Alright, let's grab our Bibles this morning. We're gonna start in Proverbs chapter 22. Proverbs chapter 22. To the delight of several, we are not doing Acts this morning. So I don't know, we may or may not ever get back on it. We're starting a new study today. And one that I think might be of interest to you. We're going to be doing a study on the names for God in the Bible. And we're doing this study because there's a growing popularity of people out there that like to give God a lot of names that we don't find in the Bible. You ever hear anybody call God Yahweh, or Adonai, or El, or Elohim, or El Shaddai, or something like that that sounds really spiritual, but when you read your Bible, you never find any of those names. That should be a warning to you right from the get-go. That should be like, why are they calling God that? I don't see his name there in the Bible. And so it should put up some red flags. We're going to go over names for God the Father in the Bible. And here, it's probably going to be in a couple of weeks, we're going to go over all the names for Jesus in the Bible. That one's got a list to it. It's gonna be a couple pages on that one because I remember whenever we were over in Corpus Christi It was we were trying to get on the beach or whatever and handed a gospel tract to a guy there And he's like oh yeah, Yeshua. You know we found out you know his real name's Yeshua It's not Jesus, and I'm like you better watch out before you start twitching twisting around the name of Jesus You know so there's a there's something fishy going on there But the question arises why do people use these different names for God? Is it wrong to use these names? What are the names for God? And what are the names for Jesus? Well, these are questions that we're gonna study in Sunday school and find out over the next several weeks, because names are important. You're here in Proverbs 22, look at verse number one. Bible says in Proverbs 22, one, a good name is rather to be chosen than great riches. and loving favor rather than silver and gold. Let's pray. Amen. So we read here, a good name is rather to be chosen than great riches. It's better to have a good name than it is to be wealthy, okay? Like I said, names are important. I'll give you three reasons why names are important real quick. We're gonna be jumping all over the Bible, it seems. This is just jumping off point. You don't need a marker here. But number one, I want you to know all names have meanings. Names have meanings. We don't just, oh, I like the sound of that. It's got a good ring to it. That's why some people choose names, but that name has a meaning. We find out several names in the Bible that have meanings. Isaac means laughter. He was named that because Sarah laughed when God told her she was going to have a son when she was 90. And I think if you were 90 years old And God said, you're gonna have a son, you might laugh a little bit too. But his name meant laughter. Emmanuel in the Bible, a name for Jesus, means God with us. That name has meaning, it has significance. My first name, Ditton, that means from the valley. You say, what's that mean? That means my parents liked it in the baby book. That doesn't mean the name doesn't have meaning. That means that meaning wasn't applied to the name whenever it was chosen for me. But it still has meaning. All right, so all names have meanings. Number two, I want you to realize names are tied to reputations. Turn to Genesis chapter 11. Genesis chapter 11. We're gonna look, this is one of the time-taking-up kind of studies. I was telling my wife earlier, The word name and names and the various forms of it show up about 1,136 times in the Bible. So I read all of them. Why? I want to see what the Bible says about names. And it takes some time, but you find a lot of things out about what the Bible says about something if you do a word study on something in the Bible. But look at Genesis chapter 11, verse number one, Genesis 11.1, and the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there. And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. And they said, this is the whole culmination of people, after creation, after the garden, all this, they're gathered together, and they said this in verse four, and they said, go to let us build us a city and a tower whose top may reach unto heaven. And let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. What were these people trying to do? They're trying to make a name for themselves. These people were trying to build a name for themselves by building a way up to God. They're trying to reach heaven by their power, their ingenuity, their ability. So they're making these bricks, they're putting them together, slime and mortar and all these things, and they're putting it together. They're trying to make a name for themselves. Why? Names are important. Names are tied to reputation. But I like what's funny is even though man tries to make a name for themselves, look what happens to these people, verse seven. Bible says this in verse 7, Go to, let us go down, this is the Lord speaking, verse 6. And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language, and this they begin to do, and now nothing will be restrained from them which they have imagined to do. Go to, let us go down, and therefore confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. So the Lord sees they're trying to make a name for themselves, they're trying to build this tower up to heaven, and God says, we're going to go down, we're going to confound them, or