One other teaching often connected to the preaching of the Gospel is that of the Name of Jesus.
But when they believed Philip preaching good news concerning the Kingdom of God and the name of JesusChrist, they were baptized, both men and women. (Acts 8:12)
The apostle John tells us that our salvation lies in this Name:
but these are written, that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name. (John 20:31)
These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God. (1 John 5:13)
Learning about and experiencing the Name of Jesus, God's Son and Christ, will bring us into greater union with Him and thereby, His Father and Spirit as well.
13But some of the itinerant Jews, exorcists, took on themselves to invoke over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, "We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches." 14There were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did this. 15The evil spirit answered, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?" 16The man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. 17This became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived at Ephesus. Fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified. (Acts 19:13-17)
Scripture Quotes: World English Bible Translation.
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