Hello everyone. Praise the Lord!
Matthew 28:19-20: "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and behold, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen."
"...baptising them in the name." The question is: Baptising them in what name? Notice it is written: "in the name of the Father..." What is the Father's name? Now remember, there was no New Testament writings in the time of Jesus and His Apostles. So it has to be the name from the Old Testament. The only name found in the Old Testament of the Father is YHWH (Isaiah 63:16; 64:8).
So the Apostle Matthew understood that the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost is YHWH alone and not any other names. The Scriptures testify that the Father and Son and Holy Ghost are three manifestations of the one and only true living God, with one holy name, YHWH (Deut. 6:4; Isaiah 45:5; Jeremiah 10:10; Zechariah 14:9; 1 John 5:7; 1 Timothy 3:16).
The Apostle Matthew was present when the Apostle Peter preached the Gospel as it was written in Acts 2. And in Acts 2:38 we see that they were going to do what was commanded by Yahwah (YHWH). If baptism should be done using the title, Father, Son and Holy Ghost, then it would contradict with the doctrine of the Apostle Peter in Acts 2:38 who said "...repent, and let everyone of you be baptized in the in the name of Yahwah haMashiach..."
They did agree with each other. The name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost is YHWH, Yashwah; therefore Matthew 28:19 and Acts 2:38 agree with each other. The words spoken by Jesus (Yashwah) Himself in John 5:39 and John 5:43 also testify that Yashwah (YHWH) is the name of the Messiah.
John 5:39: "Search the Scriptures, for in them ye think that ye have eternal life; and they are they which testify of me."
John 5:43: "I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not; if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive."
The Scriptures revealed that salvation belongs to the one and only true living God (YHWH).
Psalm 3:8: "Salvation belongeth unto YHWH. Your blessings is upon your people."
Jeremiah 10:10: "But YHWH is the true God. He is the living God, and an everlasting King."
Acts 2:21: "And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of YHWH shall be saved."
Acts 2:38: "Repent and let everyone of you be baptized in the name of Yahwah haMashiach for the remission of sins."
And remember what Scripture showed us in Isaiah 7:14: "Behold, a virgin shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is God with us."
Amen.
William James Roop
Brother Roop teaches the Bible
