| I Corinthians 12:3 |
Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. |
The name Jesus means “Jehovah is salvation”, and the title Lord used in I Corinthians 12:3, Kurios in the Greek, means that Jesus is God.
Lord: 2962
| κύριος Kurios (koo’-ree-os); Noun Masculine, Strong #: 2962 |
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In the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Jewish Scriptures translated in the third century BC by seventy Jewish scholars, the Greek word, “Kurios”, is used as the Greek equivalent to Jehovah 6,156 times of the 6,832 times that Jehovah appears in the Old Testament. Also there are a number of Old Testament scriptures that speak of Jehovah, the personal name of God, which when they are quoted in the New Testament, are applied to Jesus. For instance:
| Isaiah 40:3 |
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. |
When that same verse is quoted in the New Testament, the personal name of God is applied to Jesus. John the Baptist declares that the same Jehovah that is spoken of in Isaiah 40:3, which is also called our God, is Jesus in Matthew 3:3.
| Matthew 3:3 |
For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. |
Also let us look at the prophecy in Joel chapter 2 and the fulfillment in Acts chapter 2:
| Joel 2:28 |
And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: |
| Joel 2:29 |
And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit. |
| Joel 2:30 |
And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. |
| Joel 2:31 |
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come. |
| Joel 2:32 |
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call. |
The book of Acts declares that that Jesus is Jehovah spoken of in Joel 2:32. When quoting Joel chapter 2 and speaking of Jesus, Acts 2:21 reads:
| Acts 2:16 |
But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; |
| Acts 2:17 |
And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: |
| Acts 2:18 |
And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: |
| Acts 2:19 |
And I will show wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: |
| Acts 2:20 |
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come: |
| Acts 2:21 |
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. |
The book of Acts makes it clear that Jesus Christ of Nazareth is the only name that saves:
| Acts 4:8 |
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, |
| Acts 4:9 |
If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole; |
| Acts 4:10 |
Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. |
| Acts 4:11 |
This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. |
| Acts 4:12 |
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. |
In I Corinthians 12:3, where it says that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost, there is an emphasis on the fact that Jesus is God. Unsaved men might mouth the words in order to call him Lord as in master, and as we see from reading the book of Jude, some may even mouth the words for the purpose of deceiving a congregation about where their heart really is, but in order to recognize the deity of Christ and call Jesus the Lord our God, this can only be done with the ministry of the Holy Spirit. The Arian doctrine denies that Jesus is the Lord.
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June 24, 2010
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