A Gift From Jesus - APEST Spiritual Gift Series: Introduction - Matthew Milioni

Matthew Milioni teaches about the spiritual gifts in the Church. Matthew Milioni A series on spiritual gifts in the church.

[@thebiblestoryingproject3386]

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[@paulgarber1374]

Thank you for this excellent message. Where can I get one of these tests that you mentioned in the end?

[@LinusWeber1997GER]

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[@user-kp9lg1cs7c]

Jesus is NOT the name.
Imagine, if you will, that your name is James, and you are embarking on an international trip. At your first stop, Tel Aviv, you are met by officials, and they examine your passport. “You are now 'Ya'akov,'” which is the equivalent of “James” in Hebrew. They tell you that, in certain areas of their country, you could also be called “Jacob,” because those areas have become more Anglicized.
Next, you travel to Rome, and again, are met by officials, but this time, you are told that, while visiting there, your name is Giacomo, not to be confused with your name in Madrid being Diego, or that in the Philippines, you will be Jaimé, and in Athens, you will be Iakov.
Now, think about it. If you were to make that trip, do you honestly believe your true name would change based on the language that is spoken by the people where you were? That just defies all common sense, not to mention reality. Your name is the name you were given, and it never changes because someone else speaks a different language.
So, why is it that so many churchians falsely believe that the names of the Creator and His Son change based on someone's language? That erroneous belief is one of the craftiest deceptions Satan has been able to inflict upon mankind-obscuring the true names of the Father and the Son.
But, does that even matter? Where the Father is concerned, we're told in scripture to call upon His name. But, what is His name?
Sing unto Elohim [a title that means “God”], sing praises to His name: extol Him that rideth upon the heavens by his name YAH, and rejoice before Him. Psalm 68:4
So, as we can see, His name is Yah (or Yahweh, which is a reiteration of His name). His name is not “God,” as that is an English word that is only one of His many titles. Many falsely claim that the Father and Son have many names, but they don't. They have many titles-a title is not a name. Your doctor's name isn't “doctor,” your teacher's name isn't “teacher,” your spouse's name isn't “spouse,” and your child's name isn't “child” (at least, I hope it's not). Those are all titles that describe aspects about people, but their names are the identifiers they are given at birth-and, they don't change apart from someone willfully adopting a different name, or the Creator Himself renaming him. Neither of those things has ever happened where the Father and Son are concerned.
What are we told about the Son's name? We are to “believe in His name.” But, what does that mean? Asking most in the “church,” the answers given will not be correct, as most don't actually know what His name is-or what it means. Acts 4:12 tells us that there is “no other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved.” And, “no other name” literally means “only one name.”
If one doesn't know Christ's actual name (“Christ” is a title), then how can he properly believe in it?
Are you aware that nobody in the whole of scripture ever knew anybody named “Jesus”? They couldn't, as that name couldn't exist until the 14th century when the letter “J” was invented. Neither did they ever know the Greek “iesous,” which is where the English “Jesus” is derived. That name was invented centuries after Messiah (a title) walked the earth.
So, are we told anywhere in scripture what Messiah's name really is, apart from the invented name that appears in your English translation of the scriptures? And, if we are told, then isn't that the name He would prefer for us to use in our identification with Him?
If we look in Zechariah 3, the chapter starts with this: “Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of Yahweh, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.” The scene is heaven immediately following the Son's ascension back to His Father.
We already know His name couldn't be “Joshua,” as the letter “J” didn't exist when the scripture was written. However, most of the names in our English translations of scripture have been transliterated-which is a phonetic approximation of the actual name. So, in this, we can see some deception going on, as “Joshua” is a far closer version of Messiah's name, and “Jesus” isn't even close.
In the Hebrew, the name given in Zechariah 3:1 is יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ , and the phonetic pronunciation of that name is yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘. Now, that first upside down e is called a “schwa,” and its sound is “uh.” The š is called a “shin,” and its sound is “sh.” The Spirit tells us, through the words He inspired in Zechariah 3, that Messiah's name is “Yahoshua,” which is also the real name of the person in the Old Testament we know as “Joshua.” You may have seen some spell it “Yehoshua,” but that is a misunderstanding of the schwa, and also a lack of knowledge of the true meaning of the name.
We see in Matthew 1:21-22, Matthew recorded these words about a message given to Joseph, Mary's betrothed husband: “But when he had considered this, behold, an angel of Elohim [the supreme God] appeared to him in a dream, saying, 'Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for the Child who has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. She will bear a Son; and you shall call His name ____________, for He will save His people from their sin.'”
Now, it is important to know that Matthew, Mark, John, and Peter were all traditional Hebrew-speaking Jews who would have never written to other Jews in anything but Hebrew. These were men who struggled initially after the resurrection with accepting Gentiles because of their strict reverence for the written law and what their Jewish heritage had meant for them spiritually. Moreover, as we know (but is also often denied by many in the “church”), Papias of Hierapolis, a historian who lived from 70-163 AD, tells us that the Book of Matthew was written in Hebrew, and then others translated it.
So, in that verse in Matthew 1, it is not even remotely conceivable that Matthew would have chosen to use a Greco-Roman name that had not even been invented to identify His Messiah to other Jews. But, there is even further proof that Matthew wrote that His name was to be “Yahoshua,” and that is because Matthew tells us Joseph was told WHY He was to be given that name. It is “because He will save His people from their sin.”

[@timothy6828]

That is all fine and well but all the Apostles used the greek transliteration in their letters, Peter and Jude and John in Revelation, I could go on. That makes your whole argument crumble. I'm not saying you shouldn't call him Yahoshua or Yeshua or whatever his name was originally, I think its commendable if you want to please him in that manner, but I think it's wrong to make other believers do something the Apostles themselves never made anyone to do.

[@timothy6828]

Oh I just read that you are claiming that the name Jesus was invented centuries later, right? Do you have any proof for that?

[@erikabutterfly]

What should we then call Paul? Saul? Paul? Something else? Or any of the other Apostles.
Also when you travel to a place with another language and you wish to relate to the people here it is still practiced (and was even more common further back in history) to change your name to make it pronouncable. There are names that are pretty similar throughout several languages and some that aren't. "Erika" is spelled the same but pronounced differently in German, English and Swedish. There's a man I know named Jorge who changed his name to Göran (the Swedish version of the name) when he moved to Sweden from Argentina. Immigrants to the United States used to have to adapt their foreign names to be pronouncable in English. Whether or not we can or should apply this to the Son of God, it's in any case evident that changing names across cultures and languages is not an uncommon practice, as you claim.

[@timstanford995]

@@erikabutterfly I suppose the man with the Danish flag and the Greek letter is a Hebrew Rootser. A very new movement.

[@erikabutterfly]

@@timstanford995 I am aware of that likelihood. Still, I can assume that this is another human, created in the image of God, capable of using the faculties of reason given to him by our Creator. If not I wouldn't have bothered responding. But I honestly can't claim to have never been blind to any logical inconsistency in my thinking before. And from experience I know that said inconsistency isn't fully revealed as such by just being pointed out once randomly by a stranger. It's a kind of take it or leave it thing, though if I do get a sincere answer, I'd appreciate it. If not, no hard feelings.