Have You Called Upon the Name of Jesus

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The New Testament shows that "calling upon the name of the Lord" is not merely a verbal confession but finds a specific expression in obedience to the command of water baptism in the name of Jesus Christ. Note scripture that establishes this connection.

1. Joel's Prophecy Is Fulfilled in the New Testament​

Joel 2:32

"And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered..."
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Peter quotes this prophecy on the Day of Pentecost.

Acts 2:21

"And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved."
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The obvious question is: How did Peter instruct people to call upon the Lord's name?

Only a few verses later he gave the answer.

Acts 2:38

"Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins..."
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Peter did not tell the crowd simply to repeat the name of Jesus. He commanded them to repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, the point which Scripture says remission of sins becomes a reality.

2. Saul's Conversion Defines What "Calling on His Name" Means​

No passage makes the connection more plainly than Paul's own conversion.

Acts 22:16

"And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord."
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Notice what Ananias did not say.

He did not say:
  • Call on the Lord, then be baptized.
Nor did he separate calling on the Lord from baptism.

Instead, the command is unified:
  • Arise
  • Be baptized
  • Wash away thy sins
  • Calling on His name
The scripture connects the calling on the Lord's name with the act of being water baptized. According to Paul's own testimony, he called upon the Lord's name as he obeyed the command to be baptized.

3. Remission Through His Name Is Accomplished by Peter's Command​

Before Cornelius was baptized, Peter declared:

Acts 10:43

"To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins."
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A few verses later Peter gave the command:

Acts 10:48

"And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord."
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Peter did not leave "through his name" undefined. He immediately commanded baptism in the name of the Lord Jesus. The promise of remission through His name and the command to be water baptized in His name appear together in the same account.

4. Baptism Is Administered in Jesus' Name​

Throughout Acts, believers consistently obeyed this command.
  • Acts 2:38 – baptized in the name of Jesus Christ.
  • Acts 8:16 – baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
  • Acts 10:48 – commanded to be baptized in the name of the Lord.
  • Acts 19:5 – baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Luke repeatedly records water baptism being administered in Jesus' name, never describing a different practice.

5. Paul Connects Baptism with Union to Christ's Death​

Romans 6:3–4

"Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?"
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Through baptism believers are united with Christ's death and burial. Because His blood was shed in His death, baptism is the God-appointed moment when the believer identifies with Christ's sacrifice. This explains why Acts associates remission of sins with water baptism—not because water has saving power in itself, but because God applies the benefits of Christ's sacrifice to those who obediently come to Him in faith.

6. The Name Is Invoked in God's Appointed Way​

Throughout Scripture, God's promises are received through obedient faith rather than by merely speaking words.

For example:
  • Israel entered the promised land by obeying God's command.
  • Naaman was cleansed by obeying God's command to wash in the Jordan.
  • The walls of Jericho fell through obedient faith.
Likewise, under the New Covenant, believers call upon the saving name of Jesus in the way He and His apostles prescribed.

7. The Consistent Apostolic Pattern​

The New Testament repeatedly joins these truths:
  • Salvation is in Jesus' name (Acts 4:12).
  • Remission comes through His name (Acts 10:43).
  • Repentance and remission are preached in His name (Luke 24:47).
  • Believers are baptized in His name (Acts 2:38; 10:48; 19:5).
  • Saul washed away his sins calling on His name while being baptized (Acts 22:16).
These passages naturally fit together. The apostles did not treat "calling upon the name of the Lord" as a separate act from baptism. Rather, they consistently directed believers to obey Christ by being baptized in His name, and Acts 22:16 identifies that obedience as "calling on His name."

Note the biblical evidence points to a consistent pattern:
  • Joel promised that whoever calls on the Lord's name would be saved (Joel 2:32).
  • Peter quoted that promise and then instructed believers to repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins (Acts 2:21, 38).
  • Ananias told Saul to "arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord" (Acts 22:16), directly linking the invocation of Christ's name with baptism.
  • Peter proclaimed remission through Jesus' name (Acts 10:43) and immediately commanded water baptism in that name (Acts 10:48).
Taken together, these passages present New Testament water baptism in the name of Jesus Christ as the divinely appointed context in which believers call upon His saving name in obedient faith and receive the blessings promised through His atoning sacrifice. (AI assisted writing)
 
John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

Water
ὕδωρ hudōr, hoo'-dore; gen.
ὕδατος hudōtŏs, hoo'-dat-os, etc.; from the base of G5205; water (as if rainy) literally or figuratively:—water.

John 2:7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim.

Same as water here.

Acts 2: 38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Baptized.
βαπτίζω baptízō, bap-tid'-zo; from a derivative of G911; to immerse, submerge; to make whelmed (i.e. fully wet); used only (in the New Testament) of ceremonial ablution, especially (technically) of the ordinance of Christian baptism:—Baptist, baptize, wash.

Remission
ἄφεσις áphesis, af'-es-is; from G863; freedom; (figuratively) pardon:—deliverance, forgiveness, liberty, remission.

Acts 22:16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

Water baptism washes away our sins, remission.

Romans 6:3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?

