Yes I do, but do we really know what it means when the scriptures declare that no one can call Jesus Lord except by the Holy Spirit.
We can see in the Bible where the Old Testament believers
"call upon the name of the Lord," as a reference to God.Literally, in Hebrew this is
"call upon the name of Jehovah [YHWH]." This phrase with its variations "calling upon..." and "called upon..." etc., occurs eleven times in the Old Testament in the King James Version.
"Jehovah" is an English(ized) form of the Hebrew four letters
YHWH from which we get God's name "Jehovah" or "Yahweh." Most modern English Bibles translate the four letters "YHWH" into the word "Lord." This is done because no one knows the true pronunciation of God's name and also because the Jews wanted to avoid violating the sacredness of God's name if they pronounced it incorrectly. Nevertheless, in every instance of this usage "Lord" in the Hebrew phrase, "call upon the name of the Lord," it is the Hebrew "YHWH" in the original and is always in reference to God and to God, the everlasting God, alone.
Around 250 B.C., the Hebrew Old Testament was translated into Greek by Jewish scholars. This translation is called the Septuagint and is known by the designation
LXX. The Hebrew phrase to
"call upon the name of the Lord [YHWH]," of course, was also translated into Greek. For example, in
Joel 2:32 it says, "...
whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD [YHWH] shall be delivered..." This Greek translation in the LXX is "hos an epikalesatai to onoma kuriou," literally,
"whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord."
When we look at this phrase in the Old Testament, we see that "to call upon the name of the Lord" was used to designate prayer to God in
1 Kings 18:24,37 and
Psalm 116:4. Please consider the following verses from the KJV.
- 1 Kings 18:24, "And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD [YHWH]: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God."
- 1 Kings 18:37, "Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD [YHWH] God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again. 38Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench."
- Psalm 116:4, "Then called I upon the name of the LORD [YHWH] ; O LORD [YHWH], I beseech thee, deliver my soul."
Clearly, the phrase is used of God in reference to prayer to Him. The phrase is never used in reference to anyone else other than God. Remember that "call upon the name of the Lord [YHWH]" in Hebrew was translated into Greek by the Jews in the LXX and they rendered "YHWH" into the Greek "kurios," which means "lord." This phrase was then used of Jesus in 1 Cor. 1:2.
- "Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours," (1 Cor. 1:2).
- "...call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ..." NASB, ASV, ASV1901,
- "...call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ..." KJV, NJKV, NIV, RSV,
- "...calling upon the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours," NWT.
NOTE: In the Greek, it is literally, "Call upon the name of the Lord OF US, Jesus Christ. This is why the English says, "Call upon the name of OUR Lord." Therefore, the phrase is the same.
This is clear evidence that Jesus is called YHWH since the same phrase used to address God is also used to address Jesus.
Below is a chart that transliterates the Greek into English phonetic sounds so you can check the Greek for yourself in the Old Testament Greek Septuagint and the New Testament Greek.
"Call upon the name of the Lord"Old Testament (LXX)
(Literal translation)New Testament
(Literal translation)Joel 2:32 - call on the name of the LORD
epikalesatai to onoma kuriou
call upon the name of Lordwith all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours,"
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1 Cor. 1:2
epikaloumenois to onoma tou kuriou
calling upon the name of the of lord
hamon iasous kristou
of us Jesus Christ
1 Kings 18:24 - call on the name of the LORD
epikalesomai en onomati kuriou tou theoucall upon in name of lord of the of godPsalm 116:4 - called I upon the name of the LORD
kai to onoma kuriou epekalesaman
and the name of lord call upon
Who do you say Jesus is?
John 12:44-45
44 Then Jesus cried out and said, "He who believes in Me, believes not in Me but in Him who sent Me. 45 And he who sees Me sees Him who sent Me.
Isaiah 45-21-23
21 Tell and bring forth your case; Yes, let them take counsel together. Who has declared this from ancient time? Who has told it from that time? Have not I, the Lord? And there is no other God besides Me, A just God and a Savior; There is none besides Me.
22 "Look to Me, and be saved, All you ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.
23 I have sworn by Myself; The word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness, And shall not return, That to Me every knee shall bow, Every tongue shall take an oath.
John 14:9
9 Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, 'Show us the Father'?
Isaiah 9:6
6 For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
John 20:26-28
26 And after eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, "Peace to you!" 27 Then He said to Thomas, "Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing." 28 And Thomas answered and said to Him, "My Lord and my God!"
Baptism is an outward showing to others what happened inside a person when they became a Christian. 
We stand in complete agreement.
