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Names of God: 5. The Holy and Righteous One‏ Q1. (Isaiah 6:1-8) How does a realization of God's holiness affect Isaiah? Why is Isaiah afraid? How does God make Isaiah holy? What is the symbolism of the coal from the altar? Now made holy -- dedicated to God -- how does Isaiah respond to God? Isaiah 6:1-8(NLT):

Names of God: Lesson 4 Q4. (Isaiah 40:21-31). In this passage on the "Creator of the ends of the earth," which words are repeated in verses 28-31. What application are we disciples to derive from this passage so that we might understand God's might as Creator? Isaiah 40:21-31(NLT); “21 Have you never heard or understood? Are you deaf to the words of God -- the words he gave before the world began? Are you so ignorant? 22 It is God who sits above the circle of the earth. The people below must seem to him like grasshoppers! He is the one who spreads out the heavens like a curtain and makes his tent from them. 23 He judges the great people of the world and brings them all to nothing. 24 They hardly get started, barely taking root, when he blows on them and their work withers. The wind carries them off like straw. 25 "To whom will you compare me? Who is my equal?" asks the Holy One. 26 Look up into the heavens. Who created all the stars? He brings them out one after another, calling each by its name. And he counts them to see that none are lost or have strayed away. 27 O Israel, how can you say the LORD does not see your troubles? How can you say God refuses to hear your case? 28 Have you never heard or understood? Don't you know that the LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of all the earth? He never grows faint or weary. No one can measure the depths of his understanding. 29 He gives power to those who are tired and worn out; he offers strength to the weak. 30 Even youths will become exhausted, and young men will give up. 31 But those who wait on the LORD will find new strength. They will fly high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.” In verses 28-31 of Isaiah 40 the prophet repeats the words “faint” and “weary”, first as “He never grows faint or weary”, referring to the LORD’S unceasing and eternal power and strength, and in “They will run and not grown weary. They will walk and not faint”, where Isaiah tells us that the tired, the worn out and the weak are given strength by the LORD. This passage enables us to comprehend the eternal might of the LORD as our Creator. Isaiah puts our relationship with the Father in perspective; people “seem to him like grasshoppers”. His judgment brings even the lives of the greatest of men to nothing. We learn that in comparison with the LORD'S eternity, our earthly life is so limited and temporal. No man can even measure His might and the “depths of his understanding”. From this passage we might deduce that Our LORD is our strength. Without His strength there is no real strength atall. He is the Creator who gives strength, even to the tired, the worn out and the weak. Isaiah informs us proudly that those who wait on the LORD as His servants will “fly high on wings like eagles”, with more strength than even the most youthful of men, who without the strength of the LORD, will become exhausted and give up, whereas those who serve the LORD will continue in strength. As the prophet states at the beginning of the passage, we must hear and we must understand the LORD’S might in order to know our own place in His creation. We are the created and He is the Creator. We are the clay and He is the Potter. This understanding is of profound importance in our relationship with our Father; to know our humble place as humans and to grow in our comprehension of the Father. As Isaiah proclaims, we can never fathom the depths and mystery of the Father, but we must keep seeking Him and we will surely be given the portion He intends for us.

Names of God: Lesson 4 Q3. (Psalm 95:1-7) How many names, titles, and metaphors of God can you find in this passage, both explicit and implicit? What does the Psalmist call on us to do in response to God revealed in his Names? Why are these actions appropriate? Psalm 95:1-7;” 1 Come, let us sing to the LORD! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation. 2 Let us come to him with thanksgiving. Let us sing psalms of praise to him. 3 For the LORD is a great God, a great King above all gods. 4 He holds in his hands the depths of the earth and the mightiest mountains. 5 The sea belongs to him, for he made it. His hands formed the dry land, too. 6 Come, let us worship and bow down. Let us kneel before the LORD our maker, 7 for he is our God. We are the people he watches over, the flock under his care. If only you would listen to his voice today” (NLT). In these first seven verses of Psalm 95 there are a multitude of names, titles and metaphors concerning the Father. Through these verses the psalmist refers to the LORD as “LORD”, “Rock of our salvation”, “great God”, “great King above all gods”, “our Maker”, and “our God”. Implicitly, our Father God is symbolized as the One who holds all the earth in His hands, the Owner and Maker of the sea and the One who formed the land, One who watches over us and as Shepherd of His flock who are in His care. The psalmist asks us to “shout joyfully” to Him, to “come to him with thanksgiving”, to sing “psalms of praise to him”, to “worship”, “bow down” and “kneel”, and finally to “listen to His voice today”. These actions are appropriate because such actions are the human expression of respect and thanks. The psalmist has through these words informed us of the greatness of the Father. Here we read of greatness above and beyond anything we could ascribe such words to here on earth. The psalmist through these metaphors, names and titles is communicating to us the glory of the LORD and how we should respond here and now “today” in our perception of the LORD. The LORD is our Creator and One who does look after us and does care about us. We can read here the basis of a proper relationship personally with the LORD. This is how we should respond; in worship, humility, happiness and giving thanks, “today”, in the present. Our LORD is always there, the “Rock” and He is our salvation. His Love never changes and, in this life that ever changes and fluctuates, there is One we can be sure of at all times; The LORD our God!

