El Espíritu Santo y tu Nombre - Pbro. Raúl D. Ávila

Overview

The speaker, Pbro. Raúl D. Ávila, uses Genesis 35:9–11 to argue that God establishes a person’s identity through a “prophetic origin” (a God-given name and calling), and that this identity determines one’s future.

He contrasts this with how the enemy (Satan) tries to corrupt identity by assigning “dead names”—labels, accusations, and narratives of failure or sin—that keep people trapped in their past and sabotage their destiny.

Key Arguments and Themes

Identity determines destiny

• The central claim is: “Whoever has your identity has your future.”
• The enemy attempts to sabotage calling through misnaming, condemnation, and spiritual marking.

Names are spiritual and consequential

• The message argues that names function spiritually and shape outcomes.
• Example discussed: Nebuchadnezzar renaming Daniel’s friends (Shadrach, Mesa, Abednego), presented as demon-associated names used to reshape identity.
• The struggle, the speaker says, is ultimately over which name prevails:
  • the name the devil assigns, or
  • the name God assigns.

Spiritual warfare over labels and upbringing

A major emphasis is that children can be formed by the words spoken over them at home.

• Parents and family may “mark” children incorrectly when they speak from pain or lack discernment.
• Innocent circumstances can become spiritual labels that later condition outcomes.

The core idea: words can imprint identity—either aligning with God’s prophetic origin or being twisted into “dead names.”

Education begins at home (spiritually)

Even if a child succeeds academically or professionally, the speaker argues:

• without spiritual guidance and “right use of words,”
• parents may still imprint the wrong identity.

Painful origin vs. prophetic origin

The message stresses that pain and present circumstances do not define destiny. Examples include:

• Rachel’s naming of her son as Benoni (“son of my sorrow”) versus the prophetic re-naming as Benjamin (“son of my right hand”).
  • The claim: prophecy corrects how pain interprets events.
• People labeling others by current problems (e.g., “you’re like addiction…”) instead of declaring God’s identity (e.g., “you are a child of God”).

“Dead names” must be buried in Christ

Drawing from Romans/Ephesians language (sin not reigning; old things passing away), the speaker teaches that:

• believers are freed from a “dead version” of themselves,
• but must not re-bind to it mentally, relationally, or spiritually.

The “furnace” test

From Jacob/Israel themes (notably Peniel), he argues:

• God can mark a person back to prophetic identity,
• enabling endurance through conflict without being destroyed,
• leading instead to purification.
• The furnace reveals which identity/name prevails.

Role of the Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit is presented as the guide who helps believers:

• discern and live from prophetic origin.
• Having dreams/visions is not enough; what matters is whether God “marks” the person with restored identity.

Practical Exhortation: How to Fight

1. Fight from faith: the Holy Spirit transforms fear into spiritual warfare.
2. Become productive: the Spirit turns “desert” conditions into fertile fields/forests.
3. Receive divine strength: aim for “great things,” rather than retreating from challenges.

Overall Conclusion

The sermon urges listeners to:

• reject Satan’s identity labels (“dead names”),
• stop allowing painful circumstances to define them,
• and seek the Holy Spirit’s guidance to live from their God-given prophetic origin, especially during trials (“furnaces”).

In that process, the speaker claims people can break curses, overcome past conditioning, and experience renewed life in Christ—spiritually, relationally, and even socially.

Presenters / Contributors

• Pbro. Raúl D. Ávila (main speaker)