Jehovah

Today we look at the second name of our God: Jehovah, translated as LORD.

Jehovah is the self-existent One who is holy, hates and judges sin, but loves the sinner. Here are four truths about Jehovah (Yahweh).

First, He is “self-sufficient.” He lacks nothing and needs nothing. He is perfect, fully orbed and totally independent of all He has created. He is love and must love, but He has no need for anyone else, for He has the beautiful relationship of the Trinity.

Second, Jehovah is holy. That means in Him there is no sin, no negative, no darkness, no wrong in His person, words, actions or thoughts. As such, we can know that no evil will ever come from Him. The Jews considered Him so holy that they did not speak or write His full name in order to honor Him.

Third, He hates sin and must punish it. There is a penalty for every sin, the greatest sin being refusal to believe in His beloved Son, Jesus. He will rightly judge every sinfand met out righteous punishment on all who refuse to enter His refuge of forgiveness.

Fourth is His inexplicable love for sinners. There is no reason what -so-ever for Him to love the twisted, ugly, rebellious, destructive ones (that includes us) who caused the death of His Son. His love is illogical, against all reason, contra-conditional--but it is real. Jehovah loves every person who has ever lived and will live, and opened the way for all to believe, if they are willing.

All of this should spark a great love for Jehovah in us , whose love is inexplicable and unfathomable, but very true. In Him we can trust fully, completely, unreservedly.