Names of God: Lesson 4 Q2. What inherent rights does a Potter, Creator, or Maker have over what he has created? How should that effect our lives, our self-image, our sense of purpose? Continuing with Isaiah

Names of God: Lesson 4 Q1. (Isaiah 45:9-12) Why is it ridiculous for a pot to second-guess the Potter? How do we Christians do this? What is a better attitude and behavior before our Creator? Isaiah 45:9-12(NLT): 9

Names of God: Lesson 3 Q4. (1 Samuel 17:26 - 36; Hebrews 10:31) How do you think David's understanding of the Living God enabled him to challenge Goliath? Read Hebrews 10:31 in context. Why should the Living God inspire fear and dread? (1 Samuel 17:26 - 36); 26

Names of God: Lesson 3 Q3. (Isaiah 44:6; Revelation 1:8) What does the idea of "first" and "last" tell you about God? How does Revelation 1:8 relate to God's revelation to Moses, "I AM THAT I AM"? Isaiah 44:6;

Names of God: Lesson 3 Q2. (Isaiah 57:15) What do you think it is like to "inhabit eternity"? What will it be like when you inhabit eternity with the Eternal God, seated with Christ Jesus in heavenly places? What emotions does this inspire in you? Verse 15:

Names of God: 3. Yahweh, I AM, the Eternal God ('El 'Olam)‏ Q1. (Exodus 3:1-15) What does God's name Yahweh reveal about his person and his power? How would an understanding of Yahweh's name contrast him with the idols worshipped by the Egyptians? The Lord's Name, YHWH (I AM) reveals that He does exist! He is the I AM THAT I AM, more real than anything in His universe and creation. It reveals that all that is written of Him, because He is in existence and very real, is the demonstration of what He is. As we know, He is Almighty, The One True God and Father of all in creation. In contrast to all the other idols worshipped by pagans and the heathen, throughout The Scripture of The Old and New Testament, we see that He does appear to His people and He does cause things to happen. The Holy Bible is so full of demonstrations of His Might and Power, from The Flood that wiped out all that was corrupt upon the face of the earth, to His messengers who gave prophesy to The Prophets, to His guidance and protection of His people Israel. From these demonstrations of His reality we can see that no idol ever demonstrated real power; because they are lifeless, they are created by humans, of wood and stone and have no power atall. In Exodus we read of the battle of The Lord with the false idols of the Egyptians. Here we see that the magicians and priests of Pharaoh are no match atall for Our God. Our God could bring plagues upon His enemies. Our God can part the sea for men to cross! Though Pharaoh had a huge and well equipped army and chariots, the Israelites were able to escape and win the Lords Battle to become the nation of God in order to deliver the message of The Prophets and ultimately Gods only Son Himself, The Messiah Jesus Christ; who in turn fulfilled the Promise made by The Father in His Covenant with Abraham, that people of all nations will come to know The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

Names of God: Lesson 2 Q5. How should the knowledge that the battle is the Lord's affect the way we approach life? In what way do both timidity and brashness get it wrong? Are there any instances in which the Lord will not fight our battles? My own current understanding and knowledge is that the battle is the Lord

Names of God: Lesson 2 Q4. (Exodus 17:9-16) In what sense was Moses' rod like a signal pole in this battle? In what sense is the LORD our banner in the battles we face? 9So Moses said to Joshua, "Choose for us men, and go out and fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand." 10So Joshua did as Moses told him, and fought with Amalek, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. 11Whenever Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed, and whenever he lowered his hand, Amalek prevailed. 12But Moses

Names of God: Lesson 2 Q3. (Matthew 26:53) Why did Jesus not call on the heavenly host in the Garden of Gethsemane? What happens when he does call on the heavenly hosts? (Revelation 19:11-16) In answer to the first question, so as not to confuse with words of my own, I would simply state that Jesus did not call upon the heavenly host in Gethsemane because He knew that He had to fulfill the Scripture! Our Messiah knew that He had to die for our sins on the cross and He fulfilled the Prophesy in every way. The only possible way for us to know God

Names of God: 2. The God of Might ('El Shaddai)‏ Q2. (2 Kings 6:13-17) Why was Elisha's servant afraid? What was the difference between Elisha and his servant? What does it take for our eyes to be opened? How can 1 John 4:4 strengthen you in your spiritual battle? From this account in 2 Kings of The King of Aran

Names of God: Lesson 2, Q1‏ Q1. (Joshua 5:13-15) Why did the Commander say he was on neither side? What is the significance of this? What did Joshua feel like during this encounter? How did he feel after this encounter? "5:13Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in his hand. Joshua went up to him and asked, 'Are you for us or for our enemies?' 14'Neither,' he replied, 'but as commander of the army of the LORD I have now come.' Then Joshua fell facedown to the ground in reverence, and asked him, 'What message does my Lord have for his servant?' 15The commander of the LORD's army replied, 'Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.' And Joshua did so. 6:1Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in. 2Then the LORD said to Joshua, 'See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men.'" (Joshua 5:13-6:2) In this account in the book of Joshua, describing the appearance of

Names of God: Lesson 1 Q4. Meditate on the titles "King of Glory" (Psalm 24:7-10) and "Father of glory" (Ephesians 1:17). What do they tell us about God? How should they affect our attitudes as we worship God? According to 2 Corinthians 3:18, how does God's glory come to fill our lives? Meditating on these two phrases from books in the Old and New Covenant I am firstly struck by the agreement between this Psalm of David and St Paul

Names of God: 1. God Most High‏ Q3. Meditate on the phrase "High and Lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy...." (Isaiah 57:15, RSV). What do you learn about God from this phrase? How should this affect your outlook on life, your way of conducting yourself? In this phrase from the book of the prophet Isaiah one reads of Isaiah

Names of God: Lesson 1, Q2‏ Q2. Meditate on the title "Most High." What does it mean to you? How do you or will you incorporate it in your worship? My own understanding of

Names of God: Lesson 1, Q1‏ Q1. (Genesis 14:19, 20, 22) What did Abraham and Melchizedek seem to believe in common about God Most High? Genesis 14:19