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2006-12-03 10:49:16 · 9 answers · asked by daniel a 1 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

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Howard.

In the Our Father, it says "Howard be thy name."
Get it? Ok, so just a little bad religious joke. Hee Hee!

2006-12-03 10:54:43 · answer #1 · answered by pantherpink25 3 · 1 1

Why could desire to we try this? i do no longer care that others go with to have faith in a god(s). what's incorrect with Obama being professional-gay and what has he finished to renounce technology? You look a splash scattered.

2016-12-29 20:39:31 · answer #2 · answered by bolander 3 · 0 0

Lucy

2006-12-03 10:55:51 · answer #3 · answered by heyrobo 6 · 0 1

I am a Jehovah's Witness and I call him by his name. Psalms 83:18 tells us his name. He is called LORD and GOD also, but he has a name. I also have a name, but I am also female, but I wouldn’t want to be called female all the time. I want to have a relationship with Jehovah and be his friend, he invites me to, and he wants us to call on his name.

There are many scriptures that emphasize the importance of God’s name and its use by His true worshippers. Here are a few:

Isaiah 12:4 says “Give thanks to Jehovah, YOU people! Call upon his name. Make known among the peoples his dealings. Make mention that his name is put on high.

Moses’ song just before Israel entered the Promised Land: “I shall declare the name of Jehovah.”—Deuteronomy 32:3.

David’s words to the giant Goliath: “I am coming to you with the name of Jehovah of armies.”—1 Samuel 17:45.

Job’s words after the total loss of his possessions and the sudden death of all his children: “Let the name of Jehovah continue to be blessed.”—Job 1:21.

The apostle Peter quoting the Hebrew Scriptures in a speech: “Everyone who calls on the name of Jehovah will be saved.”—Acts 2:21.

Jesus Christ teaching his disciples to pray: “You must pray, then, this way: ‘Our Father in the heavens, let your name be sanctified.’”—Matthew 6:9, 10.

God speaking to his people: “I am Jehovah. That is my name; and to no one else shall I give my own glory.”—Isaiah 42:8.

Romans 10:13 says “ For everyone who calls on the name of Jehovah will be saved.”

Regarding the name itself and why many bibles today do not have Jehovah’s name in them, but use titles such as “God” and “Lord”, it is interesting to note that the Tetragrammaton in Hebrew characters (יהוה) was used in both the Hebrew text and the Greek Septuagint. Therefore, whether Jesus and his disciples read the Scriptures in either Hebrew or Greek, they would come across the divine name. In the synagogue at Nazareth, when Jesus rose and accepted the book of Isaiah and read 61:1, 2 where the Tetragrammaton occurs twice, he pronounced the divine name. This was in accordance with his determination to make Jehovah’s name known as can be seen from his prayer to his Father: “I have made your name manifest to the men you gave me out of the world. . . . I have made your name known to them and will make it known.”—Joh 17:6, 26.

Matthew made more than a hundred quotations from the inspired Hebrew Scriptures. Where these quotations included the divine name he would have been obliged faithfully to include the Tetragrammaton in his Hebrew Gospel account. When the Gospel of Matthew was translated into Greek, the Tetragrammaton was left untranslated within the Greek text according to the practice of that time.

Not only Matthew but all the writers of the Christian Greek Scriptures quoted verses from the Hebrew text or from the Septuagint where the divine name appears.

Sometime during the second or third century C.E. the scribes removed the Tetragrammaton from both the Septuagint and the Christian Greek Scriptures and replaced it with Ky´ri·os, “Lord” or The·os´, “God.”


Concerning the use of the Tetragrammaton in the Christian Greek Scriptures, George Howard of the University of Georgia wrote in Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. 96, 1977, p. 63: “…the Divine Name in the course of time was replaced mainly with the surrogate Ky´ri·os, “Lord”.


In light of the above, some translations, such as The New World Translation, restore the divine name into modern translation in the verses where it originally existed in the original manuscripts. The importance of using God’s personal name is highlighted above.

Today, Jehovah God cares about us and invites us to call on him in prayer. (Psalm 50:15) He promises to respond to heartfelt prayers that are in harmony with his will. (Psalm 55:16, 22; Luke 11:5-13; 2 Corinthians 4:7) Yes, Jehovah listens to “whatever prayer, whatever request for favor there may occur on the part of any man or of all [his] people.” Hence, if we put our trust in God, pray for his help, and draw close to him, we will experience his loving care and guidance. (Proverbs 3:5, 6) The Bible writer James assures us: “Draw close to God, and he will draw close to you.”—James 4:8.
(please use your own copy of your Bible to look at the scriptures here mentioned)

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2006-12-03 11:06:45 · answer #4 · answered by Learn about the one true God 3 · 0 1

Whatever you like:
Jehova, Yaveh, Ala.

2006-12-03 10:53:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

If I were to type it here, the universe would be rent assunder and all of the seals would be broken.

Sheesh
;)

2006-12-03 10:56:39 · answer #6 · answered by Redcap the Druid 3 · 0 1

Gaia.

2006-12-03 10:54:58 · answer #7 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 0 0

it's unpronounceable by human beings. that's why we have to use titles.

2006-12-03 12:20:16 · answer #8 · answered by smm 6 · 0 0

FLYING SPAGHETTI MONSTER!!!!!

2006-12-03 10:53:32 · answer #9 · answered by ur a Dee Dee Dee 5 · 2 1

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