Why do Christians reserve the name God exclusively for their god?

Question

Why not call him by his first name like everyone else?

Answer 1

"God" is a title. Most christians unknowingly follow an old jewish custom of not saying God's name, which in english is Jehovah.

Most modern day translations of the Bible have taken the name out and replaced it with GOD, LORD, or other such titles. Most bibles even explain their reasonings in the forward.

You can actually find the name used in the King James Version at Psalm 83:18, Exodus 6:3, Isaiah 12:2, and Isaiah 26:4

Answer 2

In most Bibles, God’s name has been removed and has been replaced with the titles LORD or GOD. But when the Bible was written, the name Jehovah appeared in it some 7,000 times!—Exodus 3:15; Psalm 83:18.

Early in the second century, after the last of the apostles had died, the falling away from the Christian faith foretold by Jesus and his followers began in earnest. Pagan philosophies and doctrines infiltrated the congregation; sects and divisions arose, and the original purity of faith was corrupted. And God’s name ceased to be used.

As this apostate Christianity spread, the need arose to translate the Bible from its original Hebrew and Greek into other languages. How did the translators render God’s name in their translations? Usually, they used the equivalent of “Lord.” A very influential version of that time was the Latin Vulgate, a translation of the Bible by Jerome into everyday Latin. Jerome rendered the Tetragrammaton (YHWH) by substituting Dominus, “Lord.”

So, while Jews, using the Bible in the original Hebrew language, refused to pronounce God’s name when they saw it, most “Christians” heard the Bible read in Latin translations that did not use the name.

The name first appeared in an English Bible in 1530, when William Tyndale published a translation of the first five books of the Bible. In 1611 what became the most widely used English translation, the Authorized Version, was published, in which the name appeared four times in the main text. (Exodus 6:3; Psalm 83:18; Isaiah 12:2; 26:4) “Jah,” a poetic abbreviation of the name, appeared in Psalm 68:4. And the name appeared in full in place-names such as “Jehovah-jireh.” (Genesis 22:14; Exodus 17:15; Judges 6:24)

Interestingly, the Hebrew form of “Jesus” is “Jehoshuah,” which is an abbreviated form of “Jehovah-yeshua,” meaning “Jehovah is salvation.” So there it is—the name of the Father, the Supreme Being, is JEHOVAH. And how appropriate that Jesus, as Jehovah’s agent for salvation, should thus be named after his Father! Note also that “JAH” is the shortened form of the name, JEHOVAH. If you have ever said or sang the word, “Hallelujah”, you were actually saying, “Praise Jehovah!”

Answer 3

We don't reserve the name, His name is God, so we call Him God.

Answer 4

God is the Anglicized version of the Hebrew word Yahweh. It speaks of a specific person. Any other reference to some diety may be referred to as god with a lower case 'g'. The God of the Hebrew Bible is not the same as any other god. I hope this clears up your confusion.

Answer 5

no brother , christians dont reserve God for their own. rather, God is a word which means the One Who is to be worshipped only. christians say God as their language is english.
the arabic word Allah means the same as God. it is just a difference in languages.

Answer 6

It's kinda like in Rome or Egypt. Sometimes you call the leader "Pharaoh" or "Caesar" because that is who they are, and you don't always need to use a specific name to clarify. Or like when you say "long live the queen" in England or "I saw the President on TV" in the U.S. The difference is, God doesn't rotate terms or die--He's always the same God.

Answer 7

When you talk about the God of the Bible, the One and Only True God, it is always spelled with a capital G.
All other so-called "gods" are always spelled with a lower-case g.
The True God, of the Bible, has many names, too numerous to mention here, that are listed in His Word.

Answer 8

God is english,Allah is arabic, Yaweh is hebrew; we all say the same word except a different language. And we didn't rewserve it for us, G-d reserved us the right to vcall him that. He is The One, The Good Shepherd,God is love, he is omnipresent, omnipotent, he is the one we worship who is the holiest person of all

Answer 9

uhhhh because God IS His name!!!!
God is the one and only God, anything else is an imposter and made of material earth by men. God is the only God who is so great he cant be reduced to a mere piece of woodwork or gold. He is so much better than that!!!!!

Answer 10

it's in their nature.

they also reserve the label "Christian" almost exclusively for themselves. I think i did read a million times on this website the answer, that states something like "he/she is not a real christian, but i am"