Extreme Exclusive Sacred Name Movement (EESNM)

Paul Wong

For the purpose of clarification I have divided the Sacred

Name Movement into three groups. All three have the
common belief in the Creators Hebrew name
as Yahweh and the Saviors Hebrew name as Yahshua.

1. Extreme Exclusive Sacred Name Group believes using

the Hebrew Sacred Names is for salvation. Those that do
not use them will be damned. They do not accept the use
of the Greek/English transliterated name
of Jesus. They reject the English words for God, Lord,
Christ, Christian, etc.

2. Exclusive Sacred Name Group has the same beliefs as

the first group. Although they use the Sacred Names
exclusively themselves but they do not condemn others
that do not share their beliefs. They do not use any
transliterated names of the Savior.

3. Sacred Name Group uses the sacred names for their

private worship and prayer. They believe using the
Sacred Names is mainly for enhancing the quality of their
worship and prayer and it has nothing to do with
salvation. They use the transliterated name
of Jesus in Greek/English and other languages
depending on the ethnic background and culture. They
also accept and use the English words for God, Lord,
Christ, Christian, etc.

I have never joined any Sacred Name group but I can relate
to the third group. The reason for my writing this article is
because I have just received three emails this morning (July
11, 2002), two of them made adverse comments on my
position in the Sacred Name Movement. My position is
this. I knew the Hebrew word for God is Elohim a long
time ago, but I only came to the knowledge of His Sons
Hebrew name Yahshua in the early 1980s after our family
moved from Bakersfield, California to Houston, Texas.

I did not join any organization like Assemblies of Yahweh or

Sacred Name groups to receive the truth of the Hebrew
name "Yahshua". The Holy Spirit revealed it to me in a
spiritual song. I was praying one morning and was filled
with the Holy Spirit who gave me a very beautiful song. I
began to praise the Lord by singing "Hallelu-Yahshua . .
." That was nearly 20 years ago. Since that time I praise
Yahshua in my prayers. I also preach the name of
Yahshua. From experience I truly testify that using the name
of Yahshua in prayer improved my worship and personal
relationship with my Lord and Savior. It is not a condition
for salvation. We have held "T.R.U.E. in
Yahshua" conferences in Houston, Texas for several
years. Go to the T.R.U.E. in Yahshua web site:

Now I am going to discuss those emails without divulging

the names of the senders because I want to be objective in
my response.

Email #1
Subject Title: Thanks - I appreciate your
stand!
Hi,

I just was reading a letter in between you and another

place that was
upset because you do not use the name Y'shua all the time.

I just wanted to tell you that I appreciate your stand. I am

not a SN
person - I am a Sabbath keeper etc. I have been enjoying
some of the things
you send out however - and read them because of the fact
that you don't hold
the blasphemous doctrine that "to be saved you must say
Yahshua".

In Him,
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Paul Wongs Response to Email #1

HalleluYah, Praise the Lord,

I want to thank our Lord Jesus Christ for guiding you to write
this email. He knows I need encouragement because I have
come under vicious attacks recently because of my stand
regarding the Sacred Name issue. Thank you, Brother. I am
glad that you enjoyed some of the things that I send out. I
really enjoy sending them out too. This ARK Forum is
growing from strength to strength and I give all the glory and
praise to our Lord Jesus Christ.

The doctrine to be saved you must say Yahshua is not only

blasphemous but also heretical. Salvation is in the Person
of the Lord Jesus Christ and His atoning sacrifice on
Calvary, and not in the spelling of His Hebrew name. I
personally prefer to use the spelling Yahshua because
that was the pronunciation I received in my
revelation. Besides, it also helps me preach the connection
between the name Yahshua and salvation. Please see my
two web sites concerning the name Yahshua.
1. http://www.oocities.com/ark_pw/Fellowship/Yahshua.ht
ml
2. http://www.oocities.com/nameabove/
Today we find most Messianic Jews either spell His
name Yeshua or Yshua and He still responds to their
call. I fully accept their spelling of the Messiahs name.

Email #2
Subject Title: Knowingly commiting Sin
Knowingly committing Sin:
Dear brothers and sisters in Messiah,

This is a good example that I am going to show you with

recorded evidence.
Paul Wong is writing to me that he got the revelation on the
Sacred Name 20 years ago in a prayer. He says that it is the
true name of Elohim. But he uses it in his prayers and other
places: When I asked him a question about this issue: He is
telling me that I am preaching false doctrine. Whether he is
false or I am false you only examine.

