No other name under heaven

[HankD]

When a policeman calls out, "Stop in the name of the law!" It is not the bare name "the law" that he is invoking but the authority and power of the law.

Thanks Martin - I failed to fully make that connection.

HankD

 

[agedman]

Thanks Martin - I failed to fully make that connection.

HankD

Hank I really admire your attitude displayed on the board.

Your responses come across as displays of Holy Spirit nurturing having taken evidence in you.

That makes them not only pleasant to read, but worthy of consideration.

thank you

 

[PrmtvBptst1832]

I think the whole basis of the Sacred Name Movement and similar movements is fundamentally flawed when one recognizes that the writers of the New Testament wrote the name as "Iesous," from which we get the English name "Jesus." At least some of the writers knew Aramaic because they translated Aramaic sayings of Jesus. However, they still wrote his name in Greek. It was obviously a nonissue for them.

 

[Yeshua1]

In Acts 4 Peter states that there is no other name under heaven in which a person can be saved.

Now this thread is NOT about how one gets saved. Rather, this thread is an attempt at exploring what is meant by the "name under heaven" part of the statement.

Some declare that one must actually use the name, Jesus, or some translation. Yet, the name was translated "Joshua," also. Does that count?

How far does one take this statement used by Peter.

The passage goes on to clarify exactly who Peter was talking about as to where He lived and what was done to Him. If one doesn't know or use the name, but comprehends and believes that the messiah has come and salvation is in that messiah (death, burial, and resurrection of the messiah) "has the name under heaven" then accomplished?

What importance do you place upon the name as significant.

For example, the name of the Lord (Jehovah) was first recorded as to be called upon as early as Genesis 4:1. Is Jehovah (the name of the Lord) which is quoted by the 1 Kings and Psalms, and referred to in Romans, sufficient?

Thoughts?

Immanuel, Jesus, Yahweh, Joshua, and the name given to Him by the father above all other names per Paul, Lord.
Thinks its the Person behind that name!

 

[JonShaff]

He, Jesus of Nazareth, is the Son of God, His title (Son of God) is Positionally important in that all Authority is given to Him (He has the "Birthright"); in heaven and on earth. He is THE Lord. Call upon the "the Name" of the Lord--the Power and Authority of the Son of God--to be saved.

Paul said that God Has appointed the One Whom He raised from the Dead to be the Judge of All mankind. He is pointing to the Son of God (1 John also maps this out).

 

[Yeshua1]

He, Jesus of Nazareth, is the Son of God, His title is Positionally important in that all Authority is given to Him (He has the "Birthright"); in heaven and on earth. He is THE Lord. Call upon the "the Name" of the Lord--the Power and Authority of the Son of God--to be saved.

Paul said that God Has appointed the One Whom He raised from the Dead to be the Judge of All mankind. He is pointing to the Son of God (1 John also maps this out).

Yes, but the name itself points us towards the very person Himself!
he may not even be called Jesus in eternity, as the Bible state in revelation that he has a new name written down that only he knows!