----I have to ask the question…we can “say the names of Gandhi, Churchill, and Einstein and people immediately recognize the person about whom you are speaking” (Voddie Baucham). These names are not seen as shameful in our culture, infact use these names and their teachings in society and you will be seen as intellectual, philosophical, and passionate. However, if you use the most intellectual, philosophical, and passionate name ever spoken off of human lips you are considered an outcast in society. Just ask the Pledge of Allegiance, and Christmas (Happy Holidays). I ask the question, why of all names is this name ridiculed???
----In the book of Acts John and Peter are commanded by the Sanhedrin to stop using the name of Jesus in the city of Jerusalem (Acts 4). The rulers, elders, and teachers of the law watched as this name caused the masses to follow God, and these leaders deemed it forbidden to say it. It’s funny because this is an ongoing practice today, and should not surprise us because “that name brought shame and reproach to Pre-Christian culture, why should we be surprised that it brings shame and reproach in Post-Christian culture” (Voddie Baucham).
----The only explanation for this is the truth that there is POWER in this name, whereas the other names are merely names. No other name has the power to make the lame walk, the blind see, mountains tremble, and most importantly the dead (lost) live (salvation).
----“Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12).
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