The personal name of God, YAHWEH, is worthy of
our praise. Scripture contains many references to this concept. It’s only
fitting that the One we trust in as God above all should be praised and honored
and worshipped. But even more importantly, it’s most appropriate to give Him
the honor that’s due to Him alone by using His specific and personal name.
This is confirmed by The Scriptures themselves.
Below are some of the many Scripture verses that direct His people to praise and
bless His holy and precious name. They reveal, when properly translated, that
His name is YAHWEH, and that is the name we are to use when honoring and
worshipping Him.
For more detail on the issues involved with
using the name of God and the name of The Messiah please see the following
links. Within them are additional links to help outline what’s happened and
what we need to do to correct the problems. They will provide the background
you need to understand why many who call themselves Christians currently do not
even know His personal and eternal name.
The
Personal Name of God
Serious
Bible Errors
The
Personal Name of The Messiah
God’s personal name occurs for the first time in
Genesis 2.4. While it is not given as such in most translations of The
Scriptures, it is found in the Hebrew text at this point. It occurs in the
Hebrew text 6520 times in the Old Testament. Such frequent occurrence suggests
it’s not something God wants us to be ignorant about.
In Exodus 3.15 He specifically identifies this
name as His eternal name, and as His “memorial” to all generations (past,
present, and future). A memorial is given as a means of remembering. His people
are called to remember His name, and to give praise, honor, blessing,
thanksgiving, and honor to it – for all eternity. Here’s what Exodus 3.15
actually should say in your Bible:
Exodus 3.15 And God furthermore said to Moses, Thus shall you say to the children of Israel, YAHWEH (Hebrew – hDwøh◊y - YHWH), God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me unto you. This is My name forever, and this is My memorial to all generations.
The Word of YAHWEH Concerning His Name
Listed below are some of the Scripture verses
that speak to how we are to treat the personal name of God, YAHWEH. These
verses have been corrected to give the proper reading, based on the Hebrew
text. When you see His name placed where it properly belongs it gives you a
whole different appreciation of both His name, and His Word. His Word is
without error. Unfortunately, mankind has adulterated His Word, causing
confusion, and making it difficult to worship Him in spirit and in truth.
May these verses serve to motivate you to begin
today to use His personal name as it should be used – to honor and worship Him
as The Eternally Existing One; for that is indeed what His name actually means.
Psa. 135:13 YAHWEH, Your name is eternal; YAHWEH, Your memorial is to all generations.
Is. 42:8 I am YAHWEH. That is my name. And My glory I will not give to another, nor My praise to graven images.
Ex. 20:24 …in all places where I record My name I will come to you, and I will bless you.
Psa. 138:1 I will give thanks to You with my whole heart. In Your presence, God, I will sing praise to You. 2 I will worship toward Your holy temple, and praise Your name above Your kindness and for Your truth, for You have exalted Your name above all Your Word.
Psa. 145:1 I will exalt You my God, the king, and I will bless Your name forever and ever. 2 Every day will I bless You; and I will praise Your name to the end of eternity. 3 Great is YAHWEH, and greatly to be praised; and His greatness is unsearchable.
Psa. 113:1 Praise YAHWEH! Praise, servants of YAHWEH! Praise the name of YAHWEH! 2 The name of YAHWEH is to be blessed from this time and to eternity; 3 from the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same be praising the name of YAHWEH.
Ps 148.13 Praise the name of YAHWEH, for only His name is exalted. His grandeur is above the earth and heavens.
Psa. 8:1 YAHWEH our Sovereign, how excellent is Your name in all the earth, You who has set Your grandeur above the heavens.
Psa. 9:1 I will praise YAHWEH, with all my heart; I will recount all Your wonderful works. 2 I will be glad and rejoice in You: I will sing to Your name, most high.
Psa. 91:14 Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he has known my name.
Joel 2:26 And you shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of YAHWEH your God, who has done wonderful things with you. And My people shall not be ashamed for eternity.
Psa. 22:22 I will recount Your name to my brothers. In the midst of the assembly will I praise You. 23 You who revere YAHWEH, praise Him. All the seed of Jacob, honor Him; and fear Him, all the seed of Israel.
Psa. 61:8 So will I sing praise to Your name forever, that I may daily complete my promises.
Psa. 66:1 Make a joyful
shout unto God, all the earth!
2 Sing forth the splendor
of His name.
