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Hello, I'm Yvonne Shelton.
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I've always had a
fascination with names.
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Invariably, when someone is
sharing the news of a newborn
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in the family, I'll
ask, "What's the name?"
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I guess somehow it helps me
to better connect with them.
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My father named me Yvonne Maria.
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"Yvonne" is a French name
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and "Maria" is Spanish
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and I guess he was trying to
be international or something.
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But when he named me,
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he wasn't thinking
about the meanings.
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He just liked the sound of it.
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But Bible
times... were different.
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Names had
incredible significance.
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They were used to forecast the
direction of the child's life.
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The parents, when
ascribing a name to their child,
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were assigning a purpose and
a direction in their training
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so, yes, a name was important
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as it could indicate the
character and personality
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of the one who bore it.
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So, how much more significant
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are the names and
titles of our God?
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It's been said that there
are over 100 titles of God
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in Scripture.
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What do they reveal
about His relationship to us?
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The study of God's names and
titles has so enriched my life.
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I had the privilege last
year of writing a book entitled:
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Glimpses of His Glory:
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A Revelation of God's Character
through His Names and Titles
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and it has been
an amazing blessing
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for me to get to
know God more intimately
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and more
personally through His names.
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I've entitled this
Presentation: What's in a Name.
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Pray with me.
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"O Elohim, we thank You and
praise You for this opportunity.
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I pray that we will all
come to know You better.
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We praise You and thank
You in the name of Yeshua,
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Jesus our Savior, amen. "
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Our Scripture reading for today
is taken from Psalm 9 verse 10
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and it's from the
Amplified Version.
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"And they who know Your name
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will lean on and confidently
put their trust in You,
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for You, Lord, have not
forsaken those who seek You. "
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As I read this
Scripture, I realized
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that knowing God's name
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gives one a deeper
faith and confidence in Him
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because His names reflect
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different
aspects of His character.
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The third commandment
found in Exodus 20 verse 7
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admonishes us not to take
the name of the Lord our God
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in vain
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and that's one reason that we're
to show reverence for His name.
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It reflects His very essence.
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The incomprehensible God reveals
Himself through His names
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which is one of the ways that
He makes Himself known to man.
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According to James Boice,
the phrase: The Name of God
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is a Semitic phrase for
speaking of God's attributes. "
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He says, "To be
protected by the name
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is therefore to be protected
by the One Who is sovereign,
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holy, all-knowing,
wise, compassionate,
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and anything else that
can be properly said of God.
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And there's more,
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for to be kept 'in the name'
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is not merely to be kept by God,
as if He were some distant force
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that could be
called in to defend us
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if that were necessary.
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It is rather that
we are actually in Him,
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much like being in a fortress.
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Thus, His power
and other attributes
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surround us constantly. "
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Proverbs 18:10 says,
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"The name of the Lord... " YHWH
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"is a strong tower;
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the righteous run
to it and are safe. "
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God's name is like a fort that
provides protection and strength
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to the believer.
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One theologian said
that as we grow to understand
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the very nature
and character of God,
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we will find
ourselves running to His name
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to find safety and strength.
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No... there's not one name
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that can sum up the
awesomeness of our God...
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no finite words can
describe the infinite one.
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However, we can
look at His names
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as shared by Him in Scripture
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and get a
picture of who He is...
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His character and personality...
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His names are
self-revelatory and relational
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as they demonstrate His
relationship to His creatures.
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He reveals Himself
to us with each name
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and knowing these
names fortifies us in Him.
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The famous theologian,
Charles Spurgeon said,
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"There's a glorious fullness of
assurance in the names of God.
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By knowing His Name
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is also meant an
experimental acquaintance
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with the attributes of God,
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which are every one of them
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anchors to hold the soul from
drifting in seasons of peril. "
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I would venture to say
that each name or title of God
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is an anchor for the soul
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to keep us steadfast and
immovable in times of stress
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and hardship.
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I believe that God wants every
Christian to know His names
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and titles... so that
they can get closer to Him.
