Our Father 7: Saying God's name—or not!

In Matthew 6:9, Yeshua (Jesus) honoured a Jewish tradition that was well-established by that time: he avoided pronouncing the name of God altogether, even while offering a petition that the name be sanctified/hallowed. The apostles continued this tradition: In writing the New Testament they could easily have transliterated the Tetragrammaton—the four Hebrew letters spelling God’s personal name—into Greek. Instead, they feared God and followed Yeshua’s example of using circumlocutions like “Father,” “Heaven” or “Lord” in place of God’s name. Christian tradition has continued the practice to this day, which is why we see “the LORD” (in capitals) in place of the holy name throughout the “Old Testament” of Christian Bibles. While the holy name is one of the most common words of the Hebrew scriptures (appearing 6828 times), it does not appear in the New Testament at all.

This should give us reason to regard the use of circumlocutions for God's name as a Christian tradition just as much as it is a Jewish tradition (at least since the close of the Hebrew scriptures). Rabbi Yeshua kept Jewish tradition regarding the avoidance of speaking of God's name, and so did his apostles. So, what should you do?