can you give us some scriptures to go on ?
Our Father in Heaven, hallowed be Thy NAME.
The following words are reported to be from the mouth of Yehoshua Himself:
Jn 17:6 I manifested
Thy Name unto the men whom thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them to me; and they have kept thy word.
Jn 17:7 Now they know that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are from thee:
Jn 17:8 for the words which thou gavest me I have given unto them; and they received them, and knew of a truth that I came forth from thee, and they believed that thou didst send me.
Jn 17:9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for those whom thou hast given me; for they are thine:
Jn 17:10 and all things that are mine are thine, and thine are mine: and I am glorified in them.
Jn 17:11 And I am no more in the world, and these are in the world, and I come to thee.
Holy Father, keep them in Thy Name which thou hast given me, that they may be one, even as we are.
Jn 17:12 While I was with them,
I kept them in Thy Name which thou hast given me: and I guarded them, and not one of them perished, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
Jn 17:13 But now I come to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy made full in themselves.
Jn 17:14 I have given them thy word; and the world hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Jn 17:15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them from the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil one.
Jn 17:16 They are not of the world even as I am not of the world.
Jn 17:17 Sanctify them in the truth: thy word is truth.
Jn 17:18 As thou didst send me into the world, even so sent I them into the world.
Jn 17:19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.
Jn 17:20 Neither for these only do I pray, but for them also that believe on me through their word;
Jn 17:21 that they may all be one; even as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be in us: that the world may believe that thou didst send me.
Jn 17:22 And the glory which thou hast given me I have given unto them; that they may be one, even as we are one;
Jn 17:23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be perfected into one; that the world may know that thou didst send me, and lovedst them, even as thou lovedst me.
Jn 17:24 Father, I desire that they also whom thou hast given me be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
Jn 17:25 O righteous Father, the world knew thee not, but I knew thee; and these knew that thou didst send me;
Jn 17:26 and
I made known unto them Thy Name, and will make it known; that the love wherewith thou lovedst me may be in them, and I in them.
N.B. The Holy "WORD" referred to throughout the scriptures is identical to the Holy "NAME" of God ~ see Revelations 19:13.
Acts 4:12 "There is no other
Name under heaven given among men by and in which we must be saved."
See also:
Psalms 54:1; 91:14; Joel 2:32 & Acts 2:21
and some ancient gnostic texts on the subject:
“One single name is not uttered in the world, the Name which the Father gave to the Son, the Name above all things: the Name of the Father. For the Son would not become Father unless He wears the Name of the Father. Those who have this Name know it, but they do not speak it. But those who do not have it do not know it.” (Gospel of Philip).
“The Name exalted above every name. They (genuine ‘Apostles’ / ‘Messengers’ of God) will reveal that Name to those who are worthy of it.” (Apocryphon of John).
“The Word, which was the first to appear, revealed to them the Pure Mind which speaks the One Word in silent grace.” (Gospel of Truth).
“The Name is invisible because it alone is the mystery of the invisible which comes to ears that are completely filled with it. For, indeed, the Father’s Name is not spoken, but it is revealed through a Son. In this way, then, the Name is a great thing. Who, therefore, will be able to recite His Name, the great Name, except Him alone to whom the Name belongs, and the sons of the Name in whom rests the Name of the Father, and who in turn themselves rest in His Name.” (Gospel of Truth).
“There is one Name which is more excellent than them all, the Name in which are all names and all lights and all powers. Whoever knows that Name… no darkness, no worldly power can hold down the soul which knows that Name.” (Pistis Sophia).
“He (the Father) revealed how the Living Word is not made up of vowels or consonants, that one might read it and think of something foolish, but Spiritual letters of Truth which they alone invoke who know them… The Name is not formed of letters, nor does His Name consist of appellations, but it is invisible.” (Gospel of Truth).
