Hey Phil,
Thanks for the repeat!  GRIN!
Kathy


At 05:13 PM 8/15/2006, you wrote:
>did I post this to the list?  Boy, I must really be getting elderly because
>I don't remember and I am too lazy to hunt back through all my deleted
>messages and sent folder to see if I did or not.
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>Just The Name Of Jesus Will Work
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>By Phil Scovell
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>      I was sick.  I was not only nauseous but I ached all over.
>It felt like the flue.  I wanted to get some work done but I was
>just too weak and physically distracted to do much more than sit
>in the living room and sulk.
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>      My life had changed a great deal over the last few months.  I
>had been studying about prayer, how to get my prayers answered,
>healing, and the promises of God.  I tried thinking about all
>these things but I was getting sicker by the minute.
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>      Suddenly, it was time.  I jumped up and ran for the bathroom.
>After trying unsuccessfully to vomit into the open toilet,
>something I'm sure none of you have ever attempted before, I felt
>worse.  Something was really wrong.  Pain became a real living
>thing about this point in my life and I tried to pray as I dry
>heaved a couple of more times.  There's no experience like trying
>to cough up your toenails into something as degrading as a
>commode.  I tried to pray before the worst happened and the only
>word that came out of my mouth was, "Jesus!"  It probably sounded
>about as desperate as Peter when he began to sink in the water,
>"Lord, save me!"  Instantly, my stomach stopped rolling, the pain
>diminished, and in less than a minute, I felt totally normal.  The
>word "Jesus" had been the only word I had spoken.
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>      The name of Jesus alone is so powerful, the Bible says that
>we can be instantly born again by invoking it.  "For whosoever
>shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved," (Romans
>10:13).
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>      The word used in the Bible for "Saved," in this case, is
>"sozo" in the Greek.  It is a microcosm of theological complexity.
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>      If you looked up the word in the Strong's concordance, here
>is what you will find.
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>The Greek word (sozo) is translated "saved" some 93 times in the
>King James Version, it is also translated "make whole" 9 times,
>furthermore, it is rendered by the King James translators "heal" 3
>times, "be whole" 2 times, and 3 times in miscellaneous
>applications.   this makes for a grand total of 110 usages.
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>The Strong's definition is as follows:
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>To save, keep safe and sound, to rescue from danger or
>destruction, As from injury or peril, as in danger, to save a
>suffering one, as from perishing, i.e. one suffering from disease,
>to make well, heal, restore to health to preserve one who is in
>danger of destruction, and to save or rescue, and to save in the
>technical biblical sense, such as in being born again, in other
>words.
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>and hear you thought you were just saved from sin and hell.  Look
>it up for yourself if you doubt my words.  I trust you won't doubt
>His Word's when you do get around to looking it up.  Most
>importantly, I trust we all will begin using the sozo the way it
>was supposed to be applied for the Bible Believer.  Don't limit
>god's Word.
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>He's ready when you are.
>www.SafePlaceFellowship.com