we're gonna make it to where they don't understand one another's speech. Verse eight, so the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth, and they left off to build the city. Therefore is the name of it called Babel, because the Lord did there confound their language of all the earth, and there thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. So the people set to make a name for themselves, trying to get to heaven on their own works, right? And instead, God comes down, confounds them, confuses them, makes them to where they all speak different languages now, and gives them a name. And the name of that city where they all got confused is called Babel. Babel means confusion and disorder. And we still use that word today. We call someone a babbler, or we say someone's just babbling on about something. What are they? Just rambling on. It's not making a lot of sense. Nothing's connecting. It's just confusion. It's disorder. That's what it is. Man often tries to make a name for himself, but ultimately, God will give them the name that they deserve. The Bible mentions people making good names for themselves or evil names for themselves based on their actions and their decisions. You make a name for yourself based on your reputation. There's reasons why brand names have significance, why there are major corporations or companies that are still around today and known the world over. Say, well, like what? Like McDonald's? There's McDonald's in Japan and Korea and all these other places. Why? They made a name for themselves. You say they sell junk. Yeah, but they used to be good. apparently at some point in time, they spread out. They made a name for themselves. Okay? People can make a name for themselves in the Bible. We see that all the time. The Bible talked about people, women in particular, that will become impure. before marriage. I'll put it that way. And the Bible says they made an evil name for herself. Or a woman that was accused of being promiscuous or something like that in Israel. They said she made an evil name for herself. Names are based on the decisions that you make and the actions that you make. That's what your reputation is tied up in your name. Okay? Number three, I want you to understand this. Names can be changed. Abram, his name originally meant father is exalted. He got his name changed to Abraham, which means a father of a multitude. God changed his name from Abram to Abraham. Why? There was a difference made. There was a change made. Instead of him just being the father of one nation, now he's the father of many nations. Jacob's name. Jacob's name used to mean surplanter or he cheats. Okay, and instead it was changed to Israel, which means God strives or God contends or however you want to interpret that. God changed his name from Jacob to Israel. Why? There was a change in character, there was a change in direction. You read about Jacob whenever he's Jacob, he's a sneak. He's a cheat, he's sitting there listening to his mama, he's a mama's boy and he's putting on the goat skin and everything to deceive his father to rob the blessing from his brother. And then he gets married and he's like being tossed around from wife to wife and they're just bossing him around. And then he meets with God, he wrestles with Jesus Christ there for a little bit and God makes a man out of him. And he's a different fellow afterwards, so God gave him a new name. Since people change, their names can be changed. Turn to Isaiah, keep a marker in Genesis, I think we'll be back. But turn to Isaiah chapter 62. Isaiah chapter 62. Names can be changed. Isaiah chapter 62. Bible talks about, we sing a song about it, a new name written down in glory. You realize you're going to get a new name one of these days? Isaiah 62, look at verse 2. Isaiah 62, 2, And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory, and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name. There shall also be a crown with glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God. Turn to Isaiah chapter 65. Isaiah 65, verse 14. Isaiah 65, 14. Behold, my servant shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart and shall howl for vexation of spirit. And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen. For the Lord God shall slay thee and call his servants by another name. Bible talks about in Revelation of some getting a white stone and they got a new name written on it and things like that and they only know it there. We're gonna be given a new name and might be during the millennial reign of Christ, that's probably whenever it's gonna happen. He's gonna give us a new name, he sets up his kingdom, he's gonna give you a new name. I'm guessing that those names are based on what we do for him here. The reputation that we have as serving the Lord now is what our new name's gonna depend on then. Why? Names are tied up with reputation. Maybe your new name's gonna be faithful. Maybe it's gonna be diligent. Maybe it's gonna be slacker. What's your new name gonna be if it's based on your reputation and service to him? You're gonna be given a new name, and that new name's gonna stick with you. You might wanna worry about your reputation in the sight of God. But since God does not change, His name does not change. Names change based on whenever the person changes, when their reputation changes. God's the same yesterday, today, and forever. Jesus Christ is. God changes not. The Bible says in Psalms 135 verse 13, which we'll hit this one again, I'm sure, Psalms 135 verse 13, it says, Thy