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1 | Who then is on this broad way? | Matt 7:13 | grafted in | 217008 | ||
Hello WOS, If my name were William and I moved to Spain, I would expect to still be called William, NOT whatever the Spanish word for that name is. If I were from Israel and my name is Yardonna, here in the states I would still expect to be called Yardonna, not Jordonna. It has something to do with simple respect. Jesus is not His name. When you read the scriptures, you'll notice that more often than not, when someone or something or some place is named, it's given a specific name meaning a specific thing for a specific reason. Names were VERY important in Biblical times. Every time a person read the Hebrew scriptures and came to the word spelled yod shin vav ayin, they were calling on their Savior's name (which means salvation). It's the name God gave Him. I'm going to change it? Not me! |
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2 | Who then is on this broad way? | Matt 7:13 | Morant61 | 217065 | ||
Greetings Grafted in! You wrote: "Every time a person read the Hebrew scriptures and came to the word spelled yod shin vav ayin, they were calling on their Savior's name (which means salvation). It's the name God gave Him. I'm going to change it? Not me!" Yet, God Himself does not follow this practice in the New Testament. :-) Jesus is not called 'yod shin vav ayin' in the NT. He is called 'iesous'. God is not called 'YHWH', but 'theos'. Simply put, God uses a variety of languages to refer to Himself. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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3 | Who then is on this broad way? | Matt 7:13 | rakpak | 217073 | ||
I know this wasn't for me, but he if was named 'iesous' why do you call him Jesus? | ||||||
4 | Who then is on this broad way? | Matt 7:13 | Morant61 | 217075 | ||
Greetings Rakpak! The Greeks used the Greek form of Jesus' Hebrew name. I use the English form of the Greek word, since I speak English. :-) If I wanted to use the English form of His Hebrew name, I would call Him Joshua. My whole point in this discussion is simply that there is no special merit to calling Him by His Hebrew name, when even the New Testament doesn't do it. Years ago, I remember a series of posts where someone claimed that Scripture had removed the name of God from Scripture since they translated 'YHWH' as God. In that series, I noted that when Jesus quoted a passage where the word 'YHWH' appeared in the OT passage, He translated it as 'Lord' instead. My point in that series of posts was that apparently God doesn't have the same hangups about the original 'name' that so many of us seem to have. :-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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5 | Who then is on this broad way? | Matt 7:13 | rakpak | 217077 | ||
"I would call Him Joshua", I couldn't agree with you more on this statement, and as I have said all along, that is my personal preference, I never told anyone they HAD to use his Hebrew name. | ||||||