“Jesus” or “Yeshu’a”?

... What is His name, and what is His son’s name, if you can tell? – Pro 30:4

While on Earth, our Lord declared, “If you shall ask anything IN MY NAME, I will do it; And these signs shall follow them that believe; IN MY NAME shall they cast out demons...” (Jn 14:14; Mk 16:17).

The “Name” there needs not be a perfect, stylized pronunciation of the Hebrew “Yeshua”. Whatever way you pronounce His name, Jesus will always come through for you.

The Greeks call Him Iisous,  the Spanish call Him Jesus (pronounced “Hay-sus”).and the Japanese Iesu. In Galician He’s Xesus, in Scottish Gaelic, Iosa and in Hawaiian, Mai la o lesu.

There’s no scripture that says our salvation is dependent on our ability to properly pronounce God’s name in Hebrew. What we do see, however, is the prophet Joel proclaiming, “WHOSOEVER shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved”, (2:32).

In law, they say Res ipsa loquitur, (“The thing speaks for itself”); wherever the name of the Lord is mentioned in the world in any of its various forms, there’s always power: power to heal, power to deliver, and power to save.   

While scholars and theologians are debating whether His proper name is “Yeshua” or “Yahoshua” or “Yahshua”, illiterate villagers in Cambodia are casting out demons in the name of “Preahyesaouv”!

The power is not in the name itself – like a Harry Potter magical spell that must be pronounced correctly, the power is in the OWNER of the name. And Paul declares that “at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth,” (Php 2:10).

Beloved, do not let intellectual squabbles and dogma hamper your faith, pray boldly in THE NAME OF JESUS today, and watch the demons, sicknesses and mountains flee.

AMEN.

More Blessings await you today; you’ll not miss them IN JESUS’ NAME.

GREG ELKAN

gregelkan@h0tmail. com

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