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Now here's our pastor, Todd Nyberg. In Luke 11, verse 1, we read,
And it came to pass that as he was praying in a certain place,
when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us
to pray, as John also taught his disciples. And he said unto
them, When you pray, say, Our Father, which art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name. I've entitled this message, Hallowed
Be Thy Name. Now, when we pray, we certainly
have to know who it is we are praying to. And when the Lord
teaches his disciples to pray, he teaches us to pray our father,
which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Sanctified is thy
name. Holy is thy name." Now, the name
of the Lord is who He is. It's not just audibly verbalizing
a name. The name of the Lord is the person
behind the name. When I think of a name, I think
of a person behind that name that has certain characteristics
and certain attributes about their personality, certain ways
they look, certain ways they conduct themselves. And the name
of the Lord is who He is. It's the person behind the name.
Now let me show you this from the scriptures. In Exodus chapter
33, Moses is praying. And he says to the Lord in verse
18, he said, I beseech thee, show me thy glory. What a request. Show me thy glory. And he said, God responded to
him. And he said, I will make all
my goodness pass before thee. and I will proclaim the name
of the Lord before thee, and I will be gracious to whom I
will be gracious, and I will show mercy on whom I will show
mercy." Now, he says to Moses, when Moses says, show me your
glory, he says, I'll make my name to pass before thee. And
then in chapter 34, verse 5, look what takes place. And the
Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there and proclaimed
the name of the Lord. And the Lord passed by before
him and proclaimed, The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious,
long-suffering and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy
for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and
that will by no means clear the guilty. visiting the iniquity
of the fathers upon the children and upon the children's children
unto the third and the fourth generation. And Moses made haste
and bowed his head toward the earth and worshiped." So we see
when God proclaimed his name, he makes known to Moses who he
is, how he forgives, how just he is, how abundant he is in
goodness and in truth. He names his attributes before
Moses. So the name of the Lord is who
he is. The psalmist said in Psalm 119,
holy and reverend is thy name. I don't know of anything more
amazing than when a sinful man addresses himself as the reverend
so and so. There's only one who is reverend
and that is the Lord God. Holy and reverend is his name. You know, the third commandment
is a prohibition of taking his name in vain. That's how holy
his name is. We're forbidden to take his name
in vain. Part of the great work of Christ
is manifesting the name of the Lord. The Lord said in John 17,
verse 6, I've manifested thy name unto the men. That's not
just telling them what his name is. It's the person behind the
name. I've manifested thy name unto
the men which thou gavest me out of the world. Thine they
were, and thou gavest them me, and they've kept thy word." And
he said in verse 26, his last statement in this great high
priestly prayer for his people, he says, I have declared unto
them thy name and will declare it. You see, salvation is by
his name. David said in Psalm 54.1, Save
me, O God, by Thy name." And we're told over and over again
in the Scripture, whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord
shall be saved. Now that doesn't simply mean
we audibly say His name, and because we say His name, we'll
be saved. We call on who He is to save
us. We say, Lord, save me by an act
of Your sovereign will. Will my salvation. Lord, save
me by Your mercy. Save me by Your grace. Save me
by your justice. Save me in a way that honors
your justice. Save me by your power. When we call upon his
name, we're calling upon all of his excellent attributes to
save us, Lord. Save me by your name. Whosoever
shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. David said
this in Psalm 80, quicken us, give us life, and we will call
upon thy name. And I love Psalm 106. Verse 8, Nevertheless, after
these people had done these terrible things and they made this confession
of sin, it says, Nevertheless, He saved them for His name's
sake. Not because they deserved it.
