JESUS, THE ONE AND ONLY SAVING NAME

    Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:  That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;  Phil. 2:9-10
    We are grateful for this opportunity to present the glorious truth that JESUS is the Name of our Heavenly Father.  If another verse should not be given to support this claim, the verse in the text above should open the eyes of every reader to this fact.  The Son received His Name by "inheritance"  (Heb. 1:4) and has a Name more excellent than the angels.  The fact that the Son received His Name by inheritance as said by the writer of the Hebrew letter will help you to clearly see what He meant when He said:  I am come in my Father's name, and ye received me not . . . (John 5:43).  The Son was given the Name JESUS by the angel of God (Mat. 1:21)  So this is plain to understand as to how Jesus came with the NAME of the great and only God of heaven.
    The creator of heaven and earth has been called by many beautiful titles and names through the old Testament scriptures.  He spoke to Abraham and said:  I am the Almighty God . . . (Gen. 17:1)  Many years later He told Moses that His Name was "I AM"  (Exo. 3:14).  Then later He told Moses that "my name is Jehovah" . . . (Exo. 6:3).  These are only a few of His names and titles by which He was called before and during the time of the old law.  To me, all of these are wonderful and sweet, but, none of these are saving names in this day of grace!  He is still Lord, Jehovah, the great I Am etc. . . but His NAME in this day is JESUS!  We speak of the Lord Jesus Christ that rose from the dead.  He is known as the "first and last"  (Rev. 1:18) the Mighty God, Everlasting Father and Prince of Peace.  (Isa. 9:6).  Truly He is King Emmanuel which means God with us.  (Isa. 7:14; Matt. 1:23).
    Many years before God came to earth in the flesh as Son.  He spoke through the mouth of Zechariah and told of a time that the "Lord shall be King over all the earth:  in that day shall there be ONE Lord, and his NAME ONE."  (Zec. 14:9)  Of course there never has been but ONE true Lord and He is the true God.  (Jer. 10:10)  He is the living God and everlasting King.  This prophet spake of a time by inspiration that "all would know Him, from the least to the greatest."  (Heb. 8:11)  By knowing Him, we will know that there is one (not two or three) Lord and notice this, "His NAME one!  We are in that age now that God only has one name that has power to save and heal!  You need not look deeper into the future, the time is here, God has visited man (Luke 7:16); He has come to take out of them a people for His name.  (Acts 15:14)  The apostle Peter makes it crystal clear when he said.  Neither is there salvation in any other:  for there is none other NAME under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.  (Acts 4:12)  Don't overlook this verse!  Read it again and pray earnestly!  Don't you know that God's Name has saving power?  Don't you see that if "Jesus" isn't God's Name then His Name has no saving power?  The verse above says that "there is salvation in no other!"  If Jesus isn't the Father's Name, then the Father's Name has no more power to save than yours or mine.
    The name Jesus is above every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come.  (Eph. 1:21)  The enemy likes for people to accept the name of Jesus if he can get them to think that somewhere or sometime that there will be another name with more power and sweeter to the ear.  My friend, this will never be!  The name of Jesus isn't just the greatest name on earth, but also in the highest heavens!  The reason is simple, His Name (Jesus) is the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. (Matthew 28:19)  The reason why I know that Jesus is the NAME of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost is because the apostles used His name (not titles) when they baptized believers.  Peter commanded the Jews to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ (Acts 2:38).  The people of Samaria were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.  (Acts 8:16). The Gentiles received the Holy Ghost, spoke in tongues, and were baptized in the name of Jesus Christ.  (Acts 10:44-48)  The believers at Ephesus heard the preaching of Paul and were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. (Acts 19:5)