Our Lord and savior, the Christ, has a name. His is the name above all names, and he is highly exalted.
But what is that name? Some say it is "Jesus", while others say "Yeshua", while still others say "Y'shua".
I posit that it could just as easily be "Yehoshua", anglicized "Joshua". After all, Y'shua is just a contracted form of Yehoshua.
But, the Greek texts refer to the Messiah as 'Iesous', from which we get 'Jesus'. Despite all this, I am not convinced that the Lord cares which pronunciation of the name you use. I can only assume that Paul gave unto those who spoke Greek the Greek form of the name that we have anglicized.
Beware, lest you become like the Judaizers, creating a condition that our Lord does not require. He is not so petty as to condemn a man or turn him aside because of the pronunciation of His name.
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