God has provided a strong arsenal for spiritual warfare.
The Word is not your only weapon against Satan. Let’s look at
another one.

In Chapter 1, we discussed briefly that every believer has
the privilege of using the Name of Jesus in prayer. When you
pray in Jesus’ Name, you immediately get the ear of God. At
the same time, you also get Satan’s attention.

The Name of Jesus carries ultimate authority in the spirit
world. Philippians 2:9-10 says, “God also hath highly exalted
him, and given him a name which is above every name: That
at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in
heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth.” In
Jesus’ Name, the believer has authority to “tread on serpents
and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy” (Luke
10:19). Satan knows the power invested in that Name and he
will retreat when it is spoken in faith (James 4:7). One translation
says to stand up to the devil and he will turn and run!

Let’s look at Hebrews 1:3-4: “Who being the brightness of
his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding
all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself
purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on
high; being made so much better than the angels, as he hath
by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.” If
the Name of Jesus is more excellent than that of the angels in
good standing with God, how much more would it be than
the name of Satan? He is a fallen angel!

Before He ascended into heaven, Jesus commissioned His
disciples to go into all the earth. He said, “All power has been
given to me in heaven and in earth. Therefore, you go into
all the earth. In My Name lay hands on the sick and they will
recover. In My Name cast out devils.” (See Matthew 28:18-19;
Mark 16:17-18.) Just as a wife has power of attorney to use her
husband’s name, we have been given Jesus’ Name to use in
combat against Satan. We have authority to speak His Name
in His stead.

When Peter and John ministered to the man at the gate
Beautiful, they spoke in the Name of Jesus. Peter said, “Silver
and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the
name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk” (Acts 3:6).
Later he explained what had happened. Peter said,
Ye 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 had made this man to walk? The God of
Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our
fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus…. And his name
through faith in his name hath made this man strong,
whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him
hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence
of you all (Acts 3:12-13, 16).

Peter was simply using the authority Jesus had given him
only a few days before. The early apostles did not have special
power in themselves to do mighty works. Their holiness didn’t
make them special. They didn’t even have the written New
Testament. All they could do was speak the Name of Jesus in
faith and the Holy Spirit did the mighty works. The fabulous,
earthshaking revival of the early Church was sparked by only
one commandment: “Go in the Name of Jesus.” The power
invested in Jesus’ Name has never changed.

Most believers know that it is the Name of Jesus that caused
them to be saved. The Bible says, “Whosoever shall call upon
the name of the Lord shall be saved.” He is rich unto those who
call upon His Name (Romans 10:12-13). When you call upon
someone’s name, you are placing a demand on their ability.

For instance, when a policeman says, “Halt in the name of the
law!” he is being backed by the power of that particular city. It
is as if the entire corporate structure of that city is speaking. He
is carrying out the power behind the name of the law.

To know how much confidence you can place in a name,
you must be able to measure the power behind it. A man
writing a check places a demand on his own name. If he has
the proper funds in the bank, then there is enough power to
meet the demand.

Kenneth Copeland Ministries