Who's Yeshua?

Welcome to this blog. For my first posting I feel led to bring a little clarity about my use of the name Yeshua. One thing that grieves me today is that the name of Jesus has been so polluted and profaned by the church that many non-believers detest it. Not because of a hardened heart towards God but because they've been in contact with so many religious freaks that toss the name of Jesus around like it gives them license to be rude, self-righteous, hypocritical, loud without a cause, judgmental, greedy for money, and the list of fleshly fruits goes on and on. So sometimes when reaching out to people I use Jesus' original name Yeshua. I find it quite sad but amusing how some non-believers are willing to listen to you if you don't bring up Jesus but instead talk about Yeshua. Jesus and Yeshua are the same of course but somehow Yeshua doesn't have all the baggage attached to it that so-called believers have put on the name Jesus. Ultimately its our responsibility to uphold the name of Jesus (Yeshua) by being His living love letters to the world. When they observe your godly lifestyle it makes it easier for them to recieve your message of Jesus.
Yeshua is what God told Mary through the angel that the Messiah was to be called. The name Yeshua means "salvation" or "the Lord saves". So believe it or not, no one in the gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John) that came into contact with Christ actually called Him Jesus. He was known only as Yeshua. Even after his death, resurrection, and ascension to heaven, when Christ confronted Paul on the road to Damascus, the Bible says Christ spoke in Hebrew saying "I am Yeshua of Nazareth whom you are persecuting." In the Hebrew language the letter "j" does not even exist. When the new testament was written, it was written in Greek because it was the dominant language of that age; much like English is today. So the Bible writers in an effort to reach as many as possible wrote it in the most popular language. Yeshua translated from Hebrew to Greek turns into Ieousus. From the Greek translation to English we arrived at Jesus. I'm not in any way suggesting that we should not say the name Jesus and begin only saying Yeshua. I personally use Jesus a majority of the time instead of Yeshua. It's not the translation or language that the name is being translated in that makes the name of Yeshua (Jesus) any more powerful, but it is only the fact that Christ was obedient to the father to death and because of that He was given the name that it is above every other. His name is above denomination, religion, America, George Bush, AIDS, and anything and everything else. All must and will bow to the name of JESUS CHRIST!!!!