Category: The Collective

Yet To Be #102

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord they God in vain.

Day 13 What’s in a name part 4

God is holy in character, in being and his name is holy. We are to come into his presence knowing who he is. The Psalmist states, “the Lord our God is holy.”


The word holy means, “exalted or worthy to complete devotion as one perfect in goodness and righteousness.” (Merriam-Webster)


We are to give to God praise and reverence (deep respect) for He is worthy of all adoration for our eyes should be fixed on him knowing he is near when we utter his name. (“but our eyes are upon thee.” 2 Chronicles 20 verse 12)


There was a practice in the ancient world used when making copies of the Torah. The Torah is a part of the Hebrew bible the first five books of the old testament. The scribes or the transcribers used a procedure in today’s society that would seem peculiar, showed how important the name of God was. There is one process out of the whole that speaks volumes. The copyists or scribes would wipe the pen and wash their entire bodies and change their clothes before writing the name, Jehovah.


Then, no document containing God’s Word could be destroyed, it would be stored or buried in a hiding place (a genizah) which was a burial ground or temple.


Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain ( in emptiness) is the second commandment. His name has meaning. There is not only reverential fear connected with his name but there is great beauty. Beauty can only be seen through the eyes of a true child of God walking in the ways of God with respect.

Yet To Be #101

Draw me, we will run after thee.

Day 12 What’s in a name Part 3

In biblical times, anointing someone sets that person apart. Aromatic oil was poured on the person’s head. Some oils used in those days were frankincense, the king of oils best for healing. Myrrh is used in burials as a perfume mixed with aloe to help cover the stench of death. Cassia as in Exodus 30 is good for maintaining physical health and when used with aloes and myrrh as in Psalm 45 verse 8, helps to fragrant garments. These oils are sweet-smelling to the olfactory system, smooth and pleasant.


King Solomon wrote in his song chapter 1 verse 3, his name is as ointment poured forth using the name of the Lord as a simile, a comparison to the sweet smell of oils in those days. It is not enough to know the Lord’s name or to merely speak his name but it goes beyond these points into a profound understanding of the soul drenching beauty of his person, in his name.


God knows his son’s name. The intimacy between the Father and the Son is so strong, so secret to them alone that when a child of God utters his Son’s name in worship, the essence of his Son in that name ascends to God by the Holy Spirit as a divine scent forever peculiar, attractive and pleasant in the nasals of the Father.


Therefore do we love thee. Lord, draw us, we will run after thee. Song of Solomon chapter 1 verse 3 and 4.

Yet To Be #100

What’s in a name.

Day 11 What’s In A Name Part 2

What’s in a name?  

There is much in his name. In his name there is power, there is life, there is love, there is fullness of joy. As the Proverbs of King David wrote so long ago, “the name of the Lord is a strong tower, the righteous run into it and is safe.” 

His name shows the richness of his character, the manifestation of his person, and the greatness of his divine being.  

In the New Testament of the Bible, there are two names given to the son of God aside from his numerous titles. It is these names that announce his salvific properties. The purpose of him coming into the world is to seek and to save those who are lost. These names are Jesus and Emmanuel.

Today, glimpse the beauty of that name Jesus. 

In Matthew 1 verse 2, the angel of the Lord came to Joseph, the earthly father saying, “thou shall call his name Jesus for he shall save his people from their sins. (Salvific attributes) Then to Mary, the earthly mother, the angel said to her, “ thou shall conceive in thy womb and bring forth a son, and shall call his name Jesus. The angel goes on to say, Jesus shall be great and shall be called the son of the Highest…and of his kingdom there shall be no end, echoing the book of the prophet Isaiah in chapter 9 verse 7. Here we are reminded of the fact that the old testament writings are mere shadows of the new testament and the life of the coming King.

The new testament though written in Greek, the name Jesus is the transliteration of the Hebrew name Yeshua into Greek then changed into English. He is the savior so there is a fullness in his name.  

(A transliteration is a conversion of a text from one script to another by swapping of letters of the first text into another similar-sounding text of another alphabet.)

Yet To Be #99

For God so loved the world

Day 10 The Word was God

The fourth book of the new testament called the Gospel According to John was written from AD 85 to AD 90.


The disciple and Apostle John looks at the “humanity of Christ while never losing sight of Christ’s divine nature.” It opens with the same words of the first book in the Bible, Genesis, in the beginning before time was the Word was, and the Word was with God and the Word was God.
The relationship between the Father and the Son is initialized in this verse and sets up the main purpose of the entire book which is to explore this unique union.


John’s presentation of Jesus as the Son of God is evident in the famous and keynote verse 16 of chapter 3.


For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believe on his name shall not perish but have everlasting life.

Yet To Be #97 & 98

All scripture is given by inspiration of God

Day 8 & 9 The Weekend

Jesus For Everyone, the Son of Man

The book of Luke in the new testament is the third gospel and also begins differently. Written by Luke who was a physician and possibly a Gentile, around AD 60 to 61 and some say possibly as far as AD70. Luke was not one of the original twelve disciples but was a follower of Jesus Christ.


This book as well as the book of Acts both begin with a preface addressed to Theophilus ( in Greek means friend of God). It is a record of the life and ministry of Jesus. Luke gives a detailed account of the genealogy of Jesus, unlike Matthew who gave a lineage through Joseph his earthly father, but through the virgin Mary the mother of Jesus emphasizing the important fact that he was born of a woman and was made flesh. A human body was prepared for him (Hebrews 10 verse 5), he was man, sin apart.


