The Name of the Lord is Jesus. It is the same name by which God revealed Himself in the Old Testament.
"Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad." (John 8:56) Abraham was looking to Jesus for his salvation, just as we do today. Anyone who claims to know the Father must acknowledge the Son, Jesus Christ.
"Therefore everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me." (John 6:45)
Anyone who does not approach the Father by the Son is lost.
"let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by Him this man stands here before you whole. This is the 'stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the chief cornerstone.' Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved." (Acts 4:10-12)
When Peter spoke these words, those who were appointed to eternal life from among the Jews believed and proclaimed the name of Jesus. Those who did not perished in their sins. It is no different today.
Jesus Christ and His Jewish apostles gave their very lives to bring the good news of Jesus Christ to their fellow Jews. If being "Torah observant" was enough, then their work was absolutely unnecessary. The Law can only bring death. Jesus Christ alone brings life and frees us from the penalty of the Law.
Anyone who claims a "Torah observant" Jew can be saved without trusting in the finished work of Christ is preaching another gospel. It is not the Christian gospel of Holy Scripture.
Jesus Christ and His Jewish apostles gave their very lives to bring the good news of Jesus Christ to their fellow Jews. If being "Torah observant" was enough, then their work was absolutely unnecessary. The Law can only bring death. Jesus Christ alone brings life and frees us from the penalty of the Law.
Anyone who claims a "Torah observant" Jew can be saved without trusting in the finished work of Christ is preaching another gospel. It is not the Christian gospel of Holy Scripture.
13 posted on 01/22/2006 7:10:33 PM MST by topcat54
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Romans 11:25 I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, soThey may not know His Name is Y'shua
that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a
hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.Romans 11:26 And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The deliverer
will come from Zion; he will turn godlessness away from Jacob.Romans 11:27 And this is [Or will be] my covenant with them when I take
away their sins.” [Isaiah 59:20,21; 27:9; Jer. 31:33,34]
Romans 11:28 As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies on your
account; but as far as election is concerned, they are loved on account of the patriarchs,Romans 11:29 for God’s gifts and his call are irrevocable.
b'shem Y'shua