Alrighty. Well, we began last week in chapter 5 of Don's book titled Basic Bible Doctrine. We began with the names of God. And it wasn't an extensive chapter. We went and we looked at the different names where God is used, and I was very thankful that Don brought us around to this, that in the New Testament, when we speak the name Jesus, That's the name of God. That's the Messiah. That's the deliverer of God. So it was really a blessing, to me at least, as the Lord brought us back around to the name in the New Testament, the Lord Jesus. But there's also this name that chapter 6 covers, and that's the name Jehovah. And Don, again, he quotes from Psalms 9, verse 10, which is what we looked at last week. And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee, for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek after thee. The title for today's chapter is Jehovah, God's Covenant Redemptive Name. Jehovah is God's most famous name. It is the name of Him who alone is the necessary self-existent being. The name Jehovah implies God's eternality. It comes from the root word which signifies to be. Jehovah, to be. Jehovah is God who is, who was, and who is to come, is what we read in Revelation 1 verse 4. This is God's personal proper. It's His personal and proper name. Listen to these words in Psalms 83 verse 18, that men may know that thou, whose name alone is Jehovah, art the most high over all earth. The other names of God are sometimes applied to creatures, but Jehovah is used exclusively for the true and living God. In his book, The Divine Inspiration of the Bible, A.W. Pink gives the following instructions, instructing comment, showing the distinct use of God's name, L-O-M, and Jehovah. He says, quoting from that book, of A.W. Pink, the names L-O-M and Jehovah are found on the pages of the Old Testament several thousand times, but they are never employed loosely or used alternately. Each of these names has a definite significance and scope, and were we to substitute the one for the other, the beauty and perfection of the multitude of passages would be destroyed. To illustrate that, he says he gives us this. The Word of God occurs all through Genesis 1, but Lord God, in Genesis 2, where these two divine titles reversed, here, a flaw and a blemish would be the consequences, and this is how he expresses that. He says, God is the creator title, and whereas Lord implies a covenant relationship. and shows God's dealings with his own people. So what he's talking about, I think, is when you speak of the word God, as in God created all the heavens and earth, that gives him his deity, his power. Overall, he's God over everything. Whereas Lord God means he's Lord of somebody. Now, he's absolutely Lord of somebody, but he's made himself Lord to his people. He's my Lord. Remember what Doubting Thomas said? After the Lord said, stick your finger in my side and in my hands and my palms, he said, my Lord, my God. So there is a difference between Lord God and God. Lord God is God in the covenant of himself to saving his people. It's going on with the rest of his quote here. God is creator's title, whereas Lord implies covenant relationship and shows God's dealings with his own people. Henceforth, in Genesis 1, God is used, and in Genesis 2, it's Lord God, as God brought up. It is employed, and all through the remainder of the Old Testament, these two divine titles are used discriminately and in harmony with the meaning of the first mention. One or two examples must suffice, for there are many, but he gives us these. First one, he says, and they went unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein he is the breath of life. And they that went in, went in, male and female, and all flesh, as God, L-O-M, had commanded them. So as his authority over all things that are, he commanded the animals, telling them to go into the ark as God. because it was the Creator commanding, in other words, with respect to His creatures. But in the remainder of that same verse, we read this, and this is in Genesis 7, verse 15 and 16. We read, and the Lord Jehovah shut them in. Do you get the difference? Do you see the difference between that? God created, or God commanded, and His creation acted. But the Lord God shut them in, which is the covenant that God had made between the great three in one. God the Father gave God the Son of people, God the Son saved those people from their sins, and God the Holy Spirit calls them and gives them life to hear Christ. Because God's action here toward Noah was based upon the covenant relationship, when going forth to meet Goliath, David said this, he said, this day will the Lord Jehovah deliver thee into mine hand, when the Lord God will deliver you into mine hand. Why? Because God had made a covenant that he would. You see the difference there between God and Lord God? Because David was in the covenant relationship with him, he says, and then I will smite thee and take thy head from thee, speaking to Goliath, and I will give the carcasses of the host to the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air and to the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth