The Three-Step Experience of the Name of Jesus

 

The Three-Step Experience of the Name of Jesus

One Complete Spiritual Line

Believing into → Being Baptized into → Being Gathered into
Entrance → Position → Experience
Personal Salvation → Objective Union → Corporate Living

📊 Teaching Overview

Level	Step One	Step Two	Step Three
Three Steps	Believing into the Name of Jesus	Being Baptized into the Name of Jesus	Being Gathered into the Name of Jesus
Key Scriptures	John 1:12	Acts 8:16; 19:5; Rom. 6:3; Gal. 3:27	Matt. 18:20
Key Verb	Believe into	Be baptized into	Be gathered into
Spiritual Nature	Beginning of life	Change of position	Deepening of experience
Object	Individual	Individual placed into Christ	Corporate (the Body)
Meaning of the Name	Receiving the Name	Entering into the Name (the Person)	Living in the reality of the Name
Illustration	Entering a door	Going into the water	Returning to the center
Effect	Receiving life and sonship	Union with Christ; putting on Christ	Deeper enjoyment of the Lord’s presence
Common Deviation	Believing inwardly without declaration	Treating baptism as a ritual	Treating meetings as activities
God’s Intention	That man would believe into Christ	That man would be placed into Christ	That man would live in Christ and express Him in the Body

 

🧩 Step-by-Step Teaching

① Believing into the Name of Jesus — Entrance

Key Verse

“As many as received Him, to them He gave the authority to become children of God, to those who believe into His name.” (John 1:12)

Teaching Points

• Believing is not merely believing about Jesus, but believing into His name.
• The name denotes the person; believing into the name is entering into the person.
• Believing should be declared openly.

Spiritual Burden

Not merely to save people, but to bring them clearly into Christ.

② Being Baptized into the Name of Jesus — Position

Key Verses

• Acts 8:16
• Galatians 3:27

Teaching Points

• The name is not a formula; the name is the person.
• Baptism is not a ritual but an act of faith.
• To be baptized into the name is to be placed into Christ Himself.

Spiritual Burden

To place believers actually and practically into Christ.

③ Being Gathered into the Name of Jesus — Experience

Key Verse

“Where there are two or three gathered into My name, there am I in their midst.” (Matthew 18:20)

Teaching Points

• Meetings are not for works, messages, or activities.
• Meetings are for being brought again and again into the Name.
• Each gathering deepens our experience of being in the Lord.

Spiritual Burden

To keep the saints living in the reality of the Name, not in form.

 🔁 Relationship of the Three Steps

If only…	Result
Believing into the Name	Salvation without growth
Believing + Baptized	Position without experience
Believing + Baptized + Gathered	Living in Christ and expressing Him in the Body

 

🧠 One-Sentence Teaching Summary:

Believing into His name brings us into Christ; being baptized into His name places us in Christ; being gathered into His name enables us to live in Christ with the saints.

These three elements do not replace each other, but rather form a complete spiritual path:

Entering → Being placed in → Continuously entering deeper.

 

*Please refer to the 2025 Thanksgiving International Symposium on Christ, the All-Inclusive Revelation in the Gospel of Matthew, Part Three: Jesus—the name of God as King and Savior, and Immanuel—the name people call King and Savior.