why is it neccessary for God to say "if my ppl, which are called by My name"?

Question

wouldn't just saying "My ppl" be enough to dictate ownership of the ppl in question? why would He need to add "which are called by my name"?

Answer 1

The passage is STRICTLY identifying Israel. You'll find MANY passages in both the Hebrew and Greek scriptures say effectively the same thing 2 or 3 times. This was a method of building emphasis...

2Ch 7:13 “Suppose I close up the sky and there isn’t any rain. Suppose I command locusts to eat up the crops. And I send a plague among my people. 14 But they make themselves low in my sight. They pray and look to me. And they turn from their evil ways. Then I will listen to them from heaven. I will forgive their sin. And I will heal their land. After all, they are my people.

Answer 2

A common idiom especially in Hebrew is called "parallelism." You say something once, and then you repeat it in a slightly different form. It's a poetic form, which is why you see it the most in poetic kind of writings. This kind of thing appears all over psalms and (especially) proverbs. You also see it in the New Testament, when Jesus says "Seek and ye shall find, knock and the door shall be opened ..."

Roxie - God has many names, but Jehovah is obviously not one of them from the history of the word. What's more, you need to look beyond a simplistic "this group takes what an ignorant 19th century preacher thought was God's true covenant name as part of their organization's name, therefore they must be God's people."

Answer 3

Just to clarify which people are his people. If a people are called in someone else's name, then they are not God's people but people of that other person. It appears that even in the new Testament, Christians were starting to call themselves after Paul or Peter or another. They have to be corrected and told that the true people of God are only called after his name, or after the name of Christ.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Isayah 52:6—
Therefore My people will know My Name; Therefore they will know in that day that I am He Who speaks. Behold, it is I!

We are not called by the Name of Yahweh, in fact Yahweh's Name is not even uttered, because we have been taught that it is not acceptable to do so. We are taught that we must not pronounce the Holy Name of our Creator and Father, Yahweh, the Name the chosen of Yahweh will be known by, the Name those who are delivered will call upon! We are instructed by our teachers that Yahweh's Name is too holy to pronounce; therefore, we are to call Him "Adonai" and "Elohim".

This teaching has been fully ingrained in the minds of nearly all Israylites to the point that extreme hatred is shown toward anyone who openly speaks or writes the one and only true Name of the Creator. Remember this, because the holy prophets both spoke and wrote the true Name. As a result, the Name of Yahweh has almost been forgotten (in effect, profaned or brought to nothing), and Baal's name is remembered and proclaimed worldwide.

Why is the name Yahweh so important?

Yahyl 2:32—
And whoever will call with the Name of Yahweh will be delivered; for in Mount Zion in Yerusalem there will be deliverance, as Yahweh has said, among the remnant who has escaped of those whom Yahweh calls.

Acts 2:21—
And it will come to pass that whoever calls on the Name of Yahweh will be delivered.

Romans 10:13—
For Whoever calls with the Name of Yahweh will be saved.

Why is it that we do not call with the Name Yahweh? Do we not desire blessings? Do we not desire acceptance from our Father? Holiness? Salvation? Could it be that we've accepted traditions that our teachers have inherited from their teachers, and then taught to us as doctrine—doctrine that cannot be supported by the inspired Scriptures?

Yeremyah 23:25-27—
25 I have heard what the prophets say, who prophesy lies in My Name, saying; I have dreamed! I have dreamed!
26 How long will this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies? Yes, they are prophets of the deceit of their own minds;
27 Who devise; plan and scheme, tto cause My people to forget My Name through their dreams, which they tell every man to his neighbor, just as their fathers have forgotten My
Name for Baal; Lord.

A Name Remembered In Times Past But Unspoken Today .

http://www.yahweh.com/NAME/theName2.html

Answer 6

Perhaps it's not just an issue of ownership, but also to show God's activity (interaction) with them. God's closeness to creation is very important.

Answer 7

Emphasis

Answer 8

i couldnt find the scripture you were using, but maybe the point is to seperate a certain group of people from the rest. everything isnt made for everybody.
in its context does it mean in the name he gave them, or
'in my name' as in his name...
throw in what you were reading next time, maybe you can get a better answer

Answer 9

there are some Christians that dont live their life accordingly and that would not stand up for their faith.

they are all his ppl

the ones called by his name would be those who live accordingly and stand out from the crowd to claim Jesus.

Answer 10

it reminds us of our role and our responsibility to bear the name of god in our name. We should act in a way which reflects of the divine in us and not embarrass god through our actions because we are a reflection on him.