Conclusion The Name of Jesus

As we contemplate the high purposes for which God has called us, we can only acknowledge that we fall far short of the mark.

We are wholly inadequate and unsuitable by nature to be his name and representation in the earth and indeed the heavens also.

God sees and knows this far more clearly than we do, and his plans provide for it. To change and transform us is not our work but his.

We must not be surprised then when he begins a deeper and more radical work in us than we have previously experienced.

This work will separate us from man, so that we may be joined in the spirit to God. Before we can be his true representatives, he must deal with our whole carnal nature.

We will enter the death and resurrection of our Saviour. We will be partakers of his sufferings and humiliation. After suffering with him we will be ready to reign with him.

Let us press on then like Paul towards this high calling of God in Christ Jesus.