I have manifested Your name to the men whom You have given Me out of the world.  They were Yours, You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.”  John 17:6
 
This is a verse from Jesus’ prayer from last week‘s message.  Let’s look at it once again.    
‘I have manifested Your name to the men’
 
“Vine’s Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words”  defines manifest (phaneroo) as, “The true meaning is ‘to uncover, lay bare, reveal.’”
 
In the Amplified Bible , the first part of John 17:6 says,
“I have manifested Your Name [I have revealed Your very Self.  Your real Self] to the people whom You have given Me out of the world…” 
 
We have seen in Scripture that a person’s name stands for his character, his attributes and represents the essence of who he is.  So to know the Name of God it is to know Him.  Do you know Him?
 
Let’s look at some verses that express some of God’s attributes.
God is Holy:
“Exalt the LORD our God,
And worship at His holy hill;
For the LORD our God is holy.”  Psalm 99:9
 
God is righteous: 
Deuteronomy 32:3-4 makes me want to just stop and worship, singing praises to our God!
“For I proclaim the name of the LORD;
Ascribe greatness to our God.
He is the Rock, His work is perfect;
For all His ways are justice,
A God of truth and without injustice;
Righteous and upright is He.”
 
God is pure:
“With the pure You will show Yourself pure…”  Psalm 18:26
 
He is Love:
“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.  
He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.” 1 John 4:7-8
 
God revealed His awesome, incomprehensible love when He sent Jesus to earth to pay the debt for sinful mankind!  And to reveal the Father to those whom God has given Him out of the world.
 
God is merciful:
“With the merciful You will show Yourself merciful…”
Psalm 18:25
 
Gracious God is our protector and our hiding place!
He is a shield. 
“For the LORD God is a sun and shield;
The LORD will give grace and glory;
No good things will He withhold
From those who walk uprightly.”  Psalm 84:11
 
He is a fortress.  
“For You are my rock and my fortress;
Therefore, for Your name’s sake,
Lead me and guide me.”  Psalm 31:3
 
He is a refuge and strength.
“God is our refuge and strength,
A very present help in trouble.”  Psalm 46:1
 
He is peace.
Isaiah 26:3-4 is another portion of Scripture that causes me to stop and give thanks for God’s loving kindness and tender mercies to us.
“You will keep him in perfect peace, 
Whose mind is stayed on You,
Because he trust in You.
Trust in the LORD forever,
For in YAH, the LORD is everlasting strength.”
 
God’s attributes are beyond number!  Knowing Omnipotent, Omniscient, Omnipresent God starts with salvation and will take eternity!  We thank Him that in Christ Jesus we have eternity to do that!
 
I close with 1 John 3:1-3 because we know Him as Father!
“Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God!  Therefore the world does not know us because it did not know Him.
Beloved, now we are children of God and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.
And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.”
 
So we sing:
“Our God is an awesome God.
He reigns from Heaven above
With wisdom, power and love.
Our God is an awesome God!