John 5:43

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Doris Ross wrote:

> I want to ask something that is been bothering me for a while now...It is
> John 5:43, where it says....I have come in my Father's name. For some this
> is a strong proof, that the name of the Father is Jesus....but....to me
> this is so weak of an explanation of the Oneness of God, that I rather not
> use it in bible-studies and here is why.....
>
> When I go somewhere to represent someone else, I go in their name...for
> instance...if I go and represent Bill Tucker (who's fiance I am, sorry
> sweetheart, couldn't think of anyone else) I go in Bill Tucker's name yet
> my name is still Doris Ross...and it won't change until I am married and
> have taken his name (I guess you could draw a parallel here to baptism) but
> nevertheless, I could tell the person I am going to, I have come in Bill
> Tucker's name. So if Jesus comes in His Father's name that does not
> necessarily mean that the name of the Father is Jesus (NO, I AM NOT
> BECOMING A TRINITARIAN)...To me that scripture is just not a very strong
> defense of Oneness theology and I would like to see how you guys think
> about it. God bless Doris

I come to you "in my father's name," which, by the name is Evans.  That is the
NAME of the family into which I was born.  But..............my surname is
Donald.  Is this not what Christ, the man, was asserting when He stated ".....I
am come in my Father's name"?  The child, whether it be male or female, always
bears the FAMILY NAME of the father.  As for my, I believe that Jesus'
statement found recorded in John 5:43 is an excellent example to be employed in
support of the Oneness of God, albeit it certainly should be further supported
by others which also make this fact emphatically clear.  If it be true (and it
most assuredly is), that ".....the whole family in heaven and earth is named"
after the NAME OF JESUS (see Ephesians 3:14-15), then does common logic tell us
that the FAMILY NAME is Jesus?  I think so.

In His Service,
Brother Don Evans