“Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.” (Heb. 12:2)

Names of God 

God has many names and titles in the Bible. Each one tells us something important about Him—His character and how He relates to us. And how we must relate to Him. Here is another one of His many Names, which is Author and Finisher of our Faith.

Jesus is the author and and finisher of our faith

“and you killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses.” (Acts 3:15)

Author —An author is an originator or creator, as of a theory or plan. The Greek word translated “author” in Hebrews 12:2 can also mean “captain,” “chief leader” or “prince.”

Perfector—The Greek word translated “perfecter” in in Hebrews 12:2 means literally “completer” or “finisher” and speaks of bringing something to its conclusion.

Therefore

Jesus, as God, both creates and sustains our faith. He is the originator of our faith in that He begins it, as well as the captain and prince or our faith. Jesus controls our faith, steers it as a captain steers a ship, and presides over it and cares for it as a monarch presides over and cares for his people. 

“O Lord, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living waters.” (Jer. 17:13)

Names of God 

God has many names and titles in the Bible. Each one tells us something important about Him—His character and how He relates to us. And how we must relate to Him. Here is another one of His many Names, which is Fountain of Living Waters.

The Fountain of Living Water is Jesus

“And in that day living waters will flow out of Jerusalem, half of them toward the eastern sea and the other half toward the western sea; it will be in summer as well as in winter. And the Lord will be king over all the earth; in that day the Lord will be the only one, and His name the only one.” (Zech. 14-8-9)

“Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.’” But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.” (John 7:37-39)

“Then He said to me, “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water of life without cost. He who overcomes will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be My son. But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.” (Rev. 21:6-8)

Therefore

“He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.’” (John 7:38)

“but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.” (John 4:14)

“Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, to give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.” (Luke 1:78–79)

Names of God 

God has many names and titles in the Bible. Each one tells us something important about Him—His character and how He relates to us. And how we must relate to Him. Here is another one of His many Names, which is Dayspring.

Dayspring

The term dayspring is only found in two places in the Bible and is used primarily in the King James Version. The word dayspring in Zacharias’s prophecy, at the birth of his son, John. Zacharias says that “the dayspring from on high hath visited us” (Luke 1:78, KJV). Dayspring is a metaphor for the promised Messiah, Jesus, who would soon arrive. 

Therefore

The word “dayspring” means the morning light, the aurora, the rising of the sun, and refers to Jesus the Messiah, the dayspring “from on high”—the light of the gospel that shines forth from heaven and, through His mercy, shines upon people.

“For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.’” (2 Cor. 4:6)

“And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.” (Matt. 16:16)

Names of God 

God has many names and titles in the Bible. Each one tells us something important about Him—His character and how He relates to us. And how we must relate to Him. Here is another one of His many Names, which is Christ.

Jesus – the Christ

“For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,” (1 Tim. 2:5 ESV)

“But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ.” (1 Cor. 11:3)

“So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.” (Rom. 19:17)

Therefore

“Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.” (2 Cor. 5:17) 

“For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.” (Phil. 1:21)

“In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature” (Col. 1:14–15)

Names of God 

God has many names and titles in the Bible. Each one tells us something important about Him—His character and how He relates to us. And how we must relate to Him. Here is another one of His many Names, which is the Image of the Invisible God.

Jesus – His invisible attributes

“For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.” (Rom. 1:20 ESV)

Therefore

“For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.” (Col. 1:16 ESV)

“To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.” (1 Tim. 1:17 ESV)

“The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.” (Gen. 49:10)

Names of God

God has many names and titles in the Bible. Each one tells us something important about Him—His character and how He relates to us. And how we must relate to Him. Here is another one of His many Names, which is Shiloh.

Shiloh

The word Shiloh is used 32 times in the Old Testament to refer to a location—a city and one other time to refer to the Messiah, “the peaceful one,” in Gen. 49:10, at top.

Jesus

This passage ties into the New Testament as Jesus refers to Himself as, “Jesus Christ whom you have sent.” (John 17:3). Rom. 15:12 references this passage as a ruler who “arises to rule the Gentiles,” and the Apostle Paul also writes in Eph. 2:14 that Christ, “Himself is our peace.” All three of these passages have roots in “Shiloh.”

“God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel: ‘The LORD (Yahweh), the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations.” (Exo. 3:15) 

Names of God

God has many names and titles in the Bible. Each one tells us something important about Him—His character and how He relates to us. And how we must relate to Him. Here is another one of His many Names, which is Yahweh – LORD God.