which was not in the covenant relationship with him may know that there is a God, L-O-M. See the difference again? The Lord God and God, that there is a God in Israel. And all this assembly which were in the covenant relationship with him, in other words, shall know that the Lord Jehovah, the Lord God, saveth not with sword or spear For the battle is the Lord's, and he will give you into our hands, saith David. That's in 1 Samuel 17, 46 through 47. So once more, John Gill says this. He gives us one more example of the two differences between God and Lord. He says in 2 Chronicles 18, 31. And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariot saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, it is the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed him to fight, but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the Lord God, the Lord Jehovah, helped him. And God, L-O-M, moved them to depart from him. Those two, those are both used, but they're not used in conjunction. They're two different functions of the Lord God. The covenant part of God, and God himself as the creator of all it is. And thus it is in all of the Old Testament, writes John Gill, end of quote. So are we getting a picture now of what this Jehovah is and what he's talking about? Because there are 14 ways that God uses Jehovah, L-O-N. And we'll look at those here in just a second. The name Jehovah is frequently used, writes Don, as a compound with other words. For instance, God Jireh, or Jehovah Jireh. To set forth some specific aspect of God's character, in other words. and work in the meeting and the needs of his elect. There are 14 of these Jehovah titles in the Old Testament, and the beginning one is the one that we know the most commonly, and that's Jehovah Jireh. And if you remember what that means, that means the Lord will provide. Abraham was on the mountain with his son, and he was gonna sacrifice his son, and his son turned to him and asked him, where's the ram? Where's the lamb? And Abraham said, the Lord will provide. That's Jehovah-Jireh. That's in Genesis 22, 14. Another way Jehovah is used, Jehovah-Rapha, R-H, or R-A-P-H-A. And I'm just going to give you these 14, if you don't mind. I mean, I think we might. You guys want to turn to all these different 14 verses yourselves, or would it be easier just to hear me read them? Okay. So, Jehovah Rapa, which means the Lord that healeth thee. If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and will do that which is right in his sight, and will give ear to his commandments, and will keep all of his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians, for I am the Lord that healeth thee." That's Jehovah Rapa. That's in Exodus 15, verse 26. Another one, the third one, is Jehovah Nissi. The Lord our banner. God our banner. You know, I talked about that once before. I remember I brought a message out on the Lord our banner. That means something that you and I walk around with on our chest. We carry it on our chest. We're not ashamed to tell the world when they ask that we believe the Lord God Almighty and that it's by His grace. I've got to do a little preaching here. We've got time. I've got to do a little preaching. It's by His grace that we carry that banner on us. It's by His love that we love Him. That's what the banner is. It's love for Him that we love Him because He first loved us. Listen to these words in Exodus 17, 15. It's the Lord Our Banner, Jehovah Nisi. And Moses has built an altar and called the name of it Jehovah Nisi. That was his banner. When people walked by that altar, what did they see? They saw the name God. My Banner. My Lord. That's the same thing I just mentioned a moment ago. That's what Dowdy Thomas did. He called him My Lord, My God. Another one. Fourth one. And you'll forgive me, please. I practice trying to pronounce these names. the best I could, so if I'm not pronouncing them correctly, you'll give me a little leeway there, I hope. Jehovah Makedesh. M-K-A-D-D-E-S. And this is where that is used in Exodus 31, 13. The Lord, which does sanctify you, is what it means. Speak now also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep. For it is a sign between me and throughout your generations that you may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you." Set you apart. Set you apart to be used for holy things. That's what it was talking about. Don says this, and ye shall keep, from Leviticus 28, no, Don didn't say it, I'm sorry. From Leviticus 20, verse eight, it says, and ye shall keep my statutes, and do them, I am the Lord that sanctify thee. That's the same one right there, Jehovah-Mechadesh. Our fifth one is Jehovah-Raah, R-A-A-H. The Lord my shepherd is that one, and we all know where that comes from, don't we? Psalm 23, verse 1, the Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. Another one is, the sixth one, is Jehovah Hosinu, the Lord our Maker. And we see that in Psalm 95, verse 6, where we read, O come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker. So we see where all these different titles, these different characteristics of God's nature. He's all these different