What can we possibly say that is
adequate to describe the essence of Almighty God?! Our finite minds cannot
begin to grasp with full understanding who God is! But I am forever grateful
for His Word that gives voice so beautifully to descriptive terms that we can
understand.
LIGHT
The
Psalmist declares the Lord to be his light.
Psalm 27:1
“The
Lord is my light and my salvation.”
In
the book of Luke we are given the account of Jesus being presented at the
Temple when he was 8 days old.
Luke
2:21, 25, 27-28, 30-32
“And
when eight days had passed, before His circumcision, His name was then called
Jesus, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb. And there was a man in Jerusalem whose name
was Simeon; and this man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation
of Israel; and the Holy Spirit was upon him. . . And he came in the Spirit into
the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to carry out for
Him the custom of the Law, then he took Him into his arms, and blessed God, and
said, “. . . For my eyes have seen Your salvation, Which You have prepared in
the presence of all peoples, A Light of revelation to the Gentiles,
And the glory of Your people, Israel.”
Jesus
declares Himself to be the Light
John
8:12
“I am
the Light
of the world; he who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have
the light
of life.”
1 John
1:5
“God is
light
and in Him there is no darkness at all.”
LIFE
John
11:25
“Jesus
said to her (Martha), “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in
Me will live even if he dies.”
John
14:6
“Jesus
said to him (Thomas), “I am the way, and the truth, and the life;
no one comes to the Father but through Me.”
Colossians
3:4
“When
Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in
glory.”
LOVE
1 John
4:16
“We have
come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love,
and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides
in him.”
LAMB
OF GOD
John
1:29
“The
next day he (John the Baptist) saw Jesus coming to him and said, “Behold, the Lamb
of God who takes away the sin of the world!”
Revelation
5:12
“ . . .
Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and
might and honor and glory and blessing.”
Revelation
12:10-11
“Then I
heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation, and the power, and
the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the
accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, he who accuses them before our
God day and night. And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb
and because of the word of their testimony . . .”
LORD
(personal name
of God)
In
the Old Testament, different Hebrew words are translated as Lord:
LORD (Yahweh)
Exodus
3:15
“God,
furthermore, said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘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, and this is My
memorial-name to all generations.”
Psalm
23:1
“The Lord
is my shepherd, I shall not want.”
LORD GOD (Adonai
Yahweh)
2
Samuel 7:18
“Then
David the king went in and sat before the Lord, and he said, “Who am I, O Lord
God, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?”
Habakkuk
3:19
“The Lord
God is my strength, And He has made my feet like hinds’ feet, And makes
me walk on my high places.”
LORD GOD (Yah
Yahweh)
Isaiah
12:2
“Behold,
God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; For the Lord
God is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation.”
In
the New Testament, different Greek words are translated as Lord:
LORD (Kyrios, refers
to either the Father or the Son)
John 11:2
“It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and
wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.”
1 Thessalonians 4:16
“For the Lord Himself will descend from
heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of
God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.”
LORD(Despotes,
refers to the Father)
Acts 4:24
“And
when they heard this, they lifted their voices to God with one accord and said,
“O Lord,
it is You who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that is in
them,”
LORD GOD (Kyrios
Theas, refers to either the Father or the Son)
Luke
1:32-33
“He
will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord
God will give Him the throne of His father David; and He will reign
over the house of Jacob forever, and His kingdom will have no end.”
LORD JESUS (Kyrios
Jesous)
Mark
16:19
“So
then, when the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven
and sat down at the right hand of God.”
Luke
24:3
“but
when they (the women) entered, they did not find the body of the Lord
Jesus.”
LORD JESUS CHRIST (Kyrios
Jesous Christos)
Romans
5:1
“Therefore,
having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord
Jesus Christ.”
Ephesians
1:2-3
“Grace
to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with
every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ.”
These attributes/names of God are not all-inclusive! There are many more to be discovered in the
pages of His Word! The more we dive into those depths, the more precious God
and His living and active Word become to us. Happy diving!!
“And we know that the Son of God
has come, and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true;
and we are in Him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God
and eternal life.” 1 John 5:20
