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NASB | John 12:32 "And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to Myself." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 12:32 "And I, if and when I am lifted up from the earth [on the cross], will draw all people to Myself [Gentiles, as well as Jews]." |
Subject: Kathy, Is "Lifting His name" Biblical? |
Bible Note: Hi, Searcher; Shucks; we can't seem to agree on anything. Maundy Thursday and Good Friday services aren't in Scripture either, but God examines the heart and I don't think he minds. It's hardly "forcing Scripture" to note that the reason we (some of us, anyway) lift up Jesus' name before the world is because he was lifted up on the cross. In fact, there's no other reason to do so. And it's the reason we must do so. The Bible doesn't claim an exclusive on ordinary words. For example, the Bible attaches special significance to the words "I am". That doesn't mean that I can't use the same words to answer the question "Who here is glad Jesus didn't come back 20 years ago?" I am; I'd have been in deep weeds - or tares if we must be strictly Biblical in all of our speech. ;-) So I'll just keep on lifting up Jesus' name in song. Peace and grace, Steve aka Indiana Jones |