Yahweh

“Yahweh” (yah-WEH) is the Hebrew word for the self-revealed name of the God of the Old Testament. It comes from the Hebrew verb “To be.” At its core, “Yahweh” means “To be.” The English Bible translates it as “LORD,” which distinguishes it from “Lord” (which is translated as “master”).

The name Yahweh occurs more than 6,800 times in the Old Testament. It appears in every book but Esther, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Songs. As the sacred, personal name of Israel's God, it was eventually spoken aloud only by priests worshiping in the Jerusalem temple. After the destruction of the temple in A.D. 70, the name was not pronounced. Adonay was substituted for Yahweh whenever it appeared in the biblical text. Because of this, the correct pronunciation of this name was eventually lost. English editions of the Bible usually translate Adonay as “Lord” and Yahweh as “LORD.” Yahweh is the name that is most closely linked to God's redeeming acts in the history of his chosen people. We know God because of what he has done.

Jesus is Yahweh LORD God

“For when you see me, you are seeing the one who sent me.” (John 12:45 NLT)

“Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work.” (John 14:9-10 NIV)

“For to us a child is born, to us son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” (Isa. 9:6)

Names of God

God has many names and titles in the Bible. Each one tells us something important about Him—His character and how He relates to us. And how we must relate to Him. Here is another one of His many Names, which is Wonderful Counselor.

Wonderful Counselor

When Isaiah wrote his prediction of the coming of the “Wonderful Counselor”, Isaiah 9:6, he was writing nearly 800 years before Christ. This period of history was tumultuous as the Assyrians were on the march, taking people into captivity by droves. Isaiah’s prophecy gave the people of God a hope they so desperately needed: a Child would be born to fulfill the Davidic Covenant, and He would bear the titles “Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”

Jesus is Wonderful

Jesus demonstrated His wonderfulness in various ways when He was on the earth, beginning with His conception in the womb of a virgin (Matt. 1:23). He showed He is the “wonderful” One in His power to heal (Matt. 4:23), His amazing teaching (Mark 1:22), His perfect life (Heb. 4:15), and His resurrection from the dead (Mark 16:6).

Jesus taught wonderful things

“Blessed are those who mourn” (Matt. 5:4). “Rejoice and be glad” in persecution (Matt. 5:11–12). “Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you” (Luke 6:27).

Jesus’ kind of wonderful superior to any other kind

He is perfect in every way. (Matt. 5:48)

Jesus is a wise counselor

Jesus did not need any testimony about mankind, for he knew what was in each person.

“and needed no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was in man.” (John 2:25).

Jesus is able to advise His people thoroughly because He is qualified in ways no human counselor is. In Christ is “hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” (Col. 2:3), including the knowledge of all human nature (Psalms 139:1–2).

Jesus always knows what we are going through, and He always knows the right course of action (Heb. 4:15–16).

Therefore

Christ’s position as our Wonderful Counselor means we can trust Him to listen to our problems and guide us in the right direction.

“casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.” (1 Peter 5:7 ESV)

  “In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.” (Prov. 3:6).

“To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat down with my Father on his throne.” (Rev. 3:21 NIV)

Names of God

God has many names and titles in the Bible. Each one tells us something important about Him—His character and how He relates to us. And how we must relate to Him. Here is another one of His many Names, which is Victorious.

Jesus is Victorious

“When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, He bowed His head and gave up His spirit.” (John 19:30)

This is a cry of victory. His suffering is over. His work on earth is done. He has accomplished the work His Father had prepared for Him. He had made a way. It was not a half job and nothing was left incomplete. It was done, it was complete, it was finished! He had done everything necessary to save us and give us the opportunity of eternal life with God. In that moment prophesy was fulfilled and complete. In that moment suffering was over. In that moment salvation became a reality. It was a declaration to all that the work was done.  It is finished! Jesus was victorious!

Because of what Jesus did, you are victorious, too!

“But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1 Cor. 15:57)

Jesus won the supreme victory at the cross. Sin was atoned for, and the power of sin and death was broken (John 12:31 and 1 Peter 2:24). After Christ’s crucifixion and burial, He rose from the dead three days later, and now we share that victory. Satan thought he had won the ultimate contest with the death of Christ. Instead, that death released our chains, set us free from the prison of sin, and disarmed the supernatural powers of evil.

“When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross. And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.” (Col. 2:13–15)

Therefore

“What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?” (Rom. 8:31)