In Any Language, God Knows His Name

I listened as best I could to a recording of a discussion for theology students. The discussion is posted on a web site. It was difficult to listen at first, because the main speaker talks so hurridly, and because I was coping with a headache and other interruptions.

It was hours before I heard the whole discussion. I started listening time and again until I had caught every word. And, by the time I finished, I was in awe, but also a little in disagreement.

It's awesome that God has given anyone living some keys to understanding the most important parts of ancient history. I've read some Christian Apologetics notes that make for confusion, that would have us believe some things that are not true, and that make it seem like scriptures were traditionally translated by people foolishly looking at texts instead of by well-studied people honestly seeking and being led "in the Spirit."

I knew that, at some point, rabbis had silenced the use of one of God's true names, and I believed that was because people needed to be ready, one day, to hear and accept our Savior, Yeshua. And I used to wonder at how our Latin-like and English pronunciations of God's name, maybe Yay-su, Hay-su, Jay-su, then Jesus, didn't matter to God, as long as we are looking to God, our only heavenly Father, who gave us Himself through Jesus, the only heavenly son begotten of God by the Holy Spirit.

I didn't know that people who cried, "Abba, Father" in scripture, were probably Samaritans. And really, that doesn't matter. Maybe a lot of Samaritans did worship God falsely, confusing the "gods" of their ancestors with the maker of all heaven and earth. But it's God's testimony that at least some Samaritans were saved in Him and called on Him by name.