The Names and Attributes of God - My Redeemer Lives

1 Th e N a m e s a n d At t r ib u t e s of God by Rev . L. S. Sm allw ood [ Last Rev ision 10 Decem ber 2013] Ta b le of Con t e n t s I nt r oduct ion Our God's N a m e is Glor ious and Aw esom e! Bible Refer ences t o t he U se of God's Nam e YHWH ( YHVH/ YHUH) / Jehov ah Adonai ( Adonay ) & Elohim / El / Eloah El Shaddai El Ely on ( El 'Ely on) Ot her " El" Com pound Nam es YHWH- Jir eh ( Yir eh) YHWH- M'Kaddesh ( Mek eddeshem , Mek adesh, Mek oddishk em ) YHWH- Nissi YHWH- Rohi ( Ro'i, Ro'eh) YHWH- Rophe ( Rapha, Rophecha) YHWH- Shalom YHWH- Sham m ah ( Sam m a) YHWH- Tsid'Ke- nu ( Tsidk enu, Tzidk ay nu, Tsidqenuw ) YHWH- Tzv a'ot ( Sabaot h, Sabbaot h)

2 Disclaim er , Scr ipt ur e Refer ences, Sour ces of Refer ence, and Copy r ight / Per m issions Not ice I m p or t a n t N ot ice The nam e and t it les God used t o r ev eal Him self t o hum ank ind r epr esent His pow er , act ions, lov e, and r eput at ion. The Alm ight y is not an obj ect t o be possessed, nor is He subj ect t o or dependent upon any one. The Bible for ew ar ns us not t o inv ok e t he nam e of God for selfish or m anipulat iv e pur poses. These m at er ials ar e for educat ional pur poses only and ar e not int ended t o offer som e sor t of m y st ical insight int o t he Div ine nat ur e of Alm ight y God.

3 Scr ip t u r e Re f e r e n ce s Unless ot her w ise specified, Bible quot at ions ar e fr om : t h e on lin e " Wor ld En glish Bible" ( WEB) , w hich uses " Yahw eh" for t he nam e of God; " The Scr ipt ur es 1998" ( TS98) , w hich em ploy t he Hebrew let t er s for t he nam e of God; or t h e " Com plet e Jew ish Bible" ( CJB) , w hich nor m ally uses t he nam e " Adonai" for t he Hebr ew nam e of God. Sou r ce s of Re f e r e n ce Behind t he Nam e BELI EVE Religious I nfor m at ion Sour ce Bible. or g - Tr ust w or t hy Bible St udy Resour ces Blue Let t er Bible St udy Tools " Cr ow ned w it h Glor y The Bible fr om Ancient Tex t t o Aut hor ized Ver sion" by Dr.

4 Thom as Holland Elw ell Ev angelical Dict ion ar y Hebr ew for Chr ist ians " I nt er nat ional St andar d Bible Ency clopedia" Jew ish En cy clopedia Judaism 101 Lam ber t Dolphin's Libr ar y Must ar d Seed Media " Nav e's Topical Bible" " Pr ay ing t he Nam es of God" by Anne Spangler Pr ecept Minist r ies I nt er nat ional " St r ong's Hebr ew & Gr eek Dict ionar y " " The Nam es of God" by Nat han St one " The Tit les of Jehov ah" by H. W. Webb- Peploe Wher e's t he Chur ch? Wik ipedia t h e Fr ee On lin e En cy clopedia Re p r in t Pe r m ission s I ndiv iduals and not - for - pr ofit gr oups m ay copy any por t ions of t hese st udies for use in sm all gr oup Bible st udies.

5 How ev er , I do r equest t hat y ou not ify m e and include in y our publicat ion t he copy r ight not ice show n below . I f y ou w ant t o dissem inat e t hese st udies v ia t he I nt er net or w ider pr int dist r ibu t ion , please pr ov ide det ails and r equest per m ission. Copy r ight 2010- 2013 " The Nam es & At t r ibut es of God" Rev ision of " Nam es of God" Bible St udy , Copy r ight 2006- 2007. Rev . L. S. Sm allw ood. My Redeem er Liv es Chr ist ian Minist r y . All r ight s r eser v ed. Websit e and PDF Publishing cont r ibut ed by Let t er Per fect Online Pr e f a ce I n May 2006 God t old m e, " Teach My nam e t o t he Church.

