Is it okay to use god and lord

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Is it okay to use god and lord?By Samuel Thompson

One of the many questions, that are asked to me are the common titles used bymany Christians and even Messianic believers.

Many have asked me:

Is it okay for us to call Yahuah God or Lord?

Doesnt Yahuah know our hearts when we call on God andLord when wethink on Him?

I want to now present some information that will help you understand that it is notokay to call Yahuah by these titles.

How would you like it if someone kept calling you by a name that really upset you?

Were you ever called names at school? How did this make you feel as a person?Do your children get picked on at school? And how does that make you as aparentfeel? When you hear them complaining to you.

Do you turn a blind eye and act like itsokay? And nothing bad has taken place?Now if you allow any of these things above to transpire with and turn a blind eye thenyou are in great deception.

Scripture says that the old serpent called the Devil and hasatan hasdeceived the whole world (Revelation 12:9).

Do you realize just how deep that deception is?

This article will reveal some of the depths of deception to those who areable to receive it. To many Christians the above question would beblasphemous to even contemplate!

Definitions of deception on the Web:

Misrepresentation: a misleading falsehood the act of deceivingDeception,

beguilement, deceit, bluff, mystification, and subterfuge are acts topropagate beliefs that are not true, or not the whole truth (as in half-truths

or omission). Deception can involve dissimulation, propaganda, sleight ofhand. It can employ distraction, camouflage or concealment. ...


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They would never even consider the thought much less study like thenoble Bereans of whom it is written in the Scriptures: "Now these weremore noble than those in Thessalonica who received the wordwith great eagerness, and searched the Scriptures daily, if thesewords were so." (Acts 17:11)

But knowing that the Scriptures reveal to us: "And the great dragonwas thrown out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and hasatan,who leads the entire world astray." (Revelation 12:9)

In light of this, does it not behove us to study the Scriptures in order tosee if we too have been led astray by the old serpent, called the Devil andhasatan?

More so in light of the following Scripture which explicitly tells us thatsalvation comes in only one exclusive name: "Neither is theresalvation in any other: for there is no other Name under theshamayim(Heavens) given among men, whereby we must besaved.." (Acts 4:12).

Is it not evident then according to the above quoted verse that if hasatanwants to keep us from being saved or delivered all he has to do is todeceive us into calling on another name rather than the one exclusivename that has been given for that very purpose by our Creator?

I am always shocked and amazed at the ignorance of the Creator'sprofessed people who cannot understand the simple fact that one is oneand never two, three, four, five, etc

At the end of the day you when it comes to Yahuah and His blessed Namea spade is a spade. A very good example is example of the good treebringing forth bad fruit.

An Apple tree does not produce oranges and neither does a banana treeproduce coconuts.

Matthew 7:13-19

13 Enter in at the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way,that leads to destruction, and many there be who go in that gate:

14 Because narrow is the gate, and difficult is the way, that leads tochayim (life), and few there be that find it.

15Beware of false nabaim (prophets), who come to you in lambsclothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.


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16 You shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes fromthorns, or figs from thistles?

17Even so every tov eytz (tree) brings forth tob (good) fruit; but acorrupt eytz (tree) brings forth evil fruit.

18A tov eytz (tree) cannot bring forth evil fruit; neither can a corrupteytz(tree) bring forth tov (good) fruit.

19 Every eytz (tree) that brings not forth tob (good) fruit is cut down,and cast into the fire.

So it is with Yahuah the Most Powerful, Respected, Reverenced and SetApart Eloaj, we cannot and should not call Him something that HE ISNOT!

Now surely if there is only one Name given how can these professedbelievers say that it doesntmatter what name they call on?

Are they not deceived by that old serpent hasatan the Devil if they arecalling on any other name other than that one exclusive name that wasgiven by our Creator Himself?

Surely you can see that the only answer to our questions isyes, they

have most definitely been deceived!

So it is with Yahuah the Most Powerful, Respected, Reverenced and SetApart Elohim, we cannot and should not call Him something that HE ISNOT!

To find the answer to this question a good place to begin is using theStrongs Hebrew Dictionary.

