What Does It Mean To Call Upon The Name Of The Lord? | The Authentic Christian Podcast S5E01

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What does it mean to call upon the name of the Lord? Many folks misinterpret this meaning from the Bible. Aaron and Scott delve deep into this topic through many Old and New Testament scriptures to explain the meaning of "Calling on the name of the Lord."
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I was thinking about the scriptures talking about the kingdom of God being like a fisherman dragging a net full of good & bad fish & the bad are thrown away. Can you also ask a fisherman WHAT EXACTLY IS THROWN BACK? I heard it's the immature that didn't grow, the damaged ones, ones that aren't profitable etc. Can you get more details on what's cast away rather than kept??

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[@JER9279]

I guess we should change Jehoshua’s name since Yahweh is Gods new name? The first part of the name uses Gods name and it is also where we get Jesus (Greek) which means the same Jehovah saves! Why aren’t all the critical scholars telling us that the vowel points in Jehoshua’s name are from Adonai and they are made up?

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[@TheEmptyeye]

“Calling on the name of the Lord” is just that. Calling(with your mouth) on the name of the Lord - usually seen in combination with an act of obedience.
In the OT it was usually (sacrifice + the name YHWH, or whatever God was being invoked).
1 Kings 18:24
24 And *call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD:* and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.
1 Kings 18:26
26 And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, *and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, SAYING, O BAAL, hear us.* But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.
1 Kings 18:36-37
36 And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, *and SAID, LORD* God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word.
37 *Hear me, O LORD, hear me,* that this people may know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
Elijah as well as the false prophets CALLED upon(invoked by saying) the NAME of their respective GOD.
In the NT it is (baptism + the name of the Lord Jesus Christ).
Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and *be baptized every one of you in (ἐπὶ) the name of Jesus Christ* for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Acts 8:12; 16
12 But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, *and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.*
16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only *they were baptized in(εἰς) the name of the Lord Jesus.)*
Acts 15:17
17 That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, *upon whom my name is called,* saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.
Acts 22:16
16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and *be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.*
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Acts 2:36
36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, *that God hath made that same Jesus,* whom ye have crucified, *both Lord and Christ.*
I can understand defending against the misunderstanding that: “calling on the name of the Lord” ONLY means to call, absent the prescribed obedience(baptism).
BUT, to say that the obedience(baptism) itself IS the “calling on the name” is error as well - discounting the actual NAME of Jesus as part of our baptismal obedience.
Acts 4:12
12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

[@brettcarter6189]

@TheEmptyeye - Have you considered the possibility that “in the name of” simply means “by the authority of?” As in “Stop in the name of the law!” That seems to be the idea of that phrase in the Bible, and not so much an indication of words that are required to be spoken aloud at baptism. I’ve heard squabbles between different groups about whether one should say “in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit” at baptism, (Matthew 28:19), or just “in the name of Jesus” (as the apostles said in Acts 2:38; 10:48; 19:5). If we take the phrase as something that the administrator of the baptism or the one being baptized is required to speak audibly in order for the baptism to be scriptural, then the detractors of Christianity could (and do) point to the differences in what Jesus said to do in Matthew 28:17, and the phrase the apostles used. They could then claim it’s a contradiction that discredits the scriptures.
Now, to avoid that problem, we could go with the meaning that would harmonize the phrase Jesus spoke with the one the apostles spoke, and know that they have the same meaning and, therefore, do not contradict each other because both simply mean that the baptism is being done by the authority of Jesus, which would also include the authority of the Father and the Spirit since they are all God, and since Jesus said to the Father “Thine is Mine and Mine is Thine” (John 17:10). He also said in John 14:25 that the Spirit was sent in His name, so anything done in the name of Jesus is also done in the name (by the authority of) the Father and the Spirit.
The only thing the Bible instructs us to speak with our mouths in regard to Jesus when we are seeking salvation, is our confession that He is the son of God (Romans 10:9-10), which in we should always ask the repentant believer to confess before he or she is immersed. That being said, I have never seen a baptism where the one administering the baptism didn’t take the opportunity to tell everyone present that he was baptizing the person “in the name of” (by the authority of) Jesus - or in some instances they have said “in the name of the Father, the son, and the Holy Spirit.” Saying either would be scriptural, but so would saying nothing (which would seem awkward, but would not be incorrect). The emphasis is on the intention of what is being done and not on what is being said.

[@TheEmptyeye]

@@brettcarter6189 to your question, yes.
But when read in the original language the phrase when used concerning baptism is actually:
“{ἐπὶ - upon} the name of Jesus Christ”
(Acts 2:38)
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“{εἰς - into} the name of the F/S/HG”
(Matt:28:19)
Note: name is singular.
“{εἰς - into} the name of the Lord Jesus”
(Acts 8:16; 19:5)
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The only time it is used as “in the name of” meaning “in the authority of” regarding baptism is:
“{ἐν - in} the name of the Lord”
(Acts 10:48)
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Using your example, If I say to you:
“Stop ‘upon’ the name of the law” or
“Stop ‘into’ the name of the law” you can see that the phase makes no sense and has no real meaning for that type of context.
And even if we were to go that route and say that “name doesn’t mean name”👀 but “name actually means authority”,
the question is:
Who has ALL authority? (Matt 28:18)

[@JER9279]

I find it amazing that this channel says that you want to explain what the Bible really says about the various doctrines found in it but then you go and call the name of God Yahweh and say it’s his personal name. I say prove it! Show us any evidence that we have that Gods name is Yahweh. This lie and has been vomited for years on Christians and now when you go to many of the new age bibles you find it everywhere. I thought the Hebrew says that Yehovah is the name of God. For hundreds of years in the English language translations it was but now the new age church has told us no, no, no Yahweh is his name and they got that from Wilhelm Gesenius who commented that it was a possible translation of the name but never definitively. So who is this CZcamsr who speaks words without knowledge? Again prove it by truly digging deep and understanding the history of the name and stop blaspheming God by calling his a false name.