Called by His Name
By Pastor Jim Jester
August 16, 2026
SCRIPTURE TEXT: 2 Chronicles 7:14
“If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”
Who are God’s people, and what does it mean to be called by God’s name? What saith the Scriptures?
Deu 32:9 For the LORD'S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
Ps 147:19 He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel. 20 He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they [other races] have not known them.
Isa 45:4 For Jacob my servant's sake and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
Isa 46:3 Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:
Isa 59:20 And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD. 21 As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.
Are not all of these racist statements? Of course they are. One should also read Ezra chapters 9-10 when it was discovered that many of Israel married “strange wives.” The Israelites had to prove their identity.



