New Sermon series on Names of God Message by Ps Ng Swee Ming

2. “They finally found the most ‘perfect’
& peaceful place on planet earth and
settled there sending their Pastor a
letter…”

3. NEW Sermon Series : Names of God
• Names are very important …
• Names are chosen very carefully…
• What more with God’s Name.
 Yahweh Lord, Jehovah
 Elohim God
 Adonai Lord, Master
 El Shaddai Lord God Almighty
 El Elyon The Most High God
 El Olam The Everlasting God

4. JEHOVAH-NISSI
Exo 17:15 "The
Lord our banner"
Joshua fighting the Amalekites

5. JEHOVAH-RAPHA
Exo 15:26 "The
Lord our healer"
Moses and
the bitter
water of
Marah

6. JEHOVAH-
MACCADDESHEM
Exo 31:13
"The Lord thy
sanctifier"
Making of the
utensils for the
Tabernacle

7. JEHOVAH-
SABBAOTH
Isaiah 6:3
"The Lord of Hosts"
Prophet
Isaiah’s
Vision of
the Lord
Almighty

8. JEHOVAH-ROHI
Psalm 23:1 "The Lord my shepherd"
David’s
‘All Time
Favorite’ -
Portrayal
of God as
our
Shepherd

9. Sermon Series : Names of God
 Jehovah Shalom: The Lord Is Peace
 Jehovah Shammah: The Lord Is There
 Jehovah Tsidkenu: The Lord Our
Righteousness
 Jehovah Jireh: The Lord Will
Provide

10. Jehovah Shalom
Judges 6:24

11. What is our understanding?
a Jewish Greeting !
What is it’s meaning ?

12. Jehovah Shalom : Judges 6:24

14. Judg 2:7
The people served the Lord throughout the
lifetime of Joshua and of the elders who
outlived him and who had seen all the great
things the Lord had done for Israel.

15. Judg 2:10-11
After that whole
generation had been
gathered to their fathers,
another generation grew
up, who knew neither the
Lord nor what he had
done for Israel. Then the
Israelites did evil in the
eyes of the Lord…
Judg 21:25(NKJV)
In those days there was no king in Israel;
everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

16. PEACE
1.Othniel
DELIVE
2.Ehud RANCE ‘cycles’ SIN
3.Shamgar in
4.Deborah
5.Gideon Judges
6.Jephthah REPEN OPPRE
7.Samson TANCE SSION

17. Jehovah Shalom : Judges 6:24

20. Times of Gideon…
• Difficult times for the Israelites
• Life was hard & stressful
• For SEVEN YEARS - Living in fear …
• There was no peace ….
• “…they cried out
to the Lord…”

21. Jehovah-Shalom
Question :
WHO WANTS PEACE IN YOUR LIFE NOW ?
Everyone wants PEACE …
But what is PEACE ?
Definition of Peace (Free Dictionary) :
• The absence of war or hostilities.
hostilities.
• Freedom from quarrels & disagreements;
• Inner contentment, serenity
What is PEACE to you ?
WHAT will give you PEACE ?

23. Jehovah-Shalom
Reading Judges 6:11-13
We find Gideon
threshing wheat in a
winepress …
Why ?
• He was hiding,
• He was afraid,
• He’s not at peace…
Then …

24. V13 "But sir,"
Gideon replied, "IF
the Lord is with us,
WHY has all this
happened to us?
WHERE are all his
wonders that our
fathers told us
about when they
said, 'Did not the
Lord bring us up out "The Lord is with
of Egypt?' BUT NOW you, mighty
the Lord has
abandoned us and warrior."
put us into the hand
of Midian."
Midian."

25. JEHOVAH-SHALOM
From Gideon’s
understanding
 “If the Lord is with us …”
 “Why …”
 “Where …”
Gideon’s conclusion :
 God it is all your fault.
Gideon got the
WRONG DIAGNOSIS

26. It was because of
 Willful DISOBEDIENCE …
 and SIN …
… that caused their suffering
Gideon saw only the ‘externals’
but did not see the ‘internals’
Q: Are we at times also guilty of
making the Wrong Diagnosis
?
1. WRONG DIAGNOSIS do we ’also
If things go wrong, – MAN S
blame God ?
VIEWPOINT

27. Gideon did not get
any reply to his
questions ….
Reading v14-15,
15 "But Lord
Lord,
how can I save
Israel?
My clan is the V14 Go in the
weakest in strength you have
Manasseh, and and save Israel out of
I am the least in Midian's hand. Am I
my family." not sending you?"