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Would you like to know and
experience Him in a new way?
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Are you open to a
richer, deeper understanding
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of who God is?
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Well, we're going to
identify three names of God
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that are anchors for the soul
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that will keep you from
drifting in seasons of peril.
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Anchor Number 1: YHWH
The Self-Existent One.
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The most frequently
designated name for God
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in the Old Testament is YHWH.
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Among the Jewish
people of antiquity,
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YHWH also known as:
The Unutterable Name,
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The Four Letters
or the Tetragrammaton
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had particular sacredness.
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It was so holy that
the Jews wouldn't speak it
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for fear of
blasphemy or taking it in vain.
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So, instead of
speaking it, they would write it
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and when the name was written
in Scripture to be read aloud,
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they would
substitute the name Adonai...
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meaning Lord or Master.
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In fact, in your Bible,
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every time that
you see the word LORD
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written in uppercase
letters... all Caps...
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it is the English
translation for YHWH
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because all of the
letters in the Hebrew alphabet
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were consonants.
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No one really knows
how to pronounce YHWH
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so most scholars say, Yahweh
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and it's written as such
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in the "Names of
God" version of the Bible
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but the true
pronunciation is unknown.
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So, just to be unauthentic
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unless quoting from a
source that uses Yahweh,
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here in this Presentation,
I allude to YHWH or the LORD
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but think all
caps... think uppercase.
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In Exodus 3 verses 13 through
15 in the "Names of God" Bible,
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Moses said to God,
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"Suppose I go to the people
of Israel and say to them,
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'The Elohim of your ancestors
has sent me to you... '
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and they ask me,
'What is His name?'
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What should I tell them?"
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In verse 14, God said,
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"this is what you must
say to the people of Israel,
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'Ehyeh has sent me to
you. Ehyeh asher ehyeh. '"
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That's the name
that God first gave Moses
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in answer to his
question about His name.
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But check this out,
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Ehyeh is not a
noun but it's a verb.
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A noun is the name of
a person, place or thing
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but a verb is an action
word or a state of being.
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So, a more correct
translation of this
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is the idea of
the One Who Was...
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Is... and Will Be.
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He is the Self-Existent
One without beginning or end.
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Again, in the
"Names of God" Bible,
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Exodus 3:15... it states
again, "Elohim said to Moses,
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'This is what you must
say to the people of Israel...
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YHWH... Yahweh...
Elohim of your ancestors...
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the Elohim of Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob has sent me to you:
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this is My name forever,
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this is My Title throughout
every generation... '"
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YHWH is probably an
acronym for Ehyeh asher ehyeh.
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Elohim, the Creator God,
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stated that YHWH is His title
throughout every generation.
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Why is this important?
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It's because God is
showing Himself to be eternal.
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There is none like Him.
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He's self-existent
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and there is no
one higher than He.
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Therefore, in
Malachi 3:6 when it says,
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"I am YHWH... I change not... "
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He assures us of His
reliability and omnipotence.
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He's the same
yesterday... today and forever.
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What a mighty God we serve.
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Anchor Number2: Yeshua.
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Anchor Number 2
means YHWH is salvation.
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When an angel of the Lord
visited Joseph in a dream,
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he told him about Mary.
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She will give birth to a Son
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and you will name
Him Yeshua... He saves
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because He will save
His people from their sins.
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That's Matthew 1:21 in
the "Names of God" Bible.
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Yeshua is a shortened
form of the name Yehoshua
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which we first find in the
Old Testament book of Yeshoshua
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or what we call: Joshua.
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Yeshoshua is the literal
Hebrew word for salvation.
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Yeshoshua consists of two parts:
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Yeho... which is a
shortened form of YHWH...
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the Tetragrammaton... when
it's the first part of a name.
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The English form is "LORD"
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and then the
second part is "shua"
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and that's an abbreviated
form of the verb: Yasha
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which means to
save, rescue or deliver.
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Thus, the name Yehoshua means:
The Lord saves or delivers.
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The ancient Hebrew
name for Jesus was Yeshua.