Establish the splendor of
His praise.
3 Say unto God, “How awesome
are your actions!
Through the greatness of
Your power shall Your enemies cringe before You.
4 All the earth shall bow to You and sing unto You;
Sing praise to Your name. Selah.
Jer. 16:21 Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know. I will cause them to know My hand and My power; and they shall know that My name is YAHWEH.
Psa. 86:9 All nations whom You have made shall come and worship before You, Sovereign, and shall glorify Your name. 10 For You are great, and do wonderful things. Only you are God. 11 Teach me your way, Sovereign; I will walk in Your truth. Unify my heart to revere Your name. 12 I will praise thee, Sovereign, my God, with all my heart, and I will honor Your name forever. 13 For great is Your mercy toward me, and You have delivered my soul from the depths of sheol (world of the dead).
Psa. 89:15 Happy is the assembly that knows the joyful sound, YAHWEH. They shall walk in illumination in Your presence. 16 In Your name they shall rejoice every the day, and in Your righteousness be exalted.
Psa. 99:1 YAHWEH reigns! People tremble. He dwells between the cherubim. The earth quakes. 2 YAHWEH is great in Zion; and He is high above all the people. 3 Let them praise Your great and fearsome name. It is holy.
Psa. 115:1 Not unto us, YAHWEH, not unto us; but unto Your name we give glory for Your kindness, for Your truth.
Psa. 135:1 Praise YAHH!
Praise the name of YAHWEH!
Praise Him servants of YAHWEH 2 who stand in the house of
YAHWEH,
in the courts of the house of our God,
3 Praise YAHH, for YAHWEH is
good.
Sing praises to His name,
because it is delightful.
Psa. 63:3 Because Your lovingkindness is better than life my lips shall praise You; 4 thus will I bless You while I live. I will lift up my hands in Your name.
Is. 12:4 And in that specific day shall you say, Praise be to YAHWEH! Call upon His name. Declare his works among the people. Remember, for His name is exalted.
Is. 25:1 YAHWEH, You are my God. I will exalt You. I will praise Your name, for You have done wonderful things. Your counsels from of old are faithfulness and truth.
The Messiah Speaks, On His Name and God’s Name
There are some who claim YAHUSHUA (Jesus) never spoke God’s personal name and never taught anything about it. The Scriptures below will demonstrate this is simply not true. Indeed, there is evidence to support the idea that it was specifically because He did speak the name, YAHWEH (and teach and heal using it), that He was put to death.
John 12:28 Father, glorify Your name. Then came there a voice from The Heaven, “I have indeed glorified it, and will glorify it again.”
Matt. 6:9 Accordingly, pray in this manner: Our Father who is in The Heaven, may Your name be consecrated.
John 17:6 I have explained Your name to the men which You gave Me from out of the world. They were Yours, and You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.
John 17:12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your name. Those that You gave Me I have kept, and none of them is lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
John 17:26 And I have declared unto them Your name, and will declare it, that the love wherewith You have loved Me may be in them, and I in them.
Matt. 10:22 And you shall be detested by all for My name’s sake: but he that endures to the end shall be saved.
Matt. 19:29 And every one that has forsaken houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for My name’s sake, shall receive an hundred times more, and shall inherit eternal life.
Matt. 24:9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and you shall be detested by all nations for My name’s sake.
John 15:21 But all these things will they do to you for My name’s sake, because they know not Him that sent Me.
Matt. 18:5 And whoever shall receive one such little child in My name receives Me.
Matt. 18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of them.
Mark 9:41 For whoever will give you a cup of water to drink in My name, because you are The Messiah’s, most assuredly I tell you, he will in no way lose his reward.
John 14:13 And whatever you shall ask in My name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you shall ask any thing in My name, I will do it.
John 14:26 But the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatever I have said to you.
To Those Who Treat His Name Shamefully
There are consequences for failing to honor the
name of God and the name of The Messiah. Many today seem to have no fear of
them. They do not even know His name, so cannot really honor it or perform any
of those things He calls us to do in His name. This really needs to be changed.
YAHWEH has done much to reveal His name to His
people. He has called for His name to be proclaimed, taught, honored, praised, blessed,
and revered above every other name that exists. Do we not owe Him such? Is it
not proper for us to know His name and to use it with great reverence every
day? Failure to do so will indeed bring its consequences.
