"For you shall worship no other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God (Exodus 34:14).
One of the most interesting attributes of God mentioned in Scripture is the affirmation of God Himself—“For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God” (Ex. 20:5).
When God says that He is a jealous God, he is letting us know that he will not tolerate any form of rivalry that takes away from the time and attention that should be devoted to Him. He was very clear about the importance of seeking Him first and putting no other gods or idols before Him.
El Kanna is the Hebrew name for God meaning consuming fire, jealous God. This name contains a holy version of jealousy that God has for His people.
This passage explains that God is a jealous God, and his name is Jealous, “for you shall worship no other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God” (Exodus 34:14).
You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, YHWH your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the ...
PHTHONOS was the personified spirit (daimon) of jealousy and envy. He was particularly concerned with the jealous passions of love. In one ancient Greek vase painting he appears as an Erote, winged godling of love, accompanying Aphrodite.
Remarkably, it isn't to his righteousness or holiness or justice or majesty or sovereignty or any other attribute that God appeals, but to his jealousy. "For you shall worship no other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God" (Exod. 34:14; see Num. 25:11).
His name has the power to heal you, His name has the power to save you, His name has the power to protect you, God's name is powerful! It is so important for the children to see that God's name isn't any ordinary name and you wouldn't use it like you would use anyone's name. God's name deserves Respect!
One of the ways God's name is misused is through profanity. Webster's dictionary defines profanity as to violate or treat with irreverence or contempt something regarded as sacred. The word literally means "before the temple." So, a profane word is one you would not use in church.
Exodus 20:7 tells us that we are not to misuse the name of the Lord, our God. That verse continues with a clear warning: “The Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses His name.” The third commandment should not be taken lightly. Leviticus 24 says that a person caught taking God's name in vain was to be stoned.
They help us understand more of His power, wonder, and might. They describe what He does, how He acts, and how He moves in our lives. They also describe how He responds toward us as His people. And as Psalm 9 tells us, knowing God's name helps us trust Him.
First and foremost, God is glorified in our willing obedience to the wisdom of His commandments. To believe in God is to trust His Word, and to trust His Word is to obey and follow it. Otherwise, we are putting ourselves above God, judging Him, and insisting that we can do better with our lives.
God, Father, Lord—These names typify our communication with and about him. We know His name is to be honored, not said in vain (Exodus 20:7). It is to be “hallowed,” revered in our prayers (Matthew 6:9).
Hestia was regarded as one of the kindest and most compassionate amongst all the Gods. Perhaps the first example of a benign God or Goddess. Generally speaking, Hestia has a low key role in Greek Mythology.
When we trust Christ as our Savior and Lord, He calls us by name (Jn. 10:3).
Hagar was the very first person to dare to give God a name. She wasn't a person of any authority or particular merit, she wasn't a prophet or a priestess: she was an Egyptian slave girl owned by Abram's wife, Sarai.
There are names given by humans and names given by God. The name given by God is the name that will lead us to God's promises. God changed Abram's name to Abraham, Sarai's to Sarah, Jacob's to Israel and Simon's to Peter. Through those names God gave new beginnings, new hopes, new blessings.
Jehovah, artificial Latinized rendering of the name of the God of Israel. The name arose among Christians in the Middle Ages through the combination of the consonants YHWH (JHVH) with the vowels of Adonai (“My Lord”).
Yahweh means “ I am who I am”
God's Name Is Almost Always Translated Lord In The English Bible. But the Hebrew would be pronounced something like “Yahweh,” and is built on the word for “I am.”
According to Walter A. Elwell and Robert W. Yarbrough, the term θεος (God) is used 1317 times.
“She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us). And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.”
God has no shortage of names--He is called by almost 1000 different ones in the Bible. But one of these names stands alone, and that name is Yahweh. The name Yahweh (yah-WEH) occurs more than 6,800 times in the Old Testament. It appears in every book but Esther, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Songs.
"If you say something like 'Oh my God,' then you're using His name in vain, but if you're saying something like OMG it's not really using the Lord's name in vain because you're not saying 'Oh my God. ' It's more like 'Wow.