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Jesus... that word
"Jesus... " that name
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is a transliteration
of the name Yeshua
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and we've learned to
use them interchangeably
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much as Peter in English
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is the transliteration
of Pedro in Spanish.
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So, Yeshua was the name
that Jesus was probably called
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as a child
growing up in His home
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and although it was a rather
conventional name at that time,
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when applied to the Lord,
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it was a name that had a
unique and special significance.
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Yeshua is the
Savior of the world.
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Many people want to say
that there are many roads to God
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but the Bible teaches
that there is only one way
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and that is through our
Yeshua: The Lord Jesus Christ.
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There is
salvation in no one else
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for there is no
other name under heaven
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that has been given among
men by which we must be saved.
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Acts 4:12.
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Interestingly enough,
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many people today don't
want to acknowledge sin.
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They think that
to do so is to insult
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or demean them in some way
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and there are even
some Evangelical preachers
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who won't preach about
the cross... repentance
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or the blood of Jesus.
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Well, that suits Satan just fine
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because if we cannot
call sin by its proper name,
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then, we can't
realize our need for a Savior.
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Someone had to pay the
price for humanity's sin.
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Someone had to remove the wall
of separation that sin creates
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between us and our
Creator... our Elohim.
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How wonderful to have a God
who would assume our form...
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live a sinless and holy life...
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allow Himself to be crucified
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in order to pay the
price for the sins of humankind
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and then promise to
return to take us home with Him.
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He loves everyone...
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no matter how
distant they may be from Him.
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Yeshua said that He
came to seek and to save
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that which was lost.
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Is that you?
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One day Yeshua is going to
return to take us home with Him
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and on that day, even
those who rejected Him
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will have to
acknowledge who He really is.
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God highly exalted Him
and bestowed on Him the name
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which is above every name
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that at the name of Yeshua,
the Lord saves or delivers...
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every knee should bow...
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of those who are in heaven
and on earth and under the earth
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and that every
tongue should confess
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that Yeshua... Messiah is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
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Philippians 2
verse 9 through 11.
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When we read in the
Bible about Yeshua... Jesus...
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we realize that He has power
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not only to save
but to transform...
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not only to transform but to
deliver us from the evil forces
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that seek to destroy us.
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Samuel found
this out for himself.
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Samuel knew that he was
gay at a very young age.
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Born in Iraq
Kurdistan into a Muslim family,
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he knew that a
same-sex attraction
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was socially tabooed.
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At 15, Samuel moved
to Sweden as a refugee.
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He thought that he
would at last be happy
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and able to live his
life freely as a gay man
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but instead, he became
more and more depressed.
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Eleven years later,
Samuel packed his bags
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and he moved to Los Angeles
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where he lived
for about 17 years.
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It was in Los Angeles
that he became recognized
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as the 24th most successful
Realtor in the nation.
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It was there in Los Angeles
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that Samuel lived the
"high life" with private jets,
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multiple lovers
and lots of money
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but he couldn't
have been more unhappy.
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He began to look
for happiness and peace
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in the New-Age Movement.
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He did yoga...
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he practiced
Transcendental Meditation.
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He tried hypnosis and even
became a Level 3 Reiki Master,
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he was still miserable
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and so, one
night he was at a party
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with his boyfriend at the time
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when he met a guy who said
that he had left homosexuality
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and had given his
life to Jesus Christ.
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Samuel thought to
himself, "Poor guy...
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someone's brainwashed him. "
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Samuel, by his own
admission, was a proud gay man
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who would get
angry if anyone implied
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that homosexuality was
something to be saved from.
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Six months
later, his niece, Wala,
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who had been struggling with
drug addiction since she was 13
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also said that she
had met Jesus Christ.
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She was one of
Samuel's closest friends
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and he witnessed how she
was set free from all depression
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and all drug
use... it was a miracle.
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This really got Samuel thinking
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that maybe he too
should get to know Jesus.
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If Jesus could help
the guy at the party
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and set his niece free
from drugs and depression,
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could He do the
same thing for him?
