Alright, this will be a pretty quick lesson this morning. But there is several verses that we're going to want to look at. I want to begin, and I'll just quote it for you. Psalms 9, verse 10. Don takes his thoughts for the title of this 5th chapter titled, The Names of the Lord. It says in Psalms 9, verse 10, They that know Thy name will put their trust in Thee For thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee." Throughout the Word of God, writes Don, names were given to children that had special meaning and significance. Sometimes a person's name would be changed or a name would be ascribed to him, either by God or by someone else, indicating radical change of their life. Here are some examples of that. Adam means red earth, indicating his being created by God from the dust of the earth. Jacob means cheat, supplander. But God changed his name to Israel, which means prince with God. Moses means drawn forth, his name He was named that because Pharaoh's daughter drew him out of the water. In the Bible, the name given to a person said something about that person. Well, the same thing is true concerning the names of our Lord. However, no single word in human language is sufficient to serve as a name for Him. Therefore, there are several words or names by which He has made Himself known. The names applied to God in Scripture describe His glorious character, reveal His great attributes, and display His redemptive purpose. In this study, we will look at the names by which God reveals Himself in Holy Scripture and their meaning. There are ten specific names ascribed to our God in Holy Scripture that we will look at this morning. The first revelation of God is found in Genesis 1-1, and I'll quote that for you. It says, in the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth. Now, the name God given there is actually, in original languages, Elohim. Elohim, E-L-O-H-I-M, Elohim, means to worship. This is the name of our God. He is the worshiped one. the only one worthy of worship. He is the only object of true worship. He's the only object of true praise, adoration, and trust. The word Elohim is given in the plural, though it is referred to as one God. The significance is obvious. We worship one God who is three distinct persons in one glorious being, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Turn over to 1 John 5, verse 7. 1 John, over there by Revelation, chapter 5. Look at chapter 5, verse 7. For there are three, that bear record, now you remember we looked at this a couple of weeks back when we were looking at the the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost, the mysteriousness of the Trinity. For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost, and these three are one." Now, some say, well, how do you know we're talking about the Son there and the Word? We know that He is the Word because John 1 says, in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God, and it was manifest in the flesh. So we know that that's the Lord Jesus speaking of there as the Word. Secondly, another name of God is El, or Eli. In Genesis 12, verses 7 through 8, turn there if you want. Genesis 12, verses 7 and 8. The Lord appeared to Abraham and made a covenant with him. Look at verses 7 and 8 here in Genesis chapter 12. And the Lord appeared unto Abraham, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land. And there builded he an altar unto the Lord who appeared unto him. And he removed from this unto the mountain of the east, into Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel in the west. and high on the east. And there he built an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord, which is Eli." So we see that Eli is another name for the Lord. Going on, Don writes, he says, Abraham built an altar there and called that place the place of God, the place of the Lord, which means the house of God. This is the word our Lord used when he cried, Eli, Eli, lama sabat thanah. That is to say, my God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? This name, Eli, and that's quoted for us from Matthew 27, 46. This name, El, means strong or mighty. It's expressive of the power of God. Thirdly, God reveals himself under the name of Elohim. In Genesis 14 verses 18 through 22, Elohim means the most high God. It is expressive of God's supremacy and majesty. Turn over to Genesis 14. And let's look and see how it's used there. Genesis chapter 14, look at verse 18 through 22. This is referring to the God most, the most high God. In 18, and Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought forth bread and wine, and he was the priest of the most high God. Now that's what, the most high God, that's L-O-M. And he blessed him and said, Blessed be Abraham of the Most High God, possessor of heaven and earth, and blessed be the Most High God which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all. And the king of Sodom said unto Abraham, Give me... No, verse 20 I think is where we're supposed to stop. No, 22. And the king of Sodom said unto Abraham, give me the persons and take the goods to thyself. And Abraham said to the king of Sodom, I have lift upon my hand unto the Lord, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth. So we see there how it's used four different times there, and each time it's the word L-O-M. It's an expression of God's supremacy and majesty. Our Lord Jesus, of whom Melchizedek if not