🔍🔍Question：It’s clearly written in the Bible, “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12) Only by believing in the name of the Lord Jesus could we be saved. Only Jesus is our Savior! If we don’t hold onto the name of Jesus but accept other name as our Savior, does it mean that we have betrayed the Lord?
Answer：“Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12) Since the resurrection and ascension of the Lord Jesus two thousand years ago, people have been enjoying the forgiveness of the Lord by the name Jesus. This is doubtless! But in Isaiah 43:10-11, it recorded, “…before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no savior.” And Exodus 3:15 records, “…the Lord God … is my name for ever, and this is my memorial to all generations.” Here, God has made it clear that only Jehovah is the Savior and the name of God, a name for ever. But when Jesus came to work, why did people all call Jesus the Savior rather than praying to Jehovah? They left the name of Jehovah and accepted Jesus as their Savior. Can we say they betrayed Jehovah?
“Could the name of Jesus, ‘God with us,’ represent God’s disposition in its entirety? Could it fully articulate God? If man says that God can only be called Jesus, and may not have any other name because God cannot change His disposition, then such words are blasphemy! Do you believe that the name Jesus, God with us, can represent God in His entirety? God can be called many names, but among these many names, there is not one which can encapsulate all that God has, there is not one which can fully represent God. And so God has many names, but these many names cannot fully articulate God’s disposition, for God’s disposition is too rich, and extends beyond the knowledge of man. The language of man is incapable of fully encapsulating God. … One particular word or name is powerless to represent God in His entirety. So can God take one fixed name? God is so great and holy, so why do you not permit Him to change His name in each new age? As such, in each age that God personally does His own work, He uses a name that befits the age to encapsulate the work that He does. He uses this particular name, one that possesses the significance of the age, to represent His disposition in that age. God uses the language of man to express His own disposition” (“The Vision of God’s Work (3)”）
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