The Sacred Name Movement

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People have been pestering away, wondering if "God" and "Jesus" are their real names, the origins of language, and some are wondering are we even worshiping the right God!? Muslims claim "Allah" is his proper name, though they also look at the Bible!
This is a slight challenge, but let's look at the evidence and study further.

Who's seen God? Talked to him directly in his pure original form? Anyone?
That's cos no one on this Earth is perfect. Even when Moses received the Ten Commandments from the burning bush in the mountains, he came back with radiance on his face! God had only manifested as a burning bush and Moses was brightly shining! Exodus 34:29-35
See also John 1:18, and www.gotquestions.org/seen-God.html

Jesus does work - confirmed by both the Bible and first hand experiences!
The name Jesus is the English translation of the Greek word Iesous. Yeshua is the Hebrew name.
Scripture does not value one language over another, and it gives no indication that we must resort to Hebrew when addressing the Lord.

The command is to “call on the name of the Lord,” with the promise that we “shall be saved” (Acts 2:21; Joel 2:32). Whether we call on Him in English, Korean, Hindi, or Hebrew, the result is the same: the Lord is salvation.

Who's experienced something good when they ask for Jesus? There's quite a few people that can testify to this - me included. I had some freak out of body / near death experience in 2005 - I believe a flu vaccine may have done it. The light got angry at me (2 Corinthians 11:14) when I asked it "Is Jesus there?", I was pushed back here immediately after that!

I had every right to ask to talk to someone other than the light :) I did hear a name "Yeshua" on the other side, but didn't know who that was, and I couldn't see anyone other than the light.

I know that the demons and Satan are not happy when a certain saviour picks people out of a messy situation in those realms :)

God's love available to everyone!
The Bible was originally written in Hebrew, and Greek, though our prayers are heard in English, or any language for that matter.

Jesus says in John 21:15-17 for us to feed his sheep. www.thebereancall.org/node/5099

Jesus doesn't care if you're Hebrew or Greek, or whatever for that matter - call on him, follow him and learn a little something new everyday, you'll be sweet!

Let's hear it from the Bible:
Colossians 3:10-12 (KJV)
10And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
11Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
12Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering (patience)

Romans 3 (Common English Bible) further validates this:
1 So what’s the advantage of being a Jew? Or what’s the benefit of circumcision? 2 Plenty in every way. First of all, the Jews were trusted with God’s revelations. 3 What does it matter, then, if some weren’t faithful? Their lack of faith won’t cancel God’s faithfulness, will it? 4 Absolutely not! God must be true, even if every human being is a liar, as it is written:
So that it can show that you are right in your words;and you will triumph when you are judged.

5 But if our lack of righteousness confirms God’s justice, what will we say? That God, who brings wrath upon us, isn’t just (I’m speaking rhetorically)? 6 Absolutely not! If God weren’t just, how could he judge the world? 7 But if God’s truth is demonstrated by my lie and it increases his glory, why am I still judged as a sinner? 8 Why not say, “Let’s do evil things so that good things will come out of it”? (Some people who slander us accuse us of saying that, but these people deserve criticism.)

9 So what are we saying? Are we better off? Not at all. We have already stated the charge: both Jews and Greeks are all under the power of sin. 10 As it is written,

There is no righteous person, not even one.

11 There is no one who understands.
There is no one who looks for God.
12 They all turned away.
They have become worthless together.
There is no one who shows kindness.
There is not even one.

13 Their throat is a grave that has been opened.
They are deceitful with their tongues,
and the poison of vipers is under their lips.
14 Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.
15 Their feet are quick to shed blood;
16 destruction and misery are in their ways;
17 and they don’t know the way of peace.
18 There is no fear of God in their view of the world.

19 Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, in order to shut every mouth and make it so the whole world has to answer to God. 20 It follows that no human being will be treated as righteous in his presence by doing what the Law says, because the knowledge of sin comes through the Law.

21 But now God’s righteousness has been revealed apart from the Law, which is confirmed by the Law and the Prophets. 22 God’s righteousness comes through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ for all who have faith in him. There’s no distinction. 23 All have sinned and fall short of God’s glory, 24 but all are treated as righteous freely by his grace because of a ransom that was paid by Christ Jesus. 25 Through his faithfulness, God displayed Jesus as the place of sacrifice where mercy is found by means of his blood. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness in passing over sins that happened before, 26 during the time of God’s patient tolerance. He also did this to demonstrate that he is righteous in the present time, and to treat the one who has faith in Jesus as righteous.

27 What happens to our bragging? It’s thrown out. With which law? With what we have accomplished under the Law? 28 No, not at all, but through the law of faith. We consider that a person is treated as righteous by faith, apart from what is accomplished under the Law. 29 Or is God the God of Jews only? Isn’t God the God of Gentiles also? Yes, God is also the God of Gentiles. 30 Since God is one, then the one who makes the circumcised righteous by faith will also make the one who isn’t circumcised righteous through faith. 31 Do we then cancel the Law through this faith? Absolutely not! Instead, we confirm the Law.

Tricky semantics - many names, many meanings.
Which God are we dealing with? We are dealing with a supernatural being that is good and just, not some demonic spirit posing as good, or a man made idol.
We want the one true God right!? Let's get down to basics and uncover the genuine article and the counterfeits.

The genuine article:
Galatians 5:22-23 (Common English Bible):
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness
23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against things like this.

The counterfeit:
What are the fruits / characteristics of evil?
Galatians 5:19-21,24-26 (KJV, verses 22-23 omitted, as shown above)
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

Other study resources:
The sacred name movement debunked (40 minutes, topics listed in the video description):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PSjQWSJ_28

www.jesus-is-savior.com/False%20Religions/Other%20Pagan%20Mumbo-Jumbo/hebrew_roots.htm

What is the YHWH tetragrammaton?
www.gotquestions.org/YHWH-tetragrammaton.html

Yeshua or Jesus?
www.gotquestions.org/Yeshua-Jesus.html

Questions to sacred name debunkers:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsVE5qF3X2Y

www.thenazareneway.com/yeshua_jesus_real_name.htm

Conclusion:
You can do some research into the other names if you want, but stick to the statistics and be sure that the name issue doesn't significantly distract you from the message, what we're called to do and how we are to live life.