WHO IS THE TRUE GOD?

WHY YOU SHOULD USE GOD'S NAME

God's unique name, Jehovah serves to differentiate him from all  other gods.  That is why that name appears so often in the Bible, especially in its Hebrew text.  Many translators fail to use the divine name, but Psalm 83:18 clearly says:  "You, whose name is Jehovah, you alone are the Most High over all the earth."  So it is appropriate  for us to use God's name when we speak of him.

The name Jehovah is a form of a Hebrew verb meaning "to become."  Thus, God's name means "He Causes to Become."  Jehovah Good thereby identifies himself as the Great Purposer.  He always causes his purposes to become reality. Only the true God can rightly bear this name, for humans can never be sure that their plans  will succeed.  (James 4:13, 14) Jehovah alone can say:  "So my word that goes forth from my mouth will prove to be. . . . It will have certain successes for which I have it." -Isaiah 55:11. 

The Hebrew patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob each "called on the name of Jehovah," but they did not know the full significance of the divine name.  (Genesis 21:33; 26:25; 32:9; Exodus 6:3)  When Jehovah later revealed his purpose to deliver their descendants, the Israelites, from slavery in Egypt and give them "a land flowing with milk and honey," This may have seemed impossible.  (Exodus 3:17) Nevertheless, God emphasized the everlasting significance of his name by telling his prophet Moses:  "This is what you are to say to the sons of Israel,  'Jehovah the God of your forefathers, the God of Abraham, the God and  Isaac and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.'  This is my name to time indefinite, and this is the memorial of me to generation after generation." -Exodus 3:15. 

Moses asked Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, to let the Israelites go to worship Jehovah in the wilderness.   But Pharaoh, who himself was viewed as a god and who worshiped other Egyptian gods, replied:  "Who is Jehovah, so that I should obey his voice to send Israel away?  I do not know Jehovah at all and, what is more, I am not going to send Israel away." -Exodus 5:1, 2. 

Next time: WHO IS THE TRUE GOD?/Conclusion of  WHY YOU SHOULD USE GOD'S NAME

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