Romans 6:4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

Romans 6:5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection.

Water baptism is to identify with Jesus' death and if we do that we will rise to newness of life.

We have to identify with the man Christ Jesus who took away the sins of the world and died, was buried laying down those sins, and was resurrected, by repenting dying out to sin, water baptized laying down those sins, and receiving the Spirit.

You cannot cut out the middle man.

1 Peter 3:20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

1 Peter 3:21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Water baptism does now save us.

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.

Hebrews 1:4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

Matthew 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.

Those are titles and name is singular.

The name is Jesus.

Jesus came in the name of the Father.

The Son inherited the name.

The Holy Spirit comes in the name of Jesus.

Jews, Gentiles, and Samaritans were baptized in the name of Jesus.

Colossians 3:17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

Everything we do in word and deed all done in the name of Jesus.

So why would we baptize in the titles.
 
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The New Testament shows that "calling upon the name of the Lord" is not merely a verbal confession but finds a specific expression in obedience to the command of water baptism in the name of Jesus Christ. Note scripture that establishes this connection.

1. Joel's Prophecy Is Fulfilled in the New Testament​

Joel 2:32


Peter quotes this prophecy on the Day of Pentecost.

Acts 2:21


The obvious question is: How did Peter instruct people to call upon the Lord's name?

Only a few verses later he gave the answer.

Acts 2:38


Peter did not tell the crowd simply to repeat the name of Jesus. He commanded them to repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, the point which Scripture says remission of sins becomes a reality.

2. Saul's Conversion Defines What "Calling on His Name" Means​

No passage makes the connection more plainly than Paul's own conversion.

Acts 22:16


Notice what Ananias did not say.

He did not say:
  • Call on the Lord, then be baptized.
Nor did he separate calling on the Lord from baptism.

Instead, the command is unified:
  • Arise
  • Be baptized
  • Wash away thy sins
  • Calling on His name
The scripture connects the calling on the Lord's name with the act of being water baptized. According to Paul's own testimony, he called upon the Lord's name as he obeyed the command to be baptized.

3. Remission Through His Name Is Accomplished by Peter's Command​

Before Cornelius was baptized, Peter declared:

Acts 10:43


A few verses later Peter gave the command:

Acts 10:48


Peter did not leave "through his name" undefined. He immediately commanded baptism in the name of the Lord Jesus. The promise of remission through His name and the command to be water baptized in His name appear together in the same account.

4. Baptism Is Administered in Jesus' Name​

Throughout Acts, believers consistently obeyed this command.
  • Acts 2:38 – baptized in the name of Jesus Christ.
  • Acts 8:16 – baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
  • Acts 10:48 – commanded to be baptized in the name of the Lord.
  • Acts 19:5 – baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Luke repeatedly records water baptism being administered in Jesus' name, never describing a different practice.

5. Paul Connects Baptism with Union to Christ's Death​

Romans 6:3–4


Through baptism believers are united with Christ's death and burial. Because His blood was shed in His death, baptism is the God-appointed moment when the believer identifies with Christ's sacrifice. This explains why Acts associates remission of sins with water baptism—not because water has saving power in itself, but because God applies the benefits of Christ's sacrifice to those who obediently come to Him in faith.

6. The Name Is Invoked in God's Appointed Way​

Throughout Scripture, God's promises are received through obedient faith rather than by merely speaking words.

For example:
  • Israel entered the promised land by obeying God's command.
  • Naaman was cleansed by obeying God's command to wash in the Jordan.
  • The walls of Jericho fell through obedient faith.
Likewise, under the New Covenant, believers call upon the saving name of Jesus in the way He and His apostles prescribed.

7. The Consistent Apostolic Pattern​

The New Testament repeatedly joins these truths:
  • Salvation is in Jesus' name (Acts 4:12).
  • Remission comes through His name (Acts 10:43).
  • Repentance and remission are preached in His name (Luke 24:47).
  • Believers are baptized in His name (Acts 2:38; 10:48; 19:5).
  • Saul washed away his sins calling on His name while being baptized (Acts 22:16).
These passages naturally fit together. The apostles did not treat "calling upon the name of the Lord" as a separate act from baptism. Rather, they consistently directed believers to obey Christ by being baptized in His name, and Acts 22:16 identifies that obedience as "calling on His name."

Note the biblical evidence points to a consistent pattern:
  • Joel promised that whoever calls on the Lord's name would be saved (Joel 2:32).
  • Peter quoted that promise and then instructed believers to repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins (Acts 2:21, 38).
  • Ananias told Saul to "arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord" (Acts 22:16), directly linking the invocation of Christ's name with baptism.
  • Peter proclaimed remission through Jesus' name (Acts 10:43) and immediately commanded water baptism in that name (Acts 10:48).
Taken together, these passages present New Testament water baptism in the name of Jesus Christ as the divinely appointed context in which believers call upon His saving name in obedient faith and receive the blessings promised through His atoning sacrifice. (AI assisted writing)
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The topic of this thread reminds me of the following song about a young lady who became redeemed.

https://groovykerygma.bandcamp.com/track/redeemed

Hope you are blessed by hearing.
 
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