The Name Above All

What’s in a name?

Some of us wonder what our parents were thinking when they named us. Others live up to their name and do the exploits of a Biblical Paul or a Deborah.

In Macedonia, most people get a shortened form as an expression of endearment and friendship. Sometimes our names do not translate or transliterate well into another language (like mine, for example – something you put on a pizza... 😊)

However, there is one name that is like no other!

The Bible says:

Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved. Acts 4:12

What a name!

The name Yeshua in Hebrew comes from the root verb ‘to save, deliver’. It is a shortened form of Yehoshua, meaning YHWH (Jehovah) saves.

We can only be saved through the name of Jesus the Lord. We come to God the Father through Him!

I trust it will never be found in your mouth as a swear word. Do not abuse the most powerful name on earth because one day every knee will bow before Him and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord! (see Philippians 2:10-11)

There is no other name

By which man can be saved

There is no other name under Heaven

There is rest for my soul

And the wounded made whole

And the captives set free and forgiven

Such love as I've never known

I've found in the grace that flowed to me

In my unrighteousness

This is why my heart and soul

And tongue confess…

Robin Mark

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