AUTHORITY OF THE BELIEVER Week 4. Principals of Prayer - PRAYING IN THE NAME OF THE LORD “The name of the LORD is a strong tower; The righteous run to it and are safe.” Proverbs 18:10 A. The Power of the Name of The Lord 1. The meaning of a Name a. The Hebrew language indicates character, personality, reputation—as in “Jacob” - supplanter, deceiver (mention a person’s name and you think of what he or his family is like). Changed to Israel - Contends with God b. Represents a person, his authority, power, influence, role or occupation in life (Carpenter, Smith, etc.)—“in the name of the Law”—name of Jesus is “far above all rule and authority . .” - title as “Wonderful Counselor”, etc. “SAVE ME, O God, by Your name; judge and vindicate me by Your mighty strength and power.” Psalm 54:1 AMPC “Which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His [own] right hand in the heavenly [places], Far above all rule and authority and power and dominion and every name that is named [above every title that can be conferred], not only in this age and in this world, but also in the age and the world which are to come.” Ephesians 1:20-21 AMPC c. Represent rights and privileges—as of a family name or use of a credit card—as adopted children of God we take on the family name of God and have all the rights and privileges of being a child of the King. “But to as many as did receive and welcome Him, He gave the authority (power, privilege, right) to become the children of God, that is, to those who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) His name.” John 1:12 AMPC 2. The Meaning of the Name of the Lord - יְהוָֹה - a. “I am that I am” - Jehovah - YHVH Yhvh: the proper name of the God of Israel יְהוָֹה :Original Word Part of Speech: Proper Name Transliteration: Yhvh Phonetic Spelling: (yeh-ho-vaw') Definition: the proper name of the God of Israel “I am that I am”—the absolute liberty and independence of God, the eternity and continuing presence of God, essence of being—the all-encompassing one who is, will be and will be active at all times, who is what is necessary in all situations “And Moses said to God, Behold, when I come to the Israelites and say to them, The God of your fathers has sent me to you, and they say to me, What is His name? What shall I say to them? And God said to Moses, I AM WHO I AM and WHAT I AM, and I WILL BE WHAT I WILL BE; and He said, You shall say this to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you! God said also to Moses, This shall you say to the Israelites: The Lord, the God of your fathers, of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has sent me to you! This is My name forever, and by this name I am to be remembered to all generations.” Exodus 3:13-15 AMPC “Then said David to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts (Jehovah Sabbaoth), the God of the ranks of Israel, Whom you have defied.” 1 Samuel 17:45 AMPC The Jews refer to Him as Hashem - The Name ; “Don’t take the name of the Lord thy God in vain” “And you shall say to the Israelites, Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin. And he who blasphemes the Name of the Lord, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him; the stranger as well as he who was born in the land shall be put to death when he blasphemes the Name [of the Lord].” Leviticus 24:15-16 AMPC Elohim: The plural form of EL, meaning “strong one.” It is used of false gods, but when used of the true God, it is a plural of majesty and intimates the trinity. It is especially used of God’s sovereignty, creative work, mighty work for Israel and in relation to His sovereignty. Compounds of El: • El Shaddai:“God Almighty.” The derivation is uncertain. Some think it stresses God’s loving supply and comfort; others His power as the Almighty one standing on a mountain and who corrects and chastens. • El Elyon: “The Most High God.” Stresses God’s strength, sovereignty, and supremacy. • El Olam: “The Everlasting God.” Emphasizes God’s unchangeableness and is connected with His inexhaustibleness. lit. "My Lords") is the plural form of adon ("Lord") along with the first-person singular pronoun ,אֲ דֹנָֹי ) Adonai enclitic. As with Elohim, Adonai's grammatical form is usually explained as a plural of majesty. In the Hebrew Bible, it is nearly always used to refer to God (approximately 450 occurrences). Abba - Father ab), "father") appears in traditional Jewish liturgy and Jewish prayers) אב :Hebrew,אבא) The Aramaic term abba ,Qādash), "holy"); an Aramaic word for father) קדש :Qaddish Aramaic,Hebrew ,קדיש) to God, e.g. in the Kaddish used by Jesus and Paul to address God in a relation of personal intimacy. Jehovah-Jireh - The Lord will provide Yhvh Yireh: Jehovah- jireh יְהוָֹה יִרְ אֶה :Original Word Jehovah will see; i.e., will provide, the name given by Abraham to the scene of his offering up the ram which was caught in the thicket on Mount Moriah. The expression used in Genesis 22:14, "in the mount of the Lord it shall be seen," has been regarded as equivalent to the saying, "Man's extremity is God's opportunity." And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh. As it is said to this day, In the mount of Jehovah it shall be provided. Genesis 22:14 “The young lions lack food and suffer hunger, but they who seek (inquire of and require) the Lord [by right of their need and on the authority of His Word], none of them shall lack any beneficial thing.” Psalm 34:10 AMPC Jehovah-nissi - The Lord is my banner Yhvh Nissi: Jehovah-nissi יְהוָֹה נִסִי :Original Word Jehovah-shammah - The Lord is There! Yhvh Shammah: Jehovah-shammah יְהוָֹה שָֹמָֹה :Original Word Jehovah-Tsidqenu - "the LORD is our righteousness," Yhvh Tsidqenu: A symbolic name for Jerusalem and for Messiah. יְהוָֹה צִדְקֵנו :Original Word Jehovah-Shalom - The LORD our peace Yhvh Shalom: Jehovah is peace; Jehovah-Shalom יְהוָֹה שָֹ לום :Original Word Jehovah Sabbaoth: “The Lord of Hosts.” A military figure portraying the Lord as the commander of the armies of heaven (1 Sam. 1:3; 17:45). Jehovah - Maccaddeshcem: “The Lord your Sanctifier.” Portrays the Lord as our means of sanctification or as the one who sets believers apart for His purposes (Ex. 31:13). Jehovah - Ro’i: “The Lord my Shepherd.” Portrays the Lord as the Shepherd who cares for His people as a shepherd cares for the sheep of his pasture (Ps. 23:1). b. Jesus (Heb., Y’shua)—Yahweh saves—salvation has wide variety of meanings to Hebrew—deliverance, preservation, protection, restoration, healing, victory, rescue, wholeness, soundness, security, safety, spacious and broad, well-being, help, justice, blessing, freedom, prosperity In the beginning “IN THE beginning [before all time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself. He was present originally with God. All things were made and came into existence through Him; and without Him was not even one thing made that has come into being. In Him was Life, and the Life was the Light of men.” John 1:1-4 Genesis “IN THE beginning God (prepared, formed, fashioned, and) created the heavens and the earth.” Genesis 1:1 בְר ַ֖ אשִ ית ָ֣ בָֹרָֹ א אֱ ִ֑ ֹלהִ ים א ֵ֥ ת ַ֖ הַשָֹמַ יִם וְא ֵ֥ ת הָֹאָָֹֽרֶץ׃ Baresit bara Elohim et hasamayim wa-et Ha-aretz eth: untranslatable mark of the accusative case. אֵת :Original Word Part of Speech: Untranslatable mark of the accusative; mark of accusative Transliteration: eth Known to ancient Hebrew scholars as “The Word” Revelation: “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, says the Lord God, He Who is and Who was and Who is to come, the Almighty (the Ruler of all).” Revelation 1:8 AMPC “Saying, I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last. Write promptly what you see (your vision) in a book and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia –to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.” Revelation 1:11 AMPC c. Ru’ach Hakodesh - Holy Spirit 3. The Power of the Name—Defensively “MAY THE Lord answer you in the day of trouble! May the name of the God of Jacob set you up on high [and defend you]; We will [shout in] triumph at your salvation and victory, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners. May the Lord fulfill all your petitions.” Psalm 20:1, 5 AMPC “The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the [consistently] righteous man [upright and in right standing with God] runs into it and is safe, high [above evil] and strong.” Proverbs 18:10 AMPC 4. The Power of the Name—Offensively a. Causes knees to bow, forces submission “Therefore [because He stooped so low] God has highly exalted Him and has freely bestowed on Him the name that is above every name, That in (at) the name of Jesus every knee should (must) bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, And every tongue [frankly and openly] confess and acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” Philippians 2:9-11 AMPC b.