Hallowed be Thy name.

[Tellyontellyon]

What is God's name and how important is it to get it right?

What about Jesus' name... How would his mother have pronounced it, and does it matter?

 

[TzephanYahu]

YHWH - Yahweh YHWH

Jesus - Yahushua
Messiah

 

[Marc Munday]

What is God's name and how important is it to get it right?

What about Jesus' name... How would his mother have pronounced it, and does it matter?

Interesting question he has many names including Adonai Elohim, Yahweh plus many others and ultimately his name is God most important thing for myself is that I believe and have faith in himself and the father.

In the beginning his name was God so that is what he is, he is the beginning and end.

JOHN 1
Prologue: Christ, the Eternal Word
1In the beginning the Word already existed.
The Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
2He existed in the beginning with God.
3God created everything through him,
and nothing was created except through him.
4The Word gave life to everything that was created,
and his life brought light to everyone.

 

[HTacianas]

What is God's name and how important is it to get it right?

What about Jesus' name... How would his mother have pronounced it, and does it matter?

God's proper name is expressed by the tetragrammaton YHVH. Long ago the Jewish priests used to pronounce it but then stopped. Since that time the pronunciation has become lost. There have been all sorts of pronunciations proposed for it and most of them demonstrably wrong. One is Jehovah, which is a fanciful filling in of vowels. However, the Hebrew language does not contain the letter "J" so we can rule that pronunciation out entirely.

Christians refer to God as "God", the meaning of which is that there is only one god, that being God, ruling out all others.

 

[Tolworth John]

What is God's name and how important is it to get it right?

What about Jesus' name... How would his mother have pronounced it, and does it matter?

When things go wrong, you trip over the cat etc, what do you say?
Oh Buddha! Oh Christ! or some other form of swearing!

In your opinion is it wise to be disrespectful to a God?

 

[Maria Billingsley]

What is God's name and how important is it to get it right?

What about Jesus' name... How would his mother have pronounced it, and does it matter?

It does not matter. He knows the hearts of His people and they follow Him.

 

[TedT]

What is God's name and how important is it to get it right?

What about Jesus' name... How would his mother have pronounced it, and does it matter?

I believe this question is too restricted in view...

HIS NAME refers to HIS Divine attributes, all that HE is. It is not a magic word to call HIM to our rescue.

This is exemplified in
John 3:18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. ...which includes His stature as the Son and His work by His death for us.

 

[LightBearer]

There have been all sorts of pronunciations proposed for it and most of them demonstrably wrong. One is Jehovah, which is a fanciful filling in of vowels. However, the Hebrew language does not contain the letter "J" so we can rule that pronunciation out entirely.

But it is acceptable to refer to the son of God by the name Jesus.

LB

 

[HTacianas]

We can throw the name Jesus out the window then.

LB

His name was actually Yahshua. There is no J in Hebrew.

 

[Psalm 27]

Mmmmm

 

[Tellyontellyon]

There is no J in Hebrew.

I'm guessing no 'J' in Galilean Aramaic too?

 

[Sketcher]

God has many names in the Bible, each describing an aspect of his being and/or character. God's name is holy because God is holy - the epitome of holiness.

 

[LightBearer]

His name was actually Yahshua. There is no J in Hebrew.

But is it acceptable to refer to the son of God by the name Jesus?

LB

 

[Clare73]

What is God's name and how important is it to get it right?

What about Jesus' name... How would his mother have pronounced it, and does it matter?

Name is more than just a handle.

It is also all that a name implies of authority, character, rank, majesty, power, excellence, etc., of everything that the name covers--of God, as expressing his attributes.

 

[FutureAndAHope]

What is God's name and how important is it to get it right?

What about Jesus' name... How would his mother have pronounced it, and does it matter?

The bible says God is love. God as love is not interested whether we get his name right. He is more interested in what type of people we become. The part of the LORD's prayer that you quoted could be better said, may your name be seen as good, or may your name be honored. God is good as such the will of God is that we know His goodness.

 

[Soyeong]

What is God's name and how important is it to get it right?

What about Jesus' name... How would his mother have pronounced it, and does it matter?

In the Bible, a person's name had much more to do with their reputation and their authority than to do what they were referred to as. So someone who knows the Messiah, but misprocess his name nevertheless has a much better understanding of his name than someone who doesn't know the Messiah, but correctly pronounces his name.

God has put His name on His people (Numbers 6:27), so the actions that we take testify about His name, or in other words, about what we believe about who God is, so when we do good works in obedience to His law, we are acting as a light to the nations through showing them that God is good and are bringing glory to and hallowing His name:

Matthew 5:16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

All of the names listed for God in the Bible teach us about aspects of His nature, so by expressing those aspects of His nature through our obedience to His law, we are sanctifying His name, whereas when we act in a way that misrepresents His nature and diminishes His reputation by disobeying and refusing to submit to His law, then we are taking or carrying His name in vain. If you don't have a problem translating Messiah's words into English, then you shouldn't have a problem translating his name into English.