6 " I t hought it w as an odd r equest because at t he t im e, I believ ed His nam e w as Yahw eh or Jehov ah and t hat m ost Chr ist ians alr eady k new t hose nam es, plus t he com pound nam es Yahweh- Jir eh, El Ely on, Yahw eh- Rophe, El Shaddai and a few ot her s. I had n o id e a I w as em bar k ing on a j our ney of st udy and discov er y t hat w ould t ak e alm ost f ou r y e a r s t o r esear ch, w r it e, edit , r ew r it e, and finally publish in t his " Nam es & At t r ibut es of God" t eaching! I also had n o id e a how m uch m or e int im at e our fellow ship w ould becom e or how passionat e and j ealous I w ould becom e for Fat her 's t r u e n a m e dur ing t he cour se of r esear ching and w r it ing t his st udy.

7 I n t r od u ct ion " Let t hem pr aise t he n a m e of t he LORD: for His N a m e alone is ex cellent ; His glor y [ is] abov e t he ear t h and heav en. " Psalm 148: 1 " And it shall com e t o pass t hat ev er y one w ho calls on t he n a m e of t he LORD shall be sav ed. " Joel 2: 32a Apost le Pet er , quot ing t he Pr ophet Joel: " 'And it shall com e t o pass t hat ev er y one w ho calls upon t he n a m e of t he Lor d shall be sav ed. '" Act s 2: 21 Apost le Paul, quot ing t he Pr ophet Joel: " For 'ev er y one w ho calls on t he n a m e of t he Lor d w ill be sav ed. '" Rom ans 10: 13 The quest ion has been ask ed, " Who changed God's nam e?

8 " But w hat H E is ask ing is w h o or w h a t pow er or aut hor it y under Heav en gav e us p e r m ission t o change it ?! H E chose t o r ev eal Him self in t he Hebr ew language as ( YHWH or YHVH) . And He t old Moses, " This is My Nam e for ev er , and t his is My r em em br ance t o all gener at ions. " ( Ex odus 3 : 15) He n e v e r r ev ok ed t hat , He n e v e r changed it , and He n e v e r gav e us per m ission t o anglicize it for ou r conv enience! The Bible say s t hat w hoev er calls upon t he n a m e of t he Lor d shall be sav ed .. t hat His n a m e is ex cellent and m aj est ic .. t hat t her e is p ow e r in His n a m e !

9 I t is only by His abundant gr ace and m er cy t hat He honor s our ignor ant fum bling of His m ost - ex alt ed nam e and our ascr ibing t o Him t he sam e t it les giv en t o t he m illions of pagan and false gods. YHWH alone is t h e God! His nam e is n ot " God" ! His nam e is n ot " Jehov ah" ! And as y ou pr ay er fully consider t he ev idences laid out in t his st udy , I believ e y ou w ill agr ee w it h m e t hat His nam e is also n ot " Yah w eh" ( as I had t hought pr ior t o t his) or " Jehov ah" ! At n o t im e did He giv e u s per m ission t o change and per v er t His holy ( set - apar t ) nam e for ou r conv enience in pr onunciat ion or usage!

10 The Psalm ist ask s, " What is m an, t hat t hou ar t m indful of him ? and t he son of m an, t hat t hou v isit est him ?" ( Psalm 8: 4 KJV) And YHWH now asks, " What is m an, t hat y ou should disr egar d and discar d t he nam e of t he Most High God for ot her nam es t o accom m odat e y ou r desir es an d com for t ?! " What ar r ogance and im pudence on our par t t o believ e He doesn't m ind w hen w e change His nam e for easier pr onunciat ion or w hen w e ascr ibe t o Him t he sam e t it les ( " Lor d" and " God" ) t hat ar e assigned t o t he m illions of pagan and false gods in t he w or ld! While w e m ust t ak e ev er y pr ecaut ion t o not use His nam e car elessly ( in v ain) , m y pr ay er is t hat t hr ough t hese st udies, y ou'll also com e t o r ealize how passionat e H E is for us t o k now His cor r e ct nam e as He r ev ealed it t o I sr a'el, and how m uch m ore pow er and aut hor it y is av ailable t o us w hen w e ascr ibe t o Him all " t he glor y d u e H is n a m e !