Even though the Holy Spirit reveled him the true name 20
years ago, he simply disdaining it and doing as he wishes
and again blaming others those who preach the truth as
false. See what a hypocrisy it is!

Yours in His service

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Paul Wongs Response to Email #2

I place this writer in the EESNM group (please see title of this
article). He is an extremist and an exclusivist. He claimed
that the Holy Spirit revealed to him NEVER
COMPROMISE. He would do anything to propagate his
teachings. In this email he did not get the facts right. He is
either very confused about the issue or he does not know
the truth. Here is what I wrote to him.

Brother - - - -, both you and I have common beliefs. We both

believe YAHWEH is the name of our heavenly Father
and YAHSHUA is the Hebrew name of our Savior. We both
believe in the same truths but we differ in the application of
the truths. You believe and teach that unless a believer uses
the names YAHWEH and YAHSHUA exclusively they
cannot be saved. This dogmatic teaching is false. I believe
and teach the sacred names
of YAHWEH and YAHSHUA are to be used for
worship. Transliteration of these names such as the
Greek/English JESUS, Chinese YESU, YASO, YESOU, etc
may also be used in different countries and cultures. Using
transliteration of the names is not a compromise but a
necessity because of linguistic and phonetic requirements.
Please see my web site for explanation: --
> http://www.oocities.com/nameabove

In the Japanese Bible our Savior's name is

pronounced YESU. The written language form is
"Katakana" and the script form is called "Hiragana". There
is no character with the sound "Shua". When you
mentioned the name "YESU" to Christians in Japan they
know who you are talking about. There is no mistake
that "YESU' is the Son of God, the Savior, the Redeemer, the
One who died on the Cross for our sins. Believing
in "YESU" will save a person in Japan.

In the United States of America when you talk

about "JESUS" everyone knows you are talking about the
same "YAHSHUA" that you and I believe to be our
Savior. Salvation is received by those who believe in the
PERSON of YAHSHUA, JESUS, YESU, YASO, YESOU (Acts
10:31). Salvation does not depend in the pronunciation or
spelling of the name of the Savior, but faith in the
Person JESUS Himself. Brother ------, you are preaching a
false doctrine that leads people to damnation. You are
preaching another gospel (Gal. 1:6-9) Repent of your sins
before it too late. May Yahweh guide you.

This person does not write the truth, or he simply twists the
truth. Here is what he writes about me ----- he simply
disdaining it and doing as he wishes and again blaming
others those who preach the truth as false. See what a
hypocrisy it is! I have never disdained the truth about the
Hebrew name of the Savior is Yahshua, but I utterly refute
the false doctrine he preaches that unless a believer uses
the Hebrew names of Yahweh andYahshua they are not
saved. That is downright heresy. This doctrine is invented
by the devil and comes from the depths of hell.
The meaning of hypocrisy in religion is not practicing what
one preaches. I have never at any time believed or preached
that one must use the Sacred Names in order to be saved. I
still do not do so, and I strongly oppose such vicious lies
and heresies! This is not hypocrisy, but standing firmly and
resolutely in the truth.

This second writer tries to intimidate me with punishment

from God. Here is the conclusion of his email:

*** This is the thing going on with people/preachers like Paul

Wong and others.

Heb 10:26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received

the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more
sacrifice for sins,

Heb 10:27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and

fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.

Luk 12:47 And that servant, which knew his Sovereign's

will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his
will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

Heres Paul Wongs Response

The Bible clearly defines sin as transgression of the law (1
Jn. 3:4). Please show me which law states that all believers
in the world must use the Hebrew
names Yahweh and Yahshua? Is it the will of our
heavenly Father that everyone must address Him
as Yahweh? Please show just one verse in the New
Testament that our Savior or any of the apostles ever
addressed God as Yahweh in their prayers? Did our Lord
and the apostles sinned because they did not
say Yahweh? Absolutely not! Did St. Luke sin because
he wrote the gospel and the Acts of the Apostles using the
Greek name of the Savior Iesous? Did the apostle Paul
commit sin when he actually knew the Hebrew name of his
Savior is Yahshua and still wrote several epistles to the
Greek churches in the Greek language using the Greek name
of his Savior Iesous? Did the apostle John sinned when
he wrote to the seven Greek churches in Revelation using
the Greek name of the Savior Iesous? You know what? I
would rather be in the company of the apostles than with the
Extreme Exclusive Sacred Name Movement (EESNM). You
dont scare me one bit. You yourself should be scared to
death preaching false doctrines and proclaiming sin and
punishment on saints that are doing Gods will.