Is. 52:5 Now therefore, what have I here, says YAHWEH, that My people is taken away for nothing? They that rule over them make them to wail, says YAHWEH; and My name is scorned continually every day. 6 Therefore My people shall know My name therefore in that day, that I am He who speaks. Behold, it is I Myself.
Mal. 1:11 For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same My name shall be great among the foreign nations, and in every place incense shall be offered unto My name, and a pure offering. For My name shall be great among the foreign nations, says YAHWEH of Assemblies. 12 But you have profaned it, in that you say the table of YAHWEH is polluted, and the fruit thereof, even His meat, is contemptible. 13 You said also, Behold, what a weariness it is! And you have blown smoke at it, says YAHWEH of Assemblies; 14 But cursed is the deceiver, which has in his flock a male, and vows, and sacrifices unto YAHWEH a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, says YAHWEH of Assemblies, and My name is dreadful among the foreign nations.
Ezek. 20:9 But I worked for My name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations among whom they were, in whose sight I made Myself known to them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.
Ezek. 36:21 But I had pity for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the foreign nations they came into. 22 Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says The Sovereign, YAHWEH. I do not act for your sakes, house of Israel, but for My holy name’s sake, which you have profaned among the foreign nations you came into. 23 And I will consecrate my great name, which was profaned among the foreign nations; which you have profaned in the midst of them. And the foreign nations shall know that I am YAHWEH, says The Sovereign, YAHWEH, when I shall be consecrated in you before their eyes.
Mal. 2:1 And now, priests, this commandment is for you. 2 If you will not hear, and if you will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto My name, says YAHWEH of Assemblies, I will send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; indeed, I have cursed them already because ye do not lay it to heart. 3 Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, the dung of your solemn feasts, and shall take you away with it. 4 And you shall know that I have sent this commandment to you, that My covenant might be with Levi, says YAHWEH of Assemblies. 5 My covenant was with him of life and peace, and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared Me, and was afraid before My name. 6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips. He walked with Me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity. 7 For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of YAHWEH of Assemblies. 8 But you have departed out of the way; you have caused many to stumble at the law; you have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says YAHWEH of Assemblies.
Psa. 83:16 Fill their faces with reproach that they may search out Your name, YAHWEH.
Some Blessings To Those Who Honor His Name
Jer. 12:16 And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently teach the ways to My people, to swear by My name, by the life of YAHWEH; as they taught My people to swear by Baal; then I shall be built up in the midst of My people. 17 But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, says YAHWEH.
Psa. 9:9 YAHWEH also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. 10 And they will trust in You, knowing, Your name; for You, YAHWEH, have not forsaken those that seek You.
Psa. 54:1 Save me, O God, by Your name, and direct me by Your power.
Psa. 74:21 Let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the depressed and destitute praise Your name.
Psa. 5:11 But let all those that take refuge in You rejoice. Let them shout for joy forever because You protect them. And let them that love Your name be jubilant in You. 12 For You, YAHWEH will bless the just one; with favor You will surround him as a shield.
Rev. 2:13 I know your works, and where you dwell, where Satan’s seat is: and you hold fast My name, and have not denied My faith.
Rev. 3:8 I know your works: behold, I have set before you an open door, and no man can shut it: for you have a little strength, and have kept My word, and have not denied My name.
Ezek. 20:44 And you shall know that I am YAHWEH, when I have dealt with you for My name’s sake; not according to your evil ways, nor according to your corrupt acts, house of Israel, says The Sovereign, YAHWEH.
Rev. 15:4 Who shall not fear You, YAHWEH, and glorify Your name? For only You are holy. For all nations shall come and worship before You, for Your judgments are revealed.
The Final Words of The Hebrew Hymnal
Psa. 150:1
Praise YAHH!
Praise The Almighty in
His sanctuary.
Praise Him in the expanse
of His strength.
2 Praise Him in his
power. Praise Him according to his abundant greatness.
3 Praise Him with the
blast of the trumpet (shophar).
Praise him with the lyre
and harp.
4 Praise Him with the tambourines
and dance.
Praise Him with stringed
instruments and flutes.
5 Praise Him with the
sound of cymbals.
Praise Him upon the
jubilant cymbals.
6 Let every thing that
has breath praise YAHH!
Praise YAHH!
Rejoice in Yahweh,
you righteous!
Praise is fitting
for the upright.
Psalms. 33:1