“By what power or by what name have you done this?” [healed the crippled man] (Acts 4: 7).
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, the Voice that speaks in court (Cf Matthew 10: 20) answered them as a matter of fact: "it was in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazorean whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead; in his name this man stands before you healed." (Acts 4: 8, 9 - 10).
"There is no salvation through anyone else, nor is there any other name under heaven given to the human race by which we are to be saved.” (Acts 4: 12).
What is in the Name of Jesus to make It so powerful? In Sacred Scriptures, name and mission are always linked.
“At the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." (Philippians 2:9-11).
"She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” (Matthew 1 : 21)
“I have neither silver nor gold, but what I do have I give you: in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazorean, rise and walk.” (Acts 3: 6).
The crippled man rose and walked.
Jesus means Savior (Yeshua). Jesus Name means what it signifies (Savior) and signifies what it means. (Savior/Salvation).
According to St Bernard of Clairvaux, Father and Doctor of the Church, "The sweet name of Jesus produces in us holy thoughts, fills the soul with noble sentiments, strengthens virtue, and nourishes pure affections.... This name is the cure for all diseases of the soul."
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