ONE WHO WISHES TO LOVE GOD Posted June 7, 2007 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 8 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 191 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 8 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/25/2005 Status: Offline Birthday: 09/25/1972 Share Posted June 7, 2007 I do not mean to be controversail, and do not wish to be disrespectful to those of you who type G-d. And I hope that this is the right forum for me to ask these questions. But whats the deal ??? Did I miss a posting about it ??? Why not use the whole word God instead ??? Also what scriptural basis is there for doing so??? Or is this taking the commandments which say. You must not take the Name of God Invain. To mean you must not use God's Name at all. Even if so,, I thought the word for God, EL or Elohim was more of a title. And that YaHWeH OR Jehovah is the actual name of God.... And since I am on the subject, as I have read the Bible what I observe is that God wants us to use His name, and to know His name, and to praise His name, and to honor His name, and to proclaim His name. But how can this be done if one wont even use His name ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bro_Rick Posted June 7, 2007 Group: Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 2 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 19 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 1 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/29/2007 Status: Offline Birthday: 08/24/1971 Share Posted June 7, 2007 I havent seen anyone doing the G-D thing but I can think of no reason why to do it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
None Posted June 7, 2007 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 39 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1,513 Content Per Day: 0.24 Reputation: 5 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/05/2007 Status: Offline Birthday: 01/01/1908 Share Posted June 7, 2007 I do not mean to be controversail, and do not wish to be disrespectful to those of you who type G-d. And I hope that this is the right forum for me to ask these questions. But whats the deal ??? Did I miss a posting about it ??? Why not use the whole word God instead ??? Also what scriptural basis is there for doing so??? Or is this taking the commandments which say. You must not take the Name of God Invain. To mean you must not use God's Name at all. Even if so,, I thought the word for God, EL or Elohim was more of a title. And that YaHWeH OR Jehovah is the actual name of God.... And since I am on the subject, as I have read the Bible what I observe is that God wants us to use His name, and to know His name, and to praise His name, and to honor His name, and to proclaim His name. But how can this be done if one wont even use His name ??? You're not taking God's name in vain if you spell God with an "o" in the middle. It makes no sense other than people expressing reverence for God. There are many other ways to express reverence, respect and fear for God. There ARE people here who do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONE WHO WISHES TO LOVE GOD Posted June 7, 2007 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 8 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 191 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 8 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/25/2005 Status: Offline Birthday: 09/25/1972 Author Share Posted June 7, 2007 I have noticed it on several ocations so I wanted to find out what was the deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest yod Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 Actually the Bible itself does do something like this... Every time you see the word LORD in all capital letters it is being substituted for the tetragrammaton (4 letter name of God) - YHVH Throughout history, jews never said that name. Only the High Priest would say it and then only on Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement). Over the centuries the exact pronunciation was lost because of it Some say it is Jehovah, some say it is Yahweh, but I doubt anyone knows it at all. But for millennia, jews would say either "Adonai" (Lord) or "HaShem"(The Name) instead of pronouncing YHVH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanee Posted June 7, 2007 Group: Royal Member Followers: 55 Topic Count: 113 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 9,310 Content Per Day: 1.50 Reputation: 10,401 Days Won: 4 Joined: 06/05/2007 Status: Offline Birthday: 06/12/1974 Share Posted June 7, 2007 [ Many times it is the difficult, painful situations in our lives that motivate us to turn to God for relief. I know this isn't how we would like it to be, but the truth is that we learn and grow, not in times of peace and prosperity, but in times of trials. "In this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials, so that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ" (1Peter 1:6-7). The Lord wants to draw you into a deeper relationship with Himself today. He is calling you to seek Him so that He can reveal deep things to you as you cry out to Him (Psalm 42:7). Trials are God's way of refining us, so that we learn to trust Him, regardless of our circumstances. It is in painful and difficult times that we can come to the place where "we know that we know that we know" that He is faithful and will bring us through. However, the enemy wants our trials to leave us feeling weak, resentful, and hurt. To avoid this, we MUST keep our eyes on the Lord: "The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; therefore my heart exults, and with my song I shall thank Him" (Psalm 28:7). We want to pray with you for the Lord to heal you of anything that may be hindering you from moving forward in your relationship with the Lord: "Heavenly Father, we lift your child to You and ask You to heal anything in their inner being that may be wounded or hurt by circumstances, by others, and even situations that You allowed to come to pass in order for them to grow. Let Your healing balm flow over them right now. Lift their spirits, and let them feel a new presence of Your joy. Give them Your courage and strength to cry out for the deep things of You. In Jesus' Name, Amen." We encourage you to start praising the Lord right now! Be thankful for everything that is going on in your life, and even those things that are NOT going on in your life. God is in control, and