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Originally Posted by Sean
Actually, the Greek name for Jesus was originally Iesous(sounds like....eesus)....Just say it and you will notice how close it is to the English translation...Jesus. Our Lord knows what we are saying.
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Yes, but my point was that those sitting at Jesus's feet probably weren't calling him the Greek form of his name either....
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Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson
What we are saying, our intents, our thoughts...
Our GOD is all-knowing and MERCIFUL-- the source of Grace and HE IS TRUTH!
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Originally Posted by Originalist
There is a former UPC preacher in Mexico who has left the organization over a "revelation" he purportedly received that if you were not baptized in the name of Yeshua, then you are not really baptized and still in your sins. He has made a significant impact and hundreds of Jesus name baptized, Holy Ghost filled Apostolics have been rebaptized after having been convinced they weren't really saved.
We've done it to AoG folk and others for decades. Now the shoe is on the other foot.
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Exactly this...when you demand absolute specificity, there will always be room for improvement.
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“There's such a lot of different Annes in me. I sometimes think that is why I'm such a troublesome person. If I was just the one Anne it would be ever so much more comfortable, but then it wouldn't be half so interesting.”
― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables