WHAT THE GOSPEL REQUIRES OF US TO BE SAVED
Presented Steve Marlowe, Evangelist
“It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God’” (Matthew 4:4).
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God” (John 3:16-18).
From this passage of the Gospel, what must we do so as to not be condemned?
Did you know that the name of Jesus has only existed since the 17th century CE (Common Era)?
Did you know that in the 1611 English Bible the name of the Savior was presented as Iesus, not Jesus?
Did you know that prior to Iesus, the name of the Savior was supposedly Iesous?
Did you know that Iesous is a transliteration of the Aramaic name Yeshua?
So how many actually revealed names does the Savior have?
The apostle Peter testified: “Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12).
Through languages, there are a few names thought to be the Savior’s one revealed name: Jesus, Iesus, Iesous, and Yeshua; but also in Arabic Isa, and in Spanish the Savior’s name is pronounced “Hey-zeus!” So which one of the above names is the one name by which we must be saved?
Do you think that the apostle Peter’s testimony precludes all names except one?
Would you like to know the one name by which we must be saved?
What is the name which is above every name? Then Moses said to God, “Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is His name?’ what shall I say to them?” And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM” (HaYAH Ashar HaYAH). And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you’” (Exodus 3:13-15). Behold the name which is above every name, YAH! Who is the I AM? Halleluyah means “Praise YAH!” Hebrew for I AM is “YAH.” We say Halleluyah, which means, “Praise YAH!” What do you think the Savior meant when He said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM” (John 8:58)? “Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of YAHSHUA every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that YAHSHUA the Christ is LORD, to the glory of God the Father” (Philippians 2:9-11). “YAHSHUA” means “YAH Saves!” Do you now reject the one name by which we must be saved? “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it” (Matthew 7:13-14). If you do not have the name YAHSHUA, you cannot be on the Way to the narrow gate, which leads to eternal life.
{“And now, O’ priests (preachers and teachers), this commandment is for you. If you will not hear, and if you will not take it to heart, to give glory to My name,” Says the Lord of hosts, “I will send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have cursed them already, because you do not take it to heart” (Malachi 2:1-2).}
If we deny His true revealed name, then how can we give glory to His name? YAHSHUA the Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8). Therefore, would not His revealed name stay the same?
In Matthew 7:21-23, is a strong warning for those many workers in the church, who do not hold to the commandments and revelations of God, but make up their own doctrines and traditions, and have made up a name for the Savior not revealed by God, for YAHSHUA said, “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’” By accepting in faith the revealed name of the Savior, YAHSHUA, we are doing the will of the Father. But if you are without chastening, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons (Hebrews 12:8). The name of the Savior has only been revealed in Hebrew, and must stay as revealed. “And when we all had fallen to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ So I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said, ‘I am YAHSHUA, whom you are persecuting” (Acts 26:14-15).
