“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say?” Luke 6:46
Adonai YHWH
Adonai is the Hebrew word for lord. Elohim is the Hebrew word for God. El is sometimes referred to as El, Eloh etc. Elohim is the God of Abraham, Isaac & Jacob, the Creator, the God of the universe. The word god is the English word for a deity, originally germanic conceptions of the divine. In one sense all words are simply letters put together. So we don’t get carried away with overexaggerating any sort of innate importance in letters and words. Nevertheless, words mean things, and names do have significance. Most importantly the meanings, truths, realities, the things, people and persons referred to by words and names are where the significance is. Jesus aka Yeshua said you call me lord LORD. This is a clear reference to the prophetic phrase adonai YHWH which intentionally removes all doubt that Jesus used the name of Yahweh as being referred to himself. This is clear because the use of lord LORD in the Hebrew scriptures only occurs as the use of the Hebrew word lord followed by the name Elohim gave as His own which is Yahweh.
Jesus clearly emphasized here that there is no value in saying the words adonai and Yahweh, rather the value is in doing what God says, in doing what Jesus commands.
Love one another.
Love the LORD your God with all your heart, soul, mind & strength. And love your neighbor as yourself.
שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ יְהוָה אֶחָֽד
בָּרוּךְ שֵׁם כְּבוֹד מַלְכוּתוֹ לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד
וְאָ֣הַבְתָּ֔ אֵ֖ת יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ בְּכָל־לְבָבְךָ֥ וּבְכָל־נַפְשְׁךָ֖ וּבְכָל־מְאֹדֶֽך
V’ahavta l’reacha kamocha.
Wisdom in the WORD 