The Holy Scripture teaches us that changing one letter changes the name to a completely different one.

 

𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝟭𝟳:𝟱. “No longer will you be called 𝑨𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒎; your name will be 𝑨𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒉𝒂𝒎, for I have made you a father of many nations.”

 

𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝟭𝟳:𝟭𝟱. “God also said to Abraham, “𝑨𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑺𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒊 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒇𝒆, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑺𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒊; 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝑺𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒉.”

 

Even though the difference in these names was small, it had great significance for our God.

 

𝟭. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻

 

𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗲 𝟭:𝟯𝟭. “You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒀𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒖.”

 

𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘄 𝟭:𝟮𝟭. “She will give birth to a son, and you are to 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒀𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒖 (𝑺𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒐𝒓), because he will save his people from their sins.””

 

𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘄 𝟭:𝟮𝟱. “But he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Yeshu.”

 

𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗲 𝟮:𝟮𝟭. “On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child, 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒀𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒖, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒎 before he was conceived.”

 

𝟮. 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗬𝗲𝘀𝗵𝘂

 

𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝟯:𝟭𝟲. “𝑩𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒀𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒖, this man whom you see and know was made strong. It is Yeshu’ name and the faith that comes through him that has completely healed him, as you can all see.”

 

𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝟴:𝟭𝟮. “But when they 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒅 Philip as he 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒅 the good news of the kingdom of God and the 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒀𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒖 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕, they were immersed, both men and women.”

 

𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝟭:𝟭𝟮. “Yet to all who did receive him, 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆, he gave the right to become children of God—”.

 

𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝟮:𝟮𝟯. “Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival, many people saw the signs he was performing and 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆.”

 

𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝟮𝟬:𝟯𝟭. “But these are written that you may 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒀𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒖 is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that 𝒃𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆.”

 

𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝟯:𝟭𝟴. “Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 of God’s one and only Son.”

 

𝟭 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝟯:𝟮𝟯. “And this is his command: 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝑺𝒐𝒏, 𝒀𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒖 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕, and to love one another as he commanded us.”

 

𝟭 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝟱:𝟭𝟯. “I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.”

 

𝟯. 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗬𝗲𝘀𝗵𝘂

 

𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘄 𝟭𝟮:𝟮𝟭. “In his name the nations will put their hope.””

 

𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘄 𝟭:𝟮𝟭. “She will give birth to a son, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒀𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒖, 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 from their sins.””

 

𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝟭𝟬:𝟭𝟯. “for, “𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒅.””

 

𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝟰:𝟭𝟮. “Salvation is found in no one else, 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒘𝒆 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒅.””

 

𝟰. 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗬𝗲𝘀𝗵𝘂

 

𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗲 𝟮𝟰:𝟰𝟳. “𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.”

 

𝟭 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝟮:𝟭𝟮. “I am writing to you, dear children, 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆.”

 

𝟭 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝟲:𝟭𝟭. “And that is what some of you were. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒅, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒀𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒖 Christ and by the Spirit of our God.”

 

𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝟭𝟬:𝟰𝟯. “All the prophets testify about him that everyone 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆.””

 

𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝟮:𝟯𝟴. “Peter replied, “𝑹𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒅, 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒀𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒖 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒔. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”

 

𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝟮𝟮:𝟭𝟲. “And now what are you waiting for? Get up, 𝒃𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒔𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚, 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆.’”

 

𝟱. 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗬𝗲𝘀𝗵𝘂

 

𝟭 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝟭:𝟮. “To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Yeshu and called to be his holy people, together with all those everywhere 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒀𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒖 Christ—their Lord and ours:”.

 

𝟮 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝟮:𝟭𝟵. “Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅 must turn away from wickedness.””

 

𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝟵:𝟭𝟰. “And he has come here with authority from the chief priests 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆.””

 

𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝟵:𝟮𝟭. “All those who heard him were astonished and asked, “Isn’t he the man who raised havoc in Jerusalem among those who 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆? And hasn’t he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests?””

 

𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝟮𝟮:𝟭𝟲. “And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be immersed and wash your sins away, 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆.’”

 

𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝟭𝟰:𝟭𝟯-𝟭𝟰. “And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒂𝒔𝒌 𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒅𝒐 𝒊𝒕.”

 

𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝟭𝟱:𝟭𝟲. “You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒔𝒌 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖.”

 

𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝟭𝟲:𝟮𝟯-𝟮𝟰. “In that day you will no longer ask me anything. Very truly I tell you, my Father 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒔𝒌 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆. Until now you have not 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.”

