Episode 128: The Family Altar Audio Devotional – Day 94

Episode Summary:

Thou, even thou, art Lord alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee. Thou art the Lord the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham; (Neh. 9:6-7)

45 Now, and many times, names are in the Bible. We don’t notice it no more, today. We…You’ve often heard me scorn this name, of children calling…or people calling their children “Ricky.” Now, Ricky is a horrible name! See? And it’s a…you mustn’t call them that. If you got a child named Ricky, for goodness sakes, change it to something else. Ricky, or—or Elvis, or something like that…Ricky means “a rat.” See? And so you—you go…And—and what you call a person, that impresses that. A little lady, the other day, had a little boy out there called “Ricky” and his name’s Ricky, James Ricky. And because it was so popular (Ricky), they called him “Ricky.” I said, “Change that name!”

46 I notice some people setting right here now that’s got a little grandson, and his name is…the one—one little boy’s a sweetest, pleasant little fellow; and the other one is Ricky, and that’s what he is. You just watch him, his nature’s just like that. And he…I said to some of his grandparents, or someone, I said, “Tell the mother change the name of that boy, just change that name over and watch what happens to the kid.” See, you people don’t want to believe that. We think we’ve lived too long for that.

47 If there isn’t something in a name, then why as long as Jacob was called Jacob, which means “supplanter, deceiver,” that’s what he was? But when he wrestled with the Lord all night, and the Lord changed his name, and about…when he was about sixty years old. He changed his name from—from—from Jacob to Israel, “a prince before God,” and that’s what he was.

Why was Abram called…had to be called “Abraham” before the baby could be born? Why was Sarai called “Sarah” before the baby could be born?

Why was Paul…or call…his name was Saul, but when he met Jesus, He changed him from Saul to “Paul.”

When Simon was changed from Simon to Peter, which means “little stone.” And—and all their names were changed, is because what you are called is something about it. When you speak something, it identifies itself. I don’t want to get in there, ’cause that’s coming up next Sunday night, see, identification of a word. And, but now, we find these things so true.

63-1222 – “God’s Gifts Always Find Their Places”
Rev. William Marrion Branham

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