name, O Lord, endureth forever. and thy memorial, O Lord, throughout all generations." So the Lord's name is going to endure forever. We know the Word of God endures forever. So the Word of God doesn't change. When something endures, that means it stands the test of times. It doesn't change. It doesn't fade away. It cannot be defiled or anything. It endureth forever. It's with us and it's standing the test of time. God has many names that describe different areas of His character and His being. Why is there so many different names for God in the Bible? And I'll give you a list of it here in just a little bit. Why are there so many different names? They have to do with different aspects of His character. And there are different names that he goes by during different times, but the names don't change. It's interesting, because he has whatever names he has, but he doesn't always show all of his cards at once. You know what I mean? His various names in the Bible are always referred to as simply his name, not his names. Not once did I find in the Bible saying, the names of the Lord are or is his names or anything like that. Even if it gives more than one, it'll say is his name. Why? It's one God. Maybe it's one name that describes all of him and we use in different sections of it. I don't know. The Bible doesn't say on that, but every time the Bible refers to the names of God, it only says name. Why is that? We have one God and he's very, very complex. Noah, can you come up here? and hand these out for me please. I think I got me a copy of it, but I might not have, so. If you would, hit the adults first. By that I mean hand one out to the adults first. And then kids last. And if you have one left over, I might need one as well. I thought I grabbed one, but maybe I didn't. So I'm going to give you this handout here. You say, is it exhaustive? It's as exhaustive as I was whenever I completed it. So if you find another name for God, let me know and I'll add it to the list. Just make sure you have a scripture reference for it as well. You can look over each one of these. We're not going to go over all of them. Thank you. This is yours. You can look over these. There's at least one reference given next to each name. Some things I found interesting concerning these different names for God, we're going to go over some of the ones that I thought were, wow, that's really interesting. I'll write down some of these as well. Turn to Genesis. I told you we'd be back over there. Turn to Genesis 1. You want to know what the original name for God is? God. This is His original name. The first one we're given, Genesis 1-1, In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Turn to Genesis 16, verse 13. Genesis 16-13. God's original name is simply that, it's God. It's not a title, it's not a position, it is His name. His name is God. Genesis 16 verse 13. Let's get some context here. This is Hagar, Sarah's handmaid, got cast out. She's pregnant right now with Ishmael. Verse 11, And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and thou shalt call his name Ishmael, because the Lord hath heard thy affliction. Verse 12, and he will be a wild man, his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him, and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren. And she called the name of the Lord that spake unto her, thou God, seest me. For she said, have I also here looked after him that seeth me? What's the name of the Lord that she called out? God. Thou God seest me. That's a quote of her. She called the name of the Lord that spake unto her, Thou God. That's his original name. We see also in our list there, I put it in alphabetical order. Isn't that nice? I thought someone might appreciate that. But maybe a couple of someones, hopefully. And if there's one that's out of order, don't tell me. I'm happy whenever things look right. Second thing I want you to realize about some of these names, The second one is Lord, capital L, capital O, capital R, capital D. Another primary name for God, it's one of the very, very common ones. I'll give you a reference for that, I think I have it on there. Exodus 15.3, the verse says, the Lord is a man of war, the Lord is his name. Lord refers to the Godhead, the Trinity, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost all in one being. That's why it's all capitalized. You have sometimes in the Bible, Lord is not all capitalized. All right? But one of his capital L, capital O, capital R, capital D, that refers to the Trinity. The first reference of Lord like this is in Genesis chapter 2. And I think, I find it interesting when it was used and why for the very first time, Genesis chapter 2, verse number 4. Let's look at the reference. In verse 3 it says, And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it, because in it he hath rested from all his work, which God created and made. So all in chapter 1 it's God. And God said, and God said, and God said. He's just going by the name God. Simply God. Genesis 2 verse 4. These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens. Well, the first time it's capital L, capital O, capital R, capital D, the reference is in creation. Well, who's the creator? Jesus Christ. Without him was not anything made that was made. Who made everything? God. Oh, Well who made it? Yeah, both of them. All three. God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Ghost. Capital L, capital O, capital R, capital D. Who's that? Godhead. Trinity. So a lot of times we see God and we see Lord there, a couple of names