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Is Jehovah the True Name of God?



Brother Bob Pellien: Hello, and welcome everyone to this program That's in the Bible. I'm Bob Pellien.



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Brother Bob Pellien



Minister of the Gospel



Brother Bob: In our episode for today we'll be responding to a question of a Mr. Randy Capilitan who asks—which is a very common question that we receive here—but Randy asks, “What is the true name of God? Is [Jehovah] the name of God? Is it necessary to call Jehova as His name?” 



Different variations of this question have, like I said, often been received here [at] our program and asked. So today we're going to use once again the Holy Bible as a basis to respond to Randy's question and questions regarding the name of God that we've been receiving regularly concerning the different names of God. 



How does Jesus want people to address God?



How should we address God, dear friends? Does God even have a name? This is a very important question on our episode for today, and it's especially important for those who want to properly worship God. So for us living in this day and age in the Christian Era, we follow the lead of our Lord Jesus Christ since He's the begotten Son of God, He's the one of course qualified to teach us how to approach God as His children. And Lord Jesus Christ does truly teach us this and let's read His words. In the Book of Matthew 6:9: 



In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven,...



[Matthew 6:9 New King James Version] 



Brother Bob: Dear friends, Jesus is teaching His disciples how to pray. He said “in this manner, pray.” And if we read all the subsequent verses following that, [it’s] all the different guidance that He gave them relative to proper prayer. What was the first that we just read? How to address God. What did He teach? He said, “Our Father in heaven.” So He taught His disciples (likewise, all of us), He taught us how to pray and how to address God. And He does so by showing us how to call upon God. And what He taught was to call Him (God) “Father.” We call God our Father. 



Now, did Christ put into practice what He instructed His disciples concerning how to address God, when Jesus Himself prayed? Did He use a personal name of God when He addressed God? Let's, let's check in the Book of John 17:1: 



Jesus spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said: “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You,



[John 17:1 New King James Version]



Brother Bob: What did Jesus do when He prayed to God? He addressed God as “Father,” not any specific personal name. Now, how else can we call God? The apostles gave us some important additional insight on that. How did the apostles also call God in the Book of Acts 4:24: 



So when they heard that, they raised their voice to God with one accord and said: “Lord, You are God, who made heaven and earth and the sea, and all that is in them, 



[Act 4:24 New King James Version]