The devil makes false accusations and intimidates the saints

day and night (Rev. 12:10). In the mighty name of Yahweh,
Yahshua ha Messiah (Lord Jesus Christ) I rebuke him. Go
to hell!!!

Writer #2s Email #2

My reply to your booklet

Mr. Frank M. Walker, I have gone through your booklet

cover to cover
Sacred Names Truth or Error? One Language more
sacred than others?

The Bible says, only the Satanic Fellows can rebel against
the TRUTH, 2 .Tim 3:8. Yahshua came to this world to bear
the witness to the truth, John 18:37. Everyone that is of
truth hears His voice. When the Spirit of Truth comes he
leads us into all the truth, John 16:13.

If you are a perverter of truth then there is a problem with

you everywhere.
There is no confusion in using the sacred name, but there
is a lot of confusion if the name changes in every language.
Your name is Frank M. Walker, please let me know what is
your transiliterated name in Hebrew, Greek, and in Aramic?
Dont say Frank M. Walker. Say in transliterated language.
In Your book you Wrote about these Languages. Now you
tell me the answer.

Hebrew .........Yahshua Messiah.......Your Name: Frank M.

Walker
Japanese........ , , ?
Dutch............ , , ?
Russia........... , , ?
German........ , , ?
French......... , , ?
English........ , , ?
Hindu.......... , , ?
Spanish................., , ?
Italian .................., , ?
Chinese............... , , ?
Egyptian..............., , ?

Now you tell me what is your transliterated name in all the

above Languages? What is your confusion? Who is
confusing? Messiah is not the author of confusion 1.Cor
14:33. Church of God people and all those who speak
against Sacred names are perverters of truth. There is no
Spirit of Truth in you to accept the truth. Why are you
writing useless booklets and sending to India to pervert the
Indians?

In English grammar there is a rule: Proper nouns cannot be

translated but has to retain as it is. It should be
pronounced as it is. If you have at least COMMON SENSE
you can understand this.

You are only worrying about your mission but not for truth.
Believe the Sacred Name pronounce it and promote it, that
is good.
Dont fight against Sacred Names you will be punished
soon. `

Lev 24:16 And he that blasphemeth the name of Yahweh,

he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation
shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is
born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of
Yahweh, shall be put to death.

In the Name of Yahshua Messiah

Yours in His service
- - - - - - - - - -<
PS: The same reply apply to Mr. Forest Witney who wrote
another booklet of the same A Sacred Language?

Heres Paul Wongs Response

I tried to locate Mr. Frank M. Walker and also Mr. Forest
Witney through the Internet but was unsuccessful. Can
anyone who knows their whereabouts please forward this
email to them.

The writer was trying to tell us that transliteration of names

is an absurdity or impossibility. It is a very common
thing. Let me give you an example. In the United States my
official name is Paul Wong. I have Chinese ancestry and I
am going to give you my name in four Chinese dialect
transliterations. Chinese always place the family name
first. In Mandarin Chinese I am known as Huang Pau
Law. In Cantonese I am called Wong Pou Law. In Hakka
they call me Wong Pau Law. In Hokkien (Taiwanese) I am
known as Ng Po Lo. Why are there so many different
pronunciations? They are just dialects that have been
developed in different parts of China. There are hundreds of
Chinese dialects. It does not make any difference what
dialect transliteration people call me. They know me and I
know they are calling me. Transliteration is an accepted
practice by all people all over the world. My Japanese
friends in Japan would call me Oo-o-ng Po-Ro. They do
not have the direct phonetic alphabets for Wong and no L
sounds in their spoken language for Paul. Do I have my
name in Japanese? Sure, I do!
Transliteration of our Saviors name has been used in Bible
translations in more than 700 languages. I have checked
with Crosswalk.com on our Saviors name in various
languages. I want to emphasize these are not
transliterations printed by the Sacred Name Publishers that
are biased and inaccurate. These are transliterations by
world recognized language experts.

