Acts 4:26...Isn't the Christ himself the Lord? is the question. Answer: Yes he is! The real question should be, however: Should the title of Lord be used in respect of the Father?
Soon, all nations will have to know that the Almighty is again to be known by his name, JHVH (Jehovah), or YHWH (Yahweh), which will no longer be profaned..."And I will vindicate the holiness of My great name which has been profaned (disrespected) among the nations..." Ezek, 36:23 NASB. No longer will a mere title (Lord) be accepted as a substitute for...What did he say? Oh, yes, he said...My great name... Jesus, while on earth, with regard to the main prayer, the "Our Father", discloses the importance of the reverence of the name by saying that it should be (continually) sanctified/hallowed and even sees fit to lead off with same.
As it was in the OT, so should it be in the NT
Why, oh why, should the onus be on us, mere mortals, to have to differentiate between the Almighty and Jesus, when it comes to the majority of "modern day" bible translations, which let's face it, have a trinitarian bias, when it comes to identification (but not limited to). We should use their names. At least they have ascribed names, and as was the custom in biblical times, they have distinct meanings, which is more than we can say for the, so called, Holy Spirit (capitalization's not mine), who doesn't even have a personal name, but let's leave the, so called, HS, aside for now.
Angels, people, animals and other inanimate things, have names. Would it be consistent for the one who saw to the creation of all these things to be nameless?
"All scripture is inspired by God..."..2 Tim,3:16. Hence translating the Bible is a weighty responsibility. Words of warning:- "I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God shall add to him the plagues which are written in this book; and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the tree of life and from the holy city, which are written in this book."..Rev,18,19 of the NASB.
In times past, God's name in the form of the Tetragrammaton was made part of the decoration of many religious buildings.
Would we be showing honor to Jesus to remove "ALL" mention of his name in the Bible and replace it with a mere title, like "Teacher," or "Mediator"? Of course not! We can relate to Jesus when we use his name, at least in the way it is commonly pronounced in our language.
"O magnify "Jehovah" with me, you people and let us exalt his name together."..Psalm of David, 34:3, as rendered in the NWT. How can readers of Bible translations that omit God's name respond fully to that exhortation... In the NASB, "Jehovah" is substituted by "Lord"... In short, it truly matters...
Consequently, we can see that removing the name can lead to confusion. Psalm 110:1 says: "The Lord said unto my Lord, sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool." (Authorized Version). Who is talking to whom? How much better the rendering: "The utterance of Jehovah to my Lord is: 'Sit at my right hand until I place your enemies as a stool for your feet.'"..NWT.
John W.Davis, a missionary in China during the 19th century, a Trinitarian by the way, said this... If anyone should say that there are cases in which the use of Jehovah would be wrong, let him show the reason why; the onus probandi [burden of proof] rests upon him.....
Finally, for now at least (particularly as I truly respect a few of you posters with the Trinitarian bent, to the point of even being in awe), I, at the risk of possible ridicule now quote a passage from Page 27 of the JW's pamphlet, headed: The DIVINE NAME That Will Endure Forever....
How does Jehovah view those who remove his name from the Bible? If you were an author, how would you feel about someone who went to great lengths to remove your name from the book you authored? Translators who object to the name, doing so on account of problems of pronunciation, or because of Jewish tradition, might be compared to those who Jesus said "strain out the gnat but gulp down the camel!" (Matt, 23:24). They stumble over these smaller problems but end up creating a major problem - by removing the name of the greatest personage in the universe, from the book that He inspired.....