What's the True Name of God?

[sheep wrecked]

(12-30-2008 10:09 PM)carl37 Wrote:  Great question. As already noted I have no idea. I am ashamed that I don't know that. Although I don't pray to them or believe in them, I know that Zeus is the greek god of war and that Jupiter is supposed to be the king of the gods. I also know that I am using an english translation of them. However when we google them we can find out their name and their origin. It dismays me that if you try too google The Almighty's name you come up with all the above mentioned names. To me it is sad and strange that we are reduced to using a generic label "God" to talk about him.

I am curious - what do Zeus and Jupiter have to do with God's Name?

Secondly, the Hebrew Scriptures call God, "Elohiym", which means "god" in a generic as well. It is obvious from context which "God" one is referring to within English Scriptures and what is on the lips and hearts of His kids.

Every language was created by God, so every language has it's own words to address God. If it helps, we could just call Him Father, after all, that is what Jesus instructed us to call Him. And of course Father is a different word in every language - imagine that, God hears His kids no matter how they say "Father"