for God. God the Father. Turn to Exodus chapter 3. Exodus chapter 3. Another famous name for God here. I saw something interesting in Exodus 3 verse 14. Moses, God's talking to Moses and everything, telling him the signs he's gonna do in front of Pharaoh to get Israel out of Egypt. And Moses is worried. He says, hey, listen, God, they're not gonna buy it. They're not gonna believe me. Who do I need to say is sending me? Exodus 3, 14. And God said unto Moses, I am that I am. And he said, thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I am hath sent me unto you. And God said moreover unto Moses, thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, the Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob hath sent me unto you. This is my name forever. And this is my memorial unto all generations. So God says, I am is His name forever. Okay? I am is His name forever. Turn to Exodus chapter six. God told Moses, I am that I am, right? I am that I am. Know what that name is? It's Jehovah. Exodus chapter 6, look at verse 3. And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty. But by my name Jehovah was I not known to them." So when God showed up to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, He went by God. Lord was often used there. Jehovah was still a name for God, but it was not given yet. It was not given to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob did not know God by the name Jehovah. It wasn't given to them to know Him by that name. Instead, that name is given first off to Moses. It is what God uses. It's a name that God gives to His delivered children from Egyptian bondage. He deals with His kids, gives them this name, and says, and let me regain my thoughts here. Jehovah is the name of God that has to do with Him keeping covenant and mercy with His people Israel. That's what the name Jehovah has to deal with. Still the same God. It's a different name, why? You realize different people have different names for the same person? Some people call me Pastor, some people call me Preacher, Brother Walker, Brother Denton. My wife calls me, I won't tell you. My kids call me Daddy. She's got different names for me, stuff like that. Depends on what I've done. But what's that? Different names for the same person. Why? Different relationships but the same individual. Why does God have many different names? The same God, the same being, different relationships with different people. Jehovah is the name for God for the delivered children of Israel. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, they didn't know that name. Why? They didn't know him as the deliverer from Egyptian bondage after 400 years. Why? They weren't in that position. Who was he? Still God, still Lord, but he wasn't Jehovah to them. Why? They didn't have that relationship yet. They hadn't been through that together. Jehovah, we'll go over much more of that. There seems to be quite an issue on that. There's a lot of modern controversy over the name Jehovah, and we're gonna address that later, probably next week. because a lot of people want to mess with that. Some people take it too serious. Jehovah's Witnesses. They say this is the only name for God. I just gave you a page full that's got all these scriptures for different names for God that's not Jehovah. And I just showed you how Jehovah was not even a name for God before Egyptian bondage. Well, Jehovah can't be the only name for God. So Jehovah's Witnesses, they take it too far. The other extreme is, well, you can call God anything. You can call him the man upstairs. How irreverent. That's ridiculous. I'll just call him my buddy, my pal. Me and God are tight. What? Well, it doesn't matter what I call him so long as I'm going to the right God. How do you know if you're going to the right God if you're calling him by the wrong name? I don't answer to Paul or Steve or Bill or anything. I answer to one of my names. I don't answer to someone else's name. I hope you're using the right name for God. There's a biblical approach to this. Exodus chapter 20. Like I said, you can look at that list and you can go over that if you're interested in it, but these are names of God the Father in the Bible. So if someone tells you a name for God, and you look on this handy dandy list I just gave you, and it's not on here, that's because it's not in the Bible. All right? There's some dangers, there's some hesitancy, at least on my part, for using a name for God that's not found in His Holy Word. Okay, and we'll go over more of that next week. But I want you to understand this. God takes His name seriously. God is serious about His name. Why? It has meaning both to the one that possesses that name and the one that uses that name when talking to that individual. But that name also has to do with the reputation. God cares about His reputation. Exodus 20, verse 7. Third commandment here. Ten commandments. Exodus 20, verse 7. