God is deeply concerned about how we use His name, commanding us not to take it in vain (Exodus 20:7). The proper attitude toward His name is crucial to worshiping Him appropriately, as His names reveal aspects of His character and attributes, such as love, healer, holy, all-powerful, honorable, and glorious. The Hebrew text of the Old Testament contains many names for God, including Elohim, a plural noun referring to the God Family, and YHWH, often translated as LORD, deriving from a form of the Hebrew verb to be, meaning He exists or He causes to be. Scholars believe YHWH was originally pronounced as Yahweh, but the exact pronunciation has been lost over time since the Jews considered it too sacred to speak after the days of Ezra and Nehemiah, substituting it with Adonai, meaning Lord or Master. Some have suggested the pronunciation Jehovah, a hybrid created in AD 1520 by interjecting vowels into YHWH, but this lacks biblical basis. Other names like El, meaning mighty one, and Elah, used in Aramaic texts by Daniel and Ezra, also refer to God, showing that translations into English as God or Lord are acceptable despite similar terms being used for pagan deities. In the New Testament, Greek terms like Theos for God and Kurios for Lord are used by writers like Paul, indicating reverence for God's character over specific pronunciation. Jesus Himself, referred to as Iesous in Greek, emphasized the power and authority behind His name, not its sound, as seen in healings performed in His name (Acts 3:6). Salvation is not based on pronunciation, and God may have intentionally obscured the exact pronunciation of His name to prevent focus on sound rather than on who He is. Reverential fear and genuine respect through obedience truly honor God, far more than the sanctimonious use of a specific name or sound. Whether we use Yahweh, Elohim, the Eternal, the Creator, God, or Lord, the pronunciation is not as critical as properly revering and fearing the One behind the name, the Lord Your God.

The name of God holds significant importance in our beliefs, yet some have made it the central focus of their faith, leading to the rise of Sacred Name groups. Advocates of this movement insist that only Yahweh should be used when referring to God and Yahshua when referring to His Son, Jesus, claiming that using any other name is blasphemous. They assert that God is restoring His sacred name in these last days and that church members must pronounce it in a specific way. However, the irony lies in the uncertainty of how to pronounce God's name in Hebrew, with variations such as Yahvah, Yahwah, Yohwah, or Yahowah proposed alongside Yahweh, and Yeshua or Yahoshua for Jesus. Historically, after the Babylonian exile, Jews ceased using the personal name of the LORD, the Tetragrammaton YHWH, considering it too sacred to utter, replacing it vocally with Adonai, meaning 'My Lord.' At other times, religious Jews refer to God as Hashem, meaning 'The Name.' In contrast, the Bible's authors freely referred to God as Yahweh or Elohim in Hebrew, and Theos in Greek, and to our Savior as Iesous. The New Testament, written in Greek, uses Greek terms like Pater and Kyrios for the Father, not the Hebrew Yahweh, even in direct quotations and prayers such as the Lord's Prayer in Matthew 6:9. Furthermore, in Mark 15:34, Jesus cried out in Aramaic, 'Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?' translated as 'My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?' rather than using the personal name Yahweh. If Jesus, even in His most agonizing moment, did not use the so-called sacred name, it raises questions about the necessity of such a requirement. The insistence on using only Hebrew names for God and His Son lacks biblical mandate, as God does not limit us to one correct pronunciation or name, allowing for diverse linguistic expressions across cultures.

The contention of the so-called Sacred Name teaching is that the names of the Creator-Father and of His Son, the Savior, are sacred only in the Hebrew language. Advocates of this belief claim it is wrong, even sin, to use the names of the Father or the Son in the English language. They allow the use of English translations of the Bible, but insist that when it comes to the names of the Father and the Son, we must speak or write them in Hebrew. There is no scripture that supports this teaching or commands that these names must always be pronounced or written in the Hebrew language. The truth is, the names of God and of Christ are as sacred in one language as another, and no scripture states otherwise. Their basic premise is a false supposition that the name "God" is of pagan origin, leading them to argue that using it is a pagan custom and thus sinful. However, this contention is not substantiated by the Scriptures and is contrary to the usage of Christ, the apostles, and the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.