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\nExodus 3:13 \u00a0 <\/span>Then Moses said to God, \u201cIf I come to the people of Israel and say to them, \u2018The God of your fathers has sent me to you,\u2019 and they ask me, \u2018What is his name?\u2019 what shall I say to them?\u201d God said to Moses, \u201cI AM WHO I AM.\u201d And he said, \u201cSay this to the people of Israel: \u2018I AM has sent me to you.\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
There are many names given to God in Genesis: God Most High, Almighty God, Everlasting God, The Lord will Provide, and the God Who Sees. When God answers Moses question, \u201cThe God of your fathers has sent me to you,\u2019 and they ask me, \u2018What is his name?\u2019 what shall I say to them?\u201d, it might seem strange to refer to one\u2019s self with the phrase, \u201cI AM WHO I AM\u201d I AM sent you. God has no equal. If we say God is Love we cannot say Love is God for He is greater than love.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
God told Moses His name was\u00a0I AM<\/b>\u00a0because God simply\u00a0is; there was never a time when He did not exist, or a time when He will cease to exist. God told Moses His name was\u00a0I AM<\/b>\u00a0because God simply\u00a0is; there was never a time when He did not exist, or a time when He will cease to exist. I AM<\/b>: This is a divine title that Jesus took upon Himself often, clearly identifying Himself with the voice from the burning bush.<\/p>\n
i.\u00a0Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for if you do not believe that\u00a0I AM<\/b>\u00a0[He], you will die in your sins.\u00a0(John 8:24<\/span><\/a>)<\/p>\n
ii.\u00a0Then Jesus said to them, \u201cWhen you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that\u00a0I AM<\/b>\u00a0[He], and that I do nothing of Myself; but as My Father taught Me, I speak these things.\u201d\u00a0(John 8:28<\/span><\/a>)<\/p>\n
iii.\u00a0Jesus said to them, \u201cMost assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was,\u00a0I AM<\/b>.\u201d\u00a0(John 8:58<\/span><\/a>)<\/p>\n
iv.\u00a0Now I tell you before it comes, that when it does come to pass, you may believe that\u00a0I AM<\/b>. (John 13:19<\/span><\/a>)<\/p>\n
v.\u00a0Jesus therefore, knowing all things that would come upon Him, went forward and said to them, \u201cWhom are you seeking?\u201d They answered Him, \u201cJesus of Nazareth.\u201d Jesus said to them, \u201cI AM<\/b>\u00a0[He].\u201d And Judas, who betrayed Him, also stood with them. Now when He said to them, \u201cI am [He],\u201d they drew back and fell to the ground.\u00a0(John 18:4-6<\/span><\/a>) (Guzik)<\/p>\n
It is also connected with the idea that God is eternal and unchanging. \u201cStrictly speaking, there is no past or future tense in the Divine Vocabulary. When God appears to employ them, it is by way of accommodation to our limited horizons.\u201d (Meyer)<\/p>\n
\u201cI AM\u201d is everything and so much more than we can imagine. We can fill in the blank \u201cI AM \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>\u201c<\/span>, and still understate who God is; \u201cThe Bread of Life, Living Water, Love, Grace, Mercy, Everlasting, Ever-present, All-knowing, All-Powerful, Creator of Heaven and Earth, Redeemer, Good Shepherd, Light in the darkness, All-Mighty, Heavenly Father, Author, and Finisher, etc\u2026\u2026.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
With reverence and awe, we should live out our lives in such a way that brings honor and glory to \u201cI AM\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Exodus 3:13 \u00a0 Then Moses said to God, \u201cIf I come to the people of Israel and say to them, \u2018The God of your fathers has sent me to you,\u2019 and they ask me, \u2018What is his name?\u2019 what shall I say to them?\u201d God said to Moses, \u201cI AM WHO I AM.\u201d … Continue reading “40.w. \u201cI AM WHO I AM.\u201d”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2633,76,1563,4936,219,8444,169],"class_list":["post-159868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers","tag-ask","tag-god","tag-i-am","tag-israel","tag-moses","tag-say","tag-sent"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159868"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":159918,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159868\/revisions\/159918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}