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. For the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. You know what vain means? Empty. Worthless. Having no substance, value, or importance. That means vain. That means it doesn't matter. Whenever you use the name of the Lord like it doesn't matter, that's taking His name in vain. How about this? If you're using a name for the Lord that doesn't mean anything, you're taking the Lord's name in vain. You're calling Him by something that He doesn't go by? That name is vain. You're not necessarily taking His name because it's not His name, but there's some vanity there. You see, so there's some danger there. But God thinks it's so important that He makes number three commandment not taking His name in vain. He wants you to use His name properly, in the right context, with reverence, with respect. Look at Leviticus chapter 24, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus chapter number 24. How serious does God take this? Well, we're about to find out. Leviticus 24, verse number 10, Leviticus 24.10, And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, he's a crossbreed, half-breed, went out among the children of Israel. And the son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp. And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name of the Lord, and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses, and his mother's name was Shalemeth, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan. And they put him in ward, he's in prison, that the mind of the Lord might be showed them. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp, and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him. And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin. And he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him, as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shall be put to death. So what do we have here? We got someone that blasphemed the name of the Lord. They used God's name as a curse word. They said, well, what do we do? They go to Moses. I don't know. Let's pray about it and ask God what's to be done whenever someone uses the name of the Lord God in vain. God comes back and says, take him out of the camp, stone him to death. Oh, that's pretty rough. God takes his name seriously. Did you notice, if you've glanced over this list, how many of the names for God are easy to take in vain? You hear God all the time. Oh my God. What's that? Taking God's name in vain. What about this one? I don't like it when anybody leaves the church, but we had someone that used to come that used to say, oh my Lord, all the time. Drove me nuts. Why is that? Using the Lord's name in vain. You know, have you seen some of these that are really difficult that maybe you're guilty of? Look there in the Gs. We've got God, we've got God of gods, God of hosts. How about this one? Great. His name's Great. Have you ever said, oh, great? Oops. I'm guilty of that one. I've done one. Well, great. Might as well say, well, God. Well, Jesus. What are you doing? You're taking one of God's names in vain. He's not an exclamation. He's a God. How about this one? Look in the H's. First one, holy. You ever hear somebody say, holy cow, or holy something else. Say, what's that? They're tying God's holy name with something else. They're using God's name in vain. What's that? That's a big deal to God. Why do we need a list like this? So we know, hey, am I using one of God's names in vain? Because it's a big deal to God. It should be a big deal to us. But if you don't know, how are you going to make it a big deal to you? I've got to work on one. I've got to work on great. I say that all the time. So I've got to come up with something new, a new exclamation. His name's not boy, so I'm still good with oh boy. Oh boy, uh-oh, his name's not O, so we're good there too. Find out what you can. Insert something that's not a name for God in there and train yourself to it. You can. If you ever quit cursing, you know that it is possible. God takes his name seriously. Realize God's name has power. Jesus' name is all full of power. We're going to deal with Jesus separately on this. Same God, I understand. Jesus' name is very, very powerful. Let's just talk, though, this morning about God's name that has power. I'll give you a couple of instances. How about David? David came up against Goliath. And you know what he said? 1 Samuel 17, 45, Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield. but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied." What was the power before in David's victory there? The name of the Lord. God's name has power. How about Elijah? Whenever he's up on Mount Carmel, he says this in 1 Kings 18.24, And ye call on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the Lord. And the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, it is well spoken. You know why God's name had power in those instances whenever David's facing a giant and whenever God has to come down in fire to burn up a bullock there that's been butchered on an altar? You know why the name of the Lord is so important? His reputation is at stake. David, a teenage boy, comes up and he's gonna battle against a huge monster named Goliath, and he says, I'm coming to you in the name of the Lord. That means God gets the victory, God gets the credit, the name of God is on the line. You know why they didn't fail? God's reputation was at stake. If David fails, well, I guess God's not very powerful. Why? His name was not enough. You're saved by calling on the name of the Lord. Well, that means either the Lord saved you through the power associated with Him, His reputation, what He did for you, or the Lord failed when you called on His name. What's that? You need the power behind the name, the one that's tied with that reputation. Do you realize God protects and preserves His name because of His reputation? Turn to Ezekiel chapter 36. There's many instances we could look at in this. I wanna give you this one. It's got a lot of our key words in it. Ezekiel chapter 36. because God protects and preserves His name, His reputation. He cares how He is perceived because He deserves all glory and honor. Ezekiel chapter 36. Ezekiel chapter 36, let's start in verse 21. Let's start in 16. Moreover, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings. Their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman. Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they have polluted it." So Israel, God's chosen people, are worshiping idols, they're defiling the land, God's none too happy about it. God's pouring wrath on them because of it. Verse 19, And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries according to their way, and according to their doings I judged them. And when they entered unto the heathen, whether they went, they profaned My holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the LORD. and are gone forth out of his land." Here God's name is being profaned because of the actions of those associated with His name. God is known as the God of Israel and Israel is going out being idolatrous, polluting the land, murdering, all these wicked things that they're doing and they're profaning God's name because He is associated with them. Verse 21, God still speaking says this, but I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen whether they went. Therefore say unto the house of Israel, thus saith the Lord God, I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen whether ye went. And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them. And the heathen shall know that I am the Lord, saith the Lord God, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes. So God's not trying to clean up Israel because He wants Israel to be all pretty for their own sakes. God is willing to pour out His wrath to cleanse Israel, set them back straight, get them away from those idols, clean them up. Why? For His name's sake. God cares about His name. It's important to Him. Okay? God protects His name. He preserves His name. It's associated with His reputation. And since names are wrapped up with reputations, we profane God's name when we sin among the heathens. We like to claim being Christians. What happens when Christians don't live like Christ? We profane God's name. We drag Jesus' name through the mud whenever we decide to talk like lost people or act like lost people or fornicate like lost people or live like lost people when we do something that, isn't it interesting how many lost people know what Christians should do but Christians don't know what Christians should do? You know, like Christians say, oh, I can drink in moderation. It's okay. I can have a little drink here. So long as I don't get drunk, it's fine. And then the Christian shows up to the bar and he starts drinking and his coworker looks down and says, what in the world are you doing here? I thought you were a Christian. Oh, I've got liberty. I've got liberty. I don't think Christians are supposed to drink. What's he doing? Profaning the holy name of God. That's what he's doing. Several times God delivers Israel because they are associated with His name. Several times God punishes Israel because they profane His holy name. Look at Psalm 29. Psalm 29. I don't know about you, but if I want to follow God and something is very, very important to Him, I need to make it very, very important to me. God's name is very, very important to him. That means I need to take it seriously, and I need to make it important to me. God's name is due glory, and honor, and praise, and song, and blessing. And you know where the word name shows up most in the Bible in reference to the name of the Lord? It shows up more in Psalms than any other book. Why? Because the verse is like Psalm 29.2. Give unto the Lord the glory due unto His name. Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. God's name is due glory from us. Psalm 34 verse 3. Psalm 34 verse 3. Bible says, O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together. Whenever we're praising God's name, we're bragging on His reputation, we're saying about all the wonderful things He's done for us, how good He is, how holy He is, how perfect He is. What's that? Praising His name. It's tied with His reputation. When you praise the name of God, you're praising all that God has done. I'll give you a couple more, you don't have to turn there, but Psalms 44.8 says, In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name forever, say, Law. That was Psalms 44.8. Psalm 61.8 says, So will I sing praise unto thy name forever, that I may daily perform my vows. God's name is worthy of glory, the Bible says. It's worthy of exaltation from us. We're supposed to boast in Him and praise His holy name. We're supposed to sing praises unto His name. Why is that? His name's important. I don't know if I could say that. I'm gonna hold back on that one. Names mean something. God's name means something. If the name of God doesn't mean anything to you, that's because you don't hold much value in what He has done. The name is tied up in the reputation. Now that we know what the names of God are, next week we'll look into the modern names for God and see why are those names used. What are some of the dangers in using these alternative names? I don't think everybody that uses a modern word or a modern name for God, I don't think they're out there being like, well, I wanna worship a new God. I don't worship, no. I think there's common sense. You'll see. We'll understand why people do that next week. We'll look at some of the names, what they mean, and dangers involved in that. So let's stop there this morning. We'll get ready for the morning service.