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When He was asked, He told us His name. Why don't we call Him by His name?
Posted : 30 Jun, 2008 03:38 AM

When He was asked, He told us His name. Why don't we call Him by His name? To refer to Him as God, suggests that there are other gods. And there are no other gods.



I love to call my Father by His name. I love calling Him "I AM". In fact it blesses me when I call Him I AM. To call Him "I AM" reminds me of who "i am".



i am a child of the ineffable I AM.

i am blessed by I AM.

i am loved unconditionally by I AM.



Every time I start a sentence with the words "i am" I think of Him and my awesome relationship with Him.



Every time I say or type "i am", I realize my worth.



Every time I say or type "i am", I remember His promises to me.



Every time I say or type "i am", I remember His awesome love.



Every time I say or type "i am", I remember my power against the enemy that has been given me by my blessed Saviour.



Here is the scripture and below that is a wonderful description of who I AM is:



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Exodus 3:13 And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?

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.

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"It is he who exists as God and Father of everything, the invisible One who is above everything, who exists as incorruption, which is in the pure light into which no eye can look."



"He is the invisible Spirit, of whom it is not right to think of him as a god, or something similar. For he is more than a god, since there is nothing above him, for no one lords it over him. For he does not exist in something inferior to him, since everything exists in him. For it is he who establishes himself. He is eternal, since he does not need anything. For he is total perfection. He did not lack anything, that he might be completed by it; rather he is always completely perfect in light. He is illimitable, since there is no one prior to him to set limits to him. He is unsearchable, since there exists no one prior to him to examine him. He is immeasurable, since there was no one prior to him to measure him. He is invisible, since no one saw him. He is eternal, since he exists eternally. He is ineffable, since no one was able to comprehend him to speak about him. He is unnameable, since there is no one prior to him to give him a name.



"He is immeasurable light, which is pure, holy (and) immaculate. He is ineffable, being perfect in incorruptibility. (He is) not in perfection, nor in blessedness, nor in divinity, but he is far superior. He is not corporeal nor is he incorporeal. He is neither large nor is he small. There is no way to say, 'What is his quantity?' or, 'What is his quality?', for no one can know him. He is not someone among (other) beings, rather he is far superior. Not that he is (simply) superior, but his essence does not partake in the aeons nor in time. For he who partakes in an aeon was prepared beforehand. Time was not apportioned to him, since he does not receive anything from another, for it would be received on loan. For he who precedes someone does not lack, that he may receive from him. For rather, it is the latter that looks expectantly at him in his light.



"For the perfection is majestic. He is pure, immeasurable mind. He is an aeon-giving aeon. He is life-giving life. He is a blessedness-giving blessed one. He is knowledge-giving knowledge. He is goodness-giving goodness. He is mercy and redemption-giving mercy. He is grace-giving grace, not because he possesses it, but because he gives the immeasurable, incomprehensible light.



"How am I to speak with you about him? His aeon is indestructible, at rest and existing in silence, reposing (and) being prior to everything. For he is the head of all the aeons, and it is he who gives them strength in his goodness. For we know not the ineffable things, and we do not understand what is immeasurable, except for him who came forth from him, namely (from) the Father. For it is he who told it to us alone. For it is he who looks at himself in his light which surrounds him, namely the spring of the water of life. And it is he who gives to all the aeons and in every way, (and) who gazes upon his image which he sees in the spring of the Spirit. It is he who puts his desire in his water-light which is in the spring of the pure light-water which surrounds him.



"And his thought performed a deed...

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When He was asked, He told us His name. Why don't we call Him by His name?
Posted : 5 Jul, 2008 07:09 PM

He did indeed say He Was. But remember what He was refering to... He IS the beginging and the end. He IS the alpha and the omega. He IS the God above all gods. He IS the maker of all creation. But even Christ refered to God as Father, Lord, and God. If the Son of God called Him these things... I'm pretty sure we can as well :)

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When He was asked, He told us His name. Why don't we call Him by His name?
Posted : 11 Jul, 2008 06:39 AM

Please refer to me the scriptures where Jesus Christ called I AM "god". I know He referred to Him as Father, which I do as well when I call Him Abba. I'm not saying that those scriptures don't exist....I have been wondering if Jesus ever did call Him anything other than Father.



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When He was asked, He told us His name. Why don't we call Him by His name?
Posted : 19 Jul, 2008 01:50 PM

So how easily do you shift from the trancendance and majesty of a loving and holy Creator to the "immanence" of speaking in non theological language with possible future soul mates? Hmmmmmmmmmm. LOL

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When He was asked, He told us His name. Why don't we call Him by His name?
Posted : 19 Jul, 2008 03:12 PM

JESUS: the name above every name

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When He was asked, He told us His name. Why don't we call Him by His name?
Posted : 7 Aug, 2008 02:11 PM

Jeremiah 29:13

You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

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Jeremiah 33:3

'Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.'

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When He was asked, He told us His name. Why don't we call Him by His name?
Posted : 23 Jan, 2009 08:37 AM

In referrence to where Jesus is called 'I AM' in scripture. On the night of Christs arrest, Jesus spoke it. And when he said 'I am' everyone fell to the ground. John 18:4-6 "Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye?. They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. As soon then as he said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground." The word he is italicized which means it was added to scripture, not originally there.



There are multiple passages in scripture, both in the Old Testament and New Testament that proclaim Jesus as God.

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When He was asked, He told us His name. Why don't we call Him by His name?
Posted : 6 Mar, 2010 07:22 PM

because which one do we choose as jesus our Lord and saviour has many names.

so we basically stick with jesus because the Lord God Jehovah said that when we pray we must pray to jesus so as our prayers go to Jehovah God.

and Jehovah God sent his son to die on a cross to show us by his grace we are saved.:angel::purpleangel::applause::peace::rolleyes::prayingm::prayingf:

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