Supplement 11 — For Lessons 21 & 22

Supplement Eleven

For Lessons Twenty-one and Twenty-two

We have taken up most of the space of the supplement to enlarge upon the doctrine of Jesus Christ and the Christian’s power of attorney, as it is of utmost importance to understand the truth about these doctrines. Without a true understanding of Jesus Christ and how to use the power He gives to every believer, there cannot be a full manifestation of Christ and His power in the individual life or in the Church as a whole.

The Gospel is the Same Today as Ever

We must, however, emphasize in this supplement the importance of proper use of the name of Jesus in prayer and in daily conflict. This name has not lost any of its power. The foolish doctrine that the power of the name of Jesus was only for the apostolic period and for the coming kingdom when Christ reigns should be once and forever rejected. It is plain to anyone that reads the simple passages about the name of Jesus in all the New Testament that there is not one statement that the power of the name of Jesus was to be for any certain period or for any particular group. It is clear that Christ was to be with men “even to the end of the world” Matthew 28:19-20 and the apostles and others throughout this age were “to observe all things” that Christ commanded the apostles.

Gospel Benefits are Personal

If certain churches do not want these benefits, if they want to cooperate with the devil and be tools of his to destroy faith in God and His Word, that is their responsibility. They are the losers both now and in all eternity. If every other individual in the world rejects the gospel, you can still get the benefits promised, for every promise is personal and not national. Each person can and does get exactly what he has faith for and no more.

All Men Can Have God’s Power Now

The name of Jesus and all the power that is behind it is for us now! It is our legal right now to use this power. That name belongs to everyone who is baptized into Christ Galatians 3:27-29Romans 6:1-8. This can and does work now. All things can be ours for the asking if we have faith and doubt not. All churches would automatically be channels for the power of God if they would all teach intelligently what the gospel teaches on this subject. But it is sad to say that in the average church men and women are groping in darkness and pleading with God for faith, bemoaning their weakness, and confessing their inability to meet the crisis of the hour. If they only knew the truth about the New Testament power in the name of Jesus, they would at once become powerful in Christ.

The Sevenfold Right to Use the Name of Jesus

1. IT IS OUR GOSPEL RIGHT. The gospel is still the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believes Romans 1:16. The word “salvation” here means full deliverance by the power of God from sin, sickness, failure, powerlessness, and known needs of the human life.

2. IT IS OUR REDEMPTIVE RIGHT. “Redemption” means that God has bought us and that we belong to Him and we are not our own 1 Corinthians 6:19-20.

3. IT IS OUR NEEDFUL RIGHT. From the standpoint of need as children of God we have a right to claim as full a supply as God has promised Philippians 4:19.

4. IT IS OUR PROMISE RIGHT. All the promises of God are for all who believe, but not one thing is promised the unbeliever 2 Corinthians 1:202 Peter 1:3-4.

5. IT IS OUR FAMILY RIGHT. As sons of God men naturally have power by virtue of the relationship with God John 1:122 Timothy 1:7.

6. IT IS OUR LEGAL RIGHT. Legal right to use the name of Christ is promised every believer, as we have seen in Lesson Twenty-two.

7. IT IS OUR COMMISSION RIGHT. Every child of God has been commissioned to use the name of Jesus Matthew 28:18-20John 14:12-15John 15:16John 16:23-26.

How to Get the Christian’s Power of Attorney

1. Believe the gospel that everything it teaches is for you 2 Timothy 3:16-17.

2. Repent and turn to God and renounce all sin and wrong doing Acts 26:18.

3. Obey the gospel and seek for the enduement of power from on High Luke 11:13Luke 24:49Acts 1:4-15Acts 2:38-39Acts 5:32.

4. Yield to God and walk and live in the Spirit Romans 8:1-16Galatians 5:16-26.

5. Learn to pray in faith, nothing wavering James 1:5-8Hebrews 11:6.

6. Have faith in your mission in life to fully represent God Acts 1:8.

7. Learn to use the name of Jesus according to the Word of God Acts 3:16Acts 4:12John 14:12-15John 16:23-26Colossians 3:17John 15:7, 16.

In starting out to use the name of Jesus one must have a desire to be a true and unselfish representative of God. God’s glory and the good of others must be the dominating factor in all praying and working for God. You must start to use the name in every phase of life and not be denied if there is any resistance to the answer. If you permit Satan to defeat you to begin with, the battle will be harder the next time; so do not be defeated on any one point. As victories come, the faith and confidence will grow until there will be a normal faith in the name of Jesus, and no defeat will be possible. Pray always to God in the name of Jesus. Rebuke demons in His name. Constantly use His name in all daily conflict, pleading the merits of the blood of Jesus in the name of Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit. Challenge every opposing force in the name of Jesus. Be fearless and unwavering. It must move. All must yield to the name of Jesus.

Use His name though you tremble in doing it. It must be done. You do not have to feel any particular power when doing it. You have faith in His name. You know the power of His name and you know that everything is made subject to His name. You ask. He will do it. This is the truth of Jn. 14:12-15; 15:16; 16:23-26. This is power and prayer simplified. His power is unlimited and you are to do unlimited asking and receiving. Never question the will of God in anything that you ask according to the promises. It is already His will for you to ask what you will John 15:7Mark 11:22-24.

