Pastor Rob Carlson: 
"God is... Limitless" 
From the series: "God is..."
Sunday, November 9, 2003 

THE NAMES OF GOD: 

Adonai—Lord or Master, denoting ownership.  (Ps. 39:7; 54:4; 71:5; 73:28; 86:5; 86:12; 86:15; 140:7; Is. 6:8; Ez. 18:25; Luke 6:46)

El—A generic term for God or deity. (Ps. 22; Mark 15:34)

Elohim—The strong, Faithful One; the only true God.  (Gen. 1:26)

El-Elyon—The Exalted One and all others are below Him; the Most High God.  (Numbers 24:16; 2 Samuel 22:14; Ps. 18: 13; Is. 14:12-15; Daniel 7:27)

El-Olam—Eternal, perpetual, everlasting: the Everlasting God. (Gen. 9:16; 17:8; 21:33; Ex. 40:15; Deut. 33:27 Prov. 10:25; 45:17; Jer. 20:11; Jer. 31:3; Dan. 4:3; Hab. 3:6; John 3:16; 2 Thess. 1:8, 9; Heb. 5:9)

El-Roi—To see, to perceive, understand, and know; the God who sees.  (Ps. 139:1,2,7; John 5:19)

El-Shaddai—Most powerful in strength; the Almighty God.  (Gen. 17:1,2; Exodus 6:3; Job 40:2)

Immanuel—God with us. (Matthew 1:23; Gal. 4:4,5)

Jehovah—I AM, or self-existence; translated as Yahweh or LORD. (Ex. 3:14,15; John 4:25, 26; 8:12, 28; 10:9, 11, 36; 15:1; James 1:17; Heb. 13:8)

Jehovah-Jireh—To have regard for the one seen, to see to his every need with provision and care; the Lord our Provider. (Gen. 22:8, 14; Heb. 22:17-19)

Jehovah-Mekaddesh—To purify, cleanse, and sanctify unto God; the Lord who sanctifies. (Ex. 13:2; Lev. 19:2; 20:7, 8; 25:10; I Sam. 2:2; Ps. 103:1; Prov. 9:10; Is. 6:3; John 17:17; Rom. 12:1; 1 Peter 1:15,16)

Jehovah-Nissi—A banner set up on a high place in case of invasion, assembling the people for victory; the Lord our Banner. (Ex. 14:13; 17:15,16; Deut. 20:3,4; Is. 13:2-4, 11; John 3:14; 16:33; I Cor. 15:57; Eph. 2:8,9; 6:10-12)

Jehovah-Rohi—To tend as one cares for sheep; the Lord our Shepherd.  Is. 40:10,11; Ez. 34:11-16; Ps. 23:1,4; 139:2; John 10:11; Heb. 13:20; I Peter 2:25)

Jehovah-Raphe—Jehovah who heals; God our healer.  (Numbers 12:13; Ps. 103:2,3; Jer.3:22; 30:17, 26; Mal. 4:2; Matt. 4:23; 11:4,5; Luke 4:18; John 5:36; Rev. 22:17)

Jehovah-Sabaoth—An army or warriors who stand and fight against an enemy; the Lord, the captain of our salvation. (I Sam. 1:3; Jer. 11:20; Zech. 4:6)

Jehovah-Shalom—Peace; the Lord our Peace. (Nub. 6:24-26; Judges 6:13, 23, 24; Is. 9:6; 26:2-4, 12; Matt. 11:28, 29; John 14:27; 16:33; Rom. 5:1; 15:33; Phil. 4:5-7; Col. 1:20)

Jehovah-Shammah—There, in that place, therein; the Lord is there. (Ex. 33:14-16; Ps. 132:8, 13, 14; Is. 63:9; Ez. 43:1-7; 48:35; Matt. 28:20 John 1:14; 14:2,3; I Cor. 3:16; 6:17; 2 Cor. 6:16; Eph. 2:19-22)

Jehovah-Tsidkenu—Righteousness, rightness; the Lord our righteousness.  (Deut 32:4; Psalm 89:14; 129:4; Jer. 23:5,6; 33:6-26; Dan. 9:7, 8; Acts 3:14; Rom. 3:20; 5:16-19; 6:11-13, 18; I Cor. 1:30; 2 Cor. 5:21)  

Exodus 3:14-15--God said to Moses, "I am who I am. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: 'I AM has sent me to you.' "
¹⁵ God also said to Moses, "Say to the Israelites, 'The LORD, the God of your fathers-the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob-has sent me to you.' This is my name forever, the name by which I am to be remembered from generation to generation.

HOW DO YOU VIEW GOD? 

1. Do you trust Him? 

Psalm 89:1,2--I will sing of the LORD's great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations.
I will declare that your love stands firm forever, that you established your faithfulness in heaven itself. 

2. Do you know Him? 

Psalm 55:1, 16, 22, 23--Listen to my prayer, O God, do not ignore my plea... But I call to God, and the LORD saves me... Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall... But as for me, I trust in you... 

3. Do you adore Him? 

Adore = Worship; to regard with loving admiration

The Splendor of God is beyond words: 

Psalm 145:1-7; 1 Timothy 1:17; Revelation 1:17,18

God is incomprehensible to the human mind: 

• God is infinite. 

• God is self-existent. 

• God is eternal. 

• God is self-sufficient. 

"The low view of God entertained almost universally among Christians is the cause of a hundred lesser evils everywhere among us. With our loss of the sense of majesty has come the further loss of religious awe and the consciousness of the divine presence… It is impossible to keep our moral practices sound and our inward attitudes right while our idea of God is erroneous or inadequate. It we would bring back spiritual power to our lives, we must begin to think of God more nearly as He is."
-A. W. Tozer, The Knowledge of the Holy 

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