He will demonstrate His faithfulness to you in His time! God Bless You, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONE WHO WISHES TO LOVE GOD Posted June 7, 2007 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 8 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 191 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 8 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/25/2005 Status: Offline Birthday: 09/25/1972 Author Share Posted June 7, 2007 [ Many times it is the difficult, painful situations in our lives that motivate us to turn to God for relief. I know this isn't how we would like it to be, but the truth is that we learn and grow, not in times of peace and prosperity, but in times of trials. "In this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials, so that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ" (1Peter 1:6-7). The Lord wants to draw you into a deeper relationship with Himself today. He is calling you to seek Him so that He can reveal deep things to you as you cry out to Him (Psalm 42:7). Trials are God's way of refining us, so that we learn to trust Him, regardless of our circumstances. It is in painful and difficult times that we can come to the place where "we know that we know that we know" that He is faithful and will bring us through. However, the enemy wants our trials to leave us feeling weak, resentful, and hurt. To avoid this, we MUST keep our eyes on the Lord: "The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; therefore my heart exults, and with my song I shall thank Him" (Psalm 28:7). We want to pray with you for the Lord to heal you of anything that may be hindering you from moving forward in your relationship with the Lord: "Heavenly Father, we lift your child to You and ask You to heal anything in their inner being that may be wounded or hurt by circumstances, by others, and even situations that You allowed to come to pass in order for them to grow. Let Your healing balm flow over them right now. Lift their spirits, and let them feel a new presence of Your joy. Give them Your courage and strength to cry out for the deep things of You. In Jesus' Name, Amen." We encourage you to start praising the Lord right now! Be thankful for everything that is going on in your life, and even those things that are NOT going on in your life. God is in control, and He will demonstrate His faithfulness to you in His time! God Bless You, Although this did not help me as to my questions, I thank you Shanee for your sharing this with me since I have gone through so many things in my life not a week goes by that I am not broken in my spirit. also for reminding me to focuss on praising our God. Amen. and thanks be to God, the giver of every good and perfect gift, may our love for Him grow to an indefinite lasting love one that over shadows all other things pure and complete,, Yes Amen, In the name of His Most Beloved Son Jesus, Amen..... And may God Bless You, Shanee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONE WHO WISHES TO LOVE GOD Posted June 7, 2007 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 8 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 191 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 8 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/25/2005 Status: Offline Birthday: 09/25/1972 Author Share Posted June 7, 2007 Actually the Bible itself does do something like this... Every time you see the word LORD in all capital letters it is being substituted for the tetragrammaton (4 letter name of God) - YHVH Throughout history, jews never said that name. Only the High Priest would say it and then only on Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement). Over the centuries the exact pronunciation was lost because of it Some say it is Jehovah, some say it is Yahweh, but I doubt anyone knows it at all. But for millennia, jews would say either "Adonai" (Lord) or "HaShem"(The Name) instead of pronouncing YHVH Hello yod Thank you for this information, some of it I knew, but yod is it not true that the reason why the tetragrammaton or any original Hebrew word or name did not use vowels was because original Hebrew only used constants, thus YHVH for Yahweh also I also know that many Jews alive during the time that the Old Testament covered used Gods name in naming their sons. case in point Elijah or even Isaiah and so on and so fourth. Also yod God Himself said to Mosses as recored at Exodus in regauds to His great and Holy name, Chap 3 vers 15 This is what you are to say to the sons of Israel, Yahweh the God of your forefathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is my name to time indefinite, and this is the memorial of me to generation after generation.... God also says that the very reason He even allowed Pharaoh to live was so that God's Power and His Name would be declared in all the earth as is clearly shown at Exodus Chap 9 vers 16.... So yod,, as I observe, it seems to me that God wants His name to be known. but He just does not want us to use it invain, but that does not seem to me to mean that He did not want us to use His name when worshiping Him and praising Him and declaring Him to the world.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladypeartree Posted June 7, 2007 Group: Royal Member Followers: 37 Topic Count: 542 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 33,047 Content Per Day: 5.05 Reputation: 23,875 Days Won: 237 Joined: 06/21/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/23/1953 Share Posted June 7, 2007 If you look under the thread started by Stephenuk then you will find a lot of answers to your question from Messianic jews Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONE WHO WISHES TO LOVE GOD Posted June 7, 2007 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 8 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 191 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 8 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/25/2005 Status: Offline Birthday: 09/25/1972 Author Share Posted June 7, 2007 If you look under the thread started by Stephenuk then you will find a lot of answers to your question from Messianic jews Hi Lady P. thanks I will check it out ..... Cool my 300th post Happy 300th post to me, Happy 300th post to me, Happy 300th post to me,,, Happy 300th post to me and many more sorry got a bit caried away.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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