things. He's our banner that we carry upon our chest. He's our provider that we look to when we need anything from Him. That's exactly what it is when we look to... Where do we look when we struggle with our sin? We look to our provider, Jehovah Jireh, our God. Let's see, the next one is the Lord our God. Now, there's three that sound the same here, but they're not. We got the Lord our God, we got the Lord thy God, we got the Lord my God, and then we come to the Lord our peace. But let's look at the first one here in scripture. Let me read it for you. The title is Jehovah Elohenu, E-L-O-H-H. E-E-N-U, and it means the Lord our God. Listen to these words, Psalm 99 verses 5, 7, and 8. Three different verses, so it sounds like they're together, but I'll pause in between. Exalt ye the Lord our God, there it is right there, the Lord our God, L-O-E-N-U, and worship at his footstool, that's verse 5. Verse 7, for he is holy, He spake unto them in the cloud of the pillar. They kept his testimonies and the ordinance that he gave them. Thou answerest them, O Lord our God. And then verse eight, Thou wast the God that forgave us them, though Thou tookest vengeance on their inventions. He's the Lord our God. Eighth one we have is Jehovah Elohica. E-L-O-H-E-K-A. And that means the Lord thy God. So we have the Lord our God, the Lord thy God, Roger. I am the Lord thy God, he says, which hath brought thee out of the land of Egypt and out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them. For I, the Lord thy God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generations of them that hate me, thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. So we see there, and that's all in Exodus chapter 20, by the way. The Lord thy God. Our next one is the Lord my God. Jehovah, L-O-A, E-L-O-H-A-Y. and it means the Lord of my God. Don brings this out in Zechariah 14 verse 5 where we read, and ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains, for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Isaiah. Yea, ye shall flee like as you fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and the Lord my God shall come and all the saints with thee, speaking of the end of time. Jehovah shalom. That's the Lord our peace. That's the word we hear from the Jews when they use the word shalom, may peace be unto you, or peace go with you. Judges 6.24, we read these words about Gideon. Then Gideon built an altar there unto the Lord and called it, Jehovah Shalom, and to this day it is yet an opera of the Abrazaites. So we see the Jehovah God of Peace. Eleventh one we have is Jehovah Sabaha, the Lord of Hosts. And Don refers to 1 Samuel 1 verse 3, And this man went up into the city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the Lord of hosts, the Lord of all that is, the Lord of all creation in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hopni and Pinhath, the priests of the Lord, were there. And then again, Romans 9 verse 29, and as Isaiah say before, except the Lord of Sabbath, which is how you, you know, that's how you pronounce it. I pronounced it wrong. Had left us a seed, we had been as Sodom and been as like unto Gomorrah. Speaking of the Lord of hosts. Then again in James 5 verse 4, behold the hire of the laborers who have reaped down your fields. which ye have kept back by fraud or cry, and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth, the Lord of Hosts." We also have three more here, Jehovah Elion, H-E-L-E-Y-O-N, which means the Lord Most High. And Don gives us several verses on that one. First one, I will praise the Lord according to His righteousness, the Most High according to His righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High. Psalm 7, verse 17. Next one, for the Lord Most High is terrible. He is a great king over all the earth. And that's what that word terrible means. It means great, beyond the scope of things. That's Psalms 47 verse 2, and another one in Psalms 97, 9. For thou, Lord, art high above all the earth. This is the Lord most high, that thou are exalted far above all gods. Here's one I like a lot, one of my favorite ones. The Lord Jehovah Sidiqinu. Now again, I apologize, but that means this, it means this, and once I say it, you're gonna know, you're gonna say, oh, yep, that's my favorite one as well. The Lord, our righteousness. In his days, Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely, and this is his name whereby ye shall be called the Lord our righteousness." Jeremiah 23.6. Here's another one, Jeremiah 33.16. In those days shall Judah be saved and Jerusalem shall dwell safely. And this is the name whereby she shall be called the Lord our righteousness. And the last one Don gives here is Jehovah Shammah. Shammah. S-H-A-M-M-A-H. The Lord is there. I think of the Lord is there in that house. Not in the building, but in that house. The house that the Lord made without hands. It was round about 18,000 measures, and the name of the city from that day shall be the Lord is there, Jerusalem. Ezekiel 48 verse 35. All right, well that brings us to the end of our sixth chapter in the basic Bible doctrine teachings that Don Bruch brings for us.