Hey guys!
Now, in some of my videos when I talk about God the Father, or Jesus Christ,
I got some comments from people who say,
"That is not His name, stop preaching false lies, being a false teacher... deceiving people..."
So in this video I'm just gonna answer and address those angry people,
and we're also really gonna look at what is God's real name.
So, this is gonna be an interesting video.
Let's get to it...
Now before we get into it -
For all those people who get very angry and very upset when people don't do,
or say things that they think they should say or should not say; I just have a couple of verses for you:
The first is Ephesians 4:31,
"Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words and slander as well as all types of evil behavior."
Look, it's okay to help each other as brothers and sisters to stay on the right path -
Actually, I like it, I like it when people say: "Well Daniel, are you... are you saying the right thing here?
or, maybe you should just go and check that or recheck..."
I like it, all right, but if we don't do it in love then you're not doing it through the spiritual nature,
you're doing it through your own nature.
Ephesians 4:2 says: "Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love."
You know, you see it in the comments in the church sometimes as well;
when people argue about certain things and like, "you're not doing this right..."
And they get very angry and very upset.
But if you do that, then you're forgetting about one of the most important laws of God:
Matthew 22:37 says:
""You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart with all your soul and with all your mind."
This is the first and great commandmen. And the second like it:
"You shall love your neighbor as yourself." On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets."
Now I know it's not always easy to love your neighbor as you love yourself,
because our sinful nature is very selfish, but you have to try.
Because remember, our fight is not against each other but against spiritual forces in the air.
And remember this: it is more important to win the person, than to win your selfish point.
When you win the person, it's all about acting through the spiritual nature,
where you actually care for them and love them and try really understand them.
Once they see that you really care about them,
then you've won them and then they would actually want to hear what you have to say.
Then they are more open, all right, so enough said about that...
So what is God's real name?
Well, as you know, the Bible is written;
the Old Testament in Hebrew, and the New Testament in Greek.
But let's go to the Old Testament first:
What does God say about Himself?
When somebody asked Him, "What is Your name?" - what did God say?
Some of you might remember; when Moses asked Him.
Exodus 3:13, "Then Moses said to God, "Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them,
'The God of your father's has sent me to you,'
and they say to me, 'What is His name ?' what shall I say to them?"
And God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM."
And He said, "Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, 'I AM' has sent me to you.'"
Moreover God said to Moses, "Thus you shall say to the children of Israel:
'The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob,
has sent me to you.
This is My name forever, and this is my memorial to all generations.'"
Now did you realize that God gave Moses three answers:
He said, "I AM WHO I AM",
"I AM has sent Me to you" and "the LORD GOD"...
Now, you need to know that whenever you see the English word, 'Lord', in the Old Testament,
it is actually the word in Hebrew, 'Yahweh', and it is spelled with four letters, 'Y H W H'.
Now you also need to know that most of the Jews had huge respect for God, in His name,
So most of them never spoke it with their lips, because they were afraid they might take it in vain.
So when, for example they would write or read it, they would say, 'ADONAI', which means, 'my Lord'.
So the English Bible followed the same pattern,
they just translated the word, 'Yahweh', with, 'LORD' in capital letters.
But God's proper name is 'Yahweh', and is mentioned 6,828 times in the Old Testament
The word, 'ELOHIM' is also His name and it is used 2,600 times.
And then another name you probably heard is, 'Jehovah'.
Now where does this come from? 'Jehovah'...?
Well, as you know, the old Hebrew text or language did not have vowels -
that's why you only have those four letters;
so, 'Jehovah', comes from trying to pronounce the constants 'Y H W H",
with the vowels from the word 'ADONAI'.
But in short, God's name is, 'I AM' ... 'I AM WHO I AM'.
Just think how deep that really is... Maybe I'll make a video about that later on.
Now, what is important to remember, is that; in the Bible, when they describe somebody's name,
a name is used to describe his character;
And in the same way, God has different names describing His character.
So God's name is not just one name, but it is equal to all the Bible describes about Him and creation.
Let's have a look at some of these names that the Bible has for God first:
EL ELOAH: God,"Mighty, Strong, Prominent"
ELOHIM: God, "Creator, Mighty and Strong"
EL SHADDAI: "God Almighty", "the Mighty One of Jacob"
ADONAI: "Lord", "Yahweh" "Yahweh-Jehovah" "Lord"
YAHWEH-JIREH: "the Lord will provide"
YAHWEH-RAPHA: "the Lord who heals"
YAHWEH-NISSI: "the Lord our Banner "
YAHWEH-M'KADDESH: "the Lord who sanctifies, makes holy"
YAHWEH-SHALOM: "the Lord our peace"
YAHWEH-ELOHIM: "Lord God"
YAHWEH-TSIDKENO: "the Lord our righteousness"
YAHWEH-ROHI: "the Lord our Shepherd"
YAHWEH-SHAMMA: "the Lord is there"
YAHWEH-SABOATH: "the Lord of Hosts"
EL ELYON: "Most High"
AL ROI: "God of seeing"
EL OLAM: "Everlasting God"
EL GIBHOR: this is describing the "Messiah, the Mighty God"
And that's a lot, righ?
But apart from these that are described by human experience and emotion,
There's also a lot taken from nature.
God is called a lion, an eagle, a lamb, the Sun, a hen, the Morning star.
A light, a fire, a fountain, a rock, a shield, a tower...
and there are many others and all of them reveal something to us about God's character.
We won't understand everything there is about God,
but only that, which He chose to reveal to us through Scripture.
Now, is it wrong to call God, 'God'?
Of course not.
Because He is the only God, there is just one true God.
Isaiah 44:6 says: "I am the first and I am the last. Besides Me, there is no God."
So, if you pray and you call the only God, 'God', it's not wrong.
Of course He's gonna know that you're talking to Him.
Nowhere in scripture does it say it is wrong to call God, 'God', or 'Lord', in another language.
We shouldn't make up stuff or add rules to the Bible.
1 Timothy 2:5 says: "For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men,
the Man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom for all."
So where does the name 'Jesus' come from?
Well, some people say, "Jesus is not His real name - you can't call Him Jesus..."
So where does it come from then?
Well, if you translate it, it is His real name. Jesus' real name is, 'Yeshua'.
Now remember, the New Testament is not in Hebrew, it's in Greek.
So when you take the Hebrew name of 'Yeshua', and you translate it into Greek, what do you get?
It becomes, 'Jèsous', now I'm not sure if you pronounce it like that... I'm really trying here.
But then when you spell it in English, it is 'Jesus'.
Now remember, Romans 10:13 says: "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."
Now whether you are calling to God in Hebrew or Greek or English or Afrikaans or even Chinese,
it doesn't matter, because God judges the heart of man, not the appearance.
Men judge each other on the appearance and other things they sometimes say.
And so, sometimes even Christian, religious people can be very judgmental.
But God knows your heart, so if you call to Him with a sincere and honest heart,
He will answer you.
Now, if you have more questions, or you want to grow spiritually,
then check out one of these playlists, and I'll see you there.
And remember, God loves you, and I love you too, bye.