Not because of anything they did. He saved them for His name's
sake. David said, Our help is in the
name of the Lord. The wise man said in Proverbs
18.10, the name of the Lord is a strong tower. The righteous
run into it and are safe. Is it any wonder David said,
oh Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name. How majestic, how
holy is thy name. Let all those that love thy name
be joyful in thee. Hallowed be thy name. Oh, what
a glorious name He has. Hallowed be thy name. Listen
to this, John 1.12, As many as received Him, to them gave He
the power to become the sons of God, even to them which believe
on His name. He's promised his special presence
in public worship. He said, wherever two or three
are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. The Lord has promised wherever
two or three people are gathered together in his name to worship
him, to hear his gospel, he is there in their midst. Hence the
importance of public worship. That's where he is. People gathered
together in his name. We pray in his name. Lord, hear
me. I'm asking this in the name of
thy son. We're saying, Lord, hear this prayer as if your son
offered it to you. Not as if your son offered it
to you, but cause your son to offer this prayer to you that
you may hear it. The disciples rejoiced that they
were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name. Oh, the preciousness
of his name. Hallowed be thy name. Matthew
121, thou shalt call his name Jesus. What a name! For he shall
save his people from their sins. His name should be called Emmanuel,
which being interpreted is God with us, not God against us,
not God far from us, but God with us. Oh, what a precious
name, Emmanuel. Philippians 2.9 says, Wherefore
God hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is
above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should
bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under
the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ
is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. His name should be
called the Word of God." Now, we see, just from all these scriptures
I've quoted, the importance of His name. Hallowed be thy name. Now in the Old Testament, God
gives us several names of himself that describe who he is. Elohim,
the one to be worshipped. Elyon, the most high God. El, the strong and mighty God.
El Shaddai, God all sufficient. The Lord of hosts, Adonai, which
means Lord, Jah, he which is right, Ejah, I am that I am. I love that name of our Lord.
Not I was, would be, could be, or should be. But I am that I
am. When Moses said, what am I supposed
to tell the children of Israel when they ask me about you? What's
your name? He said, I am that I am. But his most famous name
is Jehovah. Listen to this scripture from
Isaiah 42 verse 8. Jehovah means self-existent,
independent, the eternal one. He said, I am Jehovah. That is
my name and my glory. I'll not give to another. Now,
if you have a King James Version, every time you read in the Old
Testament, LORD, in all caps, it's Jehovah. Jehovah is his
name. Now, in the Bible, there eight
Jehovah's with predicates in front of them that let us know
who the Lord is to the believer. Jehovah Jireh, the Lord will
provide. Jehovah Rapha, I am the Lord
that healeth thee. Jehovah Nisi, the Lord our banner. Jehovah Shalom, the Lord our
peace. Jehovah Raha, the Lord is my
shepherd. Jehovah Tzidkanu, the Lord our
righteousness. Jehovah Shana, the Lord is present. And Jehovah Kadesh, I am the
Lord that sanctifyeth thee. And each one of these names is
hallowed and precious. Hallowed be thy name. Now let's
consider these names of Jehovah with these predicates after them
that instructs us who the Lord is to the believer. Now the first
is Jehovah Jireh. The Lord will provide. Now, this came from Genesis chapter
22, when Isaac is walking up the mountain with his father.
He doesn't know he's going to be a sacrifice. He's just going
up in obedience to his father. The Lord had told him, you take
Isaac, your only son, and offer him up as a burnt offering to
me. And this is given to picture and illustrate the gospel of
the Lord Jesus Christ. Here, Isaac is walking up the
mountain. He says to his father, well,
here's the wood, here's the fire, but where is the lamb for a burnt
offering? We have the wood, we have the
fire, but there has to be a lamb for sacrifice. And Abraham replied
to his son, my son, God will provide himself a sacrifice. Now, Jehovah-Jireh, God provides. all that he requires. He provides. Now listen to me, in this thing
of salvation, God doesn't ask a thing out of you. He doesn't
tell you to do anything. All He requires, He provides. He's the one who provides the
sacrifice. You couldn't provide a sacrifice
that He'd accept. You couldn't provide anything
that He would accept. But thank God, bless His holy
name, He provides the sacrifice. And He provides this sacrifice
for Himself. You see, for God to do something
for me or you, He first had to do something for Himself. And
that's why He gave His Son to pay the sin debt, to make a way
for Him to be just and justify the ungodly. And He provides
Himself as the sacrifice. Jehovah-Jireh, God will provide. Yes, He provides materially,
but even more so, He provides spiritually. He provides all
I need. Whatever it is I need, He provides. He gives me faith. He gives me
repentance. He gives me a new heart. He gives me His righteousness.
He gives me the forgiveness of sins. All He requires, He provides. Jehovah-Jireh, the Lord will
provide. Now the next Jehovah is Jehovah-Rotha,
I am the Lord that healeth thee. Now this was said when the children
of Israel came to the water and it was bitter and they couldn't
drink it. And the Lord told Moses to take a tree and throw it into
the water and the waters would become sweet and drinkable, which
is the cross that represents the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ,
that tree. That's what makes the waters
drinkable. And he said, I am the Lord that healeth thee. Now, if we're sick physically,
The reason we're sick is because the Lord brought that on. I think
it's amazing the way religious people think sickness is of the
devil, and he's the cause of it and everything. If you're
sick, the Lord made you sick. You see, he's in control of everything.
