WHAT IS THE CHIEF END OF MAN?           TO GLORIFY GOD & ENJOY HIM FOREVER             ~ WESTMINSTER SHORTER CATECHISM
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Current sermon series

Getting to Know God:
Looking at various Names for God from the Old Testament
April 25th - July 25th 2010

Jeremiah 9:23-24
Thus says the LORD:
"Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, 
let not the mighty man boast in his might,
let not the rich man boast in his riches,

but let him who boasts boast in this:
that he understands and knows me,
that I am the LORD who practices steadfast love,
justice, and righteousness in the earth.
For in these things I delight,"
declares the LORD. 


 

April 25: Getting to Know a Holy God
Ezkiel 39:7: And my holy name I will make known in the midst of my people Israel, and I will not let my holy name be profaned anymore. And the nations shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.

May 2: God Most High (El-Elyon)
Daniel 3:26: Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the door of the burning fiery furnace; he declared: "Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out, and come here!" Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out from the fire.

May 9 Mother's Day: God Almighty (El-Shaddai)
Genesis 17:1: When Abram was ninety-nine years old the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless.

May 16: I Am (Ehyeh)
Exodus 3:14: God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM." And he said, "Say this to the people of Israel, 'I AM has sent me to you.'"

May 23 Pentecost: The Lord Will Provide (Yahweh Yera'eh)
Genesis 22:14: So Abraham called the name of that place, "The LORD will provide"; as it is said to this day, "On the mount of the LORD it shall be provided."

May 30: The Lord, Your Healer (Yahweh Raph'eka)
Exodus 15:26: saying, "If you will diligently listen to the voice of the LORD your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the LORD, your healer."

June 6: The Lord Who Sanctifies You (Yahweh Meqaddishkem)
Exodus 31:13: "You are to speak to the people of Israel and say, 'Above all you shall keep my Sabbaths, for this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I, the LORD, sanctify you.

June 13 Outreach Sunday: The Lord My Shepherd (Yahweh Ro'iy)
Psalm 23:1: The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

June 20 Father's Day: The Lord Our Righteousness (Yahweh Tsidquenu)
(Morning worship at an alternate location)
Jeremiah 23:6: In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: 'The LORD is our righteousness.'

June 27: The Lord is Peace (Yahweh Shalom)
Judges 6:24: Then Gideon built an altar there to the LORD and called it, The LORD Is Peace. To this day it still stands at Ophrah, which belongs to the Abiezrites.

July 4: My Redeemer (Go'eli)
Job 19:25: For I know that my Redeemer lives,
and at the last he will stand upon the earth.


July 11: The Lord of Hosts (Yahweh Tseba'ot)
I Samuel 17:45: Then David said to the Philistine, "You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.

July 18: The Lord Your God in Your Midst (Yahweh Elohyik Beqirbek)
Zephaniah 3:17:
The LORD your God is in your midst,
a mighty one who will save;
he will rejoice over you with gladness;
he will quiet you by his love;
he will exult over you with loud singing.


July 25: The Holy God (El-Haqqadosh)
Isaiah 5:16: But the LORD of hosts is exalted in justice,
and the Holy God shows himself holy in righteousness.


- All verses from ESV

 

 

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