<P> According to the Gospel of John, Jesus made appeals to the power of the name of God and also claimed the name of God as his own, which constituted blasphemy if it were not true . The Gospel of John relates an incident where a group attempts to stone Jesus after he speaks God's name . Jesus says that he is the Messiah, and makes parallels between himself and the "Son of Man" referred to by the prophet Daniel, which evokes an emphatic response that he has blasphemed (broken the commandment) and deserves death . </P> <P> Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me . Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit ." </P> <P> The Apostle Paul occasionally invokes God's name in his letters, calling God as witness to the purity of his motives and honesty of his dealings with the churches to whom he ministered . </P> <P> The author of Hebrews reviewed God's promise to Abraham as assurance that outstanding promises will yet be fulfilled . "Human beings, of course, swear by someone greater than themselves, and an oath given as confirmation puts an end to all dispute ." In the case of the promise of God to Abraham, God swore by his own name to guarantee the promise, since there was nothing greater for him to swear by . Philo pointed out that it is natural that God would swear by himself, even though this is "a thing impossible for anyone else ." </P>

Thou shalt not take the name of the lord