

How do we know that we are to live by faith in Christ?

Why is giving thanks important for Christians?

How does Acts 3 illustrate living in Christ's name?

What is the significance of doing good works in Christ's name?

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