‘Then Moses said to God, “Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is His name?’ 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.”’ Exodus 3:13-14
What’s in a name? When you meet someone for the first time typically one of the first things to do is to ask the person his/her name. This helps you identify the person in future and forms the basis for having a meaningful relationship with the person.
In historical times a person’s name reflected the circumstances surrounding the person’s birth or family at the time he/she was born, or who the parents believed the person would become. So, a name was very important in the time of Moses.
When Moses asked the Lord his name in Exodus 3, Moses wanted to provide his fellow Israelites with an idea of the attributes of the deity that was sending him and God showed Moses first-hand that He could not be limited by anyone’s idea of who He is or should be. By introducing Himself as, “I Am who I Am”, the Lord demonstrates that He already is whoever we need Him to be and so much more…
In this study we will be exploring some of the names of God with the understanding that each name reveals a different attribute. We certainly cannot exhaust all His attributes on this side of eternity, so the goal is for us to identify how He has revealed Himself to us already and also gain some understanding of how much more there is to Him.
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