Strongs Hebrew#1167 baal, bahal; from H#1166; a master; hence ahusband, or (fig.) owner (often used with another noun in modification ofthis latter sense):- + archer, + babbler, + bird, captain, chief man, +confederate, + have to do, + dreamer, those to whom it is due, + furious,those that are given to it, great, + hairy, he that hath it, have, +horseman, husband, lord, man, + married, master, person, + sworn,they of.

Now if these were the only uses of the word Baal we really couldnt

complain could we?


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Why? Because even Scripture reveals that Yahuah was a husband toYisrael. (Isaiah 54:5; Jeremiah 31:32). This in Hebrew would beYahuah is Baal to Yisrael. Thus, Baal is used in a good sense.

But this is not the only usage of the word base as we shall show.

Strongs Hebrew #1168 baal, bahal; the same as H#1167; Baal, aPhoenician deity:-Baal, (plural) Baalim.

Here we find another Baal, a bad one, a false deity. Can we find out moreabout this false deity? Yes, let me quote page 1212 in the Explanatory

Notes of The Scriptures:

Baal: This word it seems gradually became a proper name. A similarSemitic word derives from the Aryan root Bhal, which means "to shine,"according to some. According to W. H. Roschers well-known lexicon ofmythology, Baal (Bel, Belos) was the ancestral and national deity of theSemites, and says that Baal was the founder ofBabel (Babylon),according to secular history. He is identified with Zeus, Jupiter, Ammon,Asshur, Assur, Kronos, and Bel-Markud. Morris Jastrow, Max Mller, andW. H. Roscher all three agree: Baal is the Babylonian sun deity. Thebaals of the nations were sun deities, and Baal worship means sunworship.

Quite revealing isnt it? Now, would Yahuah appreciate it if we called Him

after the name of a false deity?

A closer look at a couple of Scriptures will answer that question easily! Letus see just what the Mind of Yahuah is in regards to the above question.

"And in all things that I have said to you take heed: and make nomention of the names of other elohim, neither let it be heard outof your mouth."Exodus 23:13.

That you come not among these nations, these that remain among you;

neither make mention of the name of their elohim, nor swearby them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves to them: Yahusha/Joshua 23:7.

Yahuah has explicitly spoken to us by the above verses of Scripture not tomention the name of the other mighty ones even to the point that theynot be heard coming out of our lips.

So the answer to our question is: NO! Yahuah would not be pleased if wecalled Him by the name of any other elohim!


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Exodus 20:3-7

3 You shall have no other elohim before my face.

4 You shall not make to you any graven image, or any likeness ofanything that is in the shamayim above, or that is in the earth beneath,or that is in the mayim (waters) under the earth:

5You shall not bow down yourself to them, nor serve them: for I Yahuahyour Eloah am a jealous Eloah, visiting the iniquity of the ahbot (fathers)upon the children to the third and fourth generation of those that hateMe;

6And showing rachamim (Mercy) to thousands of them that love me andshomer (keep and do) my mitzboth (commandments and instructions ofright ruling).

7You shall not bring the Name of Yahuah your Eloah to vain emptiness;for Yahuah will not hold him guiltless that brings His Name to vainemptiness.

When we use other names and titles that are used for pagan elohim suchas Baal (The Lord) then we are guilty of bringing His beautiful and setapart Name to vain emptiness.

So Yahuah would not be pleased if we called Him Baal in the bad sense.But how is it we can call Him Baal in a good sense and be right but yetuse the same word and it be in a wrong sense and Yahuahs anger burnagainst us?

What is the answer to this apparent contradiction of Yahuahs word? Tofind the answer look again at Strongs H#1167.

Read it again, please. Did you see the answer? Itsreally simple! Noticethat it says: H#1167 Baal is. (Often used with another noun in

modification of this latter sense).

But what does this mean? To find the answer we need to research a fewmore Scriptures that will shed much needed light on the subject. Thethree Scriptures I want us to look at relate to a place in Syria called BaalGad.

"Thus Yahusha took all this land: the mountain country, and all theSouth, and all the land of Goshen, and the low country, and the desertplain, and the mountains of Yisrael and its low lands, from Mount Halag

that goes up to Seir, and as far as Baal Gadin the valley of Lebanonbelow Mount Hermon,"Yahusha/Joshua 11:16-17.