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Samuel decided to surrender
his life to Jesus Christ
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and he says it was the
best decision that he ever made.
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He said that he's never had
more peace and joy in his life
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than he does now.
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Samuel said, "The
peace and joy that I have
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since I've been saved surpasses
all human understanding.
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I don't miss
anything from my old life. "
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He said that Jesus
Christ has given him victory
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over homosexuality
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and when he tells
people that he's repented of it
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and he follows Christ,
many feel sorry for him.
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They think that
he's denying his identity
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or that he turned his
back on the gay community.
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But the truth is, he says,
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"God had saved me from a
life of pain and selfishness
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and self-destruction.
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I wish more people
would give Jesus a chance. "
00:16:01.96\00:16:05.59
One of Samuel's
favorite verses is,
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"I count all things but loss
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for the excellency of
the knowledge of Christ Jesus
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my Lord:
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for whom I have
suffered the loss of all things,
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and do count them but
dung, that I may win Christ. "
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Philippians 3:8.
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Only Yeshua, Jesus, has
the power to change a life.
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He removes despair and
replaces it with joy and peace.
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Samuel found out for himself.
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What about you?
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Do you want to
find out for yourself
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just what Yeshua has to offer?
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Romans 10 verses 9 and 10 says,
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"If you confess with
your mouth the Lord Jesus
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and believe in your heart
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that God has
raised Him from the dead,
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you will be saved.
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For with the heart one
believes unto righteousness,
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and with the mouth confession
is made unto salvation. "
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Whether you're a
seasoned Christian
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or a curious Agnostic...
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renewing or accepting Yeshua as
your Savior... is life-changing.
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Samuel saw the
transforming power of the Lord
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as demonstrated in his
formerly gay acquaintance
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and in his previously
drug-addicted depressed niece,
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Wala.
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Samuel made a
decision to give Yeshua a try
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and it's a decision
that he has never regretted.
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You may have parts of your
life that need to be changed
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and you just
can't seem to do it.
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You won't be able to do
it on your own but Yeshua can
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because He saves.
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Our third anchor is
the name: YHWH-Shammah...
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The Lord is there.
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The prophet Ezekiel's
name in Hebrew was: Yehhez'qeyl
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which means: God strengthens me
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or: strengthened by God.
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He was another
case in which a name
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had significance in
the individual's life
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for Ezekiel needed strength
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to deal with the assignments
and tasks of his ministry.
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You see, he lived
during the painful time
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of the Babylonian
captivity of Judah.
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It was a situation that
Israel had brought upon itself
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by perpetually
disregarding God's laws
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and taking on the pagan
customs and worship practices
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of the neighboring kingdoms.
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Hmmm... does
that sound familiar?
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Sounds like something
that we do in this time too.
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It had gotten to a place
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where they were even
sacrificing their children
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in their worship of other gods.
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YHWH had given them
multiple chances to repent
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and to turn back to Him
but they wouldn't listen.
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Now, before you shake your
head at their disobedience,
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what about yours?
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How many times have
you ignored the promptings
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of the Holy Spirit
and done your own thing?
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I'm certainly guilty
of that from time to time.
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How many idols do we
have in our own lives
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that need to be
discarded and replaced
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by a focus on and
a commitment to God?
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Before we judge anyone else,
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we really need to
examine ourselves.
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Despite the
judgment that Israel faced,
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the Lord promised restoration.
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The children of Israel would
be restored to their homeland
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after 70 years of captivity.
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The temple that was torn down
during the Babylonian invasion
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would be rebuilt
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and God would dwell
with His people once again.
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The city would be
called: YHWH Shammah...
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the Lord is there.
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There's only one
place in the Bible
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where YHWH-Shammah occurs
and that is Ezekiel 48:35.
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It's the very last
verse in the book of Ezekiel.
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In that text,
the name YHWH-Shammah
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is given to the
city of Jerusalem.
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This is also the
last name or title of God
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revealed to His
Old Testament prophets.
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The text teaches that
the presence of YHWH...