28. V16 The LORD
answered ….
"I WILL BE
WITH YOU,
AND YOU
WILL strike
down all the
Midianites
together."

29. Who me ??
Jehovah Shalom
Meaning of
 Smallest in Manasseh…
‘Gideon’
 Least in my family … - a hacker,
How did Gideon see himself ? a destroyer
a nobody, weak, insignificant
How did God see Gideon ?
v12 : mighty warrior, mighty man of valor
Gideon had the WRONG PERSPECTIVE
Because of Man’s Limitations.

30. 1 Cor 1:27-29
God chose the foolish things of the world to
shame the wise; God chose the weak things
of the world to shame the strong. He chose
the lowly things of this world and the
despised things—and the things that are
not—to nullify the things that are, so that
no one may boast before him.
Many of us can identify with Gideon ….
- weak, insignificant nobodies …
But Whose PERSPECTIVE is more important ?
- Your’s or God’s ?

31. 17 Gideon replied, "If now I have found favor in your
eyes, give me a sign that it is really you talking to me.
18 Please do not go away until I come back and bring
my offering and set it before you.“ And the Lord said,
"I will wait until you return."
19 Gideon went in, prepared a
young goat, and from an ephah
of flour he made bread without
yeast. Putting the meat in a
basket and its broth in a pot, he
brought them out and offered
them to him under the oak.
Reading Judges 6:17-19

32. Judg 6:20-21
The angel of God said to him, "Take the meat
and the unleavened bread, place them on this
rock, and pour out the broth." And Gideon did
so. With the tip of the staff that was in his
hand, the angel of the Lord touched the meat
and the unleavened
bread.
Fire flared from the
rock, consuming the
meat and the bread.
And the angel of the
Lord disappeared.

33. Judg 6:22 NLT
When Gideon Judg 6:23 "Peace!
realized that it Do not be afraid.
was the angel of You are not going
the Lord, to die."
he cried out,
"Oh, Sovereign
Lord, I'm
doomed! I have
seen the angel
of the Lord face
to face!"

34. Jehovah-Shalom
Gideon thought he was doomed …
that he will die …
WHY ? Ref Ex 33:20 "you cannot see my
face, for no one may see me and live”
Gideon had the WRONG PROGNOSIS
bec. of Man’s Understanding.
Defn of Prognosis:
probable outcome or ‘course’ of a disease;
the patient's chance of 'recovery’…
Are we at times also guilty of doing so ?

35. Jehovah
Shalom
Judg 6:24
So Gideon
built an altar
to the Lord
there and
called it The
Lord is Peace.

36. How Many Of You Are Still
Wondering Where Is This
Perfect Peaceful Place On
Planet Earth ?

37. War broke out on Friday 2 April 1982, when
Argentine forces invaded and occupied the
Falkland Islands…. lasting 74 days …

38. What a Transformation…
After encountering God …
Gideon finally lived up to his name …
Judges 6:25-32 The Lord said to Gideon…

39. Transformation
Gideon said to
God …
Judg 6:36, 39

40. Transformation
The Lord said to Gideon …
Judg 7:2, 4, 5, 7, 9

42. Jehovah-Shalom
The Question that was asked earlier …
WHAT will give you PEACE ?
 Health  Wealth
 Food  Shelter
 Family  Possessions …
If so, then we would expect the rich, the
famous people to be very PEACEFUL …
but are they ?

43. Jehovah-Shalom
It is said …
 To get the RIGHT ANSWER, we must
ask the RIGHT QUESTION
The Question: “WHAT will give you PEACE?”
is the WRONG QUESTION.
The RIGHT QUESTION in searching for
PEACE is…
“WHO will give you PEACE ?”
Answer : Rom 5:1
“… we have peace with God
through our Lord Jesus Christ, …”

44. Jehovah Shalom
i. God can do extraordinary things with
ordinary people
ii. It’s OK to be real with God and
express to Him our doubts at times
iii. Our peace is not found in what we
have on this earth, it is found in who
we are in Christ!
iv. Biblical peace is not the eradication of
problems, but assurance of God's
presence even in problems!