In all such praying, faith should be based upon the Word of God itself instead of on what we hear, feel, and see. One is not healed because pain is gone, saved because he feels well, or delivered because he sees deliverance. One is blessed by believing what the Word of God says. If God says that a certain thing is yours if you ask, then count it done on this basis only. Many are living in failure today because they look to feelings and outward evidences of the answer. The Word of God should be given first place in our lives, not the senses of the body and soul. Never say that “I am healed because I feel no pain,” or that “my prayer is answered because I feel it is answered.” Say it because the Word of God says you have what you ask for.

Ten Questions For Supplement Eleven. Do You Know:

• That the mark of the beast cannot be given today? This is true because the beast or the Antichrist cannot come until after the kingdoms are formed inside the old Roman Empire Daniel 7:23-24 and until after the rapture of the Church 2 Thessalonians 2:7-8. Since both of these events are yet future and since the mark of the beast is to be given only during the last 3½ years of this age, it cannot be given today Revelation 13:5-18. See Supplement Six, Question 10 and Supplement Eight, Question 5.

• That the first war that was ever fought was waged long before the days of Adam? It was a battle between God and Satan when Lucifer invaded Heaven to cast God out. Satan was defeated and cast down to the Earth, as proven in Isa. 14:12-14; Lk. 10:18. This had to be before the days of Adam, for Lucifer was already a fallen creature when he came into Adam’s Eden, as we have seen in Lesson Seven.

• That the greatest wars that have ever been fought have been in Heaven? Not only the original war between God and Satan was fought in Heaven but all wars that have been fought on Earth have been lost or won in the heavenlies between good and bad spirits. This is clear from Dan. 10:11-21; 11:1; 12:1; where good and evil angelic rulers of various earthly kingdoms are pictured as waging war in the heavenlies. Wars on Earth are the result of wars between these spirit rulers of kingdoms.

• That Methuselah was not the oldest man that ever lived? He was the oldest man that ever lived on the Earth, but His father Enoch is still alive, residing in Heaven and will come back to the Earth and die his appointed death at the hands of the Antichrist at the end of this age. He is over 5,551 years old, whereas Methuselah was only 969 years old when he died.

• That Noah was a woman? The Noah that built the boat was a man, but the Noah mentioned in Num. 27:1 was the daughter of Zelophehad.

• That the Bible records the day and month that Moses was born and died? This was on the first day of the eleventh month, which was February Deuteronomy 1:3. This was the day of his birth and death as proven in Deut. 31:2 which says, “I am an hundred and twenty years old this day.” In Deut. 32:48-52 God speaks to Moses on “that selfsame day” telling him to get up into the mountain and die. Between Deut. 1:3 and 31:2 we have the fact that all the book of Deuteronomy was spoken by Moses on that one day, for throughout we read “this day” (Deut. 1:3, 10; 2:18, 22, 25, 30; 3:14; 4:4, 8, 20, 26, 38-40; 5:1, 3, 24; 6:6, 24; 7:11; 8:1, 11, 18, 19; 9:1, 3; 10:8, 13, 15; 11:2, 4, 8, 13, 26-28, 32; 12:8; 13:18; 15:5, 15; 19:9; 20:3; 26:3, 16-18; 27:1, 4, 9-11; 28:1, 13-15; 29:4, 10-15, 18, 28; 30:2, 8, 15, 16, 18, 19; 31:2, 27; 32:46-48).

• That Solomon was the first recorded billionaire? The temple he built to God cost over $87 billion or twice that much according to 1949 prices, which are more than double those of pre-war times (See Lesson Seventeen, Point VII). Before David died he collected $4,848,500,000 in gold and silver to build the temple, along with brass, iron and other materials “without weight” (1 Chron. 22:14-16). Solomon inherited all of this in addition to the billions he accumulated after the death of David. At one time Solomon received from Ophir $17,451,000.00 and the Queen of Sheba and Hiram, King of Tyre, gave him $3,490,200.00 each 1 Kings 9:14, 281 Kings 10:10. David’s personal gift to the temple above that already mentioned was $100,835,000.00 (1 Chron. 28:2-4). In another year $19,370,610.00 in gold was brought to Solomon besides gold from year to year and gifts from all nations round about (2 Chron. 9:13-28).

• That only eight books of the Bible out of sixty-six have no prophecies in them? They are the Song of Solomon, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Ezra, and Ruth of the Old Testament and 2 and 3 John and Philemon in the New Testament.

• That Moses fasted forty days on three different occasions? The first time was when he went into the mount for forty days to get the tables of stone and receive the law Deuteronomy 9:9. The second time was when he went back for the second tables of stone Deuteronomy 9:17-18. The third time was when Israel rebelled at Kadesh-barnea Deuteronomy 9:23-25.

• That there are four men in the Bible that fasted forty days? Moses and Joshua fasted forty days Exodus 24:12-18Exodus 32:15-19; Elijah went on the strength of the food of the angel for forty days and nights 1 Kings 19:4-8 and Jesus fasted forty days and forty nights Matthew 4:1-11.