Sermon Tone Analysis

Intro to the series

NAMES OF GOD!

ELOHIM- CREATOR

JEHOVAH- RELATIONAL GOD

ADONAI- GOD WHO RULES

JEHOVA JIREH- Lord our provider

JEHOVA NISSI- MY BANNER

EL SHADDAI- Lord Almighty

Immanuel- God with us

SO WHY WOULD WE WANT/NEED TO DO A SERIES ON THE NAMES OF GOD?????

Well we need to start with “why’s the names important?”

To fully grasp this we must understand the power and significance of God’s names, we need to understand the importance of names in Bible times.

In the Old Testament, and New Testament we repeatedly see someones name almost always revealed something important about that persons character…

Names are so important in biblical times that we often see God CHANGING someone’s name to refect a new identity.

a new purpose.

a new meaning.

Abram (exalted father) to abraham (father of a mulitude)

Jacob (Heel grabber) to Israel (one who prevails) after wrestiling with God.

New testament.... Simon..... “Peter” which means ROCK.... i love this one… jesus named him peter which meant rock but all through the NEW TESTAMENT we see Peter being anything but a rock… he becomes one after the resurrection and filling of the holy Spirit..

Jesus named Peter for who he was going to be..... some of you in here.... jesus has a name for you.

who you are going to be.

So to God… in this time especially names are SUPER IMPORTANT....

Learning God’s names and their importance will open up the door to know his character.

who he is.

his power.

his might.

but here’s the thing about God… all these people we just looked at had a name that showed their character and their purpose.

But only one name could NEVER help us understand the greatness of his character!

his goodness and might is so much bigger than one name.

so therefore he has multiple names.

what i like about it is this.... he has a name for every situation you could possibly face.

when you need victory… he is Jehovah Nissi… (banner of victory) fighter....

when you need a healing… Jehovah Rapha.... our healer...

when you are in need… Jehovah Jireh… God the provider.

Run to the name of the lord.. what name?

whichever one we need in that moment!

love it.

one name alone could NEVER tell us what we need to know about our God.

One name could NEVER represent his majesty and power.

It’s important to know these names because what we think of when we think of God is so important.... what comes to mind when we talk about the Lord is crucial.

So.... we will look at the very first name that we see and introduced to in the Word of God....

Elohim.... our creator.

God’s first introduction of himself to mankind..

Hello…i am Elohim… we always say that this name just simply means creator… but i LOVE the literal translation of this name… “STRONG ONE”

HELLO… I AM STRONG ONE.... the CREATOR....

“in the beginning God...”

He is self existent.... if this is the beginning… god existed before the beginning… no time restraints on God.

now notice he says.... God created the heavens and the earth…

so check this… before God created anything there was nothing outside of him…

This is why the bible never uses the word “create” for anything men do.... God is the ONLY creator… the only one EVER to create something out of literally NOTHING....

he is the only being that was not a creation....

This is why the bible never uses the word “create” for anything men do.... God is the ONLY creator… the only one EVER to create something out of literally NOTHING....

now notice… he’s such a “strong one” that he doesnt even need his hands…

Check this…

Genesis

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So our God the creator can create ANYTHING out of NOTHING by simply speaking a word....

We want God to create things in our lives… we want God to work in our lives… to do a work that will last.... think about the sun.. still burning because of the WORD that was spoken…

if you want something in your life to be created… something that will last… WE MUST GET A WORD FROM THE CREATOR!

All it takes is a word!!!

This is why it upsets God all throughout scripture whenever someone doubted his strength....

I am ELOHIM.... THE STRONG ONE… THE CREATOR...

God said “ say what?”.... listen honey… created a baby inside of your womb is NOTHING FOR ME… I AM THE CREATOR… I with a word spoke the heaven and earth into existence from NOTHING…

Think of when Mary… wondered how in the world she could have a baby as a virgin....

WE SERVE THE “STRONG ONE” THE CREATOR… WE NEED TO LET HIM SPEAK A WORD INTO OUR LIVES… BRING SOME LIGHT TO THE DARKNESS...

brings me to next point...

Elohim…creator....also the RESTORER!!

FORMLESS…EMPTY…VOID.... TRANSLATED AS WASTE… UNINHABITABLE… UNNUSABLE....

So God… after creation of the earth noticed that it was uninhabiable… unnusable… waste… nothing was there .

darkness and empty....

Some believe that this is when Satan was kicked out of heaven… God created the world.... kicked satan out..

think about what Satan does… takes the goodness of God’s creation and makes it a wasteland… using sin to bring darkness he attemps to make your life void and empty;....

God’s spirit was hovering… the strong one… the creator.. ready to restore!!

I love this about God’s character.... not only can he create something out of nothing but he can also take the mess that the devil has created and RESTORE it into something good.

restore it intosomething great… the strong one.. the creator… our creator…

God said, God saw, God called, God seperated.... he is an active working God.. strong one is working in your life...

speak into your life

see into your life

call on your life

he is active in his people… strong one…

scripture that kept coming to my mind this afternoon....

1 samuel

david pursued, overtook, and recovered.... why????

we serve a strong one… we serve the restorer… we serve the creator...

someone in here has lost something.... God says i can restore....

someone in here needs something created out of nothing… we serve the God who can..

elohim… our creater!!