Sinclair Ferguson
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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And yet, there are some quite mysterious things about this revelation of who God really is, aren't there?
I mean, if you were to ask me, who are you?
And I replied, I am who I am.
It would be true enough.
After all, I am who I am.
But it's probably not the kind of answer you want.
It might even seem to amount to, I'm not telling you.
I'm going to hide my identity from you.
And in fact, some Bible readers have thought that's what God was saying to Moses.
But that can't be the case, because clearly God is revealing himself to Moses, not hiding himself from him.
So what does this name mean?
I think it means several things.
Here's one of them that's worth reflecting on throughout the rest of the day.
I am means exactly that.
Think about it this way.
Our existence had a beginning.
And we're changing every day.
And one day, unless the Lord Jesus returns, we'll die, and people will talk about us in the past tense.