Message by Larry Thacker Jr. for March 18: I AM
In this podcast, I share with you from Exodus 3:13-15. Our web site automatically hyperlinks the verse reference to ESV but you’ll understand it better if you read it here.Moses has been called by God to lead the Israelites out of captivity in Egypt, but he’s not to sure he should be the one. He asks God who he should say told him to do this, and God responds in this passage, “I am that I am.” In that time much more than today, names were given with meaning attached. In a most simple yet most profound statement, God has described Himself. He simply is. He created all that is. He establishes reality. He is. He can’t be explained. He can’t be controlled. He can’t be confined or defined by anyone but Himself. This is the way He has chosen to be known throughout the ages. He is “I AM!” Yahweh is the English rendition of the Hebrew name.
I think we have lost something powerful by hiding His name in most of our translations, so I want to take some time to share with you what little I can fathom of the glorious mystery that is I AM.
