First Name Basis
20/08/2023 - Matthew Destry
Exodus 3:13-15 (ESV)
Then Moses said to God, “If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what shall I say to them?” 14 God said to Moses, “I am who I am.” And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel: ‘I am has sent me to you.’” 15 God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel: ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations.
Context – People, place and time
- A personal name for a personal God
- A mysterious name for a boundless God
- It’s not about you
- The best is ahead
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God’s personal name:
Self existent – he needs nothing to be – he is causeless
Rest – in Him
All sufficient – he needs nothing to live – He is needless
Give – out of gratitude
Eternal – He is outside of space and time
Live – for forever
Unchangeable – He will not be corrupted, bribed or swayed from His mission
Trust – in His character
Present – He reveals his eternal name but in the context of time – in the context of generations
Worship – He is here
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We see Jesus
John 8:56–59 (ESV)
56 Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day. He saw it and was glad.” 57 So the Jews said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?” 58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.” 59 So they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple…