Ep. 344 1 min
Exodus 3:14
I AM WHO I AM.
When Moses asked for God's name, the answer was a sentence, not a label.
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Ep. 344 · Exodus 3:14
Key takeaways
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- 01Moses asked God for a name to give the Israelites. He got a verb.
- 02'I AM' means God is self-existent — not derived from anything.
- 03It also means he is present-tense — always currently here.
- 04Every other name in the Bible is a footnote to this one.
Transcript
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Moses is standing in front of a burning bush. God is sending him to Pharaoh. Moses asks the obvious question: when they ask me your name, what do I say?
God answers: I AM WHO I AM. Then: Tell them I AM has sent me to you.
That isn't a name in any normal sense. It's a verb in first person, present tense. God's name is essentially 'being itself' — he simply is, and always is.
Everything else exists because he sustains it. He doesn't. He's the only thing in the universe that doesn't need anything to keep him going.
And he's always present-tense. Not 'I was' or 'I will be.' I AM. Whatever you're walking into today, the name of the God you're walking with is I AM.
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