2724、“在那里求告（耶和华）永恒神的名”表示来自它的敬拜。这从“求告神的名”的含义清楚可知，“求告神的名”是指敬拜（参看440节）。那些属于古教会的人并不将“名”理解为名字，而是理解为全部性质或品质（参看144-145，440，768，1754，1896，2009节）。因此，他们将“神的名”理解为一个整体上敬拜神的一切事物或方法，因而理解为爱与信的一切。但当敬拜的内在消亡，只剩下外在时，他们就开始将神的名只理解为名字。事实上，他们甚至敬拜名字本身，却不关心他们是出于什么样的爱和信在敬拜，或说是什么样的爱和信在驱使他们敬拜。因此，各个民族开始按他们的神之名来区分自己，表明自己的身份。犹太人和以色列人则将自己置于其他民族之上，因为他们拜耶和华。他们将敬拜的本质置于说出并求告这个名字本身；而事实上，只敬拜名字根本不是敬拜，因为就连最坏的人也能这样做，他们在只敬拜名字的时候会成为更大的亵渎者。
由于“神的名”表示敬拜的一切或全部，也就是我们敬拜主所基于的爱与信的一切或全部，所以你能看出主祷文（马太福音6:9）中“愿人都尊你的名为圣”这句话是什么意思；你还能看出主说下面这些话是什么意思，即：
你们要为我的名被众人恨恶。（马太福音10:22）
若是你们中间有两个人在地上奉我的名同心合意地求什么事，我在天上的父，必为他们成全。因为无论在哪里，有两三个人奉我的名聚会，那里就有我在他们中间。（马太福音18:19-20）
凡为我的名撇下房屋或是弟兄、姐妹、父亲、母亲、妻子、儿女、田地的，必要得着百倍，并且承受永生。（马太福音19:29）
和散那归于大卫的子孙！奉主名来的，是应当称颂的！（马太福音21:9）
耶稣说，从今以后，你们不得再见我，直等到你们说，奉主名来的，是应当称颂的。（马太福音23:39）
你们必为我的名被所有民族恨恶。那时，必有许多人跌倒，彼此出卖，彼此恨恶。（马太福音24:9-10）
凡接待祂的，就是信祂名的人，祂就赐他们权柄，作神的儿女。（约翰福音1:12）
不信的人，已经受了审判，因为他不信神独生子的名。（约翰福音3:18）
耶稣说，你们奉我的名无论求什么，我必作成。（约翰福音14:14-15；15:16；16:23-24，26-27）
耶稣说，我已将你的名显明与世人。（约翰福音17:6）
圣父啊，求你因你所赐给我的名保守他们，叫他们合而为一，像我们一样。（约翰福音17:11-12）
我已让他们认识你的名，还要让他们认识，使你所爱我的爱在他们里面，我也在他们里面。（约翰福音17:26）
要叫你们信耶稣是基督，是神的儿子，并且叫你们信了，就可以因祂的名得生命。（约翰福音20:31）
更不用说旧约中的众多经文了；其中，耶和华或神的“名”并非表示名字，而是表示敬拜所基于的整体上的爱与信，或说激发敬拜的爱与信的一切驱动力。
论到那些只敬拜名字，却没有爱和信的人，经上在马太福音中这样说：
当那日，必有许多人对我说，主啊，主啊，我们不是奉你的名说预言，奉你的名赶鬼，奉你的名行许多异能吗？但我必向他们声明，我不认识你们，你们这些作恶的人，离开我吧。（马太福音7:22-23）
如前所述，一旦教会成员从内在变得外在，开始将敬拜唯独置于一个名字，那么他们就不再承认一神，而是承认多神。因为古人有这样一个习俗：在耶和华的名字后面加上某种东西，从而回想起祂的某种好处或属性，如在本节：“他求告（耶和华）永恒神的名。”下一章：
亚伯拉罕给那地方起名叫耶和华以勒，就是耶和华必看见。（创世记22:14）
出埃及记：
摩西筑了一座坛，给它起名叫耶和华尼西，就是耶和华是我旌旗。（出埃及记17:15）
士师记：
基甸在那里为耶和华筑了一座坛，称它为耶和华沙龙，就是耶和华的平安。（士师记6:24）
此外还有其它地方。正是由于这种习俗，那些将敬拜唯独置于一个名字的人承认如此多的神；在外邦人当中，尤其在希腊和罗马，有如此多的神被承认和敬拜；而这些属性名字或称谓所源于的古教会，从来不拜多神，只拜一神。他们之所以用如此多的名字来崇敬这一位神，是因为他们将“名”理解为性质或品质。
Potts(1905-1910) 2724
2724. And called there on the name of the God of eternity. That this signifies worship therefrom, is evident from the signification of "calling upon the name of God," as being worship (see n. 440). They who were of the Ancient Church did not by a name understand the name, but all the quality (see n. 144-145, 440, 768, 1754, 1896, 2009); and thus by the "name of God" all that in one complex by which God was worshiped, consequently everything of love and faith; but when the internal of worship perished, and only the external remained, they then began to understand by the name of God nothing else than the name, so much so that they worshiped the name itself, feeling no care about the love and the faith from which they worshiped. On this account the nations began to distinguish themselves by the names of their gods; and the Jews and Israelites set themselves up above the rest, because they worshiped Jehovah, placing the essential of worship in uttering the name and invoking it, when in truth the worship of a name only is no worship, and may also be found among the worst of men, who thereby profane the more. [2] But as by the "name of God" everything of worship is signified, that is, everything of love and faith from which He is worshiped, it is therefore evident what is meant by "hallowed be Thy Name," in the Lord's Prayer (Matt. 6:9); also by what the Lord said:
Ye shall be hated for My name's sake (Matt. 10:22). If two shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them by My Father who is in the heavens; for where two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of them (Matt. 18:19-20). Everyone that hath left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for My name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life (Matt. 19:29). Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord (Matt. 21:9). Jesus said, Ye shall not see Me henceforth till ye shall say, Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord (Matt. 23:39). Ye shall be hated of all nations for My name's sake and then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another (Matt. 24:9-10). As many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, to them that believe on His name (John 1:12). He that believeth not is judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God (John 3:18). Jesus said, Whatsoever ye shall ask in My name, that will I do (John 14:14-15; 15:16; 16:23-24, 26-27). Jesus said, I have manifested Thy name unto the men (John 17:6). Holy Father, keep them in Thy name whom Thou hast given Me, that they may be one, as We are (John 17:11-12). I have made known unto them Thy name, and will make it known; that the love wherewith Thou hast loved Me may be in them, and I in them (John 17:26). That ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye may have life in His name (John 20:31). Besides very many passages in the Old Testament, in which by the "name" of Jehovah and of God the name is not meant, but everything of love and faith from which is worship. [3] But they who worship a name only, without love and faith, are thus spoken of in Matthew:
Many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied by Thy name, and by Thy name have cast out demons, and in Thy name done many mighty works? But I will confess unto them, I know you not; depart from Me ye that work iniquity (Matt. 7:22-23). When as before said the men of the church became external, from being internal, and began to place worship in a name alone, they then no longer acknowledged one God, but many. For it was a common thing for the ancients to add something to the name of Jehovah, and thereby call to mind some benefit or attribute of His, as in the passage before us, "he called upon the name of the God of eternity;" and in the following chapter (22), "Abraham called the name of that place, Jehovah-jireh," that is, "Jehovah shall see" (verse 14). "Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi," that is, "Jehovah my banner" (Exod. 17:15); "Gideon built an altar there unto Jehovah, and called it Jehovah-shalom" that is, "Jehovah of peace" (Judges 6:24); besides other places. From this it came to pass that they who placed worship in a name only, acknowledged so many gods; and also that among the Gentiles, especially in Greece and at Rome, so many gods were acknowledged and worshiped; whereas the Ancient Church, from which the epithets emanated, never worshiped but one God, reverenced under so many names, because by the "name" they understood the quality.
Elliott(1983-1999) 2724
2724. 'And there he called on the name of [Jehovah,] the God of Eternity' means worship from it. This is clear from the meaning of 'calling on the name of God' as worship, dealt with in 440. Those who belonged to the Ancient Church did not understand merely name by the word 'name' but the entire nature, see 144, 145, 340, 768,1754,1896, 2009. Thus by 'the name of God' they understood everything in one embrace by which God was worshipped, consequently everything of love and faith. But once the internal aspect of worship perished and only the external was left people began to understand nothing else by 'the name of God' than the name. Indeed they went so far as to worship the name itself, being quite indifferent to what the love and the faith were in which their worship was grounded. As a result of this nations began to identify themselves by the names of their gods, the Jews and Israelites setting themselves above the rest because they worshipped Jehovah. They made the utterance and the calling upon the name itself the essential feature of worship; but in fact worship of the name alone is not worship at all, for that practice may exist even among the worst of people who in worshipping the name alone become greater profaners.
