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Do I believe that His word is holier than His name? Well, let's see. Christ is the eternal word of God who became flesh and lived among His creation. ( John 1:14 ) In the beginning the word already existed. He was with God and He was God. He created everything that exists. There is nothing that exists that He didn't make.Life itself was in Him and this light gives life to everyone. The light shines through the darkness andnothing can extinguish it.

Chrsit is the Word. Do I exhalt Him above the name of God? The two are the same yet different. Answering that question is trickier than you might believe. First, you have to look at at the definition of the Hebrew word used for "word: in this scripture. Then you have to examine the word "word" itself in the context in which it is used in the Psalms I quoted.

The word used here is 'imrah meaning the written word of God. God Himself magnified His word ( His laws, His promises, His judgements, etc ) above His own name. Reference Isaiah 42:21 where we are told "The Lord is well pleased for His righteousness' sake; He will magnify the law and make it honorable". The word for magnify here, just as in the Psalms is gadal, meaning to make great or powerful.

God has made himself known to us in many ways in creation and providence, but most clearly by his word. The judgments of his mouth are magnified even above those of his hand, and greater things are done by them. The wonders of grace exceed the wonders of nature; and what is discovered of God by revelation is much greater than what is discovered by reason. In what God had done for David his faithfulness to his work appeared more illustriously, and redounded more to his glory, than any other of his attributes.

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Happy New Year!

May God bless the discussion of His word this year!

I think you made an important point..that the word of God and the Word of God are not the same thing. Jesus is the Word made flesh

The word as used in the Psalm is the law.That Psalm say God has magnified His word ..not that we are to magnify the written word above His Holy Name. See how often in scripture there is reference to "my names sake". In the days of the OT a name stood for something it was not a trendy expression of the times. Each of the names of God express something of his character.

Isaiah 48
10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
11 For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.
12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.