“Is anyone among you sick?  Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.  And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up.  And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven” (Jas.5:14-15).

Consider: If you are praying to an unknown God in the name of an unknown Messiah, you are taking your chances with having your prayers answered, especially in the manner you would like.  Your prayer life could be a hit or miss situation.  Maybe that’s one reason miracles that happened in the first century do not seem to be happening much today.  But I can testify as to miracles performed today at the hand of Yahweh and his angelic host of heaven.   Thankfully, in spite of our ignorance, sometimes even willing ignorance, and our stumbling inadequate words and lack of faith, the Almighty Yahweh will have mercy and compassion on whomever he will (Rom.9:14-16).  In this, I take considerable comfort.

Even some people who in fact did cast out demons and who did heal people in Yahshua’s name ran into trouble.  They never really knew the Messiah. “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my father in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name, cast out demons in your name, and done many wonders in your name?’  And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you who practice lawlessness!’ ” (Matt.7:21-23).

This is astounding!  Professing believers and professional preachers will be doing miraculous works in the name of the Lord yet the Lord will state that he never knew them.  He never knew them.  This ought to give somebody a jolt.

You mean to tell me that Christians will be laying hands on sick folks, on folks who are possessed in one way or another, and even more, and the people doing the praying and healing and casting are strangers to Yahshua?  What does this say to those who smugly think they are going to become actual Gods themselves, let alone those who believe they are children of God?

“Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall” (1Cor.10:12).  We need to be paying attention and come to a greater understanding of the word of God.

Writers for the polytheistic binitarian religion are constantly suggesting that “I AM” is one of the “names” of God (Jn.8:58).  They are wrong.  If “I AM” is indeed the name of God, then why is it no one is praying to the great “I AM”?  No human in the Scriptures used this “name” and no one in the binitarian churches of God, to my knowledge, who support this concept, prays to God using this “name.”

Every Bible translation imperfectly represents the original, because languages and cultures differ in ways that translation by itself cannot overcome.  Translations impose a fallible human interpretation between us and the infallible word of Yahweh.

“Then Moses said to God, ‘Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is His name?’ what shall I say to them?’  And God said to Moses, ‘I AM WHO I AM.’  And He said, ‘Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’ ” (Ex.3:13-14).  Here, it appears that the English phrase “I am” is Yahweh’s name, but God does not really say that is his name.  In fact, it is not.  The Lord answers Moses’ second question first, “What shall I say to them?”  By saying, “I am who I am,” God is explaining the true name, Yahweh, to Moses, signifying that he is the self-existent One, that he is eternal, unchangeable, and always the same, with no dependence upon mankind.  After this description, God then identifies himself and answers Moses’ first question, “Who shall I say sent me?”

“Moreover God said to Moses, ‘Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: ‘The LORD God [Yahweh Elohim] of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.  This is My name forever, and this is My memorial to all generations” (Ex.3:15).

The true name of God, Yahweh, is his memorial forever to all generations, including ours.  The phrase “I am who I am” never reappears as a name of God—nor could I find “I am” as God’s name anywhere.

Immediately, Yahweh tells Moses that his name is “Yahweh Elohim” and specifically defines which God to whom he is referring, saying he is the God of their fathers.  (Elohim is yet another title and in this case, amplifies the name Yahweh.)  Shortly, Yahweh goes even further.  “And God spoke to Moses and said to him: ‘I am the LORD [YAHWEH].  I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name LORD [YAHWEH] I was not known to them’ ” (Ex.6:2-3).  The words “God Almighty” are Heb. “El” (410, strength or mighty) and “Shadday” (7706, burly, almighty).  Again, this is not a name of Yahweh but a description or a title.  His name is “Yahweh.”

Under the caption “A Warning,” a binitarian writer to THE JOURNAL (April 30, 2004) cites Rev.3:7-8 and writes: “Denying the existence of Jesus Christ as the Creator God of the Old Testament may indeed be part of denying Jesus’ name…”.   Baloney!  Claptrap!!  (CONTINUED...)