And if you're healed, it was the Lord who healed you. I am
the Lord that healeth thee. Thank God for healing. Now, religious
people put such an emphasis, though, on physical healing.
You're going to die of something. Well, the Lord healed me. Well,
something's going to kill you. You know that. But here's the
main emphasis, I'm the Lord that healeth thee. This is talking
about spiritual healing. You see, sin to a believer is
like a disease. David said, my loins are filled
with a loathsome disease. There's no soundness in my flesh
because of my sin. Sin is a disease to a believer
that just, he hates. It makes him sick. It makes him
feel horrible. And the Lord says, I am the Lord
that healeth thee. By His stripes we are healed. Oh, the healing that is in the
blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. He washed away our sins, the
sins of all who believe. I am the Lord that healeth thee. Now, yes, if you're physically
sick and He heals you, thank God for that. But that's not
the main emphasis of healing. Healing is spiritual healing,
being healed of your sin. Oh, I'll be plumb healed when
I behold His face in righteousness and I sin no more and I look
directly at Him. By His stripes we are healed.
I am the Lord that healeth thee. And the third Jehovah is Jehovah
Nisi, the Lord our banner or our ensign. He's the flag under
which we march. Now, this was given right after
the children of Israel left Egypt, the first people to attack them
were the Amalekites. You may remember the story when
Moses would lift up his hands into heaven, Israel would win.
When his hands would grow tired and he'd put them back down,
the Amalekites would win. And that's when Aaron and Hur
lifted up Moses' hands and kept them up. And Israel prevailed
against the Amalekites. And the Lord said, I'm going
to make war against the Amalekites from generation to generation.
because my name is Jehovah Nissi, the Lord our banner. Now the
Amalekites represent something. They were the first people to
attack Israel when they left the promised land. Amalekites
represent the flesh. My sinful, fallen nature. You know, you don't even know
that the flesh is your enemy until the Lord saves you. And
when the Lord saves you, that's when the flesh attacks. That's
when, but here is our victory over the flesh, not our ability
to do anything, but the Lord, our banner, the Lord, our inside. Jehovah Nisi, the Lord, our victory. And then in Judges 6, verse 24,
we read, Jehovah shalom, the Lord our peace. Now this is when
Gideon saw the angel of the Lord and the consumed sacrifice. And
Gideon said, alas, O Lord God, because I've seen an angel of
the Lord face to face. He thought the Lord was going
to kill him. And the Lord replied, peace be unto thee. Thou shalt
not die. And he built an altar there saying,
Jehovah Shalom, the Lord our peace. Ephesians chapter 2 verse
14 says, He is our peace. God is at peace with me. That's an amazing thing to be
able to say. God is at peace with me. Now,
I'm aware to some extent of my sinfulness, but God is at peace
with me. Why? Because my sin has been
washed away by the blood of Christ. Because I have the righteousness
of Christ as my garment before God, and God doesn't have any
reason to be mad at me. He's at peace with me. And you
know what I feel out of that? peace. He is our peace. Colossians 1 20 says, having
made peace through the blood of his cross, he made my peace
with God. He is my peace. Jehovah Shalom, the Lord, our
peace. What a blessed thing to have
peace. And I know it's all Christ. He is my peace before God. And
then in Psalm 23, verse 1, David said, the Lord is my shepherd. Jehovah-Raha, the Lord is my
shepherd. And because my shepherd is the
Lord, I shall not want. Now this is a Psalm many people
are familiar with, but let me read this. The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want. I shall not
lack anything. I will not lack rest. He makes me to lie down in green
pastures. I'll not lack peace. He leads
me beside still waters, waters of quietness. I'll not lack restoration. He restoreth my soul. He does
it over and over and over again. I won't lack righteousness. He
leads me in the paths of righteousness for His namesake. I won't lack
companionship. Yea, though I walk through the
valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for thou art
with me." The Lord's always with me. Then he says, I won't lack
comfort. Thy rod and thy staff comfort
me. Then he says in verse 5, I won't
lack provision, because thou preparest a table before me in
the presence of mine enemies. I won't lack joy, thou known
as my head, with all my cup runneth over. Surely, goodness and mercy
shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell
in the house of the Lord forever." What a glorious thing it is to
have the Lord as your shepherd. The Lord is my shepherd. I shall
not want. And then he says in Jeremiah
chapter 23 verse 6, we read his name is Jehovah Sikinu, the Lord
our righteousness. In Jeremiah 23.6, this is the
name wherewith he shall be called, Jehovah's Sekinu, the Lord our
righteousness. And then in Jeremiah 31, it says
this is the name wherewith she shall be called, the Lord our
righteousness. Now what this is a reference
to is the glorious truth of justification. The very righteousness of God
belongs to the believer. You see, II Corinthians 5.21
says, For he hath made him to be sin, for us who knew no sin,
that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. Now when I stand
before God on judgment day, and I'm judged, the searchlight of
God's holiness is going to look me over, and all God will see
is the righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ, because that's
all that's there. You see, my sin has been done away with,
and He gave me His very righteousness, and this is the name we're with?