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the Self-Existent One...
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the One whose name denotes a God
who is ever revealing Himself
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is ever present.
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The word Shammah is
derived from its root: Sham
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which is translated as: there.
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In other words, God is there
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and just as God was sending a
message of hope and restoration
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to His people, so it
is with us as individuals.
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When we've
moved away from God...
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when we've placed idols
in the position of our hearts
00:20:22.38\00:20:25.45
that only God should occupy...
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when we've strayed
away and see no way forward,
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God can restore us.
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The same message
that he sent to Israel,
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He gives to us today.
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"For I will take you
from among the nations,
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gather you out of all countries,
00:20:39.90\00:20:42.14
and bring you
into your own land.
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Then I will
sprinkle clean water on you,
00:20:44.37\00:20:46.88
and you shall be clean;
00:20:46.91\00:20:48.24
I will cleanse you
from all your filthiness
00:20:48.28\00:20:50.71
and from your idols.
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I will give you a new heart
and put a new spirit within you;
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I will take the heart
of stone out of your flesh
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and give you a heart of
flesh. " Ezekiel 36:24-26.
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YHWH-Shammah proved Himself
to Jaime many times over.
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Jaime was born in Colombia
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and brought up in a
very secular environment.
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His father was an alcoholic
00:21:16.04\00:21:17.97
and wanted Jaime
to be just like him.
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He was very proud that Jaime
was drinking at 9 years of age
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and bragged about
it to his friends.
00:21:23.81\00:21:25.58
As Jaime got older,
he was drawn into gangs
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with all of the
drinking and the violence
00:21:28.75\00:21:30.52
that goes along with it.
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He was in and out of
Juvenile Detention Centers
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and by the time he was 16,
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he felt that he'd
had enough of that life.
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He decided to leave Colombia
and go to the United States.
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Here in the States, Jaime worked
00:21:42.06\00:21:44.37
but developed
relationships with young people
00:21:44.40\00:21:48.20
who were all
involved in the drug world.
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So, after two years of trying
to stay outside of that world,
00:21:50.41\00:21:54.34
Jaime found
himself drawn into it.
00:21:54.38\00:21:56.71
His first paid assignment
00:21:56.75\00:21:58.55
was to smuggle money
from the US into Colombia
00:21:58.58\00:22:01.05
and then he was offered the job
00:22:01.08\00:22:02.78
of killing some
high-level drug dealers
00:22:02.82\00:22:05.05
but he refused that job
00:22:05.09\00:22:06.72
but decided to set up his
own drug distribution network.
00:22:06.76\00:22:10.56
He built a chain of distribution
from Texas to New York,
00:22:10.63\00:22:14.40
Miami, Dallas and Colombia.
00:22:14.43\00:22:16.97
In fact, at his
peak in that world,
00:22:17.00\00:22:19.43
Jaime was Dallas'
number one drug dealer
00:22:19.47\00:22:22.37
and then one
day, things changed.
00:22:22.40\00:22:24.71
He got arrested.
00:22:24.74\00:22:26.07
While he was in
jail, he made a decision...
00:22:26.11\00:22:28.61
he thought: as
soon as I get out,
00:22:28.64\00:22:30.51
I'm going to
shut down everything
00:22:30.55\00:22:32.31
and never do this
again... it's just not worth it.
00:22:32.35\00:22:34.38
So, that's what he did.
00:22:34.45\00:22:36.55
Only one week later,
00:22:36.58\00:22:38.59
Jaime was
released on a technicality
00:22:38.65\00:22:40.76
and he totally
left the drug world.
00:22:40.79\00:22:42.82
He became a car salesman
and was pretty successful at it.
00:22:42.86\00:22:46.29
One night, he went
over to his boss' house
00:22:46.33\00:22:49.00
where they were drinking
00:22:49.03\00:22:50.43
and Jaime left
and headed home drunk
00:22:50.47\00:22:52.63
but he never made it home.
00:22:52.70\00:22:54.40
He fell asleep and
slammed into a tree
00:22:54.47\00:22:57.04
where he was
knocked unconscious.
