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REVIEW 1. The Glory of God is in His Name. - Exodus 33:18-19 2. We know God as we know His Name. - Exodus 3:13-15, Psalm 9:10 3.

Psalm 91:14b I will protect him, for he acknowledges My name. Romans 10:13 INTRODUCTION 2. God will bless those we bless in His Name.

1 REVIEW 1. The Glory of God is in His Name. - Exodus 33: We know God as we know His Name. - Exodus 3:13-15, Psalm 9:10 3. Praising God involves confessing / declaring / proclaiming His Name. - Hebrews 13:15, Psalm 34:3 INTRODUCTION 1. When we acknowledge the Name of God, there is protection. Psalm 91:14b I will protect him, for he acknowledges My name. Romans 10:13 INTRODUCTION 2. God will bless those we bless in His Name. Numbers 6: The LORD bless you and keep you; 25the LORD make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you; INTRODUCTION 2. God will bless those we bless in His Name. Numbers 6: the LORD lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. 27 So they shall put My name on the children of Israel, and I will bless them. 1

2 El-Elyon and El-Shaddai El-Elyon and El-Shaddai The Most High God God Most High El = Strong and Mighty God Shaddai = The Breasted One God Almighty The Most High God God Most High El = Strong and Mighty God Shaddai = The Breasted One God Almighty El-Elyon = God Most High Application #1 - Give thanks, praise and worship God Most High. Psalm 92:1 It is good to give thanks to the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High. Psalm 50:14 Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving and pay your vows to the Most High. Application #1 - Give thanks, praise and worship God Most High. Psalm 97:9 For You, LORD, are most high above all the earth; You are exalted far above all gods. Psalm 7:17 I will give thanks to the LORD and will sing to the Name of the LORD Most High. El-Elyon = God Most High Application #2 - Honour God Most High with our tithes and offerings. Genesis 14: Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was the priest of God Most High. 19And he blessed him and said: Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth; 20and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand. And he[a] gave him[m] a tithe of all. 2

3 Application #2 - Honour God Most High with our tithes and offerings. Application #2 - Honour God Most High with our tithes and offerings. Deuteronomy 16:16b and they shall not appear before the LORD empty-handed. Proverbs 3:9 Honor the LORD with your possessions, and with the firstfruits of all your increase Application #2 - Honour God Most High with our tithes and offerings. Hebrews 7:1-2 1For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, 2to whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all Application #2 - Honour God Most High with our tithes and offerings. Hebrews 7:8 Here mortal men [Aaronic priests] receive tithes, but there He [Jesus] receives them, of whom it is witnessed that He lives [forevermore]. El-Elyon = God Most High Application #3 - God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble. Application #3 - God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble. James 4:6 But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble. 3

4 Application #3 - God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble. e.g. #1 - Lucifer - Satan Isaiah 14: How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, You who weakened the nations! 13For you have said in your heart: I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation on the farthest sides of the north; Isaiah 14: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High. 15Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit. Application #3 - God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble. e.g. #2 - Nebuchadnezzar Daniel 4:17 This decision is by the decree of the watchers, and the sentence by the word of the holy ones, in order that the living may know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, gives it to whomever He will, and sets over it the lowest of men. Daniel 4:25 They shall drive you[n] from men, your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make you eat grass like oxen. They shall wet you with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over you, till you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He chooses. 4

5 Isaiah 57:15 For thus says the High and Lofty One Who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him who has a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. El-Elyon = God Most High Application #4 - Dwell and abide with the Most High God. Application #4 - Dwell and abide with the Most High God. Psalm 91:1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High [El-Elyon] shall abide / rest under the shadow of the Almighty [God] [El-Shaddai]. El-Elyon and El-Shaddai The Most High God God Most High El = Strong and Mighty God Shaddai = The Breasted One God Almighty El-Shaddai = Almighty God Application #1 - Be blameless before El-Shaddai. Application #1 - Be blameless before El-Shaddai. Genesis 17:1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless. 5

6 Application #1 - Be blameless. Before the Law was given: Job - Job 1:1 - Feared God, hate evil Noah - Genesis 6:9 - Walked with God Abraham - Genesis 15:6 - Believe God = R Application #1 - Be blameless. OT Job - Noah - Abraham - Blameless = Right standing with God = Focus on God = Dependency on God by Faith Application #1 - Be blameless Romans 10:3-4 3For they being ignorant of God s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God. 4For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. Application #1 - Be blameless. Philippians 3:9 and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith Application #1 - Be blameless. Romans 4:5 But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness [a Gift]. Application #1 - Be blameless 2 Corinthians 5:21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. Romans 5:17b 6