Christ himself in one of the many precarnate manifestations is called the Son of the Highest in Luke 1 verse 32. Elohim is the high and lofty one who inhabits eternity. Have I lost anybody yet? Am I trying hard? Fourthly, God has revealed himself to Abraham by the name of Shaddai. which we translate Almighty, used in Genesis 17-1. Shaddai means God All-Sufficient. It expresses more than the power of God alone. It expresses the power and sufficiency of God to bestow His grace and fulfill His promise. able to shed his blessings upon his people. In 1 Samuel 1 verses 9-11 we see Hannah calling upon the Lord of Hosts in her deep distress and the Lord of Sabbath in Isaiah 6 verse 3, James 5-4 and the Lord of the Sabbath is our God. This name is expressive of God's sovereign dominion over and power over all his creatures. The Lord of hosts has his way in the armies of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth, and none can stay his hand or say unto him, what doest thou? Don gives a poem for that. He says, did we in our own strength confide? Our striving would be losing. We're not the right man on our side, the man of God's own choosing. Dost ask who that thou may be? Jesus Christ it is he, Lord Sabbath his name, from age to age the same, and he must win the battle. Sixthly, in Genesis 15-2, Abraham called upon God by the name of Adonai. So we see another name. These are all names, you'll notice, that give him all power. Did you notice this so far? Everywhere we see him as called his Lord, it's not just Lord like we would say of the president. In the old days, the president would be, in his presence, people would say Lord. Or if you watch any of the old movies of the old times, people would say Master, Lord. Well, these are all names that belong to God and God alone. Adder and I means, The cause or the support. Truly Adonai is a suitable name for our God. He is the original cause of all things. Look over to Romans chapter 11. Romans chapter 11. Our God. Adonai is the original cause of all things. Look at verse 36. 11, wait a minute. Oh, I'm in Corinthians, I'm in the wrong book. It doesn't work there. There is no 36 verses in, here we go. Look at verse 36 of Romans 11. For of him, And through Him, now remember, we're considering Adonai, which means the cause of the support and the cause of all things. For of Him, and through Him, and to Him are all things to whom be glory and forever. Amen. Our God supports and maintains all things as we read in Hebrews chapter 1-3. And He upholds His saints with the right hand of His righteousness as we read in Isaiah 41.10. The seventh way our Lord is called, is named, is in Exodus 3, 13-14. Turn over there if you would. The Lord appeared unto Moses and His name is EJ. E-J-E-H. Turn over to Exodus 3. This would be when the Lord appeared to Moses on Mount Sinai, I believe. Verses 13 and 14. the burning bush, and Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you, and they shall say to me, What is his name? What shall I say unto them? And God said unto Moses, I am that I am. That is the word EJ. And I'm not sure if I'm pronouncing that correctly. It's E-J-E-H. I am that I am. And that refers to the immutability of our God and our Savior. Turn over to Malachi right before Matthew. Turn over to Malachi. And then we'll look at another one in Hebrews. Malachi chapter three, verse six. This is the all-powerful, the immutable God, our Savior. In Malachi 3 verse 6, For I am the Lord, I change not, therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. One more, if you would, there on that. Look over at Hebrews chapter 13. Look at verse 8 with me over there. This is our immutable God. One who does not change. Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, and today, and forever. With our God, writes God, there is no variableness. Aren't you thankful for that? If God were to change his mind about anything, I would be pretty confident that he would change his mind about me. But I'm thankful that he doesn't change his mind. His love is immutable. It's never changing. It's the same yesterday and today and forever, as we read there in Hebrews chapter 8. With our God there is no variable, it's neither shadow of turning, writes Don. He is the eternal God, the same as we read in Malachi 3.6 and Hebrews 13. I am as God who changes not, is what he says in James chapter 1 verse 17. The eighth way our Lord uses different words to describe himself is in the New Testament, the word by which our God is most often revealed, and that word is Lord. The Greek word translated Lord is Kyrios and Despotos. Despotes? How do you pronounce that, Mike? Do you know? D-E-S-P-O-T-O-S. S-P-O-T-E-S Despot? Despot, yeah, there is no E-S, D-E-S. And let's look at this over in 2 Peter 2, verse 1. If you're in Hebrew still, go to the right just a little bit. 2 Peter 2, verse 1. But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you today, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves sweet destruction." So he's talking, he shows us right here how this one Lord, this one Kurios, is all-powerful. It simply means God who is sovereign. It refers to God's dominion. All false preachers deny Him as Lord Sovereign. This is the word that is commonly used to describe Christ as our Mediator. And you can read about it in Acts chapter 10, verse 36, or 1 Corinthians 8, 6, or even Ephesians chapter 4, verse 4. While this particular word is often