The Names of God - Pt 2 - Exodus 3:143-15

Title: The Names of God – Part 2
Date: July 2, 2009
Text: Exodus 3:13-15

Introduction
- Last Sunday we examined four of God’s names
- Each of these names had something to do with God’s greatness
- 1. God is Yahweh – the existing One
- 2. God is Elohim – a God who is bigger than we are, able to change things
- 3. God is Adonai – a God who is our Lord and Master – someone to whom we surrender
- 4. God is El-Shaddai – the Almighty – the most powerful being in the universe
- Today we will look at other names of God in the Old Testament which tell some of the ways in which he relates to us as people.

5. Jehovah-jireh
- "The Lord will Provide."
- From "jireh" ("to see" or "to provide," or to "foresee" as a prophet.) God always provides, adequate when the times come.
- Gen. 22:14.
- IMPLICATION
- When we go through trials, God is able to provide a way
- Abraham had no idea where the lamb would come from
- But God provided
- 1 Cor 10:13 – God provides a way to get through the trial we are facing

6. Jehovah-rapha
- The Lord Who Heals"
- From "rophe" ("to heal"); implies spiritual, emotional as well as physical healing.
- Ex. 15:22-26.
- God offers us healing, in our spirit, when we turn to God, in our thinking and emotions, when we have been hurt, and in our body, when our body is damaged or ill
- (Jer. 30:17, 3:22; Isa. 61:1)
- God heals body, soul and spirit; all levels of man's being.
- IMPLICATION
- God desires to take care of us, not only in providing the things we need, or in changing circumstances, but also in our individual needs, in our emotions, body and in giving us life through Jesus
- James 5:14 – if sick, ask for prayer.

7. Jehovah-nissi
- The Lord Our Banner."
- Ex. 17:15. YHWH-Nissi – after Joshua defeats Amalek – Aaron and Hur hold up Moses arms
- God on the battlefield, from word which means "to glisten," "to lift up," Noticeable from a long distance
- See Psalm 4:6. Lift up the light of your face upon us
- IMPLICATION
- God is the One who fights our battles
- Learn to trust Him to do the fighting
- Turn our problems over to Him
- 2 Chron 20:15

8. Jehovah-M'Kaddesh
- The Lord Who Sanctifies"
- Lev. 20:8. I am the Lord who makes you holy
- God is the one who sets us apart and makes the difference, not our own efforts to be holy
- "To make whole, set apart for holiness."
- IMPLICATION
- Only God can make us holy
- Eph 2:10 – we are his workmanship
- 2 Cor 5:17 – a new creation

9. Jehovah-shalom
- The Lord Our Peace"
- Judges 6:24. Gideon comes face to face with JHWH – who tells him nothing bad will happen, God is our peace
- "Shalom" translated "peace" 170 times means "whole," "finished," "fulfilled," "perfected."
- Related to "well," welfare."
- IMPLICATIONS
- Shalom means that kind of peace that results from being a whole person in right relationship to God and to one's fellow man.
- Eph 2:16-17 – removed the enmity by the cross
- James 4:4 – friendship of world, enmity with God

10. Jehovah-tsidkenu
- The Lord Our Righteousness"
- Jer. 23:5, 6, 33:16. Messiah will be a wise, just and righteous King
- From "tsidek" (straight, stiff, balanced - as on scales - full weight, justice, right, righteous, declared innocent.)
- The Lord our Righteousness.
- IMPLICATIONS
- My own righteousness doesn’t cut it – I need Jesus righteousness inside me
- I can work as hard as I like, but it is only God who can make me totally righteous
- Phil 3:9 – righteousness that is by faith

11. Jehovah-rohi
- The Lord Our Shepherd"
- Psalm 23
- from "ro'eh" (to pasture).
- IMPLICATIONS:
- John 10 – Jesus is our shepherd
- He goes after the lost sheep
- He is not willing hat any should perish
- He finds us, cares for us, heals us, provides for us, protects us
- This is all described in his names

12. Jehovah-shammah
- The Lord is There"
- (Ezek. 48:35).From chapter 40 on, a description of worship after Jesus returns
- the temple will be rebuilt, and it says here that the Lord will be there
- IMPLICATIONS:
- When we accept Jesus, we invite him into our heart
- Our spirit now becomes His dwelling place
- Eph 2:19-22 we are now a dwelling where God lives
- And he tells us he will be with us always, even to the end of the world

Conclusion
- We have now looked at 12 of God’s names, as he is described in the Old Testament
- God is a God who is great and powerful, as well as kind and gentle and sensitive to our needs
- God is a God who wants to be with us, today, tomorrow and into eternity
- God is an awesome God