11在新约里，彼得在五旬节那天，首次提起呼求主名（徒二21），应验了约珥的预言。这应验是关乎神在经纶一面，将包罗万有的灵浇灌在祂所拣选的人身上，使他们能有分于新约的禧年。约珥关于神新约禧年的预言及其应验有两面：在神那一面，祂在复活基督的升天里，将祂的灵浇灌下来；在我们这一面，我们呼求这位成就一切、达到一切并得着一切，升天之主的名。我们这些在基督里的信徒，要有分于并享受包罗万有的基督，和祂所成就、所达到、所得着的一切，呼求祂的名是极其需要的（林前一2）。在神新约经纶里，这是一种主要的作法，使我们能享受这位经过过程的三一神，叫我们完全得救（罗十10~13）。早期的信徒在各处都呼求主名（林前一2）。对不信的人，尤其对逼迫的人，呼求主名成了基督信徒普遍的记号（徒九14、21）。司提反在遭逼迫时，曾呼求主名（七59），这必定使逼迫他的扫罗印象深刻（58~60，二二20）。然后，不信的扫罗以他们的呼求为记号，逼迫那些呼求的人（九14、21）。等到他被主得着以后，那把他带进基督身体交通里的亚拿尼亚，立刻嘱咐他要呼求着主的名受浸，向人表明他也成了这样呼求的人。他在提后二章二十二节对提摩太所说的话，指明早期所有寻求主的人都呼求主名。毫无疑问，他是一个这样实行的人，因为他嘱咐他的青年同工提摩太要照样作，使提摩太能和他一样享受主。 11In the New Testament, calling on the name of the Lord was mentioned first by Peter, in Acts 2:21, on the day of Pentecost, as the fulfillment of Joel’s prophecy. This fulfillment is related to God’s outpouring of the all-inclusive Spirit economically upon His chosen people so that they may participate in His New Testament jubilee…Calling on the Lord’s name is vitally necessary in order for us, the believers in Christ, to participate in and enjoy the allinclusive Christ with all He has accomplished, attained, and obtained (1 Cor. 1:2). It is a major practice in God’s New Testament economy that enables us to enjoy the processed Triune God for our full salvation (Rom. 10:1013). The early believers practiced this everywhere (1 Cor. 1:2), and to the unbelievers, especially the persecutors, it became a popular sign of Christ’s believers (Acts 9:14, 21). When Stephen suffered persecution, he practiced this (7:59), and his practice surely impressed Saul, one of his persecutors (vv. 58-60; 22:20). Later, the unbelieving Saul persecuted the callers (9:14, 21) by taking their calling as a sign. Immediately after Saul was caught by the Lord, Ananias, who brought Saul into the fellowship of the Body of Christ, charged him to be baptized, calling on the name of the Lord, to show others that he too had become such a caller. By his word to Timothy in 2 Timothy 2:22, Paul indicated that in the early days all the Lord’s seekers practiced such calling. Undoubtedly, he was one who practiced this, since he charged his young coworker Timothy to do this that Timothy might enjoy the Lord as he did.