Day 2 God Has a Name

Jeremiah 33:2-3

“Thus says the LORD who made the earth, the LORD who formed it to establish it— The LORD is his name: Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known."

How do we call out to God?

We find the answer in these words in Jeremiah 33:2-3.

When we call someone, we usually call the person's name.  Here, we see that God has a name.

Did you realize that God has a name?

What is God's name?

Look at the verse again. 

It says "The Lord" is his name.

What a funny name that is. He is called the LORD?

Bible in its original form

You need to understand the Bible written in its original form and Bible translation.

In the original Hebrew text, "the LORD" is YHWH, often times transliterated as "Yahweh" or "Yahveh".

In order to be consistent, I will use "Yahweh".

There is a long history behind why Bible translators substituted God's Name with "the LORD". This is an unfortunate situation because God's Name got wiped out in the process. You don't see God's Name in the Bible in most translations.

Bible Translators had complicated God's Name down through the centuries to cause this kind of confusion. There is also a long history behind the pronunciation of God's Name. I will explain more in detail in the future books in this series.

What is important for you to know is that God has actually given you His Name to call upon Him.

So the words in Jeremiah 33:2-3 should be read in this way:

“Thus says YAHWEH who made the earth, YAHWEH who formed it to establish it— YAHWEH is his name: Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known."

"Yahweh is his name."

Yahweh is God's name.

Do you realize that God actually has a name?

It never dawned on us to ever think about the fact that God has a name. That's why in the past, we never questioned or asked about what God's Name could be?

Application:  When you start praying today, learn to call on God's Name, Yahweh.  Learn to address God by His Name.  Do not use the general terms: "God" or "Lord".  Our Almighty God has a Name, just like you have a name.

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God's Name is Yahweh.  He is a personal God with a Name.