Bestowed Names: The Divine Identity Hidden in the Name of Jesus

The name of Jesus carries world-altering power not because of the word itself, but because of what was divinely bestowed upon it through death, resurrection, and the fullness of God's eternal identity.

The name Jesus was a common human name — no more unique in its time than any other. Yet God the Father exalted it above every name, bestowing upon it a divine weight that causes every knee in heaven, on earth, and under the earth to bow. Understanding why requires a revelation that goes far beyond familiarity with the name itself.

Teaching Overview

The name of Jesus was not powerful before the cross — the power came through His death, resurrection, and the divine name bestowed upon Him by the Father.
Genuine revelation of Jesus' true identity as God Himself is what activates the authority of His name — familiarity alone is insufficient and dangerous.
God has a consistent pattern of finding and choosing people who stand out before Him, not before men.
An outer body experience is not a dream — it is a real spiritual encounter that requires discernment and true understanding of the name of Jesus.
The name Jesus is a human name that became deified by what God the Father did — invoking it spiritually means invoking the divine name of God Himself.

The Name Before and After the Cross

The name Jesus — meaning "deliverer" — was as common in its day as Jose or Joshua; it was not a unique name.
Moses was also a deliverer; every deliverer before Jesus died and never rose again.
The power in the name of Jesus did not originate in the name itself but in what was bestowed upon the man Jesus through His obedience unto death and resurrection.

"The name of the Lord Jesus was not powerful before the cross. I don't know how anybody can argue with that because that's scripture."

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The Revelation Required to Use the Name

Just knowing the name of Jesus is powerful is not enough — there is a specific revelation that those who manifest the name of Jesus possess.
People who desire results separated from the person of Jesus have an attitude that produces no ability to manifest His name.
Even anointed believers who are sovereignly graced by God will plateau if they never come to the fullness of understanding of who sent them and why.

"The error is not in the name. The error is in the person mentioning the name and what they understand about the magnificence and why that name is powerful."

The Danger of Speaking Without Understanding

Mentioning the name of Jesus without understanding what you are truly saying places you on high alert before demonic forces, because you are provoking and challenging them.
The sons of Sceva mentioned the right name without knowing what they were truly saying — and a demon attacked them so severely they barely escaped with their lives.
Demons will seek to prevent believers from ever arriving at the fullness of the revelation of the name, attacking those who invoke it carelessly.

"When you mention that name, you put every demonic force on high alert. They will attack who mentioned that name so that they never have the fullness of the revelation of that name."

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Outer Body Experiences Are Not Dreams

An outer body experience is not a dream — it is a completely different phenomenon in which a person leaves their body and enters the spiritual world while their physical body is in paralysis.
In an outer body experience, the person is conscious, attempting to reanimate their body, and is engaged in a real altercation with demonic spirits.
Dismissing an outer body experience as a bad dream leads believers to bind what was actually a spiritual attack — or a warning — without proper discernment.

"An outer body experience is not a dream. It's absolutely not a dream. It's a completely different experience. When they take your voice from you or they are choking you and you feel the choke being real, you know you are dying. That's not a dream. You are in the spiritual world."

The Identity of Jesus: God in Flesh

When Jesus walked the earth, even His own brothers mocked Him — and the people who witnessed His miracles called Him a great prophet, not God.
Psalm 45:1–7 records a divine conversation within the Godhead, where God the Father addresses God the Son as "God," declaring His throne endures forever.
Hebrews 1:8 confirms this directly: "But unto the Son He sayeth: Thy throne, oh God, is forever and ever" — the Father calls the Son "God."

"Jesus is my Lord in a mystery. Just because you saw him die on the cross and you declare that Jesus is my Lord and Savior — do you truly understand? Do you have the comprehension of what you are engaging with?"

What Was Bestowed Upon the Name

Philippians 2:8–9 teaches that because Jesus was obedient even unto death, God highly exalted Him and gave Him a name above every name — but that name was not the human name "Jesus."
The name Jesus simply means deliverer — it is not, in itself, a name above every name; what was bestowed upon it is the divine identity of God Himself.
When a believer speaks the name of Jesus, they are not invoking a human name — they are invoking the divine name of God, and this is what most believers do not know.

"There is a flavor on the name Jesus that was bestowed unto him that makes God call him God. That makes God the Father say, 'Thy throne, oh God.'"

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Standing Out Before God

God has a consistent habit of finding people — at no time did man seek out God except God first sought out man.
Noah found grace not because he was the only one who knew about the flood, but because he stood out before God among all who lived.
David was chosen not because he was the most visible before men, but because he stood out before God — and God found him.

