Knowing God by Name

 

Knowing God by Name

 

God has many names & titles. Each of those names & titles reveal to us who He is. We come to know God as the understanding of those names is revealed to us. In Matthew 11:27 Jesus says, “All things have been handed over to Me by My Father, and no ones knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.” Jesus came to show us who God is.

 

In the book of John, we are given seven names of Jesus that reveals who He is & thus who God is.

 

In John 6:35 Jesus says that He is the Bread of Life & that whoever comes to Him will never be hungry again & whoever believes in Him will never be thirsty. Jesus as our Bread of Life will satisfy our all our needs.

 

Raise the Roof & Remove the Walls is about trusting Jesus to meet all of our needs.

 

In John 8:12 Jesus says, “I am the Light of the world & that the person who follows Him will never live in darkness, He will have the light that gives light.” Light illumines & thus shows us the right path to take & show us the obstacles on that path. Light also purifies. Jesus as the Light of the world shows us the path we are to walk & lights up the obstacles that are there & He purifies us when we stubble & fall.

 

Raise the Roof & Remove the Walls is about Jesus being our Light of the world & shows us the path we are to walk & walking in that path.

 

In John 10:9 Jesus says that He is the Gate or the Door & all who come in through Him will be saved & that they will come & go & find pasture. Jesus as our Gate or Door is the only way to come into relationship with & experience salvation & He will also be our provision.

 

Raise the Roof & Remove the Walls is about trusting Jesus as our Gate or Door to through whom we receive salvation & provision.

 

In John 10:11 Jesus says that He is the Good Shepherd who sacrifices His life for the sheep. The Good Shepherd protects the sheep & he is even willing to lay down his life for the sheep. Jesus as our Good Shepherd laid down His life for sin so that we could have eternal life.

 

Raise the Roof & Remove the Walls is about trusting Jesus as our Good Shepherd who became our Savior by dying on the cross for our sin.

 

In John 11:25-26 Jesus says that He is the Resurrection & the Life. Jesus is the One who gives us life both physical & spiritual life & He is the One who at the end of this age will raise us from the dead. So, Jesus as the Resurrection & the Life is the source of our earthly life & our eternal life.

 

Raise the Roof & Remove the Walls is about acknowledging Jesus as the Resurrection & the Life as our life here on earth & trusting Him for life with Him in eternity.

 

In John 14:6 Jesus says that He is Way & the Truth, & the Life & that no one came to the Father except through Him. Jesus is the only way to have a relationship with the Father. He is the truth & anything that disagrees with or opposes Him is wrong & a lie. He is the life & His life is the life to be lived out through us as the Holy Spirit fills us.

 

Raise the Roof & Remove the Walls is about Jesus as the Way, the Truth, & the Life living His life in through us by the holy Spirit to show the world who He is.

 

In John 15:1 Jesus says that He is the Real Vine. Jesus as our Real Vine makes us the branches & as the branches, we draw life from Him. Jesus as our Real vine & we as the branches stay connected to Him & thus produce good spiritual fruit.

 

Raise the Roof & Remove the Walls is about us as the branches staying connected to Jesus as our Real Vine & producing good spiritual fruit.

 

If we really want to know God, we study His word to understand His names & as who is become clearer, we obey Him & we get to know Him in a deeper way.

 

Raise the Roof & Remove the Walls,

                        Joe