'LORD' Is One of God's Names

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III







'LORD' Is One of God's Names
God said in the Book of Isaiah the Prophet: "I, even I, am the Lord, and besides Me there is no Saviour" (Is. 43:1 1), and: "I am the Lord, and there is no other; there is no God besides Me" (Is. 45:5), and: "Have not I, the Lord? And there is no other God besides Me" (Is. 45:21). The Lord Jesus Christ said, quoting from the Book of Deuteronomy, chapter 6, verse 13: "You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve" (Lk. 4:8); (Matt. 4:10). He also said: "You shall not tempt the Lord your God' (Lk. 4:12); (Matt. 4:7). So the Lord is God, that is why it is written in the Book of Deuteronomy: "For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords" (Deut. 10:17), and in the Book of Hosea: "I am the Lord your God.. and you shall know no God but Me" (Hos. 13:4). One of the most important verses which prove that 'Lord' is one of the names of God alone is what the Lord Himself said in the Book of Isaiah: "I am the Lord, that is My name, and My glory I will not give to another" (Is. 42:8).