And Each Man Heard Them Speak The Wondrous Works of Jesus - Part 2781

"And ye shall call His name JESUS for He shall save His people from their sins.| (Matthew 1:21-23) 

JESUS being the only head of the Church commissioned the following message to His disciples. That is, repentance and remission of sin should be preached in My name amongst all nations beginning at Jerusalem. Note specifically the words that state repentance and remission of sin should be preached in His Name. So the question is - what is His name? 

According to scriptures, His Name is JESUS. This explains why the apostles did not preach in any other name. Because at no point in the scriptures were the apostles commissioned to preach in any other name.

But as we also know, satan comes along to muddy the waters - like in the wilderness when Jesus was tempted while fasting for 40 days and nights. Therein, satan tempts JESUS with his distorted translation of scripture. Conversely, JESUS who is the VERY WORD of God never quotes from a revised, rewritten edition. Neither was Jesus tempted to change the Word to please another being.

Indeed, as we know from the example of Jesus being tempted in the desert, Jesus referred satan to the scriptures three times -- "It is written!" [Overall, in both the old and new, "it is written" is cited 95 times.]

From Matthew 4:

"Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, He was afterward an hungred. And when the tempter came to Him, he said, "If Thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread." But He answered and said, "It is written, man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God."

Then the devil takes Him up into the holy city, and setts Him on a pinnacle of the temple, and saith unto Him, "If Thou be the Son of God, cast Thyself down: for it is written, He shall give His angels charge concerning Thee: and in their hands they shall bear Thee up, lest at any time Thou dash thy foot against a stone." Jesus said unto him, "It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God."

Again, the devil takes Him up into an exceeding high mountain, and shews Him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; and saith unto Him, "All these things will I give Thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me." Then saith Jesus unto him, "Get thee hence, satan: for it is written, thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve." Then the devil leaves Him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto Him."

It is no wonder the devil had to flee, because Jesus - both Lord and Christ -- remains victorious in all things.

Still, several key issues have emerged since the time (early in Jesus; ministry) when Jesus was in the desert. First, as Amos prophesies from afore, many who profess to believe are not aware of the real salvation message Jesus was sent to preach. Second, the church fathers have since wrapped their changed teachings in a worldly garment, desiring to have followers of Jesus take their eyes from Him, and instead clothe themselves in their own material things. 

Nevertheless, as the historical record alludes, these same church fathers admit to changing Matthew 28:19, rendering the original 'it is written' wording to indicate -- "in the name of the father, son and spirit." Please know that this rendering is in complete contrast to the original teachings of the apostles. Further, there is no confirming scripture for this teaching. As well, if one researches the changes made to this one scripture, they will find that all encyclopedia’s refute Matthew 28:19 as it is currently presented. In fact, even the present day pope admits that the Roman Catholic church altered this scripture at some point.

The difficulty is that the rendering of the scriptures was adopted by all of the reformation churches. Thus, while their adherence and later admission to teaching scriptural error is commendable, it has done little to erase the error. It has not helped either that there exists, even today those indoctrinated adherents who stubbornly uphold their denominational error even when the truth is made known. The confusion becomes more entrenched when the truth is revealed that emphasizes correct Biblical teachings.

For example, any doctrines or teaching pertaining to salvation can be only be found in the Name of JESUS. (Acts 4:12; Philippians 2:9) 

But far too often, what happens is that these same religious folks try to justify their teachings rather than adhere to the scriptures. How many times have we heard in reference to water baptism that you are not being baptized into Jesus the Christ but rather you are only being baptized upon the authority of Jesus the Christ. Apparently, this new rendering of the scriptures justifies the use of "in the name of the Father, Son, and Spirit" when baptizing, even when none of these descriptive titles resembles a name.

Still, nowhere in the scriptures was there ever any person or family water baptized using the titles. Sure, many of us have went along with this erroneous teaching, primarily because of our own ignorance of the written Word of God. And perhaps, that we simply trusted the ecclesiastical system. But now that we know different, what will we do?

Remember, Adam and Eve also transgressed God’s instructions in the Garden. Look where they ended up - as strangers and foreigners to God. Still, the good news is that we originally were created of God to be His beloved body of Christ church. 

God made us! 

God loved us! 

And indeed, He loved us so much that He redeemed us back to Himself.

A redemptive price had to be paid. A hefty price. In fact, the cost of our redemption meant the death of a righteous man. But as we learn from the scriptures, there was not to found amongst Adam's fallen race one righteous man. So instead the humanity of God prevailed on our behalf. God Himself veiled Himself in flesh (yet without sin). 

Yes, God laid down His life as a Son, purchasing free redemption for all who come to Him.

This is why we need to adhere to the scriptures. When JESUS COMMISSIONED His disciples to preach the altar call -- it was in Acts 2:36-41. During that first alter call, 3000 persons repented, believed, and were baptized into the name of JESUS for the remission of their sin. 

The question now is this. What hinders you from repentance, believing and being water baptized as JESUS commissioned? 

Peter, standing with the eleven on the day of Pentecost told these 3,000 souls that they had to repent, be water baptized every one of you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ for the remission of sins and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. (Acts 2:36-41) And so should this very same formula for water baptism be the same message  the apostles used apply on us.

Acts 2:36-41 -- the most critical message for this day!

Stand in the offering plate.