[2] Now because 'the name of God' means the entirety of worship, that is, the love and faith in their entirety from which He is worshipped, it is therefore clear what is meant by hallowed be Your name - in the Lord's Prayer, Matt 6: 9, and what by the following words spoken by the Lord,
You will be hated by everyone for My name's sake. Matt 10: 22.
If two of you agree in My name on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by My Father who is in heaven. Where two or three are gathered in My name, there am I in the midst of them. Matt 18: 19, 20.
He who leaves houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields, for My name's sake, will receive a hundredfold and will be allotted the inheritance of eternal life. Matt 19: 29.
Hosanna to the son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Matt 21: 9.
Jesus said, You will not see Me from now on until you say, Blessed is the one coming in the name of the Lord. Matt 23: 39.
You will be hated by all nations for My name's sake. Then many will stumble and betray one another, and hate one another, and all for My name's sake.a Matt 24: 9, 10.
As many as received Him, to them He gave power to be sons of God, to those believing in His name, John 1:-12.
He who does not believe is judged already because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. John 3:-17, 18.
Jesus said, Whatever you ask in My name, I will do it. John 14:-14, 15; 15: 16; 16: 23, 24, 26, 27.
Jesus said, I have manifested Your name to men. John 17:-6.
Holy Father, keep them in Your name whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are one. John 17:-11, 12.
I made known to them Your name, and I will make known that the love with which You have loved Me may be in them, and I in them. John 17:-26.
That you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name. John 20:-37.
There are in addition very many places in the Old Testament in which the name of Jehovah and of God is not used to mean the name but love and faith in their entirety in which worship is grounded.
[3] But those who worship the name alone, without love and faith, are spoken of in Matthew as follows,
Many will say to Me on that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy through Your name, and cast out demons through Your name, and do many mighty works in Your name? But I will confess to them, I do not know you; depart from Me, you workers of iniquity. Matt 7: 22, 23.
As has been stated, once the member of the Church from being internal became external, and began to make worship consist in a name alone, people no longer acknowledged one God but many. For it was a custom among the ancients to add something after the name of Jehovah and by doing that to call to mind some benefit or attribute of His, as in the present verse, 'He called on the name of [Jehovah,] the God of Eternity'. Another example occurs in the next chapter,
Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah Jireh (that is, Jehovah will see). Gen 22: 14.
And the following, among others, are further examples,
Moses built an altar and called the name of it Jehovah Nissi (that is, Jehovah is my banner). Exod 17: 15.
Gideon built an altar to Jehovah and called it [the altar] of Jehovah Shalom (that is, of peace). Judg 6: 24.
It was from this custom that those who made worship consist in a name alone came to acknowledge so many gods, and also that among the gentiles, especially those in Greece and Rome, so many gods came to be acknowledged and worshipped, whereas the Ancient Church from which those attributive names derived always worshipped but one God who was revered under so many names, for the reason that by 'name' they understood the essential nature.
