God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM,” and he said, “You shall tell the children of Israel this: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
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… I am, is the most holy name for God, Yahweh. It was the name that God identified himself by when he appeared before Moses in the burning bush. Remember in Exodus 3.14, Moses said, Who am I to say sent me to you, Pharaoh? And God said to Moses, I am who I am. And he said, thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, I am has sent me to you. I am Yahweh, the most holy God, the only God. The Pharisees understood what Jesus was saying when he said before Abraham was, I am, because look at verse 59. Therefore they picked up stones to throw at him. They understood what Jesus was saying with two little words. Jesus was saying, I am God. Secondly, consider Jesus' declaration to Caiaphas. It's found in Mark 14, verses 60 to 65. Remember the night before Jesus was crucified, he was arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane, and throughout the night, he went through five different trials. They weren't real trials. They were more like kangaroo courts, but they were pseudo trials. And one of those trials was before Caiaphas, the high priest. It was late at night. Caiaphas was tired. The Jews came and said, this man Jesus is claiming to be the Messiah. Caiaphas was ready to call it a night. And so he said, let's just cut to the chase about all of this. He says in verse 61 to Jesus, are you the Christ, the son of the blessed one? And Jesus answered with two words in verse 62, …
… What shall I say to them? And God said to Moses, I am who I am. That's the answer. I am who I am. And he said, thus you shall say to the children of Israel, I am has sent me to you. What is this I am? What is this God, this God of the Bible who says, I am who I am? This is what it means. I am the one who is absolutely self-contained, eternally existing. I am outside all things that exist because I am the origin of what exists. I do not live in time. I am not physical. I'm spirit. And I am the one and only. There's no other. There's not a second I am. I think I saw some lunatic on, I'm not going to say what Christian program, but the guy, I mean, I'm going to tell you, I actually have this on tape. Because I thought, I thought I was going to witness somebody frying on television. This guy said, this guy said, I'm telling you right now. …
… What shall I say to them? And God said to Moses, I am who I am. And he said, thus you shall say to the children of Israel, I am has sent me to you. Moreover, God said to Moses, thus you shall say to the children of Israel, the Lord 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 this is my memorial to all generations. Let's pray together. Father, we come to you tonight and we know that it is your delight to reveal more of yourself to us as we have your word open. God, I pray that our minds and our hearts would be attuned to your voice as you have spoken through your word. Lord, please show us more of who you are. Take us deeper in our knowledge of you. Take us deeper in our relationship with you. We delight to know you. Lord, this is your time. …
… What shall I say to them? God said to Moses, I am who I am. He said further, thus you shall say to the Israelites, I am has sent me to you. God also said to Moses, thus you shall say to the Israelites, the Lord, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob has sent me to you. this is my name forever and this is my title for all generations this is the word of God for you the people of God thanks be to God The name. That's the phrase that many faithful Jews use when referring to the sacred word that God shares with Moses at the foot of Mount Horeb, the name. Whenever it appears in scripture, God's self-disclosed name looks sort of basic. It's composed of four letters. You can see those four letters on the cover of your bulletin. Four Hebrew letters floating above the burning bush, painted by Chagall. Four Hebrew letters like an autograph hovering with the sun as its background. …
What shall I say to them? God said to Moses, I am who I am. He said further, thus you shall say to the Israelites, I am has sent me to you. God also said to Moses, thus you shall say to the Israelites, the Lord, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is my name forever, and this is my title for all generations. This is the word of God for you, the people of God. Thanks be to God. The name. That's the phrase that many faithful Jews use when referring to the sacred word that God shares with Moses at the foot of Mount Horeb, the name. Whenever it appears in scripture, God's self-disclosed name looks sort of basic. It's composed of four letters. You can see those four letters on the cover of your bulletin. Four Hebrew letters floating above the burning bush, painted by Chagall. Four Hebrew letters like an autograph hovering with the sun as its background. …
And he said, here's what you tell him. God said to Moses, I am who I am. One Hebrew word, haya. This is what you are to say to the Israelites. I am has sent me to you. What a name. What a name. It's the first time God is using this name. It's the first time he's telling anybody this name. And he's saying, I am. It's the verb to be. He's saying, I be. He's really just saying be. If you want to tell him who sent you, tell him be sent you. I am God in this moment. I've always been God, and I'm always going to be God. I've existed since eternity past. I exist now, and I'm going to exist into eternity future. I am the God who has no beginning and the God who has no ending. I exist. That is my name. My name is I am that I am. And they said to this prophet, so they thought, and who do you think you are? …
God is who he says he is, who will do what he says he will do. Exodus chapter 3 verse 14. God said to Moses, I am who I am. This is what you are to say to the Israelites. I am has sent me to you. Now, maybe you're like, that's a weird name. And certainly it was significant and special and unusual in Moses' time. See, this phrase, I am, when Moses asked God, he was like, hey, who am I supposed to say sent me to tell you this? Moses was waiting for a lineage response. because that would give you credibility to your claims. I'm so-and-so, son of so-and-so, son of so-and-so. That's why you should read the genealogies. It's kind of boring, but just read through them. You'll begin to, you know, the trees, family trees, that's what we're saying. Moses was waiting for the link. He was waiting for the family tree. Oh, so you're connected with that person, connected with that? Okay, now I can go, and when I say it, I just name-dropped. …