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Originally Posted by Evangelical
Scripture does not say there are many Jesus's. It says there is only one:
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"For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus than the one we proclaimed or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or if you accept a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it readily enough." (2 Cor 11:4)
"Another" connotes more than one. Paul seems to think there is more than one Jesus' being proclaimed. Does Paul contradict himself against the rest of scripture?
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Because there is only one Jesus, if we use the name of Jesus only one Jesus will respond
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In Matthew 7:22, those individuals performed miracles using the name of Jesus Christ yet the Lord said he did not know them. If then Jesus didn't know them and they could not have had the Holy Spirit then by what spirit did they perform the miracles?
If a different spirit other than the Holy Spirit can respond to the name of Jesus, why then do you say only Jesus will respond by using his name when that's not scripture?
If a different spirit can respond to the name of Jesus, how then can you determine which spirit is responding to an individual through a practice like chanting the Lord's name?