H Yahshua Ita Gesu

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b h n
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G Iesous C Af Jesus
r hristos rik Christu
e aa s
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E Jesus C Cz Jezis
n hrist ec Kristus
g h
li
s
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D Jezus C Hu Jezus
u hristus ng Krisztu
t ari s
c an
h
G Jesus C Ta Jesus
e hristus ga Kristo
r lo
m g
a
n
F Jesus C Yi Jesus
r hrist dd Kristus
e is
n h
 c
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S Jesus Cr Tu Isa Me
p isto rki sih
a sh
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s
h

Transliteration of our Saviors name have existed centuries

before His birth in Bethlehem. The Septuagint Bible has
the transliterated Greek name of Joshua. Pilate wrote
the transliterated Greek and Latin names of our Savior on
the cross where He was crucified (Jn. 19:19-20)

Email #3
Subject Title: Names of Creator and Savior
Dear Mr. Wong:

One of your writings has been forwarded to me, in which

you state that you use the Name Yahshua in worship, but
still use God, the Lord, etc. also.

I would just point out Isaiah 65:11, which says that God
worshippers are those who have forsaken Yahweh. (Yes,
"that troop" in the KJV is God or Gad or Gawd, all
pronounced the same, in Hebrew.)

"To him who knoweth to do good and does it not, to him it

is sin."

What about the Sabbath? Are you a Sabbath keeper? If so,

do you also accept Sunday worshippers without pointing
out their error? Same thing with His Name.
When the Name was revealed to you 20 years ago, you
apparently did not fully realize its importance. Nor do you
seem to even now.

I intend to check out your web page ASAP. Mine is as

follows:

www.search-the-scriptures.org/

Shalom,
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Heres Paul Wongs Response to Email #3
I want to be absolutely truthful in my position on the Sacred
Name issue. Yes, I do use the Name Yahshua in my
worship. I have also preached the Name Yahshua before
congregations in public. I want to emphasize
that Yahshua is a Hebrew name that can be meaningful
and accepted by everyone in a Messianic Jewish
congregation. I was brought up in a Chinese congregation
in Malaysia, and even here in America the composition of
our congregants in various cities are predominantly Chinese
(more than 90%). Although my sermons are delivered in
English yet they have to be translated into Chinese
(Mandarin) because not everyone can understand
English. We use the New King James Bible and Chinese
bibles. None of our bibles have the Hebrew names such
as Elohim, Yahweh or Yahshua. The main emphasis
of our beliefs are centered in the Person of our Lord Jesus
Christ, His atoning death, His sacrifice, His shed blood, His
love, mercy and grace. Yes, I do preach and teach the name
of Yahshuabut it is not centered on its Hebraic origin, its
spelling, whether with a Y or J. Who cares if there is no
J in the English or Greek alphabets before 500 years
ago? It is not the Y or J that saves us. It is the One True
God who manifested Himself in the flesh and came to die in
our place and shed His precious blood to wash away
sins. That is all that matters in our salvation. The Person
of Yahshua Himself, not the way you pronounce His name
or the way you spell His name that saves.

To Him all the prophets witness that, through His name,

whoever believes in Him will receive remission of sins.
(Acts 10:43) This verse says nothing about His name must
be in the Hebraic form, it must be spelt with a Y and
pronounced in a certain way with a certain accent. When
you place emphasis, focus and give so much importance on
the linguistic, spelling and ethnic aspect of the name you
have completely missed its real essence. You may have
made the name Yahshua into an idol. Anything that takes
the place of Yahshua Himself is an idol. None of the
unspiritual things in the name can save or remit your sins. It
is through His name, whoever believes in Him will receive
remission of sins. Amen, brother!

Extreme Exclusive Sacred Name adherents have completely

missed the true essence of the Saviors name. It is the
Person Yahshua who saves, and not the spelling and
pronunciation of the name. Remember that! And he
brought them out and said, Sirs, what must I do to be
saved? So they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and
you will be saved, you and your household. (Acts. 16:30-
31) I know that I am definitely saved because I believe on
the Lord Jesus Christ.

Can we use the words God and Lord?

