Angel (41:23)
So good. So then verse 12 says, God answered, I will be with you. And then again, Moses protests again, a second time, he says, all right, well, if I go to the people of Israel and tell them the God of your ancestors as sent me to you, they will ask me, what is his name? Then what should I tell them? So you see, the first time God calls him, Moses protests with, well, who am I? And then the second time, Moses says, well, who are you? So it's like these two. As Ari said, Satan is an accuser, and he always comes for two things, your identity and your perception of God. And so in this moment, Moses says, if I go to the people of Israel, what do I say that their name is? And God replies to Moses and says, I am who I am. Say this, that the I am has sent you. And what I love so much about this moment is that when Moses asked for God's name, because this is so important, this is so important that we know who God is. And it's really specific to know what his name is, where he comes from. And that's why anyone who's listening, who is under the impression that God is. Can be anything, that he can be the universe. You can know Allah and God. You could be a little Christian. You can be a little Hindu. I'm telling you right now with so much compassion in my heart, you are believing a flat out lie. There is only one God. His name is Jesus. And his name isn't also Allah. There's not a universal God. Where Muslims and Hindus and agnostics and all these people we could just like collective, it's like not a collective consciousness like Jesus. Yahweh, he goes on to say. He goes on to say that, say this to the people. Grand Canyon University is an affordable private Christian university in beautiful Phoenix, Arizona offering over 360 academic programs informed by industry and student learning outcomes. In addition to federal grants and aid, GCU's on campus students received approximately approximately $196 million in scholarships in 2024. 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And if you're somebody or you know somebody who thinks that God is just. I have been preaching this so much recently that Jesus is not an idea. Yahweh is not, not an abstract deity that's somewhere far away. He is a God who binds himself to people because he is obsessed with humans, because he created them for himself. It's like when people say Jesus loves you. It's not just like a little sweet sentiment like Jesus loves you, it is a commitment. It is a God who has given everything to his people, who is fully and wholeheartedly devoted and committed, covenanted to a people. He's not just an idea. So this moment is so powerful of God saying, I have a name, I am a person, I have a character. And my name has to be exalted above every other name. And there cannot be any mixture. This is the first time because the Israelites go on a long Journey of idolatry and weird practices and believing in other gods and just like a lot of creatures, confusion, perversion, weirdness, and like, sure, we don't do the things the Israelites did, but we get confused. We have idolatry and specifically, there are a lot of people who have mixture Christianity and New Age Christianity and the universe. I love Jesus's teachings, but I also love these Hindu practicers or whatever the heck that's not. Okay. Yeah, that's literally all I can say. Say that there is one name by which there is one name under heaven by which men can be saved, and it's the name of Jesus. And if there's anybody in your life or even yourself who you have even a little bit of mixture in your heart, you have completely missed it. One degree off of Jesus, one degree off of Yahweh, you are completely opening yourself up to darkness. That is why worship is giving yourself entirely, completely. And so this is just the most important. Like, this is for me, like, yeah, identity is imperfect. Identity is important. And knowing who you are, but knowing who God is and the place that you have to have him in your life is most important. Because guess what then you don't even care about who you are. Because when you have an understanding of who Jesus is, it changes everything about your life. You move through life so much differently. Tragedy can hit your life and people will be like, why are you like, how is your head above water right now? How are you getting through the days? How are you even kind of okay in this? And you go, because I know who God is. I know who God is. And that changes everything.