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Abba: The God who is our daddy. Abba is the name Jesus Himself used for His Father when He prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane (Mark 14:36) In Aramaic, it is the familiar name small children use for their father—Daddy. Jesus prayed, “Daddy, all things are possible for You.”. Abba expresses all the love and affection of a small child for ...
The call of Matthew to the apostolic band is mentioned in Mark 2:14, Matthew 9:9 and Luke 5:27-28. From these passages, we learn that Matthew also was called Levi. It was a common custom in the Middle East at the time of Christ for men to have two names. Matthew's names mean "a gift of God." The name Levi could have been given to him by Jesus.
In the Bible, God says: “I am Jehovah. That is my name.” (Isaiah 42:8) Although he also has many titles, such as “God Almighty,” “Sovereign Lord,” and “Creator,” he honors his worshippers by inviting them to address him by his personal name.—. Genesis 17:1; Acts 4:24; 1 Peter 4:19. Many translations of the Bible contain God ...
The armor of God, found in Ephesians 6:10-18, is made up of the following six items: the belt of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, the shoes of the gospel, the shield of faith, the helmet of salvation and the sword of the spirit. A list and description of the full armor of God can be found below.
In Hebrew, rapha means “to heal.”. So Jehovah Rapha means “the Lord who heals.”. This name for God appears for the first time in the Bible in Exodus 15:26. God told the Israelites: “If you diligently heed the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will ...
While titles may describe God’s position, authority, or power, it is only his name, Jehovah, that embodies all that he is and can become. The name reveals God’s interest in us. The meaning of God’s name implies his ongoing attachment to his creation, which includes us. Moreover, the fact that God has made his name known indicates that he ...
God is Jehovah Shalom. What the Bible says about the peace God offers. There is no real peace apart from God. “The wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest. . . . ‘There is no peace,’ says my God, ‘for the wicked’ ” (Isaiah 57:20, 21). The wicked have no peace because they will not trust Jehovah Shalom—the “God of ...
The God who provides. Jehovah Jireh thus becomes one of the names for God in the Old Testament—one that emphasizes how He provides for our needs. The Hebrew word, jireh, means not only “to provide;” it also means “to perceive,” “to experience.”. Our Lord is the “God Who Provides,” because He is also the “God Who Perceives ...
God created the world and all that is in it. It’s in the Bible, Genesis 1:1, NKJV. “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”. God created human beings. It’s in the Bible, Genesis 1:26-27, Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the ...
Jehovah Sabaoth is one of God’s names in the Bible. It occurs more than 270 times in the Old Testament. It combines God’s personal name, Jehovah (Yahweh), with the Hebrew word, sabaoth, meaning “host” or “multitude.”. So Jehovah Sabaoth means “The Lord of Hosts.”.