 

𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗻 𝟭𝟬:𝟭𝟯. “for, “Everyone who 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒅.””

 

𝟲. 𝗜𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗬𝗲𝘀𝗵𝘂

 

𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝟭𝟬:𝟰𝟴. “So he ordered that they 𝒃𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒀𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒖 Christ. Then they asked Peter to stay with them for a few days.”

 

𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝟭𝟵:𝟱. “On hearing this, they were 𝒊𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒀𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒖.”

 

𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝟮:𝟯𝟴. “Peter replied, “Repent and 𝒃𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒅, 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒀𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒖 Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”

 

𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝟮𝟮:𝟭𝟲. “And now what are you waiting for? Get up, 𝒃𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒅 and wash your sins away, 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆.’”

 

𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝟴:𝟭𝟮. “But when they believed Philip as he 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒅 the good news of the kingdom of God 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒀𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒖 Christ, they were immersed, both men and women.”

 

𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝟴:𝟭𝟲. “because the Holy Spirit had not yet come on any of them; they had simply been 𝒊𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒀𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒖.”

 

𝟳. 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗬𝗲𝘀𝗵𝘂

 

𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝟭𝟱:𝟮𝟱-𝟮𝟲. “So we all agreed to choose some men and send them to you with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul— 𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒀𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒖 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕.”

 

𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝟮𝟭:𝟭𝟯. “Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 not only to be bound, but also 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒊𝒆 in Jerusalem 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒀𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒖.””

 

𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝟵:𝟭𝟱-𝟭𝟲. “But the Lord said to Ananias, “Go! This man is my chosen instrument 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒎 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒔 and their kings and to the people of Israel. I will show him 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆.””

 

𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘄 𝟭𝟴:𝟮𝟬. “For where two or three gather 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆, there am I with them.””

 

𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘄 𝟭𝟵:𝟮𝟵. “And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆’𝒔 𝒔𝒂𝒌𝒆, will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.”

 

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝟵:𝟯𝟳. ““Whoever welcomes one of these little children 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.””

 

𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝟭:𝟱. “Through him we received grace and apostleship to call all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆’𝒔 𝒔𝒂𝒌𝒆.”

 

𝗛𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝟲:𝟭𝟬. “For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 that you have shown 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 in serving the saints, as you still do.”

 

𝟴. 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗬𝗲𝘀𝗵𝘂

 

𝟮 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝟭:𝟭𝟮. “We pray this so that 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒀𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒖 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒃𝒆 𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒅 in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Yeshu Christ.”

 

𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟭𝟰:𝟭. “Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 and his Father’s name written on their foreheads.”

 

𝗛𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝟭𝟯:𝟭𝟱. “Through Yeshu, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒖𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆.”

 

𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝟮:𝟵-𝟭𝟬. “Therefore God exalted him to the highest place 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒀𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒖 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒐𝒘, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,”

 

𝗛𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝟭:𝟰. “So he became as much superior to the angels as 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓𝒔.”

 

𝟵. 𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

 

𝟭 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟰:𝟭𝟰. “𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.”

 

𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟮:𝟯. “You have persevered and 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆, and have not grown weary.”

 

𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟮:𝟭𝟯. “I know where you live—where Satan has his throne. 𝒀𝒆𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆. You did not renounce your faith in me, not even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was put to death in your city—where Satan lives.”

 

𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟯:𝟴. “I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆.”

 

𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝟮𝟭:𝟭𝟯. “Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 not only to be bound, but also 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒊𝒆 in Jerusalem 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒀𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒖.””

 

𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝟰:𝟭𝟳-𝟭𝟴. “But to stop this thing from spreading any further among the people, 𝒘𝒆 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝒏𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 to anyone 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆.” Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Yeshu.”

 

𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝟱:𝟮𝟴. ““𝑾𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒕 𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us guilty of this man’s blood.””

 

𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝟱:𝟰𝟬. “His speech persuaded them. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they 𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒀𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒖, and let them go.”

 

𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝟱:𝟰𝟭. “The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of 𝒔𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑵𝒂𝒎𝒆.”

 

𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝟵:𝟭𝟱-𝟭𝟲. “But the Lord said to Ananias, “Go! This man is my chosen instrument to proclaim my name to the Gentiles and their kings and to the people of Israel. I will show him how much he must 𝒔𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆.””

 

𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝟭𝟱:𝟮𝟭. “They will treat you this way 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆, for they do not know the one who sent me.”