"Stand out before God. Not man. Not man. Stand out before God and not man. Your approval comes from God."

Key Definitions

The Name Bestowed — The divine identity of God Himself, placed upon the human name Jesus through His death and resurrection, which transforms the utterance of that name from a human reference into an invocation of divine authority.

Outer Body Experience — A real spiritual event distinct from dreaming, in which a person leaves their physical body, enters the spiritual world while their body is in paralysis, and encounters demonic forces in a genuine altercation.

Revelation — Not mere intellectual knowledge of Jesus, but a deep, God-given comprehension of His true identity as God Himself in bodily form — the kind of understanding that activates the authority of His name.

Deified Name — The name Jesus, which was originally a common human name meaning "deliverer," elevated above every name by what God the Father did through Christ's obedience, death, and resurrection.

Lucid Dreaming — A state between sleep and wakefulness, distinct from both full dreams and outer body experiences, where a person is between consciousness and unconsciousness.

Standing Out — The spiritual posture of aligning oneself before God rather than seeking human visibility or approval — the quality that causes God to find and choose a person.

Key Takeaways

The power of the name of Jesus came through the cross, not before it — this means using the name without understanding what was accomplished at Calvary is to invoke something without its full weight.
Genuine revelation of Jesus' divine identity is what releases the authority of His name — familiarity, passion, and religious enthusiasm are not substitutes for true comprehension of who He is.
Speaking the name of Jesus without understanding provokes spiritual danger — demonic forces respond to the name and will attack those who mention it carelessly to prevent them from ever walking in its fullness.
Outer body experiences are real spiritual encounters, not dreams — misidentifying them leads to wrong responses and strips believers of necessary spiritual awareness.
God finds people who stand out before Him, not before men — approval from God is the only approval that has spiritual consequence.

Reflection Questions

When you speak the name of Jesus — in prayer, in worship, in spiritual confrontation — are you doing so from genuine revelation of His divine identity, or from familiarity and religious habit?
Have you ever experienced what you believed to be a bad dream that, in light of this teaching, may have been an outer body experience? How has that changed your understanding of what was happening spiritually?
In your pursuit of spiritual results, are you seeking what the name of Jesus can do for you while remaining disconnected from a deepening knowledge of who Jesus truly is?
Where are you currently seeking approval — before God or before men — and what would genuinely shift in your life if you stood out before God alone?
The sons of Sceva knew the name but not the person. In what areas of your spiritual life are you operating with the right words but without the revelation behind them?

Scripture References

John 14:8-9 — "Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?" (KJV)
Acts 19:14-16 — "And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so. And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye? And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded." (KJV)
Philippians 2:5-11 — "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore 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; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." (KJV)
Psalm 45:1-7 — "My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee. Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows." (KJV)
Hebrews 1:8 — "But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom." (KJV)
1 Corinthians 2:6-8 — "Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought: But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory." (KJV)
John 17:5 — "And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was." (KJV)
John 7:5 — "For neither did his brethren believe in him." (KJV)
Luke 24:19 — "And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:" (KJV)
Acts 2:22 — "Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know." (KJV)
Psalm 16:10 — "For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption." (KJV)
Isaiah 53
Genesis 6:8 — "But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD." (KJV)
Genesis 7:1 — "And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation." (KJV)
2 Samuel 7:2-13
Psalm 89:20 — "I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:" (KJV)
John 15:16 — "Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you." (KJV)
Matthew 9:9 — "And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him." (KJV)
John 1:42 — "And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone." (KJV)

Golden Nuggets

"The error is not in the name. The error is in the person mentioning the name and what they understand about the magnificence and why that name is powerful."

"When you mention that name, you put every demonic force on high alert. They will attack who mentioned that name so that they never have the fullness of the revelation of that name."

"The name of the Lord Jesus was not powerful before the cross."

"There is a flavor on the name Jesus that was bestowed unto him that makes God call him God. That makes God the Father say, 'Thy throne, oh God.'"

"An outer body experience is not a dream. It's absolutely not a dream. It's a completely different experience."

"You cannot use what you don't understand, or you will not fully maximize what you don't understand."

"Stand out before God. Not man. Not man. Stand out before God and not man. Your approval comes from God."

"At no time did man seek out God except God seek out man. At no time did man choose God except God choose man."

"If you don't have the fullness of the revelation of who He is, you're still lost."

"The name Jesus became deified by what God the Father did. When you mention the name of Jesus, you are not mentioning a human name — you are invoking the divine name of God Himself."

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