Hello, My Name Is Elohim ( Series On The Names Of God - #1)

It is interesting to study the origin of names.

Humor: We are told that the Chinese get their names for their children by throwing a metal pans against a block wall and when it lands on the floor making the noise “Ping Pong Wong” that is what they name their children.

Of course, I am only joking!!!

However, one of the biggest milestones in having a baby is selecting the perfect name.

Of course, babies have no decision in the name they are stuck with for life.

(1) Some people like the name their parents chose for them.

Illus: I have often wondered about the boxer George Forman he must have loved the name his parent chose for him because he had five sons, and he named all five of his boys…GEORGE.

Evidently, he likes the name his parents chose for him.

Illus: Dr. Odell Belger was in a pizza restaurant one day and he noticed the name tag of the young lady that waited on him…her name was ANGEL.

He commented what a pretty name she had.

She said, “Yes, when I was born my mother had high hopes for me!!!”

Some people like the names their parents selected for them.

However, some…

(2) DO NOT LIKE THE NAME THEIR PARENTS GAVE THEM!

Illus: Makes me think of the dad who had two girls.

He named:

(1) Ima

(2) Ura

The only problem with those names was their last name was…HOG!

They went to school and the teacher asked them their name and…

• First one the teacher asked her what her name and she was said, “Ima Hog!”

• Second one the teacher asked her what her name and she was said “Ura Hog!”

People name their children all kinds of names

Illus: This is true, some parents their last name was John, and they named their SON John John John. Yes, his first name, middle name and last name were all “John”.

But back in bible times parents name their children names that meant something.

In this series dealing with the NAMES OF ALMIGHTY GOD for the next weeks, we want to look at some of the names of God so that we might come to know God in a greater way.

We read in Isaiah 9:6b tells us, "...His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”

The Bible contains various names for God, and each of which represents which God choose to reveal Himself to humanity.

When we DIG INTO THE SCRIPTURES and learn the different names of God and what they mean, we can get to know this wonderful God of the Bible.

Let me explain…

Illus: Dr. Odell Belger tells the story of a missionary friend that came to his office who had recently came from the mission field.

After a friendly chat he said to Dr. Belger if you have time, I would like for you to come to my car, I want to show you something.

They went outside and he opened the trunk of his car. Dr. Belger noticed immediately in the trunk there were two things he wanted to show him and both of them were wrapped in large bath towels.

He picked up one and unwrapped it and it was about 16 to 18 inches long.

After he un-wrapped it, he said, do you know what this is?

Dr. Belger looked at it, held it in his hands and he noticed it was in the shape of a tree root off a tree but it still had some dirt on it but it looked like un-washed gold.

Then the missionary said this is GOLD!!!

Dr. Belger began to example it more carefully and it was light and soft like GOLD. Dr. Belger thrilled to be able to hold such a large piece of Gold that few men have ever held in their hands.

He then opened the other towel, and it was larger than the first piece. All together both of them if they were processed and melted in gold bars they would amount to at least 3 or 4 bars of gold if not more!!!

Dr. Belger asked him how he came into possession of such a large amount of gold.

He told him when he was on the mission field one Sunday some of the fellows from his church came to his house and told him they were going to look for some gold and would he like to go with them.

He thanked them for the invitation but told them he would not want to do that on the Lord’s Day, and they left his home in pursuit of finding gold but did not find any in their endeavor.

However, on the next day which was Monday morning he decided he would go gold hunting for gold alone and sure enough he found these two large pieces of gold.