And God said further, ‘You must tell the Israelites this, that it is JEHOVAH the God of their forefathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob, who has sent you to them. This is my name for ever; this is my title in every generation.

24. (a) Why, then, have Christians no right to change matters respecting God’s name? (b) What action was appropriate as taken by dedicated, baptized Christians met in general convention in 1931?

²⁴ Since he said that Jehovah is his name forever and is his title in every generation, it is his name and title today, in our generation. We, even as Christians, have no right to change that. “Jehovah” is his Memorial name, according to the American Standard Version Bible, which does not use the word “title” but says: “This is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.” (Ex. 3:15, AS) It was his memorial in the very first generation of mankind, for in the second chapter of the Holy Bible and in the fourth verse we read these words: “These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Jehovah God made earth and heaven.” (Gen. 2:4, AS) As a memorial it is his name by which to be remembered forever, in all generations.