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The next morning a
policeman approached his car...
00:22:58.44\00:23:01.51
told him to roll down the
window and asked for his ID.
00:23:01.54\00:23:04.58
Jaime obliged him
and sat in his vehicle
00:23:04.61\00:23:06.85
while the
policeman returned to his.
00:23:06.88\00:23:09.02
Jaime waited for several minutes
00:23:09.05\00:23:11.09
and then two, four, six,
eight, ten police cars came
00:23:11.12\00:23:14.76
and surrounded his.
00:23:14.79\00:23:16.19
What was
happening? Jaime wondered.
00:23:16.22\00:23:18.69
The policeman came
back to his car and said,
00:23:18.73\00:23:21.33
"We've been looking for
you for about a year now...
00:23:21.36\00:23:24.00
there's a warrant
for your arrest. "
00:23:24.03\00:23:25.67
Jaime told himself that there
must have been some mistake.
00:23:25.70\00:23:29.20
What he didn't know was
that while he was incarcerated,
00:23:29.24\00:23:32.71
they had re-opened his case...
00:23:32.77\00:23:34.58
he was now in serious trouble.
00:23:34.61\00:23:36.38
Jaime was arrested
that day and sent to jail
00:23:36.41\00:23:39.21
awaiting extradition from Miami
00:23:39.25\00:23:41.18
where he lived at
that time... to Texas.
00:23:41.22\00:23:43.18
Previously, when anyone
had tried to talk to Jaime
00:23:43.22\00:23:46.79
about the Lord,
he wasn't interested.
00:23:46.86\00:23:49.19
He had absolutely no
interest in hearing about God
00:23:49.22\00:23:52.93
but this time... this
time while incarcerated,
00:23:52.99\00:23:56.30
he found a Bible in
Spanish and began to read it.
00:23:56.33\00:23:59.63
He couldn't understand any of it
00:23:59.67\00:24:01.67
and although he
couldn't understand it,
00:24:01.70\00:24:03.87
he continued to read it.
00:24:03.91\00:24:05.41
One night while
sleeping... by his own words...
00:24:05.44\00:24:08.54
he said, "Something
strong came to me. "
00:24:08.58\00:24:11.38
It was a
feeling of joy and peace
00:24:11.41\00:24:13.95
like I've never had before. "
00:24:13.98\00:24:16.02
Jaime knelt down
and began to pray.
00:24:16.05\00:24:18.85
He opened his heart to the Lord.
00:24:18.89\00:24:21.66
This went on until daylight
00:24:21.69\00:24:23.76
and the next day
Jaime read his Bible
00:24:23.79\00:24:26.09
and it was as though a
light switch had gone on.
00:24:26.13\00:24:28.23
He understood
what he was reading.
00:24:28.26\00:24:30.47
He learned about the
beautiful plan of salvation
00:24:30.50\00:24:33.47
and found that if
he confessed his sins
00:24:33.50\00:24:35.74
and came
repentantly to the Lord,
00:24:35.77\00:24:38.77
He would forgive him
and give him eternal life.
00:24:38.81\00:24:41.58
Jaime was so excited about this
00:24:41.61\00:24:44.38
that he began to share this
good news with other inmates
00:24:44.41\00:24:47.08
and his family.
00:24:47.12\00:24:48.45
He talked about Jesus
to anyone who would listen.
00:24:48.48\00:24:51.69
He now had hope and
strength from the Word of God...
00:24:51.72\00:24:54.62
what a blessing...
00:24:54.66\00:24:56.02
Jaime was extradited
to Texas via Oklahoma
00:24:56.06\00:25:00.40
and on the day that he was to
leave Miami to go to Oklahoma,
00:25:00.43\00:25:03.77
he had his Bible in his hand
preparing to leave the prison.
00:25:03.80\00:25:07.54
The guard told him that he was
not allowed to remove that Bible
00:25:07.57\00:25:10.71
and take it with him.