 

𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗲 𝟮𝟭:𝟭𝟮. ““But before all this, they will seize you and 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒕𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖. They will hand you over to synagogues and put you in prison, and you will be brought before kings and governors, and all 𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆.”

𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗲 𝟮𝟭:𝟭𝟳. “You will be hated by all 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆’𝒔 𝒔𝒂𝒌𝒆.”

 

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝟭𝟯:𝟭𝟯. “And you 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 by all 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆’𝒔 𝒔𝒂𝒌𝒆. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.”

 

𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘄 𝟮𝟰:𝟵. ““Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉, and you will be hated by all nations 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆’𝒔 𝒔𝒂𝒌𝒆.”

 

𝟭𝟬. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲

 

𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗲 𝟮𝟭:𝟴. “He replied: “Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆, claiming, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them.”

 

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝟭𝟯:𝟲. “Many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am he,’ 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚.”

 

𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘄 𝟮𝟰:𝟱. “For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many.”

 

𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘄 𝟳:𝟮𝟮. “Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’”

 

𝟭𝟭. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗹, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗚𝗼𝗱

 

𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗲 𝟭𝟬:𝟭𝟳. “The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒎𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆.””

 

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝟵:𝟯𝟴-𝟯𝟵. ““Teacher,” said John, “we saw someone driving out demons 𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 and we told him to stop, because he was not one of us.” “Do not stop him,” Yeshu said. “For no one who does a miracle in my name can in the next moment say anything bad about me,”.

 

An unauthorized attempt to use the name Yeshu ended with being beaten by a demon.

 

𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝟭𝟵:𝟭𝟯. “Some Jews who went around driving out evil spirits tried to invoke the name of the Lord Yeshu over those who were demon-possessed. They would say, “In the name of the Yeshu whom Paul preaches, I command you to come out.”

 

The name has power not in itself, but from God or the Son of God, who makes the name powerful.

 

𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝟰:𝟯𝟬. “𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍 and perform signs and wonders 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 of your holy servant Yeshu.”

 

𝟭𝟮. 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱

 

𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝟭𝟬:𝟭𝟮-𝟭𝟯. “𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝑱𝒆𝒘 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒆—𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒍𝒍 and richly blesses all who call on him, for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.””

 

𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝟰:𝟭𝟮. “Salvation is found in no one else, 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒏 given to mankind by which we must be saved.””

 

The above verses are widely disregarded by Christians. Those who should worship the name of the Lord Yeshu argue that it does not matter what name we use. Will you, the reader, appreciate and understand the message contained in these verses? It depends on whether you are worthy of it, because understanding and faith in the name of Yeshu is a gift of the Holy Spirit, not a result of understanding or innate intelligence. After reading these verses, some will fall to their knees and thank God for understanding and for giving us a name by which we will be saved, while others will shrug their shoulders and even begin to fight the true name of Christ.

 

Why is that? Here’s the answer:

 

𝟭 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝟭𝟮:𝟯. “Therefore I want you to know that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Yeshu be cursed,” and no one can say, “Yeshu is Lord,” 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒐𝒍𝒚 𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕.”

 

So if you believe that the name of Yeshu is the only one that brings salvation, then our Lord has reached out to you and now it is your turn to make a move.

 

Of course, in this booklet I have not presented proof that this particular name is correct, but I have shown that only the name that the angel brought from heaven for Christ gives salvation. Now you should establish the correct pronunciation and then answer the question once put to Paul:

 

𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝟮𝟮:𝟭𝟲. “𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓? Get up, be immersed and wash your sins away, calling on his name.’”

 

On the cover of this booklet I have included the spelling of the name of the Savior from the times of His time. On the left is the Hebrew-Aramaic way of writing and on the right the Greek. Notice that they are almost identical. In the Hebrew version it is SH, and in Greek there was no such sound, so it is most similar S. The last letter ayin has no correspondence in Greek, because it is a silent sound.

 

The Greek language, unlike the Hebrew language, declined names by case, adding endings. This is how the masculine form Jesus came into being. Unfortunately, this Latin way of writing became the reason for deriving incorrect names. In the Middle Ages, loyalty to the Latin Church was more important than to Christ. The Church imposed a way of writing, but did not ensure correct reading, and so for some Y is H, for others G, and for still others I.

 

Author: Krzysztof Król

Translation: Michał Karpiej