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"And these are the sovereigns of the land which Yahusha and the childrenof Israel smote beyond the Jordan, on the west, from Baal Gad in thevalley of Lebanon as far as Mount Halaq that goes up to Seir, whichYahushagave to the tribes of Israel as a Possession according to theirdivisions,"Yahusha/Joshua12:7.

"And the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon toward the sunrise, fromBaal Gad below Mount Hermon as far as the entrance to Hamath,"Yahusha/Joshua 13:5.

Have you noticed that in each of the above quoted texts reference ismade to a place called Baal Gad? Just what and where was this placecalled Baal Gad?

Lets again go to the Strongs Hebrew Dictionary for the answer.

Strongs Hebrew#1171 Baal Gad, bah al gawd; from H#1168 andH#1409; Baal of Fortune: Baal Gad, a place in Syria: - Baal-gad.

Now that wasnt much of an answer was it? We still havent found out whoor what Baal of Fortune was. Let us dig deeper to find out the truth bylooking up the reference that was given under Strongs #1409 for morelight.

Strongs Hebrew#1409 gad, gawd; from H#1464 (in the sense ofdistributing); fortune: - troop.

Word GamesNow that still doesnt give us much light, you might say. Yourejust givingus the run around with word games, you might say.

Well, thats exactly what hasatan, that old deceiver wants you to think!You see, he doesnt want you to be diligent seekers for truth.

He doesnt want you digging up in the treasure house of theHebrew language, because if you do, he knows you will find out the

deceptive word games hes played on you!

Didnt Yahusha tell us our search for truth would be like searchingfor hidden treasure? (Matthew13:44). Do you find hidden treasurejust lying on top of the ground or do you have to take a spade or shoveland work hard, digging to find it?

Believe me, the answer was revealed under Strongs H#1409 if you

know where to find the Scripture that reveals this false deity

Baal offortune!


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Actually it will be quite revealing once you see it!

"But you are those who forsake Yahuah, who forget my set-apartmountain, who prepare table for Gad [that troop, KJV], and who fill adrink offering for Meni [than number, KJV]. And I shall allot you to thesword, and let you bow down to the slaughter, because I called and youdid not answer, I spoke and you did not hear, and you did evil before Myeyes and chose that in which I did not delight,"Isaiah. 65:11-12.

Strongs Hebrew#1409.gad Search for H#1409 in KJVSL dg gad gawdfrom H#1464 (in the sense of distributing); fortune:--troop. SeeHebrew H#1464.

If you have a KJV Bible, you will find for Gad it says "that troop"(Strongs H#1409). In fact many Bibles have centre or side columnreferences that inform the readers that (that troop) or Gad is a falsedeity!

This can also be discovered by looking at Strongs H#1408.

Strongs H#1408 Gad, gad; a var. ofH#1409; Fortune, a Bab. Deity:- that troop.

Here is where hasatan has played word games to deceive the whole world

into worshipping a false Babylonian deity of Fortune!

But who is really being worshipped behind the name of this ancient idolBaal-Gad? And how has Hasatan accomplished this so easily? WordGames!

Remember Acts 4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: forthere is none other name under heaven whereby we must be

saved.

Remember that Yahusha also said, "...if another shall come in his ownname, him ye will receive.")

Notice under StrongsH#1167, one of the definitions of the word Baalinto English is lord

BAAL ZEBUWB OR BEELZEBOULStrongs G#1176 Baal Zebuwb, bahal zeb-oob; from G#1168 and

G#2070; Baal of (the) fly; Baal-zebub, a special deity of the Ekronites: -Baal-Zebub.


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Remember when the Pharisees called Yahusha the Messiah Beelzebub(Mat. 10:25) and claimed that He cast out the demons by the prince ofdemons (Mat. 12:24, 27; Mk. 3:22; Lk.11:15, 18, and 19). Well,now go to StrongsG#954 and be ready for a shock!