7 Application #1 - Be blameless [no guilt / condemnation]. 1 Timothy 1:19 Romans 8:1-2 By seeking His righteousness! Isaiah 64:6 - our R = filthy rags Mark 5 - woman with Issue of Blood Isaiah 61:10 - Garment of Salvation and Righteousness Application #1 - Be blameless [no guilt / condemnation]. 1 Timothy 1:19 Romans 8:1-2 By seeking His righteousness! Matthew 6:33 - seek first His Kingdom and His Righteousness 3 John 2 - biblical prosperity as our soul prospers El-Shaddai = Almighty God Application #2 - Based on the Covenant, God makes available His abundant grace to all who receive it by faith. Application #2 - Based on the Covenant, God makes available His abundant grace to all who receive it by faith. Ephesians 2:8-9 Hebrews 4:16 The abundant Grace of God: Grace - available to all believers Ideas Peace Healing Protection Creativity Presence of God Favor Provision Gifts of the Holy Spirit Wisdom Divine Intervention etc Application #2 - Based on the Covenant, God makes available His abundant grace to all who receive it by faith. Romans 5:2 through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Ephesians 1:3 2 Peter 1:3-4 7

8 God s grace flows along the channels of His promises - not His commands faith follows promises when trusted, Promises of God releases His grace in and through us believe and keep on believing El-Shaddai = Almighty God Application #3 - The evidence of our keeping Covenant is circumcision of our hearts. Genesis 17:9-11 9And God said to Abraham: As for you, you shall keep My covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations. Genesis 17: This is My covenant which you shall keep, between Me and you and your descendants after you: Every male child among you shall be circumcised; 11and you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between Me and you. Romans 2: For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh; 29but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the Spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not from men but from God. Acts 7:51 You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you. 8

9 Circumcision of Heart = Obedience = Connect and walk with the Holy Spirit = Believe and trust in the Righteousness of God Circumcised in Heart = Dependency on the Holy Spirit = Not dependency on Self = Brokenness Luke 9:23 Car Park John 3:30 Psalm 51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and a contrite heart these, O God, You will not despise. Joshua 5-6 Circumcision of a New Generation. Ate the passover (Blood of Christ). The manna ceased. Joshua 5-6 They ate from the Promised Land. They encountered the Lord of Hosts. They conquered Jericho (strongholds). Priest - Prophet - Kingly Anointing CONCLUSION Application Summary of El-Elyon 1. Give thanks, praise and worship our God Most High. 2. Honour God Most High with our tithes and offerings. 3. God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble. 4. Dwell and abide with the Most High God. 9

10 CONCLUSION Application Summary of El-Shaddai 1. Be blameless before El-Shaddai. 2. Based on the Covenant, God makes available His abundant grace to all who receive it by faith. 3. The evidence of our keeping the CONCLUSION God s Covenant to Abraham and Sarah Genesis 15:8-9 - Lord, God, how shall I know that I will inherit it?.. Bring Me a 3 year old heifer / female goat / ram, a turtledove and a young pigeon Genesis 15: CONCLUSION God s Covenant to Abraham and Sarah Genesis 15:17 (NIV) - When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking furnace / firepot with a blazing / flaming torch appeared and passed between the pieces. CONCLUSION Psalm 89:34 My covenant I will not break, nor alter the word that has gone out of My lips. El-Shaddai - Luke 1:37 - Covenant for life El-Shaddai - All Powerful and All Sufficient Provider, Protector, Prosperity-Giver, I AM.. 10

The above is the Aaronic blessing. Aarons and his sons were told to put the name of the Lord on the people and He will bless them.

The above is the Aaronic blessing. Aarons and his sons were told to put the name of the Lord on the people and He will bless them. TOPIC: KNOW THE GREAT NAMES OF GOD PART 2 SPEAKER: SP Daniel Foo Date: 10 Jan 2010 SUMMARY OF MESSAGE Psalm 72:17-19 17 May his name endure forever; may it continue as long as the sun. All nations will