God Has a Name

Teaching & Sermons with Ines Franklin

Does God need a name? Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your ancestors, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates River and worshiped other gods. Joshua 24:2Not all “gods” are the sameFor even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”), yet for us there is but one God... 1 Corinthians 8:5-6What is his name? Moses said to God, “Suppose…they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what shall I tell them?” Exodus 3:13I AM or I will be = ehyehGod said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’” Exodus 3:14HE IS = YHWH, Tetragrammaton translated in English as “LORD”God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, the name you shall call me from generation to generation.” Exodus 3:15YHWH + Jireh (Will Provide), Rapha (Heals You), y Nissi (Is My Banner)Other names in Hebrew: Elohim (God), El Elyon (The Most High God), Adonai (Lord, Master, Sovereign), El Shaddai (Lord God Almighty), El Olam (The Everlasting God), El Qanna (Jealous God); in Greek: Logos (Word of God), Alpha and Omega (The First and the Last).It’s His identity and His characterThen the LORD came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the LORD. And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The LORD, the LORD the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.” Genesis 34:5-7The name that savesThose who know your name trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you. Psalm 9:10Everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved. Joel 2:32Jesus, the physical embodiment of YHWH himself“A Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.” Luke 2:11“I have made you [your name] known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them.” John 17:26Jesus = Yeshua, the Lord savesSalvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved. Acts 4:12Jesus is the LordGod exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2:9-11“This, then, is how you should pray: “‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name” Matthew 6:9How to respond to God’s name?Moses bowed to the ground at once and worshiped. Genesis 34:8