Page 10 - Elohim - Almighty Godhead

Our theme quest in this opening Chapter is to establish “What’s in a name?”
Isaiah the prophet has stated clearly for us,

“I am THE LORD, that is MY NAME.”
Isa. 42:8

God sent Moses to Pharaoh with a simple command from the Lord
to “Let My people go” (Ex. 9:1).

The response of Pharaoh was quite profound:

Ex.5:2

As professing followers of the Lord Jesus Christ,
we too must ask ourselves the same question Pharaoh posed.
Pharaoh did not know the Lord so he did not obey His voice, but rather very
defiantly proclaimed, “Who is the Lord that I should obey His voice? I do not
know the Lord.” What did Pharaoh lack? He lacked knowledge of the One whose
Name is called “the Lord.”

In these two passages from Isaiah we are not only given the name of our God as
being the Lord, but we have the added illumination from Isaiah of four subtitles
that add to the depth of meaning of the Name of “the Lord.”

“I AM “THE LORD IS
THE LORD, OUR JUDGE,
THE LORD IS
THAT IS OUR LAWGIVER,
MY NAME…” THE LORD IS
OUR KING;
Isa. 42:8 HE (THE LORD)
WILL SAVE US”
Isa. 33:22

To be able to know the Lord we need only to examine the meaning of the four
subtitles (names) that Isaiah assigns to the Name “the Lord.” These four topics
become a measuring stick for every Christian to determine the degree that we too
know the Lord. If you truly know the Lord you will obey Him. To practice a life
of willful disobedience like Pharaoh is proof-positive that you also do not know the
Lord!
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