Our Holy God Is Beyond Names. “What is your name, that we may honor you? He replied, ‘Why do you ask my name? It is beyond understanding. It is a name of wonder.’” (Judges 13:17-18). Hallowing God’s name, keeping His name holy, is a dangerous business. We could easily delude ourselves into thinking that we are …

Keeping His Name Holy – El-roi. “Thereafter, Hagar used another name to refer to Yahweh, who had spoken to her… El-roi. She said, ‘You are the God who sees me.’”  (Genesis 16:13). Hagar was desperate as she ran away form Abram and Sarai. Hagar was their Egyptian servant who merely complied with Sarai’s orders to conceive a …

Keeping His Name Holy – Yahweh-sabaoth. “Holy, holy, holy is Yahweh-sabaoth. His glory fills the whole earth.”  (Isaiah 6:1). Yahweh-sabaoth = LORD of Hosts; LORD of the Angel Armies; Commander of Heaven’s Armies; Leader of Angelic Warriors; a host of angelic forces massing together for battle at the command of the LORD. This name of God is …

Keeping His Name Holy – Yahweh-rohi. “Yahweh-rohi, LORD-my-shepherd, I shall not want. He maketh me….. (Psalm 23). The 23rd Psalm is the most beloved, most memorized, most familiar of all portions of Scripture. It has a calming, soothing, encouraging effect on all its readers. And who would have thought that the first line of this psalm is …

Keeping His Name Holy – Yahweh-tsidkenu. “Behold, the days are coming, says Yahweh, when I will raise up from David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. In his days, Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is …

Keeping His Name Holy – Yahweh-shalom.  “Glory to God in the highest, and peace to His people on the earth!” (from the Gloria, based on Luke 2:14). “Then Gideon perceived that he was the angel of Yahweh; and Gideon said, ‘Alas, O Yahweh Elohim! For now I have seen the angel of Yahweh face to face.’ …

Keeping His Name Holy – Yahweh-M’kaddesh. “So set yourselves apart for a holy life, because I am Yahweh your God. Keep all my decrees by putting them into practice, for I am Yahweh-M’kaddesh, the LORD-who-makes-you-holy.” (Leviticus 20:7-8). HOLY = to be set apart for special use; assigned to a godly purpose; sanctified; designated for a sacred …

Keeping His Name Holy – Yahweh-Nissi. “Write this as a memorial in a book and recite it in the ears of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.’ And Moses built an altar and called the name of it, Yahweh-Nissi, the LORD-is-my-banner.” (Exodus 17:14-15). Yahweh-Nissi, a compound name meaning LORD-my-banner. …

Keeping His Name Holy – Yahweh-rophe. “If you will listen carefully to the voice of Yahweh your God and do what is right in his sight, obeying his commands and keeping all his decrees, then I will not make you suffer any of the diseases I sent on the Egyptians; for I am Yahweh who heals …

Keeping His Name Holy – Yahweh-Jireh. “… and Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns; and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son Isaac. So Abraham called the name of that …

Keeping His Name Holy – El-Olam. “And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba; and there he called on the name of the Lord, El-Olam, the Everlasting God.” (Genesis 21:33). El-Olam is a powerful and mysterious name of God meaning God Everlasting. Our God is a God of timeless qualities, and eternal constancy of character and holiness. …