1. Malachi: Malachi: A Message For The Madness

2. “Mad About Love” Malachi: A Message For The Madness

3. “Mad About Names” Malachi: A Message For The Madness

4.  The Significance of Names “Mad About Names”

6. Signify Connection

7. Signify Character

8. Signify Connection Signify Character Signify Change

9. Israel Israel “a prince who prevails with God” “Prince with God”  Jacob “deceiver” “supplanter” “scoundrel”

10. Abraham Abraham “father of a multitude”  Abram “high father”

11. Sarah Sarah“princess”  Sarai “My princess”

12. Paul Paul“little”  Saul “big”

13.  The Service of Names “Mad About Names”

15. 1 Chronicles 16:29 – “Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.”

16. Psalms 20:7 – “Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.” Psalms 148:13 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.

17. Psalms 124:8 – “Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.” Proverbs 18:10 – “The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.”

18. and call upon the name of the LORDPsalms 116:13 – “I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD.”

19. blessed be the name of the LORDJob 1:21 – “And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.”

20. Acts 4:12 “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”Acts 4:12 “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”

21. Romans 10:13 – “For whosoeve r shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”Romans 10:13 – “For whosoeve r shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

22. Isaiah 26:8 – “Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.”Isaiah 26:8 – “Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.”

24.  The Specifics of Names “Mad About Names”

25. Jehovah (Yaweh) “the self- existing one” only to the True GodIt is the name of God applied only to the True God. God of The Promises God of The Covenant The Great I Am

26. Elohim “great”- “mighty” God of CreationGod of Creation. Genesis 1:1 – “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” 1 st name of God in the Bible.

27. Adonai “master”- “Sovereign Lord” Genesis 15:2 – “And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?”

28.  L ORD = Jehovah  Lord = Adonai  God = Elohim English key to the Hebrew names of God

29.  L ORD God = Jehovah Elohim  Lord G OD = Adonai Jehovah  Lord God = Adonai Elohim English key to the Hebrew names of God

30. “The Lord Will Provide” JehovahjirehGenesis 22:14 – “And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh : as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.”

31. “Jehovah- Rapha” for I am the LORD that healeth theeExodus 15:26 – “And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.”

32. “The Lord is My Banner” JehovahnissiExodus 17:15-16 – “And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi : For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.”

33. “The Lord is My Peace” Judges 6:24 – “Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovahshalom : unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.”

34. “Jehovah-Tsidkenu” Jeremiah 23:5-6 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

35. “Jehovah-Rah” Psalms 23:1 The LORD is my shepherd “ The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.”

36. “Jehovah-Shammah” Ezekiel 48:35 – “It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there.”

37. “Jehovah-Tsaba (Sabaoth)” the LORD of hosts1 Samuel 1:3 – “And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.”

38.  Saves  Sustains  Strengthens  Satisfies  Substitutes for us.  Shepherds us.  Stays with us.  Subdues our enemies. The Lord…He:

39. El-Shaddai Genesis 17:1-2 – “And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God ; walk before me, and be thou perfect. And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.”

40. El-Owlam Genesis 21:33 And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.

41. El-Roiy Genesis 16:13 – “And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me : for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?”

42. El-Elyon Genesis 14:20 – “And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.”

43.  The Shuffling of Names “Mad About Names”

44.  The Summons of Names “Mad About Names”

45. His name is to be MADE GREAT !His name is to be MADE GREAT ! (1:11,1 4)(1:11,1 4)

46. His name is to be GIVEN GLORY !His name is to be GIVEN GLORY ! (2:2)(2:2)

47. His name is to be FEARE D !His name is to be FEARE D ! (2:5)(2:5)

48. His name is to be THOUGHT UPON !His name is to be THOUGHT UPON ! (3:16)(3:16)

49.  The Swearing of Names “Mad About Names”

50. Exodus 20:7 “Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.”Exodus 20:7 “Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.”

51. 1 John 2:15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.1 John 2:15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. James 2:23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.James 2:23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. James 4:4 – “Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.”James 4:4 – “Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.”

52. Luke 6:46 “And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?”Luke 6:46 “And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?”

53.  The Swearing of Names “Mad About Names”

54. 2 Corinthians 4:1-4 – “Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.”

55. 2 Corinthians 4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

56. Matthew 12:36 – “But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.”

57. 2 Chronicles 7:14 – “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”

58.  The Sobriety of Names “Mad About Names”

59. “Jehovah-Tsaba (Sabaoth)”

60. Never appears in the Pentateuch.Never appears in the Pentateuch. Occurs ZERO TIMES in Joshua, Judges, Job, Proverbs, or Ecclesiastes.Occurs ZERO TIMES in Joshua, Judges, Job, Proverbs, or Ecclesiastes. Occurs RARELY in Kings, Chronicles, or Psalms.Occurs RARELY in Kings, Chronicles, or Psalms.

61. “Jehovah-Tsaba (Sabaoth)” APPEARS 50 times in Isaiah. Over 80 times in Jeremiah. Nearly 50 times in Zechariah. 14 times in the 2 chapters of Haggai. 24 times in Malachi.

62. “Jehovah-Tsaba (Sabaoth)” the Lord of SabaothRomans 9:29 – “And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.” James 5:4 – “Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.”

63. “Jehovah-Tsaba(Sabaoth)” the LORD of hosts1 Samuel 1:3 – “And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.”

64. “Mad About Names” Malachi: A Message For The Madness