Hello, My Name Jehovah Sabaoth (Series On The Names Of God – #5)

We have already looked at four of them, El-ohim, El-Shaddai, Yahweh and Adonai.

In this sermon we want to consider the name Jehovah Sabaoth.

The word is pronounced as SA-BA-OTH

Many folks are intrigued with names.

(1)In genealogy we usually concentrate on SURNAMES, (Usually call our last name or our family name) since they are the most important way of identifying people who are related

• GIVEN NAMES are more important in a way, because they represent a voluntary choice by the parents or, sometimes, by an individual.

(2) Some parents chose to name their children after certain virtues they hoped their child would possess, such as Patience, Hope, Charity, Angel or Prudence.

(3) Some regions of the country rely on “Nicknames.” In the South, Dr. Odell Belger says he had friends or went to school with friends and classmates such as:

• A boy named Lightening

• A boy named Hot dog

• A boy named Bad Eye

• A boy named Mad Dog

• A boy named Popsicle

• A boy named Mustard

• A girl he dated named Shirt Tail

Names are fascinating, but the names of God in the Bible are in a camp all to themselves.

His name has been REVERED and ABUSED more than any name on the earth.

However, one day His name will be REVERED by all.

Look at Philippians 2:9-11, we read, “Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”

The names of God should always be treated with reverence.

In this message the name JEHOVOAH SABAOTH refers to a captain or general who commands a mighty army.

It’s used over 270 times in the Bible.

Amos 4:13 describes this name Jehovah Saboath in great detail: “He who forms the mountains, creates the wind, and reveals his thoughts to man, he who turns dawn to darkness, and treads the high places of the earth–the LORD God Almighty [Jehovah Sabaoth] is his name.”

The first time we see the name Johovah Saboath in the Scriptures is when we see a mother crying out to God for a child.

Illus: This woman was having a difficult time bearing children, and the Scripture lets us know she cried out to Jehovah-Sabaoth to solve this problem in her life.

Look at First Samuel 1:3-11, we read, “And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there. And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions: But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb. And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb. And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat. Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons? So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD. And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore. And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD OF HOSTS, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.”

This mother recognized the honor of bearing a child. In fact, during Bible times, if a woman could not bear a child, she was considered to be inferior to other women who could.

God heard Hannah’s cry, and Samuel is given to her.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT SAMUEL MEANS?

Samuel means “A gift from God."

Children are a gift from God, and once they arrive in the home, the home is never again the same.

What a joy that we hear from these small lads…

• A Sunday school teacher asked her children, as they were on the way to church service, "And why is it necessary to be quiet in church?" One bright little girl replied, "Because people are sleeping, and you might wake them up!"