Latin(1748-1756) 2724
2724. `Et invocavit ibi nomen Dei aeternitatis': quod significet cultum inde, constat a significatione `invocare nomen Dei' quod sit cultus, de qua n. 440: qui ab Antiqua Ecclesia fuerunt, per `nomen: non intellexerunt nomen, sed omne quale, videatur n. 144, 145, 340: 768, 1754, 1896, 2009; ita per `nomen Dei' omne in uno complexu per quod colebatur Deus, proinde omne amoris et fidei: cum autem periit internum cultus et modo externum remansit, tunc per nomen Dei nihil aliud intelligere coeperunt quam nomen, usque adeo ut ipsum nomen colerent, nihil curantes ex quo amore, et ex qua fide; ideo distinguere se coeperunt gentes per nomina deorum, et se praetulerunt Judaei et Israelitae reliquis per quod Jehovam colerent, ponentes in nominando et invocando {1} nomen, essentiale cultus, cum tamen cultus solius nominis sit nullus cultus, dabilis etiam apud pessimos, qui per id magis profanant: [2] at quia per `nomen Dei' significatur omne cultus, hoc est, omne amoris et fidei ex quibus colitur, inde constat {2} quid intelligitur per `sanctificetur nomen Tuum,' in Oratione Domini, Matth. vi 9; et per haec quae Dominus dixit, Eritis odio habiti [a] quibuscumque propter nomen Meum, Matth. x 22:Si duo [ex vobis] consenserint in nomine Meo super terra, de omni re, quamcumque petierint, fiet iis a Patre Meo, Qui in caelis est: ubi sunt duo aut tres congregati in nomine Meo, ibi sum in medio eorum, Matth. xviii [19], 20:
Qui relinquit domos, aut fratres, aut sorores, aut patrem, aut matrem, aut uxorem, aut liberos, aut agros, propter nomen Meum, centuplum accipiet, et vitae aeternae sortietur hereditatem, Matth. xix 29:
Osanna filio Davidis, benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini, Matth. xxi 9:
Jesus dixit, Non Me videbitis posthac, donec dicatis, Benedictus veniens in nomine Domini, Matth. xxiii 39 Eritis odio habiti ab omnibus gentibus propter nomen Meum, immo tunc scandalizabuntur multi, et se invicem tradent, et odio habebunt se invicem, et haec omnia propter nomen Meum, Matth. xxiv 9, 10:
Quotquot Ipsam receperunt, dedit illis potestatem, ut filii Dei essent, credentibus in nomen Ipsius, Joh. i 12:
Qui non credit, jam judicatus est, quia non credidit in nomen unigeniti Filii Dei, Joh. iii 17, 18:
Jesus dixit, Quodcumque petieritis in nomine Meo, hoc faciam, Joh. xiv 14, 15; xv 16; xvi 23, 24, 26, 27:
Jesus dixit, Manifestavi Tuum nomen hominibus, Joh. xvii 6:
Pater Sancte, serva illos in nomine Tuo, quos dedisti Mihi, ut sint unum, sicut Nos, Joh. xvii 11, 12:
Notum feci illis nomen Tuum, et notam faciam, ut amor, quo amasti Me, in illis sit, et Ego in illis, Joh. xvii 26:
Ut credatis, quod Jesus sit Christus Filius Dei, et ut credentes vitam habeatis in nomine Ipsius, Joh. xx 31;
praeter in permultis locis in Veteri Testamento, in quibus per nomen Jehovae et Dei, non intelligitur nomen, sed omne amoris et fidei, ex quo cultus. [3] Qui autem solam nomen colunt, absque amore et fide, de illis ita apud Matthaeum, Multi dicent Mihi in die isto, Domine, Domine, nonne per nomen Tuum prophetavimus, et per nomen Tuum daemonia ejecimus, et in nomine Tuo multas virtutes fecimus? sed confitebor iis, Non novi vos, discedite a Me operantes iniquitatem, vii 22, 23. Cum, ut dictum, homo Ecclesiae ab interno factus est externus, et in solo nomine coepit ponere cultum, tunc non magis unum agnoverunt Deum, sed plures; sollemne enim antiquis fuit aliquid adjicere nomini Jehovae, ac inde recordari alicujus beneficii aut attributi Ipsius, ut hic, `Invocavit nomen Dei aeternitatis.' In cap. seq. xxii, Vocavit Abraham nomen loci illius, Jehovah Jirah, hoc est {3}, videbit, vers. 14:
Aedificabat Moses altare, et vocavit nomen ejus, Jehovah Nissi, hoc est {4}, vexillum meum, Exod. xvii 15:
Aedificabat Gideon altare Jehovae, et vocavit Jehovae Shalom, hoc est {3}, pacis, Jud. vi 24;
praeter alia; inde factum, quod qui in solo nomine ponerent {4} cultum, tot deos agnoscerent; et quod etiam inde apud gentiles, imprimis in Graecia, et Romae, tot dii agniti et culti sint, cum tamen Antiqua Ecclesia a qua epitheta illa emanaverunt, nusquam nisi quam unum Deum sub tot nominibus veneratum coluit, ex causa quia per `nomen' intellexit quale {5}. @1 i ipsum.$ @2 constare potest.$ @3 seu.$ @4 ponebant.$ @5 nihil aliud intellexit quam quale.$