What Is the Name of the Lord That the Righteous Run Into?
1) Direct Answer
The Name is the Lord Jesus Christ.
2) Scriptural Explanation
- “The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous run into it, and is safe” (Proverbs 18:10).
- Salvation is in one Name: “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven… whereby we must be saved” (Acts 4:12)—that Name is Jesus Christ.
- God made Jesus both Lord and Christ (Acts 2:36). “Thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins” (Matthew 1:21).
- The command was to baptize in the Name (singular) of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost (Matthew 28:19). Jesus said, “I am come in my Father’s name” (John 5:43) and “the Comforter… the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name” (John 14:26). That revealed Name we act in is “the Lord Jesus” (Colossians 3:17; Acts 2:38).
- “Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved” (Joel 2:32; Acts 2:21). In the New Testament, that Lord is Jesus.
3) Simple Clarifying Logic
- There is one God, not three persons. He was above us as Father, with us in the Son, and now in us as the Holy Spirit. The LORD of the Old Testament is Jesus of the New.
- The “strong tower” is not letters; it is the revealed Person and Name of God to us—Jesus Christ. We run into Him by faith, calling on His Name, obeying His Word, being baptized in His Name, and we are safe.
4) Reinforcing Statement
That’s the mystery: God manifested in flesh. The righteous find safety in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Ranked passages from the local William Branham sermon and Church Age Book database. Relevance is relative, not a statement of doctrinal certainty.
Three kinds of believers
63-1124E §30
When that uncircumcised Philistine cursed him in the name of his gods, he said, "Am I a dog?" A little, bitty runt of a kid come out like that. "Why," said, "I'll pick you up on the end of my spear, and I'll hang you up there in the tree and let the birds pick your flesh!" Oh, my! Oh, what a horrible fellow he was! David said, "You meet me with a sword and a spear, with an armor; you meet me in the name of a Philistine, but I meet you without a sword or spear and armor, but I meet you in the name of the Lord God of...
Abraham restored
61-0211 §28
...d pull from there. Today in the meeting, when I was preaching, the Holy Spirit fell upon a little boy, and come there and spoke in the French language, not knowing one word of French. And a man standing there didn't ... no interpretation. Two of them (one has been an interpreter for the U.N.) spoke up. And the Holy Spirit spoke, and confirmed that the Holy Spirit had sent me to go do this work, and to stay loyal to it, and stay with it regardless of what the thing is. They'll be reading it, see, showing right among...
Letting off pressure
63-0113M §42
I'm inside of a tower. I don't have no desires to even look out. He that puts his hands to the plow, and even turns to look back, is not worthy of the plowing." What a place to come! Yes. Outside you die; inside you're safe. Just come in and let off the pressure. That's the thing to do. And Christ is our tower (yes), God's provided place of safety. Joshua built those houses, and those cities of refuge; and God built us a city of refuge that's in his Son, Christ Jesus. The name of the Lord is a mighty tower. The rig...
The Angel of the Lord
51-0414 §19
And all that live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. The devil's always been after the church of the living God. Is that right? And it's always had a black name. Jesus was born in this world with a black name, as illegitimate child. Did you know that? Supposed to be born a child out of holy wedlock, Jesus had that hanging on Him. But in His heart He knew He was the Son of God. That's right. And men and women, you know where you stand tonight. And there's only one more Person knows it; that's God knows w...
The conflict between God and Satan
62-0531 §57
And stay right there! It's your fortification---is fortified in the Word of God. Wrapped up. Why, you're baptized in the Word. By one Spirit we're all baptized into one body, and that body's Christ. Is that right? Yes, sir. By one Spirit all baptized into the body of God, then you're baptized into God. You're fortified with God. His Word is your fortress. He's a mighty tower. The name of the Lord is a mighty tower; the righteous run into it and are safe. He's my fortress, my buckler, my shield, my shoes, my hat, my...