He shall be called the Lord our righteousness. This is the heritage
of every believer. We have the very righteousness
of the Lord Jesus Christ as our personal righteousness before
God. And then in Ezekiel chapter 48,
verse 35, we read of Jehovah Shammah, the Lord is present. The Lord is present. Now, he had been describing the
temple and the boundaries of it, which is a picture of the
church of the Lord Jesus Christ, and he says regarding this temple,
the Lord is present. You see, the Lord is always present
with His people. Do you know even when He hides
His face, He's still present? The Lord is always there with
His people. He said, I will never leave thee
nor forsake thee. We always have the presence of
the Lord if we're His people. He's always there. When we feel
it, when we don't feel it, when we're aware of it, when we're
not aware of it, the Lord is always there. And I don't simply
mean by His omnipresence where He's everywhere at once. I'm
talking about His gracious presence. His gracious presence, His hand
is always upon the believer. Oh, the Lord is present. Thank God Jehovah is present. And then the last one is found
in Ezekiel chapter 20 verse 12, Jehovah Kadesh, I am the Lord
that sanctifies thee. Now if I was to pick out one
word in the Bible that describes God's salvation, it would be
sanctification. The believer was set apart, that's
what the word means, set apart to be holy. The believer was
set apart by God the Father in eternal election. Ephesians 1
verse 4 says, according as he hath chosen us in him before
the foundation of the world that we should be holy. To be sanctified
is to be declared to be holy. We're sanctified by the offering
of the body of Jesus Christ once for all, Hebrews 10, 11 says.
Declared by God himself to be holy. You see, when Christ died
for me, I was sanctified. I was declared by God to be holy.
I was made holy. We're sanctified by the spirit
of God and regeneration. When God the Holy Spirit gives
new birth, he gives a new nature, the sanctification of the spirit,
a holy nature. Now, sanctification, I know this
about sanctification. I can't sanctify myself. I can't
make myself holy, nor can you. But here is the promise that
every believer has. I am the Lord that sanctifies
thee. I love this scripture. In 1 Corinthians
1, verse 30, it says, For of Him are we in Christ Jesus,
who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification,
and redemption. Hebrews 2 says, Both he that
sanctifyeth and they who are sanctified are all of one. Now He sanctified me. And I am
one with him, union with the Lord Jesus Christ. Both he that
sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one, for
the which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren. He is
the Lord that sanctifies us. Now what a blessed, precious
promise, the Lord, our sanctification. Now, Jehovah. Hallowed be thy
name. May God give us grace when we
think of his name to think of it in fear. Hallowed be thy name. Jehovah-Jireh, hallowed be thy
name. Jehovah-Rotha, the Lord that
healeth thee, hallowed be thy name. Jehovah-Neesi, the Lord
our banner, hallowed be thy name. be thy name. Jehovah Shalom,
the Lord our peace, hallowed, holy and reverend be thy name. Jehovah Raha, the Lord is my
shepherd, hallowed be thy name. Jehovah Tzadkinu, the Lord our
righteousness, hallowed, holy is thy name. Jehovah Shammah,
the Lord is present, hallowed be thy name. And Jehovah Kadesh,
I am the Lord that sanctify thee, hallowed be thy name." Truly,
the name of the Lord is a strong tower. The righteous run into
it and are safe. May God teach us what this means. Hallowed be thy name. Now we
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