I'm curios why there are so many here who say "Lord" in place of His name instead of doing as we are told to do.
Do you not know His name?
Psa 22:22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee
Psa 102:21 To declare the name of YHWH in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
Isa_12:4 And in that day shall ye say, Praise YHWH, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.
Zec 13:9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, YHWH is my Elohim.
Act 2:21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of YHWH shall be saved.
Heb 2:12 Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the assembly will I sing praise unto thee.
Acts and Hebrews were originated in Greek. Christians, especially Gentile Christians have never been commanded to master the Hebrew language and Hebrew names. There's a rabbi that writes a weekly column in our Sunday paper that never uses any name for God, writing G-d.
We Christians have the Christ of God, one called Son of the Highest in Luke 1:32. for name you didn't list.
In Luke 1:31 Mary was told to cal her son Jesus, which is our English form of the transliterated (Latin) Iēsous from the Greek Ἰησοῦς , which refers to the Hebrew Yeshua.
Each culture on earth has it's own acceptable version, some not able to speak anything sounding like Hebrew or Greek is spelled.
I have a Hispanic friend that always corrects me when I say Jesus, insisting on what sounds like "Hey seuss". They spell that Jesus with the u long as in
you, instead of u short as in
us.
It would be impossible to retrain all Christians on earth to agree on and enunciate one acceptable name.
Isaiah said to call (Jesus) by more names.
Isaiah 9:6 (KJV)
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6 [/SUP] For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful (
פֶּלֶא pronounced pele'), Counsellor (
יָעַץya as), The mighty God , The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. There are many authorized names in Hebrew.
You prefer the tetragrammation YHWH. That's OK, but there's not much practicality in mixing Hebrew with English unless using English to explain Hebrew.
Well, the New Testament has Emanuel, interpreted God with us, for Jesus.
Revelation 19:16 (KJV)
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16 [/SUP] And he hath on
his vesture and on his thigh a
name written,
KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
I AM is a precious name of God.
Exodus 3:14 (KJV)
[SUP]14 [/SUP] And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
Why insist on your choices?
