I pray that the Holy Spirit will reveal all that we are going to do in this studies.
1 Cor 2: 10 But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.
If you want to know God to His full extent then I am inviting you to do this studies with me. Today we start with a new series about the Names of God whereby He reveals to us who He is through His names in the bible. This is a series of studies not to be missed!
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It is so important to remember that in our study of God there are two important things that we should seek to know. First, we need information, revealed facts about God. We need knowledge of who God is, how He exists, or about what God is like. But second, we desperately need to go beyond just the facts about God. We need to know God personally and intimately. The facts are the foundation, but the goal is fellowship with God as we learn about His person, plan, purposes, principles, and promises.
NAMES OF GOD
The names or titles given to God in scripture reveal much about His characteristics - who He is, what He is like and what He does. When the Bible uses the phrase the "name of God" or "in the name of the Lord" it refers to His total person - All that He is. And God's name is excellent and majestic.
Psalm 8:1 O Lord, our Lord,
How excellent is Your name in all the earth,
Who have set Your glory above the heavens!
The Primary New Testament names for God
Theos means God and is the New Testament equivalent of the Old Testament Elohim or Yahweh.
Titus 2:13 13 while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,
Kurios means "Lord" and is the New Testament equivalent of the Old Testament Adonai.
Adonai which was often used as a substitute for Yahweh out of reverence for God's personal name. It identifies Jesus as the Yahweh/Adonai of the Old Testament.
John 20:28 28 Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”
Despotes means "master" and is sometimes translated as "Sovereign Lord"
Luke 2:28-29 28 Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying:
29 “Sovereign Lord, as you have promised,
you may now dismiss[d] your servant in peace.
Acts 4:24 When they heard this, they raised their voices together in prayer to God. “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “you made the heavens and the earth and the sea, and everything in them.
2 Peter 2:1 But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.
Revelations 6:10 They called out in a loud voice, “How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?”
Abba (Pater) means "father" and denotes the special relationship of a believer to God.
John 4:23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.
Romans 8:15 The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship.[f] And by him we cry, “Abba,[g] Father.”
Matthew 6:9
“This, then, is how you should pray:
“‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
The next post is: Main New Testament names for Jesus.
Put your thoughts in the comments, in the next post there will be assignment about the names of God.
I did this Bible School course more than 20 years ago over a period of 2 years, and it is now my privilege to share it with you.
Dr Dennis J. Mock: Bible training for church leadership, Bible Doctrine Survey, course no. 4
Scripture: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage - New King James Version
