Name of Jesus

The name Jesus is the English translation of the Hebrew name Yeshua - Jehovah is Salvation.

Yeshua - Jehovah is Salvation

In God's Word, names are very important. A person's name often conveys their character, and their purpose. A name is still used to identify a person's character. For example, we trust someone with a good name.

The Son of God's name identifies His character and purpose. Jesus is the Son of God - pure, holy and sinless. No other name identifies a man with the character of Jehovah.

Jesus name also identifies His purpose: Salvation. Jesus came to save man from his sin. He came to break the power of sin and death. He came to restore the relationship between the holy God and His creation.

Salvation is an interesting word. It has a spiritual aspect, and a physical aspect. Salvation affects us in the present, and in the future. It impacts the physical, material world, and the spiritual world. The Greek word sozo means to save:

of material and temporal deliverance from danger, suffering, etc.

• to preserve
  
• to save from sickness (to heal)
  
• to make whole
  
• of the spiritual and eternal salvation granted immediately by God to those who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ
  
• of the present experience of God's power to deliver from the bondage of sin
  
• to keep safe
  
• to guard
  

When you believe in Jesus, you receive God's deliverance from sin and death, and receive protection and safety. You're restored and made whole, healed.

No wonder why the letter to the Hebrews refers to so great a salvation.

Name = Authority

As a believer, we have the right to act and speak in Jesus name. This is a legal right to exercise authority on Jesus behalf. In our legal system, a person can extend the right to act on their behalf to another person. In foreign affairs, the ambassador speaks for the government of his country. The ambassador can speak for the president - with his authority. Believers in Jesus are His ambassadors!

We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. 2 Corinthians 5:20 (NIV)

Here's what we can do in Jesus name:

"Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe:

In my name

they will drive out demons;

they will speak in new tongues;

they will pick up snakes in their hands;

and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all;

they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.

Mark 16:15-18 (NIV)

Peter and John knew this. Look what they did:

One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer--at three in the afternoon. Now a man crippled from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into the temple courts. When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money. Peter looked straight at him, as did John. Then Peter said, "Look at us!" So the man gave them his attention, expecting to get something from them.

Then Peter said, "Silver or gold I do not have, but what I have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk." Taking him by the right hand, he helped him up, and instantly the man's feet and ankles became strong. He jumped to his feet and began to walk. Acts 3:1-8 (NIV)

Later Peter explained this miracle:

"Men of Israel, why does this surprise you? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we have made this man walk?"

"By faith in the name of Jesus this man whom you see and know was made strong. It is Jesus' name and the faith that comes through him that has given this complete healing to him, as you all can see." Acts 3:12, 16 (NIV)

Paul knew his authority, too. After surviving a shipwreck, Paul was on the island of Malta:

Paul gathered a pile of brushwood and, as he put it on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself on his hand. When the islanders saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to each other, "This man must be a murderer; for though he escaped from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live." But Paul shook the snake off into the fire and suffered no ill effects. Acts 28:3-5 (NIV)

When You Say Jesus, You've Said It All

Everyone who calls upon the Name of the Lord will be saved!

Remember, saved means, healed, delivered, guarded, preserved, and full of the life of God!

Check out the sidebar for some of the many names of Jesus, the Lord of Lords!