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1 | Does Jesus' name satisfy Matt 28:19? | Acts 2:38 | charis | 374 | ||
Dear JVH0212 (again), Though I agree that Jesus Himself commanded that we baptize in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, this command was pre-church. The church was created when the Holy Spirit was poured upon the gathered believers in Acts 2. Thereafter, I find no reference to any act being done in any other name than that of the Lord Jesus, the Christ. I find no action 'in the name of God,' or 'in the name of the Holy Spirit.' (Rom 2:24 is OT quote) Rather, I find that the name of Jesus (or Christ Jesus, or the Lord, etc.) is used extensively. I can't think of this as a 'formula.' Was Luke being brief or flippant? Were the apostles being disobedient to Jesus' command? I find it interesting to note that on TV we often hear 'in the name of God' or in a wedding scene 'in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost,' but never hear 'in the name of Jesus.' Is this because Jesus is a 'rock of offense' as the Bible (OT and NT) so clearly states? I well understand that abusing the name of Jesus by heartless and mindless utterance or meaningless repetition is not holy. However, the simplicity of His name should not be underestimated, nor should we become too 'religious' in our interpretation of scripture. I am not 'Jesus only' and I believe strongly in the Trinity, or triune nature of God. But that cannot negate the authority and the power of the name of Jesus, in fact it bolsters and confirms it. | ||||||
2 | Does Jesus' name satisfy Matt 28:19? | Acts 2:38 | Tim Sheasby | 22296 | ||
EXEGESIS: I am a member of a group who meet once a week to do exegetical studies of God's word. We recently looked at the terms "in the name of" and "into the name of" and what the original Greek preposition was. It was interesting to see that in Acts the word was 'eis' and in Matthew it was 'en'. The first implies "entry into" and the second implies "on the foundation of" or "by the authority of". When you see this you see that the phrases are not contradictory but rather complementary. We are baptised "into" the name of Christ "by the authority" of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. | ||||||
3 | Does Jesus' name satisfy Matt 28:19? | Acts 2:38 | Tim Sheasby | 22297 | ||
OOPS! My memory is not as good as it should be. Just checked my Greek Text and found that I had the two words, eis and en, the wrong way round but the difference in the two prepositions still carries different nuances that removes any possibility of contradiction. | ||||||