On How Everyone Who Calls on the Name of the Lord will be Saved 1.0
A collection of texts on how everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved:
“When Seth grew up, he had a son and named him Enosh. At that time people first began to worship the Lord by name.”
-Genesis 4:26
“The Lord replied, “I will make all my goodness pass before you, and I will call out my name, Yahweh, before you. For I will show mercy to anyone I choose, and I will show compassion to anyone I choose. But you may not look directly at my face, for no one may see me and live.” The Lord continued, “Look, stand near me on this rock. As my glorious presence passes by, I will hide you in the crevice of the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by. Then I will remove my hand and let you see me from behind. But my face will not be seen.”
-Exodus 33:19-23
“But everyone who calls on the name of the Lord
will be saved,
for some on Mount Zion in Jerusalem will escape,
just as the Lord has said.
These will be among the survivors
whom the Lord has called.”
-Joel 2:32
“And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”
-Matthew 1:21
“Through faith in the name of Jesus, this man was healed—and you know how crippled he was before. Faith in Jesus’ name has healed him before your very eyes.”
-Acts 3:16
“But the one name that contains everything is the one that the Son of God received in his incarnation: JESUS. the divine name may not be spoken by human lips, but by assuming our humanity the Word of God hands it over to us and we can invoke it: "Jesus," "YHWH saves." The name "Jesus" contains all: God and man and the whole economy of creation and salvation. To pray "Jesus" is to invoke him and to call him within us. His name is the only one that contains the presence it signifies. Jesus is the Risen One, and whoever invokes the name of Jesus is welcoming the Son of God who loved him and who gave himself up for him.”
-Catechism of the Catholic Church #2666
“He is represented by the sacred syllable aum, called pranava. The mantra aum is to be repeated constantly, with feeling, realizing its full significance. Meditation on God with the repetition of aum removes obstacles to the mastery of the inner self.”
-Yoga Sutras of Patanjali I.27-29
“I am Bhrigu, the great seer: among words, I am the sacred syllable OM: I am the vow of japam. I am the Himalaya among the things that cannot be moved.”
-Bhagavad Gita 10.25
“Suppose a man becomes pure by chanting the holy name of God, but immediately afterwards commits many sins. He has no strength of mind. He doesn't take a vow not to repeat his sins. A bath in the Ganges undoubtedly absolves one of all sins; but what does that avail? They say that the sins perch on the trees along the bank of the Ganges. No sooner does the man come back from the holy waters than the old sins jump on his shoulders from the trees. (All laugh.) The same old sins take possession of him again. He is hardly out of the water before they fall upon him.
Therefore I say, chant the name of God, and with it pray to Him that you may have love for Him. Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day.”
-Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (March 11, 1883)
