Sermon for August 11, 2013

Sermon for August 11, 2013
“What’s in a name?”
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1 Samuel 4:21 NIV
She named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The Glory has departed from Israel”—because of the capture of the ark of God and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband.
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Exodus 3:13-15 NIV
Moses said to God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what shall I tell them?” God said to Moses, “ I am who I am . This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘ I am has sent me to you.’ ” God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The Lord , the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ “This is my name forever, the name you shall call me from generation to generation.
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Three reason we study the names of God:
1. We are commanded to honor God’s name
Exodus 20:7 NIV
“You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.
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Honor the name of God
We should believe and act in such a way that we should respect and
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2. We deepen our knowledge of God nature
Proverbs 18:10 NIV
The name of the Lord is a fortified tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
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3. We understand how to praise and worship God.