It was in that same body wherein he died, was in the tomb, and God well pleased with him raised him in that same body from the grave and seated him at His right hand in heaven. We can therefore say he has taken manhood into the Glory.


Luke being a gentile presents the gospel for everyone. Matthew presents Jesus as the Messiah for the Jewish race and Mark presents him as a servant, Jesus came to seek and save anyone regardless of occupation or social status. He is the savior for everyone.


(reference: 2 Timothy 3 verse 16, 2 Peter 1 verse 21, and Luke 19 verse 10)

Yet To Be #96

He is touched by the feelings of our infirmitie

Day 7 Who Can Declare God but God…

There are the other two gospels, Mark and Luke not mentioned in the last post but still hold great importance declaring his character in a name.


The gospel of Mark was written between the mid-50s to 60s AD by John Mark. The same John Mark in the book of Acts deserted Paul and Barnabas but came back to work with Barnabas on mission work. Peter later called him his “son”.


Mark presents Jesus as the Servant, a person who performs duties for others. In this book, the Son of God is a lowly man walking this pathway on earth in perfect obedience to the Father. Verse one introduces the entire book by stating this is the good news of Jesus Christ, the gospel, the Son of God. Here too the author calls him Jesus, his earthly name in conjunction with the title Christ, the Messiah, the promised King, the anointed one, and then solidifies the truth that by calling Jesus as the Son of God, his divine person.


The book jumps right into his acts by omitting his birth and leaping straight to his baptism and ministry. He is the Servant of God, doing the work the Father sent him here to do meanwhile, he is also the lowly man performing deeds for his people. He brought himself down, making “himself of no reputation and took upon himself the form of a servant and was made in the likeness of man” to understand us, to feel and be a part of us.


He is touched by the feelings of our infirmities (our weakness)but in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin, meaning he is God and therefore holy. And though, he is the Son of God, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered.
(reference: Mark 1 verse 1, Hebrews 4 verse 15, Philippians 2 verse 7, and Hebrews 5 verse 8)

Yet To Be #95

Jesus said he that hath seen me hath seen the Father

Day 6 of May

“Who Can Declare God but God.”

Darlington Feddoes

The I AM is introduced in the old testament of the Bible in the book of Genesis and He is worshiped as the true and living God.


In His great love, God sent His only son to die for the world. In the new testament of the Bible, Jesus is the son of God. He is the son of His love, who is in the bosom of the Father. In the four Gospels of the new testament, Jesus is presented differently in each book.
The word gospel comes from the Anglo-Saxon term god-spell meaning good story or good news. There are four gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
Each of these books gives an account of the life of Jesus from different viewpoints, not opposing but different.


Matthew presents Jesus as the Messiah.
Mark presents Jesus as the Servant.
Luke presents Jesus as the Son of Man.
John presents Jesus as the Son of God.


Each representation of Jesus is not an opposing view but shows the characteristics of the Lord.
Matthew and John both start with some form of genealogy, Matthew shows his earthly Jewish lineage establishing him as the Messiah or the anointed one. The first verse immediately establishes him as the son of David (the King) and the son of Abraham (the father of nations), Jesus Christ. Earthly name Jesus and his title as the Christ or the anointed one. Christ comes from the Greek word Christos used in the Greek Septuagint to translate the Hebrew Masiah or Messiah, meaning the anointed one.
The book of John declares his deity as the Word is in the beginning, before time began the Word was with God and the Word was God. He is coexistent and coeternal, coequal with God and He is God. He declared God while here on earth.

John 14 verse 9 and 10
“Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus said unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? He that hath seen me hath seen the Father.”

Yet To Be # 93

Adonai in Hebrew means God is my Lord.

Day 4 of May What’s in a Name…

Church on the hill

We name people or things to give them value or to put them in a category. Sometimes a given name is chosen on a lark or because of some significance. A name is how we are called and gives the owner of that name meaning.  

The God of the old testament has a name, Jehovah or Yahweh, Yehowah which is a hybrid form from Latin letters JHVH with the vowels of Adonai.  Adonai in Hebrew means God is my Lord. 

 This month of May is a new beginning where we will in this blog discuss and learn more about God, in so doing our relationship with him and understanding him will grow. And therefore, the more we read about him, the more our hearts yearn for him, to be close to him.  

And the Angel of the Lord said unto him, “Why ask thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret.” Judges 13:18

Yet To Be # 92

Christ died for us

Day 3 of May – Jesus loves me

May is a month of rebirth.

 It is also the fifth month of the Julian and Gregorian calendars.

The season before summer.

In the Bible, five stands for God’s grace.  The unmerited favour of God towards the human race.

We are not deserving of his love and kindness, nevertheless God so loved the world that he gave his only son. 

Jesus loves me this I know. 

But God commended his love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5 verse 8

Yet To Be # 91

Worship is Holy name

Day 2 of May – Hallelujah Christ has conquered.

The Overcomer of death, hell and the enemy;

Christ our redeemer, our Creator.

In the garden this plan was made for us, made for me.

He came from the palace of his glory,

Born of a woman and placed in a lowly manger;

God became man to understand what it means to obey.

For us all, such love cannot be greater.

He endured the agony of his soul but now is risen, glorified,

Seated at the father’s right hand, he is become the victor.

The only true One, who is called blessed.

Come, worship his Holy name.

A name above all, deserving of honour, adoration and praise.

(references: 1 Chronicles 29 verses 11- 14 and Revelation 5 verse 12)