 

[Clare73]

In the Bible, a person's name had much more to do with their reputation and their authority than to do what they were referred to as. So someone who knows the Messiah, but misprocess his name nevertheless has a much better understanding of his name than someone who doesn't know the Messiah, but correctly pronounces his name.

God has put His name on His people (Numbers 6:27), so the actions that we take testify about His name, or in other words, about what we believe about who God is, so when we do good works in obedience to His law, we are acting as a light to the nations through showing them that God is good and are bringing glory to and hallowing His name:

Matthew 5:16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

All of the names listed for God in the Bible teach us about aspects of His nature, so by expressing those aspects of His nature through our obedience to His law,

The law was not given to reveal aspects of God's nature, it was given to reveal sin (Romans 7:7).

We have been released from the law (Romans 7:6; 1 Corinthians 9:20).

We have new law (Matthew 22:37-40), which fulfills the law (Romans 13:8-10).

we are sanctifying His name, whereas when we act in a way that misrepresents His nature and diminishes His reputation by disobeying and refusing to submit to His law,

In the New Covenant, the former regulation has been set aside because it was weak and useless (Hebrews 7:18), and
a new law given in Matthew 22:37-40, which fulfills the law (Romans 13:8-10).

 

[hedrick]

I believe this question is too restricted in view...

HIS NAME refers to HIS Divine attributes, all that HE is. It is not a magic word to call HIM to our rescue.

This is exemplified in
John 3:18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. ...which includes His stature as the Son and His work by His death for us.

Right. In some ancient cultures the name represented the person. So may your name be made holy is simply a way of asking that people respect God. It’s idiomatic, not a reference to his actual name.

If 1st Cent Jews referred to God’s actual name, they would have meant YHWH, and they would not have said it. But this was an idiom.

 

[TedT]

The law was not given to reveal aspects of God's nature, it was given to reveal sin (Romans 7:7).

INDEED, with support from
1 Timothy 1:9 We also know that the law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious, etc etc....

Have you ever wondered why Adam and Eve got the command before they were supposedly sinful?

If the law is NOT for the righteous (I include innocence here) to point them the way to stay righteous, then there is a small problem here...

 

[Soyeong]

The law was not given to reveal aspects of God's nature, it was given to reveal sin (Romans 7:7).

We have been released from the law (Romans 7:6; 1 Corinthians 9:20).

We have new law (Matthew 22:37-40), which fulfills the law (Romans 13:8-10).

God's law is described as holy, righteous, and good (Romans 7:12), and it can only be accurately described as such if the content of its laws reveal to us how to do what is holy, righteous, and good, which are aspects of God's nature. By denying that the law was given to reveal aspects of God's nature, you are taking the position that the laws that God chose to give are completely arbitrary and that they teach us nothing about who God is. For example, when God commanded to love our neighbor, your position is denying that we can learn from that command that love is part of God's nature. Sin is against God's nature, so by God's law revealing what sin is, it also revealed aspects of God's nature through doing the reverse. In other words, God's nature is the mark and sin is missing the mark, so by God's law revealing what it means to miss the mark, it also reveals by contrast what it means to hit the mark.

The only way that we can be released from the God's law would be if God's eternal nature were to cease to exist. In Romans 7:21-25, Paul said that he delighted in obeying God's law, but contrasted that with the law of sin, which held him captive, so Romans 7:6 should be interpreted as Paul speaking about being released from the law that held him captive rather than the law that he delighted in obeying, but sadly you would rather be released from the law that God gave as a gift to be a delight so that you can be bound to the law of sin, and which is the reverse of what Jesus gave himself to accomplish on the cross. In 1 Corinthians 9:21, Paul said in a parallel statement that he was not outside the Law of God, but under the Law of Christ, yet sadly you would rather be outside of the Law of God and not under the Law of Christ.

In the New Covenant, the former regulation has been set aside because it was weak and useless (Hebrews 7:18), and
a new law given in Matthew 22:37-40, which fulfills the law (Romans 13:8-10).

In Matthew 22:36-40, Jesus was not asked to give a new law, but rather he was asked about which commandments out of all of the commandments that God had already given, and Jesus responded by quoting two commandments that had already been given, so he was not given a new commandment. The greatest two commandments have always fulfilled the other commandments, which is why they are the greatest two, so Jesus was not making any changes or giving any information that was new. Likewise, in Mark 12:28-32, Jesus answered the question about the greatest commandment by quoting the Shema and the teacher of the law agreed with him, so again Jesus was not saying anything that wasn't already understood by others. A sum is the total of all of its parts, not something new that is different from its parts.