Preached at Springfield Assembly of God, and printed in The Pentecostal Evangel 1923
Scripture reading: Acts 3:1-16 KJV;
Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour. And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple; Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms.
And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us. And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them.
Then 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.
And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ancle bones received strength.
And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.
And all the people saw him walking and praising God: And they knew that 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 unto him. And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon’s, greatly wondering.
And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, 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; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go. But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you; And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
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.
All things are possible through the Name of Jesus
God hath highly exalted Him, and given Him the Name which is above every name, that at the Name of Jesus every knee should bow.
There is power to overcome everything in the world through the Name of Jesus.
I am looking forward to a wonderful union through the Name of Jesus.
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Acts 4:12 KJV
The Author and Finisher
I want to instill into you the power, the virtue, and the Glory of that Name.
Six people went into the house of a sick man to pray for him. He was an Episcopalian Vicar [ie. Anglican in the UK. Ed.] and lay in his bed utterly helpless, without even strength to help himself.
He had read a little tract about healing, and had heard about people praying for the sick, and sent for these friends, who, he thought, could pray the prayer of faith.
He was anointed according to James 5:14, but, because he had no immediate manifestation of healing, he wept bitterly.
The six people walked out of the room, somewhat crestfallen to see the man lying there in an unchanged condition.
When they were outside, one of the six said, “There is one thing we might have done. I wish you would all go back with me and try it.”
They went back, and all got together in a group. This Brother said, “Let us whisper the Name of Jesus.”
At first when they whispered this worthy Name nothing seemed to happen. But as they continued to whisper, “Jesus! Jesus! Jesus!” the power began to fall.
As they saw that God was beginning to work their faith and joy increased, and they whispered the Name louder and louder.
As they did so, the man arose from his bed, and dressed himself.
Looking Unto Jesus
The secret was just this; those six people had got their eyes off the sick man, and they were just taken up with the Lord Jesus Himself, and their faith grasped the power that there is in His Name.
Oh, if people would only appreciate the power that there is in this Name, there is no telling what would happen.
I know that through His Name, and through the power of His Name, we have access to God.
The very face of Jesus fills the whole place with Glory.
All over the world there are people magnifying that Name, and oh what a joy it is for me to utter it!
One day, I went up a mountain to pray
Continue reading… Smith Wigglesworth on The Power of The Name
© 19 Colin Melbourne, Transcribed and annotated from The Pentecostal Evangel 1923