Casting out your NAME

Looking into Luke 16:22. Which NAME is in view?

YOUR NAME: NAME OF CHRIST?

Lu 6:22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall **separate** you from their company, and shall reproach you, and **cast out** YOUR NAME as *evil*, for the Son of man’s sake.

1Pe 4:14 If ye be reproached for the NAME OF CHRIST, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is *evil* spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

1Pe 3:16 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak *evil* of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation IN CHRIST.

Mt 5:11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of *evil* against you falsely, for MY SAKE.

1Pe 4:16 Yet if any man **suffer** as a CHRISTIAN, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.

Isa 66:5 Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that <hated> you, that **cast you out** for MY NAME’S sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.

Mt 10:22 And ye shall be <hated> of all {} for MY NAME’S sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

Mt 10:21 And the brother shall <deliver up the brother to death>, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.

Isa 66:5 Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that <hated> you, that **cast you out** for MY NAME’S sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.

2Ti 2:19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the NAME OF CHRIST depart from iniquity.

Ac 9:16 For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for MY NAME’S sake.

THE OLD NAME: THE CHURCH PROFAMING THE NAME OF CHRIST IN TRIBULATION?

Jer 32:34 But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by MY NAME, to defile it.

Ps 74:7 They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of THY NAME to the ground.

2Th 2:4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above ALL THAT IS CALLED GOD, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

Isa 65:15 And ye shall leave YOUR NAME for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by ANOTHER NAME:

Eze 43:7 And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and MY HOLY NAME, shall the house of Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places.

Mt 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in THY NAME have cast out devils? and in THY NAME done many wonderful works?

THE NEW NAME: REDEMPTION, NEW JERUSALEM?

Isa 62:2 And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by A NEW NAME, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.

De 12:5 But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put HIS NAME there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:

Isa 66:22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and YOUR NAME remain.

Re 2:17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone A NEW NAME written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.

Re 3:12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him MY NEW NAME.

Jer 33:16 In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the NAME wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness.

Ge 32:28 And he said, Thy NAME shall be called no more Jacob (heel holder, supplanter), but Israel (God prevails): for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

Ge 17:5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram (exalted father), but THY NAME shall be Abraham (father of a multitude); for a father of many nations have I made thee.

Ac 9:15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear MY NAME before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:

Php 2:9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him A MANE which is above EVERY NAME:

SUMMARY:

The Bible appears to be relating the NAME of the Elect to Christ Himself. In tribulation, the church defiled that name by exalting itself above the name of Christ. It becomes their own name. However, when Christ is revealed in judgment, the name of Christ is restored and becomes a new name; one that redeems the believers from Babylon.