What is in a Name!

Every once in a while we are confronted with those who feel a need to indulge in what they think is special and rare knowledge. One of the movements promoting this is the Hebrew Roots movement. There are others too.

One of the ways that division is being foster is through the names of Christ.
They think that Yeshua is the "required" word to be used for Jesus. I become very agitated when I see this happening.

Yeshua is nothing more than the Hebrew rendering of the English word Jesus. It is a human name, Christ was the designation that He is God.

In Spanish the name George is "Jorge" with the 'J' and 'G', sounding like an 'H' in English. In Spanish the Word Peter is translated "Pedro." And, the name Luke is translated "Lucas." In Spanish the title "Jesus Christ" is translated "Jesucristo."

There is nothing wrong with the name Jesus in English, and nothing more special about the Hebrew "Yeshua", it is merely the translation of His human name to another language.

All this falderah about names, is the devils way of causing believers to fight over that which is silly rather than focusing on the salvation message.

There are actually those who are weak enough to be intimidated by the movement, that declares there is only one way to say the name of Christ, but it is interesting to me that they choose His human name, that which many other people of that time had.

Jesus was Jewish, at that time there were other little boys named Jesus. Christ is the title that designated our Jesus as the Savior. So many do not know this, they think there is special power associated with the name of Jesus.

When God said there is power in His name, it did not mean that the name was special but the name for whom it was assigned was the Messiah.

I love my Lord Jesus Christ, if someone wants to judge me because I don't use the Hebrew form of Yeshua, then they cause division and heartache. May those who love to feel special, repent and foster love and understanding among fellow believers.

If someone wants to use the Hebrew version of "Jesus", then wonderful, may they enjoy it, but it is sin to judge others who were born and raised in an English speaking country, when they choose to use their own language to refer to Christ.