TAKEN OUT BY THE POWER OF HIS NAME

January 13, 2002 am
MF Blume

Ephesians 5:25-32  Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

Genesis 2:18-24  And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.  And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. And Adam gave {gave: Heb. called} names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.  And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made {made: Heb. built} he a woman, and brought her unto the man.  And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman {Woman: Heb. Isha}, because she was taken out of Man.  {Man: Heb. Ish} Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
 


Notice the issue of the Calling of names in Genesis.

God watched to see what Adam would call them.

Genesis tells us that Adam was alone and that it was not a good situation.

This same event was described as follows:
Genesis 1:24  And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
God SPOKE the animals out of the Earth as well as formed them!

 So SPEAKING THEM out of the ground goes along with forming of the dust of the ground.

 The forming and the speaking occurred together.

 And so animals were paraded before Adam.

There is something to the idea of what Adam would CALL these creatures.   God wanted to see what Adam would say to each of the animals, knowing Adam needed someone.

 And as Adam speaks and CALLS names upon the creatures, God listens and hears nothing from Adam's mouth that indicates his discovery of what he needed.

 Verse 20 says GAVE NAMES.

We know it was not just a name that God wanted creatures to have, but rather an indication from Adam in giving a name that God looked for in Adam's speech, because of these verses:
 Genesis 2:18-20  And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. And Adam gave (CALLED) names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
And so God then does something to solve a problem. It is noteworthy to understand that the word "HELP" is a special word.

I used to think Adam needed HELP to dress and keep the Garden.

So this prompted God to do another work.

 Only one way, and one way only, would provide Adam with what he needed.

God put Adam in a deep sleep. The He listens for Adam to speak again this time.  And so we read he does indeed SPEAK…
Genesis 2:23  And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
  Adam said men will leave their parents to obtain their second half and be fulfilled.

 God saw the satisfaction in that statement.

 He heard the fulfillment in that.

 God saw what Adam CALLED her..

  …In tones of satisfaction!

 Since God saw Adam call her OUT OF MAN, OUT OF ADAM, we read that God joined in harmony with Adam and accomplished a NAMING also….

Genesis 5:2  Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
The required new creation was named the same name as the Man who was in need.

God joined with Adam, and agreed that the woman was of him, by calling BOTH THEIR NAMES THE SAME.

From the picture of a deep sleep, to bring about something that suited Adam, coupled with the SPEECH OF ADAM that spoke declaration and satisfaction of fulfillment, we see a new creation that tells us the Gospel story 4000 years before was given to the world.

 Paul taught the Church that Christ gave himself for its existence.

All the world of humanity in Jesus' day was fallen into sin. One way and one way only would provide Jesus with that need. And as ADAM SPOKE and CALLED A NAME, while God builded the new creation, the word CHURCH means called out ones. God created the world by speaking. And so we later read:
Genesis 5:2  Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
God worked together with Adam and named the woman ADAM. CHURCH means NAMED OUT OF.   JESUS!!!

 It's the NAME OF JESUS CHRIST!!

 And if Adam spoke that name in his experience of having laid in a deep sleep, and God taking part of himself out of himself to make this new creation for Adam, what experience did the NAMED-OUT ONES relate to with Jesus Christ?

 HIS DEATH!

 Speaking the name of Jesus in order to cause new creation to actually come out from within Jesus' death is exactly fulfilled in WATER BAPTISM IN JESUS' NAME.

Romans 6:3   Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
Baptism puts the red or yellow, black or white, into Jesus Christ specifically at the point of His death. Somebody once asked me where the Bible taught the thought I once proposed to them that as a woman takes on her husband's name when she is married, we take on the name of Jesus Christ and are married to Him in water baptism.

 HERE IS WHERE THIS IS TAUGHT!

 CHURCH MEANS "NAMED OUT OF."

And its all connected with the new creature Adam called WOMAN – OUT OF ADAM.   Watch this:
Acts 22:16  And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
Ananias used some insightful God-inspired words as he spoke to Paul about water baptism. Ep-ee-kal-eh'-om-ahee – "calling on"

In other words, Ananias would speak the words, "I baptize you in the name of Jesus Christ," and by doing so, would actually cause Paul to receive a new surname of JESUS!

And God would work with Ananias and make Paul into part of Jesus' body, specifically in the state of Jesus' death, and make Paul a NEW CREATURE.

 Yes, it does matter what is spoken to a person in faith when they are baptized to see them become new creatures and part of the Body of Christ!

 God watched to see what Adam would call the new creature.

 I think He watches to see what we will call the people when we baptize them!

 WOMAN is what Adam called the girl, and means "out of man."

Jesus GAVE himself in order to have a church.
Ephesians 5:25-27  Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
He DIED laying down in a deep sleep to have a church. His death allowed Him to sanctify and cleanse Himself a church. Every person SPOKEN to IN THIS MANNER becomes a part of Jesus' body being BUILT BY GOD into a CHURCH.

As with Adam, the part of Jesus' body was taken and then BUILT by God.

Each of us becomes a part of the Body of Jesus that God takes and BUILDS into His Bride.
Revelation 21:2  And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

Revelation 21:9-10  And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,

COME, HERE'S THE BRIDE! Not just by any word of speech does Jesus cause us to come out of His body as part of Him, TAKEN OUT BY THE SHEER POWER OF SPEAKING HIS NAME

Yes, it does matter what is SPOKEN to you when you are baptized.

 THE SPOKEN WORD DOES ACCOMPLISH A MIRACLE.

And since His rib was part of Him when He died, and that rib was formed into us, then we can say we died with Him.