00:25:10.74\00:25:12.14
To Jaime, it was
like taking off his arm.
00:25:12.17\00:25:14.94
What would he do
without it? It was his lifeline.
00:25:15.01\00:25:17.61
He practically begged the
guard to let him take the book
00:25:17.65\00:25:20.65
but the guard
flatly denied every plea.
00:25:20.72\00:25:23.28
Reluctantly, Jaime
left his Bible there.
00:25:23.32\00:25:25.85
It was late at night when
he arrived at the Facility
00:25:25.89\00:25:29.09
in Oklahoma.
00:25:29.12\00:25:30.46
Lights were out in
the surrounding cells.
00:25:30.49\00:25:33.09
No one was in the corridor.
00:25:33.13\00:25:35.10
The Correction Officer
00:25:35.13\00:25:38.13
that secured Jaime
in his cell had left.
00:25:38.17\00:25:42.50
While looking the cell over,
00:25:42.54\00:25:46.01
Jaime saw a black man
standing outside of his cell.
00:25:46.04\00:25:51.71
This was strange
00:25:51.78\00:25:53.55
because there had been no
other person in the hallway
00:25:53.62\00:25:56.28
except the guard that
had escorted him to his cell.
00:25:56.32\00:25:58.99
It was very late
00:25:59.02\00:26:00.36
and the inmates in the
surrounding areas were asleep.
00:26:00.39\00:26:02.96
The man asked Jaime,
00:26:02.99\00:26:04.33
"Hey, would you like
to have a Spanish Bible?"
00:26:04.36\00:26:06.93
Jaime couldn't believe it...
00:26:06.96\00:26:08.63
he gratefully reached through
the bars and took the Bible.
00:26:08.66\00:26:11.43
He looked at it and when
he looked up to thank the man,
00:26:11.50\00:26:14.24
he disappeared.
00:26:14.27\00:26:15.60
Jaime believes
that that was an angel.
00:26:15.64\00:26:18.07
What a miracle!
00:26:18.11\00:26:19.61
Jaime was moved from floor to
floor in the Oklahoma Facility
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and shared Jesus
with other inmates.
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Jaime's Sentence was supposed
to be 39 years in prison
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but his attorney got him out.
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Jaime knows that it was his
Divine Attorney... his Savior...
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his YHWH-Shammah who was
right there and delivered him.
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YHWH-Shammah was
always there with Jaime.
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When Jaime was in the
gangs... He was there.
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When Jaime went to
prison... He was there.
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When Jaime needed a Spanish
Bible... YHWH-Shammah was there.
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He is always there.
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No matter what our
life situation may be,
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wherever you are...
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whatever state that
you find yourself in,
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God will meet you where you
are and bring you to Himself.
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There's nothing that you
may have done that's too bad
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or out of reach
of His forgiveness.
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It is so comforting to know
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that our God is
always there with us
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no matter the challenge.
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So, when you can't pay
the bills... He is there.
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When you get a serious
diagnosis from the doctor,
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He is there.
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When your husband or wife
leaves you... God is there.
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When you feel
lonely... He is there.
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When you can't shake that habit
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or that sin that has you
in its grip... He is there.
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There is no situation in our
lives in which God is unaware...
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wherever you are... He is there.
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YHWH-Shammah our God is there.
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So, knowing that He is
YHWH... the Self-Existent One...
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He is Yeshua who saves us
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and YHWH-Shammah...
the LORD who is there...
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that should give us
more confidence in Him.
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They are just a
few of the many...
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these are just a few of
the many names and titles
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that our God has
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and so, what's in a name?
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There's power in His name.
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There's deliverance in His name.
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There's healing in His name.
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What's in His name?
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There's salvation in His name.
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Acquaint yourself with
as many names and titles
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and deepen your
relationship with Him.
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Call upon Him
using those many names.
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It will bring you closer to Him.
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It will restore
your confidence in Him.
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You will have strength in Him
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because the name of the
LORD is a strong tower...
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the righteous
run in and are saved.
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Call upon the name of the Lord
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and He will be there.
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