God’s Name and Nature

Exodus 6-8; Luke 23 

“God also said to Moses, ‘I am the Lord. I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name the Lord I did not make myself known to them. I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan…’”

Exodus 6:2-4

The progressive revelation of God’s name and nature to those with whom he covenants is the story of human history. Moses received God’s name, “I am”, the self-existent one. Jesus later declared “…before Abraham was born, I am” (John 8:58). It was the Lord Jesus who appeared to Moses and redeemed his people from their slavery in Egypt. In Christ, the fullness of God’s name and nature dwells. We, too, have the privilege of covenanting with God through Jesus Christ and learning to know the great “I am” – “Yahweh”. We, too, have been delivered from the slavery of sin and death and given an inheritance in the kingdom of God. We, too, testify to God’s name and nature by our story of walking with God by faith.

What aspects of God’s name and nature can we testify to today?

“Lord Jesus, you are faithful, our deliverance, and our source of life today, for your glory.”