Strongs G#954 Beelzeboul, beh-el-zeb-ool; of Chald. Or. [by parodyupon G#1176]; dung-god; Beelzebul, a name of S.a.tan: - Beelzebub.

Are you beginning to see that Baal = lord or LORD or master and thatBaal is none other than hasatan himself?! But coupled with hasatans titleof Baal which equals lord, or Lord, or LORD, or master is the word Gad.

Gad meant Fortune or that troop.

Could the old saying about a person sold their soul to Hasatan have anybearing here? Hasatan will give you a fortune for your soul, but once youhave sold it to him, he will usually double cross you and take your life(soul) away! How many troops of lost souls does Hasatan have throughhis deceptions?!

Notice how the Masoretic vowel pointed the word Gad in Hebrew in

H#1409 like this: dG:. When pointed like this, the word is pronouncedGawd or God or god in Hebrew.

Now if we translate Baal Gad into English what does it become? Does itnot become LORD GOD? Or lord god? Or Lord God?

The capitalization doesntchange the sound of the word in any way andeven so the fact is Baal Gad is the Lord God who is Lord hasatan orMaster hasatan!

Let me quote another explanatory note of The Scriptures: Gad: Apartfrom Gad, the son of Yaakob (Jacob) there was another "Gad." Theastrologers of Babel called Jupiter (Zeus) by the name "Gad."

He was also well known among the Canaanites (the Kenaanites) where hisname was often coupled with Baal, Baal Gad, which according to theMasoretic vowel pointing in the book of Yahusha (Joshua) is pronounced:Baal God.


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This same name is discovered in the ancient Germanic languages as Gott,

Goda, Gode, God, Gud, Gade.

And searching further back into its Indo-Germanic (Indo-European) roots,we find that it traces back to the word GHODH, which means "union" even

"sexual union."

No wonder this meaning is still evident in the Dutch and German gode. Itis also not difficult to see it in the English "gadfly" and "gadding about."

It is no wonder then that hjasatan was termed Baal Zebuwb in Hebrewand Beel Zeboul in Greek! So we have seen that both mean lord of theflies (See Brown, Driver & Briggs Hebrew Lexicon to the Old Testamentunder 1176).

How ironic that hasatan was pictured as a gadfly or as one who gadsabout! A look at the definition of these two words in Websters New WorldDictionary is quite revealing: gadfly n., pl. flies [GAD + FLY] 1. Alarge fly that bites livestock 2. One who annoys others.

gadabout n. a person who gads about; restless seeker after fun, etc.

Gad (gad) [Heb. gadh, lit., fortune] Bible 1. The seventh son of Jacob 2.The tribe of Israel descended from him

Gad (gad) interj. [euphemism for GOD] [also g-] a mild oath orexpression of surprise, disgust, etc.

gad (gad) vi. gadded, gadding [LME gadden, to hurry, perhaps back-formation < gadeling, companion in arms < OE. gdeling: for IE. Basesee GATHER] to wander about in an idle or restless way, as in seekingamusementn. an act of gadding: chiefly in the phrase on (or upon) thegad, gadding aboutgadder n.

Now lets compare the meanings here with Yashayahu/Isaiah 65:11where Gad has been translated as "that troop."

1. A troop is defined as a group of persons, animals, or, formerly, things;herd, flock, band, etc.2. Loosely, a great number; lot3. A body of soldiers

4. A subdivision of a calvary regiment that corresponds to a company ofinfantry5. A unit of Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts under an adult leader

6. [Archaic] a group of actors; troupe, etc. (Websters New World

Dictionary).


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These definitions would cause the meaning of this word to fall in thecategory ofgad in the sense of "gather" which is why the translatorsrendered Gad as "that troop." Gad corresponds with the meaning of thedeity of fortune which also was Yahuahs intended purpose for using theword, while Gad ties it all together in the sense of a "euphemism for

God."

In the book of Job, when hasatan appeared with the sons of Eloah beforeYahuah, he was asked, "Whence comest thou?" hasatans answer was,"From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it."(Job. 1:7, 2:2)

Hasatan as Baal-Zebub (lord of flies) does exactly what a gadfly and agadabout does. He is a restless seeker after fun. He goes to and fro, upand down seeking to annoy others (especially man, but also Yahuah)

which he thinks is fun.

