God is a personal name that is also used for Hebraic names of God. It is not a title being used as a name. God has more than one name, or title, and the English usage of God, as a name, conforms to the Hebraic usage.
No! That is not correct. A title is never a substitute for anyone's name, let alone the unique name of the Supreme God. Jehovah reveals his own name in the Bible. This is not a name given to him by men, but one he gave to Moses in Exodus 3:13-15. His name is יְהֹוָ֞ה (YHWH in Hebrew...Yahweh, Jehovah in English.)
From Shemot - Exodus - Chapter 3 (Parshah Shemot)
"And Moses said to God, "Behold I come to the children of Israel, and I say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they say to me, 'What is His name?' what shall I say to them?"
14God said to Moses, "Ehyeh asher ehyeh (I will be what I will be)," and He said, "So shall you say to the children of Israel, 'Ehyeh (I will be) has sent me to you.'"
ידוַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶל־משֶׁ֔ה אֶֽהְיֶ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶֽהְיֶ֑ה וַיֹּ֗אמֶר כֹּ֤ה תֹאמַר֙ לִבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֶֽהְיֶ֖ה שְׁלָחַ֥נִי אֲלֵיכֶֽם:
15And God said further to Moses, "So shall you say to the children of Israel, 'The Lord God of your forefathers, 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 how I should be mentioned in every generation.
טווַיֹּ֩אמֶר֩ ע֨וֹד אֱלֹהִ֜ים אֶל־משֶׁ֗ה כֹּ֣ה תֹאמַר֘ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ יְהֹוָ֞ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י אֲבֹֽתֵיכֶ֗ם אֱלֹהֵ֨י אַבְרָהָ֜ם אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִצְחָ֛ק וֵֽאלֹהֵ֥י יַֽעֲקֹ֖ב שְׁלָחַ֣נִי
The Jewish tradition of not uttering the Divine Name changed the way those verses read in English.
In Verse 15 where it says "The Lord God of your forefathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you."... if you look at the Hebrew you will clearly see God's name, יְהֹוָ֞ה
Verse 14 gives the meaning... (I Will Be What I Will Be)...אֶֽהְיֶ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶֽהְיֶ֑ה
And verse 15 gives us his personal name....Jehovah.... יְהֹוָ֞ה
Notice that God says that this is his name "forever"...to be used in every generation.....what happened to that?
Psalm 83:18...And they know that Thou -- (Thy name [is] Jehovah -- by Thyself,) [Art] the Most High over all the earth! (YLT)
KJV..."18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone is Jehovah, art the most high over all the earth."
Hollman..."May they know that You alone—whose name is Yahweh—are the Most High over all the earth."
Many Bible translations have stayed true to the Hebrew text and not replaced God's personal name with a title in some verses.
That would be tantamount to an established and well known human author having their own name on their published work substituted with the word "Author". How insulting!
The true God has always placed his name on his people. Even after Jesus pronounced sentence on the corrupted Jewish religion....."Symʹe·on has related thoroughly how God for the first time turned his attention to the nations to take out of them a people for his name." (Acts 15:14)
God will associate his name with those who are faithful to him. He will strip it from those who don't treat it with due respect. That respect does not involve violating his command with a superstition.
Jehovah has only one name but many titles. Judaism took the Divine Name away from her people and they never anticipated what that would mean for themselves and others to come. (Matthew 23:37-39)
Therefore, the question, still stands, why do you use a "pagan" origin name for deity? I know why I use God as a name, but the question is, do you use God as a name, and if so, why.
The use of God's name is displayed throughout the Hebrew scriptures, some 7,000 times in fact. It is used hundreds of times just in the Psalms alone. God's pre-Christian servants used it often and with great reverence.....so should we if we know the God who is attached inextricably to his name and what it means.
Jesus said..."I have revealed Your name to the men You gave Me from the world." (John 17:6)
John 17:11....."I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, protect them by Your name that You have given Me"
John 17:26....."I made Your name known to them and will make it known, so the love You have loved Me with
may be in them and I may be in them."
In the Lord's Prayer, what is the first thing Jesus said?....."Our Father who art in heaven hallowed by thy name".
Are you getting the sense that God's name is important? The scriptures could not be clearer.
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