NAMES OF GOD

WHAT’S IN A NAME?

WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT TO ME ?

MY GOAL IN LIFE?

JEREMIAH 9:23-24

• KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM?• SUCCESS?• RICHES? • UNDERSTANDING AND KNOWING

GOD?

VALUE OF A NAME

SIGNIFICANT OR A NAMETAG?BIBLE NAMES TELL US SOMETHING ABOUT THE PERSONADAM?EVE? JEDIDIAH?JESUS?

GOD’S NAMES

GOD DESIRES RELATIONSHIPSRELATIONSHIPS ARE BASED ON SELF-REVELATIONGOD REVEALS HIMSELF BY NAMESFIVE NAMES ELOHIM, ADONAI, EL-SHADDAI, YAHWEH, ABBA

ELOHIM

GENESIS 1:1 GOD, GodTHE SUPREME BEING, CREATOR OF ALL ELSEIN THE CREATOR-CREATURE RELATIONSHIP WE EXIST FOR HIM, NOT FOR OURSELVESWE NEED TO RESPECT, HONOUR AND WORSHIP OUR CREATOR

ADONAI

GENESIS 15:1-6

UNSETTLED TIMES, GOD REASURES ABRAHAMABRAHAM BRINGS A PROBLEM TO GODHE ADDRESSES GOD AS “SOVEREIGN LORD”SOVEREIGN = ADAONAIPLURAL POSSESSIVE = LORDS’“I AM YOUR PROPERTY, YOU ARE MY OWNER”

ADAONAI = PROPERTY OWNER

GOD AND ABRAHM ARE IN A COVENANT RELATIONSHIPELOHIM OWNS THE UNIVERSEADONAI OWNS THE INDIVIDUALA MASTER-SLAVE RELATIONSHIPROMANS 10:9 IF YOU CONFESS “JESUS IS LORD” YOU CAN BE SAVED

IMPICATION OF BEING OWNED

ABRAHAM PRAYS AND BRING HIS PROBLEM TO ADAONAI 15:2-3

ADONAI TAKES RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SOLUTIONIF I AM ADAONAI’S PROPERTY DO I HAVE ANY PERSONAL ‘POSSESSIONS’?PRAYER IS NOT A PRIVILEGE BUT A RESPONSIBILITY

IMPLICATIONS OF ADONAI

ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE HIS PROPERTYBEHAVE AS HIS PROPERTYADAONIA HAS THE RIGHT TO DISCIPLINE AND PUNISH HIS PROPERTY [SEE EZEKIEL x 206]EVERY NT WRITER WHO INTRODUCES HIMSELF DESCRIBES HIMSELF AS A SLAVEJESUS SENT THE BOOK OF REVELATION TO HIS SLAVES

SLAVES?

HUMANS CANNOT ESCAPE SLAVERYWE ARE EITHER SLAVES OF GOD OR SLAVES OF SINROMANS 5:19 SLAVES OF SIN FROM CONCEPTIONROMANS 6:22 SET FREE FROM SIN AND HAVE BECOME SLAVES OF GOD SO STOP MAKING YOURSELVES AVAILABLE TO SIN FOR ITS USE, MAKE YOUSELVES AVAILABLE TO GOD ROMANS 6:12-13

KNOWING GOD AS ADONAI

THIS IS OUR SECURITYWE WERE CREATED TO BELONGJOHN 15:15 I NO LONGER CALL YOU SLAVES, BUT FRIENDSCALL – NO LONGER TREAT YOU AS SLAVES, THINGS TO BE USEDTHE SLAVE BECOMES A FRIEND, AND ALSO A SON/BROTHER ROMANS 8:14-17