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One could use the original Hebrew names for God as a sign of respect or a sign of contempt. Some individuals may use these Hebrew names for consciences' sake. I suspect some, if not most, are attempting to show contempt for other believers by claiming that they are more enlightened than others. You find the same thing with the Sabbath. Some think that it actually still applies, whether it does or not, and some use it as an occasion for division and contempt of other believers who have placed their faith in Jesus Christ.
That's why some of these things disgust me. They are simply used as divisions between "true believers" or "immature believers" and themselves. And it is interesting that the same crowd quite often intersects; it's Sabbath and Festival keepers who adopt this language and distance themselves from others. Salvation, for them, cannot be about placing one's faith in Jesus Christ alone. If it's not about salvation, it's about distancing one's self as better than other individuals Jesus bought with his blood.
Luke 18: [SUP]9 [/SUP]To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable: [SUP]10 [/SUP]“Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. [SUP]11 [/SUP]The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. [SUP]12 [/SUP]I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’ [SUP]13 [/SUP]“But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’ [SUP]14 [/SUP]“I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
That's why some of these things disgust me. They are simply used as divisions between "true believers" or "immature believers" and themselves. And it is interesting that the same crowd quite often intersects; it's Sabbath and Festival keepers who adopt this language and distance themselves from others. Salvation, for them, cannot be about placing one's faith in Jesus Christ alone. If it's not about salvation, it's about distancing one's self as better than other individuals Jesus bought with his blood.
Luke 18: [SUP]9 [/SUP]To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable: [SUP]10 [/SUP]“Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. [SUP]11 [/SUP]The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. [SUP]12 [/SUP]I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’ [SUP]13 [/SUP]“But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’ [SUP]14 [/SUP]“I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
The product of linguistic evolution, quite acceptable, wherher exact or not since the honor is usually intended when employing this title. I hear it in song and read it in text. Guess what? I know Who the reference is to. Of coure in Hebrew theree is no J sound, but most know it is a yod. God bless you always.........j
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The main point, which you are avoiding, is that the Name God gave Moses is intentionally unpronounceable as it appears in the Mesoretic text; and intentionally mispronouncing it is hardly respectful.
i think it to be disrespectful for men to intentionally make it so you could not pronounce Gods name accurately.I know it was mere men who did this because God did tell men his personal name.If God did not want you to pronounce his name or he thought it wrong in any way for you to use his personal name he would not have given it,so as i said it was mere men who were nothing but dust that made it where you can't pronounce Gods name accurately.This is what is disrespectful.
i think it to be disrespectful for men to intentionally make it so you could not pronounce Gods name accurately.I know it was mere men who did this because God did tell men his personal name.If God did not want you to pronounce his name or he thought it wrong in any way for you to use his personal name he would not have given it,so as i said it was mere men who were nothing but dust that made it where you can't pronounce Gods name accurately.This is what is disrespectful.