Hasatan does have a terrible bite and he can be very annoying toojustlike a gadfly! Also he gads about looking for souls to devour and it mustbe a lot of fun for him to deceive and cause so much misery and sufferingupon humanity. (Job chapters 1 & 2 again; 1 Pet.5:8). No wonder MrStrong said that Beelzeboul was a name for hasatan (StrongsG#954Greek Dictionaries).

So what have we learned from our study of a few Scriptures using the

inspired Hebrew language and a few Greek words?

We have learned that God was originally the name of an idol onceworshipped in Babel (Babylon). It was later spread throughout the land ofCanaan being picked up by the Canaanites and adopted by the children ofIsrael when they went into apostasy!

We also have learned from Yashayahu/Isaiah 65:11-12 the shockingtruth that many of Yahuahs people have been tricked into forsakingYahuah for this pagan idol by hasatan playing word games.(Yirmeyahu/Jeremiah 2:10-13).

The saddest part of all is that behind this pagan idol called Baal GadLord God stands the real being who is worshipped by the whole Christianworld hasatan himself! (Isa. 13:12-14; Ez. 28:12-19; 2 Thess. 2:3-12). Yes, Christians are awaiting a final anti-Christ to come but do notrealize he is already in their midst and worshipped!

Christians are preparing a feast table for Godhasatan and they donteven know it and wouldntbelieve it even if you told them!


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Christians just dont realize who stands behind the idol and its name toreceive its praise and worship (Lev. 17:7; Dt. 32:17; Ps. 106:37; 2Chron. 11:15; 2 Cor.10:21-22).

Baal Gad is the LORD God of the Christians but dont try to tell them I toldyou so because they wouldnt believe it even if you showed it to them outof the Hebrew Scriptures themselves!

But if you are a Christian and you see the truth herein presented, whatshould you do about it? The Scriptures have the answer: "Truly, then,having overlooked these times of ignorance, Yahuah now commands allmen everywhere to repent," Acts 17:30.

"Come, and let us turn back to Yahuah. For He has torn but He does healus. He has stricken but He binds us up. After two days He shall revive us,

on the third day He will raise us up, so that we may live before Him.

So let us know, let pursue to know Yahuah. His going forth is as certainas the morning. And He comes to us like the rain, like the latter rainwatering the earth," Hosea. 6:1-3.

"O Yisrael, return to Yahuah your Eloah, for you have stumbled by yourcrookedness. Take words with you, and return to Yahuah. Say to Him,Take away all crookedness, and accept what is good, and we will renderthe bulls of our lips. Ashshur does not save us. We do not ride on horses,

nor ever again do we say to the work of our hands, Ourmightyones.forthe fatherless finds compassion in you,"Hosea. 14:1-3.

And Yahuah says in response to our repentance: "I shall heal theirbacksliding; I shall love them spontaneously, for Thy displeasure hasturned away from Him. I shall be like the dew to Yisrael. He shall blossomlike the lily, and cast out His roots like Lebanon. His branches shallspread, and His splendour shall be like an olive tree, and His fragrance

like Lebanon. Those who dwell under His shadow shall return. They shallrevive like grain, and blossom like the vine, and become as fragrant as

the wine of Lebanon. What more had Ephraim to do with idols? It is I Whoanswer and look after him. I am like a green cypress tree; your fruitcomes from me. Who is wise and understands these words, discerningand knows them? For the ways of Yahuah are straight, and the righteouswalk in them, but the transgressors stumble in them,"Hosea. 14:4-9.

As the Apostle Kepha (Peter) cried out, "Repent and be baptized everyone of you in the name ofYahusha the Mashiach for the remission ofsins and you shall receive the gift of the Ruach Hakodesh," Acts 2:38.

In another place he reveals that the Name of the Mashiach is the onlyName under heaven whereby we must be saved (Acts 4:12).


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It is the admonition of this ministry that we repent of our sins and fulfilthe criteria revealed in Acts 2:38 and Acts 4:12. May Yahuah bless youto see, hear and understand these things and may you be led to fulfilthem in your life.

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