Part 1 Who Is God?

Cory & Rory Pic – Kathi, I will give you a cue.

Billy Graham- Most of us know about God, but that is quite different from knowing God.

Penned Truth: God’s Name equals many Names that trumps all existing names.

Key Statements About This Name

1)         It’s A Name That Needs No Rebranding

2)         It’s A Name With Many Names Distinct Above All Names

3)         It’s A Name of Names That Covers All Our Needs

4)         It’s A Name of Names That Is Transcendent 

Transcendent | Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary: exceeding usual limits: surpassing, extending, lying beyond the limits of ordinary experience. Being beyond the limits of all possible experience and knowledge: being beyond comprehension.

5)         It’s A Name of Names That Holds All The Power 

6)         It’s A Name of Names That Can Change Anything

J. I. Packer- Once you become aware that the main business that you are here for is to know God, most of life’s problems fall into place of their own accord.

Psalm 8:1 (AMPC) 1 O Lord, our Lord, how excellent (majestic and glorious) is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory on [or above] the heavens.

Penned Truth: God wants us to see his true majesty and increase our trust in the name of names.

Three Key Sermon Points To This Series

1.         The Importance of His Names

1 Samuel 17:45 (ESV) 45 Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.

Proverbs 18:10 (ESV) 10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.

2.         Gods’ Names Must Be Revered (honored, admired, and profoundly respected).

Psalm 8:1 (ESV) 1 O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.

Penned Truth: We must understand that the Name of Names is powerful, and God wants the Church to engage His Names personally.

Final Statement: This series will expose the Majesty and Power of the Names of God. God’s names will help us understand His attributes and characteristics of His nature. And open new pathways to know God’s ways never known before. His name of names will teach us why we can trust Him with anything.