Name of God

interesting topic that many people get very worked up about. . . so let's explore it alittle =)
Exodus 34
4 So Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the first ones and went up Mount Sinai early in the morning, as the LORD had commanded him; and he carried the two stone tablets in his hands. 5 Then the LORD came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the LORD. 6 And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, "The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, 7 maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation."
[a] 14 Do not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
Exodus 6:3
3 I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty, [a] but by my name the LORD [b] I did not make myself known to them. [c]


Footnotes:

Exodus 6:3 Hebrew El-Shaddai
Exodus 6:3 See note at Exodus 3:15.
Exodus 6:3 Or Almighty, and by my name the LORD did I not let myself be known to them?
Exodus 15:3
3 The LORD is a warrior;
the LORD is his name.
Exodus 3:14-15
14 God said to Moses, "I am who I am . [a] This is what you are to say to the Israelites: 'I AM has sent me to you.' "
15 God also said to Moses, "Say to the Israelites, 'The LORD, [b] 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, the name by which I am to be remembered from generation to generation.
Footnotes:
Exodus 3:14 Or I will be what I will be
Exodus 3:15 The Hebrew for LORD sounds like and may be derived from the Hebrew for I am in verse 14.
Psalm 83:18
18 Let them know that you, whose name is the LORD—
that you alone are the Most High over all the earth.
Acts 8:16-17 16(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) 17Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
Acts 19:4-5 4Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. 5When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Acts 22:16 'And now why are you waiting? Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord

So the question is what is God's name? God? LORD (which in Hebrew sounds like Yehweh)? I AM? Jesus? I read a wierd thing on it. I think it is a word problem. We want to give God a name because that is what we are used to, labels, but God is not something we are used to and understand. He is unconcievable. He is more than just the good charateristics we know of him. . . he has a soul like us.

who are we? god's children. . . yes. . . more than our names, more that our interests, more than our characteristics, there is a little something more. Our souls. So i have read arguments about the name of God, but honestly, does it matter what we call him as long as we live with him? For a rose by any other name would still smell as sweet. . . and what parent would ignore or punish a child for misunderstanding how to say their name? Interesting topic. . .

God Bless!
your sister in christ~Erin