I am not an expert in theology or in the English language, so
I shall be quoting an article that gives us the derivation of
the word God in our English Bibles.
Web Site: http://www.logon.org/english/S/p220.html

The Etymology of the Name of God

Objections to the use of the word God stem from the
understanding that the Babylonian deity of fortune
was Baal-Gad (pronounced gawd). It is then assumed that
the term is pagan if the word God is used.
The term God in the ancient Anglo-Saxon comes from the
word Goode, orGoot as in the Dutch and German. The word
is actually a Hebrew word from which gad itself in the sense
of SHD 1410 is derived. The word is SHD
1464 Guwd (pronounced goode). The tribes of Israel, when
taken into captivity, took with them this name. It was used
also by the Assyrians who captured them. It is a prime root
meaning to crowd upon or attack and this means to
invade or to overcome. It is this sense of overcoming, as
God is the center of power, that the term is
used. Guwd or Goode is not the same as gad or Baal-
Gad worshipped by the Babylonians. One is a perversion of
the concepts of the other.

The word God is derived from the old Teutonic

form gudo which means that which is invoked (or
worshipped) by sacrifice (cf. Oxford English Universal
Dictionary, art. God, p. 808). This was adapted among the
Teutonic tribes in the variant forms.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Some argue that God is a word that is used by pagans to

refer to idols. That is true. Pagans who used the Hebrew or
Aramaic language also called their idols by Hebrew names
such as Elohim, El, "Eloah and Elah(Gen 35:2;
Josh. 24:15) but Yahweh, or the LORD, inspired his
prophets to apply the same names to Him. This shows that
it is not wrong to refer to the true God by the same words
that the pagans misused in reference to their idols. If
EESNM want to be strict about it and use the same judgment
that they have against the English word God they should
throw away or burn every Sacred Name Bible that have the
word Elohim. Would they?

The Extreme Exclusive Sacred Name

Movement is Doomed for Failure
Uncertainty of the Correct Name
I have many problems with the confusion and
inconsistencies of the Extreme Exclusive Sacred Name
Movement (EESNM). During the early years of my discovery
of the name Yahshua I tried to learn about this movement
as much as possible. There is one congregation called
Assembly of Yahvah in Emory, Texas that I visited. I spend
some time with their leader who explained to me the true
name of the Creator is Yahvahand Yahweh is
wrong. That was a shock to me. As time went on I learned
there are many EESNM groups giving the Creator names
with different spellings and pronunciations. As you may
know, there are many variations of the sacred
name: Yah, Yahweh, Yahvah, Yahveh, Jehovah, Yahovah,
Yahoweh, Yahovah, Yahuweh, Yahuveh, Yahuvah, Jeova,
Jehofah, Geova, Ihowa, Iahueh, Yaohu, etc.

According to the Extreme Exclusive Sacred Name groups

unless one uses the Hebrew name and only the Hebrew
name for God that person will be eternally damned. It
should be noted that not all of the Sacred Name teachers are
so dogmatic, but most are. This exclusive view is held by
many Sacred Name groups, however they do not know the
original pronunciation of the Name, they are in much
disarray as well. This is admitted not by their own words but
by the variety of different names that are used within their
movement. The Extreme Exclusive Sacred Name Movement
(EESNM) is in a cauldron of mass confusion. Can anyone be
absolutely certain of the correct spelling and pronunciation
of our Creators name? If not, how can these EESNM
adherents condemn anyone for not using His Hebrew name?

There is also much variation in our Saviors

name. Yahshua is agreed by most EESNM folks. But
some call him Yasha, by others Yeshua, Yahushua,
Yaohushua, Iahushua, YAHVAHSHUA, and
Yhwhhoshua. How do you know which of the Saviors name
is the correct one? Remember they teach you must be exact
in your pronunciation. So which Sacred Name group is not
going to hell for the correct pronunciation? There are
dozens of different spellings and pronunciations of the
names used by those who claim to have the correct
name. All of them promote their particular name as the only
one God approves of. There are only two possibilities. The
first possibility is that only one of the names is
correct. Which one? The other possibility is that none of
them are correct. There is so much confusion in this
movement that you can say that it is definitely not of
God. For God is not the author of confusion but of peace,
as in all the churches of the saints. (1 Cor. 14:33)

