WHAT'S IN A NAME?

He gives us access to himself through the revelation of his name

the Representation of a Name

There is always meaning behind names for places and people

For Example: Rancho Cucamonga = The settlement of a 'sandy place' (Kucamongan / Native American Tribe)

what are the characteristics of a name?

Names:

Identify - SAMUEL = " HIS NAME IS EL "
Offers credential - CHRIST = "ANOINTED"
Defines a role - EZRA = "HELPER"
Reveals a plan - moses = "DRAWING OUT OF THE WATER"
Expresses hope and confidence = emmanuel - "God with us"
Tells a story of the past and the future = Jacob and israel
Has poweR - Amos = "strong or brave"
has authority = elijah "my god is jehovah"
Can be hidden = YHWH
Can be a blessing or a curse - MATTHEW = "GIFT OF JEHOVAH," NIMROd = "rebellion"
Has a sound - Ruach hakodesh

Names tell us who we are and what we do

the authority of God's Name

Control - in ancient cultures, to know someone's name gives power over that person. To know a name is to have some measure of control

1. Gen 32:29 NIV - 29 Jacob said, "Please tell me your name." But he replied, "Why do you ask my name?" Then he blessed him there.
2. Exo 3:13 ESV - 13 Then Moses said to God, "If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they ask me, 'What is his name?' what shall I say to them?"
3. Mar 5:9 ESV - 9 And Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" He replied, "My name is Legion, for we are many."

what are the implications when god reveals his name?

God willingly enters into a covenant with man and binds himself to man through his covenant.

He gives us access to himself through the revelation of his name

Gen 15:17-18 ESV - 17 When the sun had gone down and it was dark, behold, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces. 18 On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your offspring I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates,

Luk 22:20 ESV - 20 And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, "This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.

Jhn 14:12-14 ESV - 12 "Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father. 13 Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.

The name of God carries authority when declared by those in covenant with Him.

it's a good reminder not to take "knowing" god's name for granted. We will see how necessary it is for people to know god's name

the Revelation of God's Name

Have you tried worshipping god without saying his name?

God's name equates to god Himself.

Psa 7:17 ESV - 17 I will give to the LORD the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the LORD, the Most High.

Psa 29:2 ESV - 2 Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness.

Psa 18:49 ESV - 49 For this I will praise you, O LORD, among the nations, and sing to your name.

God's name defends us

Psa 20:1 ESV - May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble! May the name of the God of Jacob protect you!

God's name saves us

Psa 54:1 ESV - 1...O God, save me by your name, and vindicate me by your might.

God's name dwells in a place

Deu 12:5 ESV - 5 But you shall seek the place that the LORD your God will choose out of all your tribes to put his name and make his habitation there. There you shall go,

Deu 14:23 NIV - 23 Eat the tithe of your grain, new wine and olive oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks in the presence of the LORD your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name, so that you may learn to revere the LORD your God always.

1Ki 8:29 NIV - 29 May your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, this place of which you said, 'My Name shall be there,' so that you will hear the prayer your servant prays toward this place.

2Ki 23:27 NIV - 27 So the LORD said, "I will remove Judah also from my presence as I removed Israel, and I will reject Jerusalem, the city I chose, and this temple, about which I said, 'My Name shall be there.'"

god's nAME equates to JESUS, OUR SALVATION

Act 4:7-12 ESV - 7 And when they had set them in the midst, they inquired, "By what power or by what name did you do this?" 8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "Rulers of the people and elders, 9 if we are being examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed, 10 let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead--by him this man is standing before you well. 11 This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone. 12 And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."

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Joel 2:32 ESV - 32 And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved...

Rom 10:13 ESV - 13 For "everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."

In context, Joel is specifically referring to YHWH, but Paul is referring to Jesus Christ. jesus is the lord himself

The name of God is virtually everything about God. Therefore, engaging the name of God is engaging God Himself.

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He gives us access to himself through the revelation of his name

the Representation of a Name

There is always meaning behind names for places and people

For Example: Rancho Cucamonga = The settlement of a 'sandy place' (Kucamongan / Native American Tribe)

what are the characteristics of a name?

Names:

Identify - SAMUEL = " HIS NAME IS EL "

Offers credential - CHRIST = "ANOINTED"

Defines a role - EZRA = "HELPER"

Reveals a plan - moses = "DRAWING OUT OF THE WATER"

Expresses hope and confidence = emmanuel - "God with us"

Tells a story of the past and the future = Jacob and israel

Has poweR - Amos = "strong or brave"

has authority = elijah "my god is jehovah"

Can be hidden = YHWH

Can be a blessing or a curse - MATTHEW = "GIFT OF JEHOVAH," NIMROd = "rebellion"

Has a sound - Ruach hakodesh

Names tell us who we are and what we do

the authority of God's Name

Control - in ancient cultures, to know someone's name gives power over that person. To know a name is to have some measure of control

Gen 32:29 NIV - 29 Jacob said, "Please tell me your name." But he replied, "Why do you ask my name?" Then he blessed him there.

Exo 3:13 ESV - 13 Then Moses said to God, "If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they ask me, 'What is his name?' what shall I say to them?"

Mar 5:9 ESV - 9 And Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" He replied, "My name is Legion, for we are many."

what are the implications when god reveals his name?

God willingly enters into a covenant with man and binds himself to man through his covenant.

He gives us access to himself through the revelation of his name

Luk 22:20 ESV - 20 And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, "This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.

The name of God carries authority when declared by those in covenant with Him.

it's a good reminder not to take "knowing" god's name for granted. We will see how necessary it is for people to know god's name

the Revelation of God's Name

Have you tried worshipping god without saying his name?

God's name equates to god Himself.

Psa 7:17 ESV - 17 I will give to the LORD the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the LORD, the Most High.

Psa 29:2 ESV - 2 Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness.

Psa 18:49 ESV - 49 For this I will praise you, O LORD, among the nations, and sing to your name.

God's name defends us

Psa 20:1 ESV - May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble! May the name of the God of Jacob protect you!

God's name saves us

Psa 54:1 ESV - 1...O God, save me by your name, and vindicate me by your might.

God's name dwells in a place

Deu 12:5 ESV - 5 But you shall seek the place that the LORD your God will choose out of all your tribes to put his name and make his habitation there. There you shall go,

Deu 14:23 NIV - 23 Eat the tithe of your grain, new wine and olive oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks in the presence of the LORD your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name, so that you may learn to revere the LORD your God always.

1Ki 8:29 NIV - 29 May your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, this place of which you said, 'My Name shall be there,' so that you will hear the prayer your servant prays toward this place.

2Ki 23:27 NIV - 27 So the LORD said, "I will remove Judah also from my presence as I removed Israel, and I will reject Jerusalem, the city I chose, and this temple, about which I said, 'My Name shall be there.'"

god's nAME equates to JESUS, OUR SALVATION

____________________________________________________________________________

Joel 2:32 ESV - 32 And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved...

Rom 10:13 ESV - 13 For "everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."

In context, Joel is specifically referring to YHWH, but Paul is referring to Jesus Christ. jesus is the lord himself

The name of God is virtually everything about God. Therefore, engaging the name of God is engaging God Himself.