translated Master or Sir, as a title of respect and applied to men, when it is applied to Christ, it implies His dominion and authority as Lord over all things. Yet it also implies the willing surrender of all believers to Him as their Lord. Look over at Luke 14. Turn over to the book of Luke. Verse 14. It's that time of year, isn't it? where we hear things falling on the roof. Sometimes it's three or four at one time, so it sounds a little louder. Luke chapter 14, verse 25-33. And there went great multitudes with him, and he turned and said unto them, If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sister, yea, and of his own life, also he cannot be my disciple. And whosoever doth bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. For which of you intending to build a tower?" Am I in the right verses here? It says verse 14, 25-33. Well, let's just keep going. I'm not sure what Don's referring to here with this, but this doesn't go along with what he's saying. He wrote this, he says, yet it also implies to the willing surrender, okay, of the believers to Him as their Lord. And he's talking about that, that's, okay, I apologize, I lost my mind just there a moment there in what I was reading. And whosoever doth bear his cross, in verse 27, and come after me cannot be my disciple. He's talking about those who willingly turn themselves over and who call Him their Lord. For which of you intend to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he hath sufficient funds to finish it? Lest happily, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him, saying that this man began to build, and was not able to finish. Or what king could make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with 10,000 to meet him, or cometh against him with 20,000, or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage and desires conditions of peace. So likewise, whosoever he of you that forsaketh not all that he hath." Now this is what talking about giving ourselves over to the Lord willingly. He cannot be my disciple, and that's what Don was referring to there. He is our Lord. Turn over to John chapter 20. John chapter 20. Look at verse 28. And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord, my God. Isn't that what we do? We willingly have accepted Him as our Lord. He has made us willing in the day of His power. The ninth way our Lord uses to describe Himself is translated God in the New Testament, or Theos. Theos, or in other words, God, is one who is holy, who sees all things and knows all things, and disposes of all things. God, who is light, is perfectly holy. Theos sees all things with perfect clarity, and he disposes of all things as he will. Now these nine names of God tell us that God is infinite, eternal, almighty, self-existing, self-sufficient, infallible, glorious and holy. This great God is the God to be feared, worshipped, and obeyed. All these names point us to these very things. He is a consuming fire, it says, unapproachably glorious in holiness. Now let me have nothing to do with this God who only hath immortality dwelling in light, which no man can approach, unto whom no man hath seen, nor can see. I am frail, writes Don, a fickle of a man, sinful, sinful flesh. Should I ever meet this God, this One who is all-glorious, this One who is all-sufficient, this One who is inevitably glorious and holy in all things, if I ever meet Him, His sovereign power would consume me more quickly than dried grass is consumed in a blazing fire. Is there then no hope for sinners? Is there no hope for us with this great and holy God? Is there no dazed man to stand between us and God? Is there not one with holy hands and pure of heart, who has never lifted up his soul in vanity, who can approach God in our stead? and stand before him to plead our cause? Indeed, writes Don, there is. This is the gospel. Blessed be God, there is a substitute who himself is God. He is constantly revealed under the tenth name of God throughout the scriptures. God's glorious, redemptive name is Jehovah. The word Jehovah means Savior or Deliverer, as we read in Exodus 6, verse 3. God in Christ is God-mighty to save. Jehovah essentially means to be. And our Lord Jesus Christ declares that He is the One which is, which was and which is to come in Revelation 1, verse 4. He is the eternal God of salvation. So our tenth name is the Lord Jesus. This glorious and fearful name, the Lord thy God, as we read in Deuteronomy 28, 58, is not to be taken in vain. It's not to be used in common speech or spoken with any levity. No, nay, rather we should speak of it as this, Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who taketh his name in vain. Exodus 20 verse 7. He that sent redemption to his people, commands in His covenant forever to be revered by us. He says holy and reverend is His name in Psalm 111 verse 9. Let us ever extol or raise up. Let us ever honor. Let us ever praise and magnify the name of the Lord our God, Jesus Christ. It says in Psalms 86, verses 12-13, I will praise Thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart. I will glorify Thy name forevermore, for great is Thy mercy towards me, and Thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell. In Psalm 115, verse 1, The psalmist cries out these words, not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy and for thy truth's sake. What a wonderful name to call our God. His name is Jesus. Amen.