Gods Name is exalted in Languages of the World

The reason for so much confusion, disarray, disunity and
conflicts within the Extreme Exclusive Sacred Name
Movement (EESNM) is because there is little or no guidance
from God through the Holy Spirit. Our Lord Jesus Christ
said: But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will
send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to
your remembrance all things that I said to you. (Jn.
14:26) However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He
will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own
authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will
tell you things to come. He will glorify Me, for He will take of
what is Mine and declare it to you. (Jn. 16:13-14) On the
Day of Pentecost God poured out of His Spirit on the
disciples of Christ

And they were filled with the Holy Spirit and

began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit
gave them utterance. And there were dwelling in
Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation
under heaven. And when this sound occurred,
the multitude came together, and were confused,
because everyone heard them speak in his own
language. . . . And how is it that we hear, each in
our own language in which we were born? . . . .
Cretans and Arabs we hear them speaking in
our own tongues the wonderful works of God.
(Acts. 2:4-11)
These were all Jews hearing the message of God in the
various languages of different nations of the world. What
does this miracle indicate? It certainly does not show that
God wanted all the different nations to exalt Him only in the
Hebrew language. God has shown the disciples of the Lord
Jesus Christ that His name must be exalted in different
languages of the world.

What a great contrast to the EESNMs manifesto to have all

the people of the world using only the Hebrew language to
exalt God. EESNMs insistence on using only the Hebrew
names and words for the Creator and the Savior was never
in Gods plan at all. Anything that is not in accordance with
Gods will and has never been approved by Him would
fail. That is exactly what happened to EESNM. Utter Failure!

Hebrew names not in the New Testament

First, Hebrew names or titles for God are not found in the
New Testament. It is therefore supposed by adherents of the
Extreme Exclusive Sacred Name Movement (EESNM) that
there must have been a different original, a non-Greek
version. There is none!

The New Testament uses the Greek Theos for God 1,345
times and Kyrios for Lord 665 times! There is no New
Testament manuscript in which Hebrew names for God are
used instead of these Greek words.

The foundation of the Extreme Exclusive Sacred Name

Movement (EESNM) is the use of the Hebrew names of the
Creator and the Savior. Since the New Testament do not
have the Hebrew names the movement have nothing to
stand on. This movement is a sham, a big lie.

Insurmountable Obstacles in World Languages

If EESNM object to the English word God what about other
languages that describe the Deity? We should look at this
issue from an international perspective. The word God is
not a proper noun or personal name of the Almighty. It is a
word to describe the Creator. Here is what I look at from a
Chinese viewpoint. There are three versions of Chinese
Bibles that have different terminologies describing the
Deity. The Roman Catholics use the Tien-Chu version,
meaning Lord of Heaven. The Protestant churches use
the Shang-Ti version, which means Highest Ruler and
the third version is Chen-Shen which means True
God. Our congregation uses the version with the True
God. Right now there is no Sacred Name version of the
Chinese Bible. Even if there is, it is impossible to change the
Chinese language and hundreds of Chinese dialects to have
the Hebrew names of the Creator and Savior. It does not
appear that EESNM will be able to have any presence in
China or even amongst the Chinese Christians outside of
China. I am talking about just one ethnic race with 1.3 billion
people in the world. We have not even begun to discuss the
insurmountable obstacles EESNM would face in other
countries.

The Test of the True Movement of God is in its Fruit

In His discourse on the Second Coming our Lord Jesus
Christ have stated:

All these are the beginning of sorrows. Then

they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you,
and you will be hated by all nations for My name's
sake. And then many will be offended, will betray
one another, and will hate one another. Then
many false prophets will rise up and deceive
many. And because lawlessness will abound, the
love of many will grow cold. But he who endures
to the end shall be saved. And this gospel of the
kingdom will be preached in all the world as a
witness to all the nations, and then the end will
come. (Mt. 24:8-11)

This prophecy may be applied to this issue of whether or not

Christians can use the transliteration of the Greek/English
name JESUS. Normally non-EESNM Christians have not
prohibited nor opposed anyone for using our Lords Hebrew
nameYahshua. They have not hated anyone for using it or
feel offended by its use. On the other hand EESNM
adherents have been very intolerant and hateful towards
Christians that use the Greek/English name JESUS, titles
such as Lord, Christ and Christians. There is no
question who are the offenders. They are very hateful of
Christians because there is little or no Christian love in
them. Let me cite an actual case in Houston, Texas.

