Saturday, October 22, 2011

Who is God?

A couple of weeks ago, we had a staff devotion about everything that God is called.  Reading this extensive list was quite overwhelming to me.  Really?  God is ALL of these things?  I mean, of course he's our Father and Creator, but He is SO MUCH more.  He truly covers all of his bases!  He's the Ancient of Days, but also Everlasting!  Jesus is called the Great Shepherd AND the Lamb of God.  It is a long list to read, perhaps too much to read at once.  I do encourage you to do what our staff did when presented this list.  Take time to thank our Lord for all that he is to us!

The thing that blows me away the most is that God doesn't really ask us to be anything He is or wasn't.  It's all right here!  Comfort others because I am a comforter.  Share the truth, because I am the truth.

Which part of God are you seeing in a new way today?  What do we as human beings need to change so that we can live our lives in the way that Jesus did?

God is SO good!

THE NAMES OF GOD

OLD TESTAMENT NAMES FOR GOD

ELOHIM......Genesis 1:1, Psalm 19:1
meaning "God", a reference to God's power and might.
ADONAI......Malachi 1:6
meaning "Lord", a reference to the Lordship of God.
JEHOVAH--YAHWEH.....Genesis 2:4
a reference to God's divine salvation.
JEHOVAH-MACCADDESHEM.......Exodus 31:13
meaning "The Lord thy sanctifier"
JEHOVAH-ROHI......Psalm 23:1
meaning "The Lord my shepherd"
JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH.......Ezekiel 48:35
meaning "The Lord who is present"
JEHOVAH-RAPHA.........Exodus 15:26
meaning "The Lord our healer"
JEHOVAH-TSIDKENU......Jeremiah 23:6
meaning "The Lord our righteousness"
JEHOVAH-JIREH.........Genesis 22:13-14
meaning "The Lord will provide"
JEHOVAH-NISSI.........Exodus 17:15
meaning "The Lord our banner"
JEHOVAH-SHALOM........Judges 6:24
meaning "The Lord is peace"
JEHOVAH-SABBAOTH......Isaiah 6:1-3
meaning "The Lord of Hosts"
JEHOVAH-GMOLAH........Jeremiah 51:6
meaning "The God of Recompense"
EL-ELYON..............Genesis 14:17-20,Isaiah 14:13-14
meaning "The most high God
EL-ROI................Genesis 16:13
meaning "The strong one who sees"
EL-SHADDAI............Genesis 17:1,Psalm 91:1
meaning "The God of the mountains or God Almighty"
EL-OLAM...............Isaiah 40:28-31
meaning "The everlasting God"


MORE NAMES OF GOD

     ABBA.............................Romans 8:15
     ADVOCATE.........................I John 2:1 (kjv)
     ALMIGHTY.........................Genesis 17:1
     ALPHA............................Revelation 22:13
     AMEN.............................Revelation 3:14
     ANCIENT OF DAYS..................Daniel 7:9
     ANOINTED ONE.....................Psalm 2:2
     APOSTLE..........................Hebrews 3:1
     ARM OF THE LORD..................Isaiah 53:1
     AUTHOR OF LIFE...................Acts 3:15
     AUTHOR OF OUR FAITH..............Hebrews 12:2
     BEGINNING.........................Revelation 21:6
     BLESSED & HOLY RULER..............1 Timothy 6:15
     BRANCH............................Jeremiah 33:15
     BREAD OF GOD......................John 6:33
     BREAD OF LIFE.....................John 6:35
     BRIDEGROOM........................Isaiah 62:56
     BRIGHT MORNING STAR...............Revelation 22:16

     CHIEF SHEPHERD.....................1 Peter 5:4
     CHOSEN ONE.........................Isaiah 42:1
     CHRIST.............................Matthew 22:42
     CHRIST OF GOD......................Luke 9:20
     CHRIST THE LORD....................Luke 2:11
     CHRIST, SON OF LIVING GOD..........Matthew 16:16
     COMFORTER..........................John 14:26(kjv)
     COMMANDER..........................Isaiah 55:4
     CONSOLATION OF ISRAEL...............Luke 2:25
     CONSUMING FIRE................Deut. 4:24, Heb. 12:29
     CORNERSTONE.........................Isaiah 28:16
     COUNSELOR...........................Isaiah 9:6
     CREATOR.............................1 Peter 4:19

     DELIVERER..............................Romans 11:26
     DESIRED OF ALL NATIONS.................Haggai 2:7
     DOOR...................................John 10:7(kjv)

     END....................................Revelation 21:6
     ETERNAL GOD............................Deut. 33:27
     EVERLASTING FATHER.....................Isaiah 9:6

     FAITHFUL & TRUE........................Revelation 19:11
     FAITHFUL WITNESS.......................Revelation 1:5
     FATHER.................................Matthew 6:9
     FIRSTBORN (3) ............Rom.8:29,Rev.1:5,Col.1:15
     FIRSTFRUITS............................1 Cor.15:20-23
     FOUNDATION.............................1 Cor. 3:11
     FRIEND OF TAX COLLECTORS &SINNERS …Matthew 11:19