45. Even as Gideon made the Wrong Diagnosis,
what then is the RIGHT DIAGNOSIS ?
 TRUST in God’s PROMISES
 RELATIONSHIP with God is KEY
 Look NOT on the ‘externals’
 Look to God
 Allow God to reveal what
is within us…. ‘internal’
Jehovah-Shalom

46. 1. RIGHT Diagnosis : Trust in God’s Promises
John 14:27 : Peace I leave with you; my peace I
give you. I do not give to you as the world
gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and
do not be afraid.
John 16:33 : "I have told you these things, so
that in me you may have peace. In this world
you will have trouble. But take heart! I have
overcome the world."
Ref : Isa 26:3 ; Rom 8:6

47. 1. RIGHT Diagnosis : Trust in God’s
Promises
Build that Relationship
with God eg Job
If nothing else work –
CRY OUT TO GOD
• God hears
• God acts

48. Jehovah-
Jehovah-Shalom
Gideon had the Wrong Perspective of Himself
We need the RIGHT PERSPECTIVE
SEE from God’s Perspective
 Gideon only saw his own limitations
God saw his abilities
 Gideon saw a nobody
God saw a ‘mighty somebody’

49. 2. RIGHT Perspective : See from God’s Perspective
 The 10 spies only saw the giants…
Joshua & Caleb saw from God’s
Perspective
 Saul saw the giant Goliath …
David only saw God

50. Jehovah-
Jehovah-Shalom
Gideon made the Wrong Prognosis
in his encounter with God
Do not make the same mistake !
Make the RIGHT PROGNOSIS
 The outcome of your life …
 The outcome of your faith …
 God alone knows.
LIVE with God’s PLANS

51. 3. RIGHT Prognosis : LIVE with God’s PLANS
Jer 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for
you," declares the Lord, "plans to
prosper you and not to harm you, plans
to give you hope and a future.
Ps 33:11 But the plans of the Lord stand
firm forever, the purposes of his heart
through all generations.

52. Conclusion : Jehovah Shalom
Right Diagnosis
TRUST in God’s PROMISES
Right Perspective
SEE from God’s Perspective
Right Prognosis
LIVE with God’s PLANS

53. Conclusion : Jehovah Shalom
Problems are inevitable ,
worries/anxieties are
optional
PEACE comes not from the
Absence of Conflict
but from the
Presence of God

54. Jehovah Shalom in the Trinity
God the Father
“God of peace” (Heb 13:20)
God the Son
“Prince of peace” (Isaiah 9:6)
God the Spirit
“Spirit...of peace” (Rom 8:6b).

55. Conclusion : Jehovah-Shalom
Jehovah-
Phil 4:6-7
Do not be anxious about anything, but in
everything, by prayer and petition, with
thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
And the PEACE OF GOD, which
transcends all understanding, will guard
your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
 Worry About Nothing
 Prayer Over Everything
 Thank God For All Thing
the PEACE OF GOD

56. Conclusion : Jehovah-Shalom
Jehovah-
Phil 4:8-9
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever
is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure,
whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable —
if anything is excellent or praiseworthy —
think about such things. Whatever you have
learned or received or heard from me, or
seen in me-
PUT IT INTO PRACTICE.
And the GOD OF PEACE will be with you.
 RIGHT LIVING / DOING
THE GOD OF PEACE

57. In Praying –
we have the Peace of God
In Doing –
we have the God of Peace
Conclusion: Jehovah-Shalom
Jehovah-

58. 1. Right Diagnosis
 TRUST in God’s PROMISES
2. Right Perspective
 SEE from God’s Perspective
3. Right Prognosis
 LIVE with God’s PLANS
EXPERIENCE God’s PEACE
Conclusion: Jehovah-Shalom
Jehovah-

59. You have longed for sweet peace and
for faith to increase
And have earnestly fervently prayed
But you cannot have rest or be
perfectly blest
Until all on the altar is laid…
Is your all on the altar?

60. Num 6:24-26
“The Lord bless you and keep you;
the Lord make his face shine upon you
and be gracious to you;
the Lord turn his face toward you
and give you peace.”
Conclusion: Jehovah-Shalom
Jehovah-