I am a little confused and I need help to understand; the
apostles during Christs earthly ministry taught salvation in the name of Jesus
Christ. John 3:16, Acts 3:16 And his
name—by faith in his name—has made this man strong whom you see and know, and
the faith that is through Jesus has given the man this perfect health in the
presence of you all. And the other letters of Peter, James, John.The apostle Paul teaches that salvation comes from faith in
what he did at the cross and then live in faith , in his name. 1 Corinthians 15: 1-4
1 Now I
would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you
received, in which you stand, 2and by
which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to
you—unless you believed in vain. And 1 Corinthians 18For the
word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being
saved it is the power of God. I ask because it seems
that all the churches I go to sing and preach only faith in his name. It used
to be we sang and preach the cross and faith in Christ. If we only need to
believe in his name, then he wasted his time going to the cross and there is no
power in what he has done and Paul was a fool. Am I missing something, Am I nit
picking a point that doesn’t really matter? Dan