     GENTLE WHISPER.........................1 Kings 19:12
     GIFT OF GOD............................John 4:10
     GLORY OF THE LORD......................Isaiah 40:5
     GOD....................................Genesis 1:1
     GOD ALMIGHTY...........................Genesis 17:1
     GOD OVER ALL...........................Romans 9:5
     GOD WHO SEES ME........................Genesis 16:13
     GOOD SHEPHERD..........................John 10:11
     GREAT HIGH PRIEST......................Hebrews 4:14
     GREAT SHEPHERD.........................Hebrews 13:20
     GUIDE..................................Psalm 48:14
     HEAD OF THE BODY.......................Colossians 1:18
     HEAD OF THE CHURCH.....................Ephesians 5:23
     HEIR OF ALL THINGS.....................Hebrews 1:2
     HIGH PRIEST............................Hebrews 3:1
     HIGH PRIEST FOREVER....................Hebrews 6:20
     HOLY ONE...............................Acts 2:27
     HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL.....................Isaiah 49:7
     HOLY SPIRIT............................John 15:26
     HOPE...................................Titus 2:13
     HORN OF SALVATION......................Luke 1:69

     I AM....................................Exodus 3:14, John 8:58
     IMAGE OF GOD............................2 Cor. 4:4
     IMAGE OF HIS PERSON.....................Hebrews 1:3 (kjv)
     IMMANUEL................................Isaiah 7:14

     JEALOUS..............................Exodus 34:14 (kjv)
     JEHOVAH..............................Psalm 83:18 (kjv)
     JESUS................................Matthew 1:21
     JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD................Romans 6:23
     JUDGE................................Isaiah 33:22, Acts 10:42

     KING.................................Zechariah 9:9
     KING ETERNAL.........................1 Timothy 1:17
     KING OF KINGS........................1 Timothy 6:15
     KING OF THE AGES.....................Revelation 15:3

     LAMB OF GOD...........................John 1:29
     LAST ADAM.............................1 Cor. 15:45
     LAWGIVER..............................Isaiah 33:22
     LEADER................................Isaiah 55:4
     LIFE..................................John 14:6
     LIGHT OF THE WORLD....................John 8:12
     LIKE AN EAGLE.........................Deut. 32:11
     LILY OF THE VALLEYS...................Song 2:1
     LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH............Revelation 5:5
     LIVING STONE..........................1 Peter 2:4
     LIVING WATER..........................John 4:10
     LORD..................................John 13:13
     LORD GOD ALMIGHTY............... Revelation 15:3
     LORD JESUS CHRIST..................1 Cor. 15:57
     LORD OF ALL..............................Acts 10:36
     LORD OF GLORY ........................1 Cor. 2:8
     LORD OF HOSTS.........................Haggai 1:5
     LORD OF LORDS.........................1 Tim. 6:15
     LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS....Jeremiah 23:6
     LOVE.................................1 John 4:8

     MAN OF SORROWS................................Isaiah 53:3
     MASTER.......................................................Luke 5:5
     MEDIATOR...........................................1 Timothy 2:5
     MERCIFUL GOD.................................Jeremiah 3:12
     MESSENGER OF THE COVENANT........Malachi 3:1
     MESSIAH................................. ……………John 4:25
     MIGHTY GOD............................... …………Isaiah 9:6
     MIGHTY ONE...........................................Isaiah 60:16

     NAZARENE.........................................Matthew 2:23

     OFFSPRING OF DAVID.................Revelation 22:16
     OMEGA..........................................Revelation 22:13
     ONLY BEGOTTEN SON.....................John 1:18(kjv)
     OUR PASSOVER LAMB...........................1 Cor. 5:7
     OUR PEACE....................................Ephesians 2:14

     POTTER...........................................Isaiah 64:8
     POWER OF GOD.............................1 Cor. 1:24
     PRINCE OF PEACE..........................Isaiah 9:6
     PROPHET..........................................Acts 3:22
     PURIFIER.......................................Malachi 3:3

     RABBONI (TEACHER)........................John 20:16
     RADIANCE OF GOD'S GLORY..................Heb.1:3
     REDEEMER.................................Job 19:25
     REFINER'S FIRE...........................Malachi 3:2
     RESURRECTION.............................John 11:25
     RIGHTEOUS ONE............................1 John 2:1
     ROCK.....................................1 Cor.10:4
     ROOT OF DAVID............................Rev. 22:16
     ROSE OF SHARON...........................Song 2:1
     RULER OF GOD'S CREATION..................Rev. 3:14
     RULER OVER KINGS OF EARTH................Rev 1:5
     RULER OVER ISRAEL........................Micah 5:2

     SAVIOR...................................Luke 2:11
     SCEPTER OUT OF ISRAEL..............Numbers 24:17
     SEED.....................................Genesis 3:15
     SERVANT..................................Isaiah 42:1
     SHEPHERD OF OUR SOULS....................1Peter 2:25
     SHIELD...................................Genesis 15:1
     SON OF DAVID.............................Matthew 1:1
     SON OF GOD...............................Matthew 27:54
     SON OF MAN...............................Matthew 8:20
     SON OF THE MOST HIGH.....................Luke 1:32
     SOURCE...................................Hebrews 5:9
     SPIRIT OF GOD............................Genesis 1:2
     STAR OUT OF JACOB........................Numbers 24:17
     STONE....................................1 Peter 2:8
     SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.....................Malachi 4:2

     TEACHER...................................John 13:13
     TRUE LIGHT................................John 1:9
     TRUE WITNESS..............................Revelation 3:14
     TRUTH.....................................John 14:6

     VINE......................................John 15:5

     WAY........................................John 14:6
     WISDOM OF GOD..............................1 Cor. 1:24
     WITNESS....................................Isaiah 55:4
     WONDERFUL..................................Isaiah 9:6
     WORD.......................................John 1:1
     WORD OF GOD................................Revelation 19:13

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