I know you place great importance on children obeying and respecting their parents, and rightly so. The way I was brought up, and I am sure it will be the same for many others, it was considered respectful to call your parents "Mum", "Dad", "Mother", "Father" etc. To call one of your parents by their actual given name would be disrespectful and a sign of rebelion in most families.
You often refer to God as your heavenly Father and speak of your relationship with him as being a child/father relationship of love and respect etc.
Considering the fact that some parts of the Bible indicate that God's name may be too holy to utter, and that you consider him to be your 'Father', don't you think it is disrespectful to call him "Jehovah"? Would you go up to your mother or father and call them "Michael" or "Kathy" or whatever their name is?
2007-07-15
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