There is an African-American couple here in Houston that I

know. The husband is a very strict Sacred Name user. He
forced his wife to use the Sacred Name but she did not think
it is important to do so. The husband was unbending and he
divorced his wife. They did not talk to one another for many
years. I used to hold Sabbath fellowships in the afternoon
in IHOP (International House of Pancakes) because they
allow us to use their meeting room. One Saturday afternoon
the husband came with his group. The wife, without any
knowledge of her ex-husband's presence, also came to our
fellowship because the LORD gave her a dream that she
should go to IHOP which she interpreted as "In His
Omnipotent Presence". The estranged couple met for the
first time after many years. I didn't know that they were
married and divorced before. In fact that was the first time
that I met both of them. I explained to the Fellowship our
position regarding the name of Yahshua. It is the Hebrew
name of our Savior. It is a very special name. I explained
that it is not wrong to use the Greek/English name
of "Jesus". Both the husband and the wife agreed to our
position. They communicated with one another again.

Let me clarify that not all Sacred Name adherents are

unloving. Some are good Christians (although they may not
like this terminology). In the beginning paragraph of this
article I have shown three groups. I am discussing the
Extreme Exclusive Sacred Name Movement (EESNM)
adherents that are very deceptive and unloving towards
those that do not share their views. It fits the description of
our Lord's prophecy: "Then many false prophets will rise up
and deceive many. And because lawlessness will abound,
the love of many will grow cold. (Mt. 24:11-12) They
certainly have no Christian love for those that use the
Greek/English name of "Jesus. We need to be very careful
of them. How do we know who they are? Therefore by
their fruits you will know them. (Mt. 7:20)
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Here are some problematic questions for those that teach
we cannot use the Greek/English name of our
Savior JESUS.

2. Does our Savior have His name written in Latin and

Greek besides Hebrew? The answer is yes. Read this:
"Now Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross. And
the writing was:
JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS
Then many of the Jews read this title, for the place
where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was
written in Hebrew, Greek and Latin." (Jn. 19:19-20)

2. What language did the apostle Paul use in writing the

letters to the Roman Church and the Greek
Churches? The answer is simple. He wrote Latin to
the Romans and Greek to the Greek Churches. The
name of the Savior is "Iesous" in Greek. That is how
we get the transliteration of the English name JESUS
which is derived from the Greek name.

3. Did our Lord Jesus Christ speak Greek? Answer is

YES. He said: "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the
Beginning and the End,' says the Lord, 'who is and
who was and who is to come, the Almighty." (Rev.
1:8) "Alpha" [ ] is the first letter
and "Omega" [ ] is the last letter in the Greek
Alphabet. The apostle John wrote the book of
 Revelation in the Greek island of Patmos and it was
written in the Greek language. How do we know
that? The Lord Jesus Christ told him: "What you see,
write in a book and send it to the seven churches
which are in Asia: to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to
Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and
to Laodicea." (Rev. 1:11) All these seven churches
speak, write and read Greek and the name of JESUS in
the book of Revelation is in the Greek language.
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The Extreme Exclusive Sacred Name Movement (EESNM)
is a dead movement. Why? The reasons are given
above. Adherents of this movement are not applying the
truth in the correct way. Forcing believers all over the
world to use the Hebrew name of YAHSHUA is not a
command of God. It was never practiced in the Early
Apostolic Church because it could never be practiced in
every country of the world.

I am praying that all the EESNM adherents that read this

email on this web site will repent of their errors. I am
praying for the salvation of their souls, and also for the
salvation of the people they are misleading, to abandon
this senseless, dogmatic, heretical "EESNM"position that
they hold. That revelation "NEVER COMPROMISE" is
wrongly applied to a false doctrine that leads people to
damnation. May the good Lord help them.

The name of YAHSHUA is the name which is above

every name. I love it very much and I use it daily in my
private devotions, but I also use the Greek/English
transliteration of the name JESUS, and of course, I also
use the Chinese transliteration of our Saviors name a lot. I
do believe that many Christians will come to call upon the
name of YAHSHUA as I do. If you have not done so, just
give it a try. You will be amazed at the results and also how
much more blessings you will receive from YAHSHUA.
 May God bless you.
Updated on 01/13/04

This Article is the response of Paul Wong

to a discussion in the ARK Forum on July 12, 2002
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