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 Good morning, everyone. It's great to see you all. For those of you who are new or visiting, my name is Sean. I'm one of the pastors at the church. It's my joy and privilege to preach God's word to you this morning.

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 We recently started a sermon series in the book of Exodus. Please turn with me to Exodus chapter 3.

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 We will go through chapter 3, verses 1 to 15. Exodus, if you're not familiar with the Bible, is the second book in your Bible, Genesis chapter 3, starting verse 1.

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 Let me pray for the meeting of preaching about prayer.

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 Father, we humble ourselves before your word again.

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 Because in it you speak to us. You reveal yourself to us.

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 In it we meet, encounter our Savior, Jesus Christ, who lived and died and was raised for a salvation.

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 We want to know you more and to love you with our whole heart.

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 So we do pray that by the power of your Holy Spirit, you would work that miracle in us.

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 To know and love you.

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 To submit ourselves to you.

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 In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

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 Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian.

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 And he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

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 And the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the mist of a bush.

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 He looked, and behold, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed.

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 Then Moses said, I will turn aside to see this great sight.

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 Why the bush is not burned.

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 When the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush,

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 Moses, Moses.

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 And he said, Here I am.

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 Then he said, Do not come near.

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 Take your sandals off your feet.

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 For the place on which you are standing is holy ground.

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 And he said, I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

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 And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.

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 Then the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt,

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 and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters.

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 I know their sufferings.

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 And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians,

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 and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land,

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 a land flowing with milk and honey.

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 To the place of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the other Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hibites, and the Jedusites.

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 And now, behold, the cry of the people of Israel has come to me,

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 and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppressed them.

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 Come, I will send you to Pharaoh, that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.

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 But Moses said to God, Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?

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 He said, But I will be with you.

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 And this shall be the sign for you that I have sent you.

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 When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.

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 Then Moses said to God, If I come to the people of Israel and say to them,

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 The God of your fathers has sent me to you, and they ask me, What is his name?

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 What shall I say to them?

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 God said to Moses, I am who I am.

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 And he said, Say this to the people of Israel.

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 I am has sent me to you.

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 God also said to Moses, Say this to the people of Israel.

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 The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob,

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 has sent me to you.

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 This is my name forever.

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 And thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 I don't know if you've ever had the embarrassing experience of running into a friend or an acquaintance

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 and then just completely blanking on their name.

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 A lot of nods here.

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 So, you should know their name, but you can't remember it in that moment.

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 So, you're using all kinds of roundabouts to address them without awkward having to ask them for their name again.

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 Or maybe, you know, this happened to you.

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 If someone else has done this to you, it's painfully obvious that they don't remember your name.

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 They just keep saying, Oh, hey, brother.

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 Hey, sister.

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 Hey.

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 Whatever way they can, the boy is saying your name.

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 And these experiences are embarrassing to us because our names are important to us.

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 Our names embody our identity.

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 We who we are.

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 It represents us.

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 So, whether it's true or not, failing to remember a person's name communicates disinterest, perhaps even disrespect.

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 This is why whenever you go to Starbucks, the barista asks you for your name so he or she can write it on your cup.

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 And if you have a name that's difficult to spell, they probably ask you, Hey, how do you spell it?

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 And there's a reason why the baristas do that because they are trained to do that.

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 Not merely to give the right coffee to the right person, but to make the customer feel valued.

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 There's a reason why business schools teach their students how to remember other people's names.

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 By making associations with the sound and with other things that they know about those people.

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 Dale Carnegie, the 20th century American writer and lecturer, was onto something when he wrote in his bestseller,

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 How to Win Friends and Influence People.

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 The average person is more interested in his or her own name than in all the other names on earth put together.

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 Remember that name and call it easily, and you have paid a subtle and very effective compliment.

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 But forget it or misspell it, and you have placed yourself at a sharp disadvantage.

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 The name sets the individual apart.

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 It makes him or her unique among all others.

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 Remember that a person's name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language.

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 If that's the case for us, and we're just mortals, one of 7.753 billion people like us,

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 how much more significant is the name of the only God?

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 The one who has no peer, no equal.

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 In a mere two chapters, Moses covered 80 years of his life,

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 but here in this arresting passage, the narrative slows way down.

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 And we get a detailed book that one moment in a day,

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 when Moses was personally introduced to the Lord God and learned his name.

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 And we learn here from his name that the sovereign Lord is ever present with us to deliver us from our slavery.

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 That's the main point of this passage.

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 The sovereign Lord is ever present with us to deliver us from our slavery.

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 We're going to first look at God's holiness, then God's nearness, and then finally God's name.

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 Verse 1 sets the scene.

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 It says,

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 Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian.

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 And he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

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 So we know from Exodus 7.7 that Moses was 80 years old when he confronted Pharaoh.

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 So another 40 years has passed since he's been exiled from Egypt.

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 Most of us here haven't lived 40 years.

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 So that many years and more have passed with Moses, from a worldly perspective, wasting away in the Midianite wilderness.

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 He has grown accustomed to this new way of life.

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 He's the former prince of Egypt.

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 He's long in the past, a distant memory.

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 He is now a weathered shepherd.

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 He knows the wilderness of Midian like the back of his hand.

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 He has a wife now, Zipporah.

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 He has two kids, two Gershom and a lizer.

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 Here he is, as usual, has spent his day wandering around the wilderness, taking his father-in-law's sheep around to find a good patch of grass to feed them.

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 And he unwittingly stumbles into Horeb, the mountain of God.

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 This is the same mountain that is sometimes referred to as Mount Sinai.

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 Horeb might refer to the more general region in Sinai, too, the specific mountain.

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 And Moses didn't anticipate this at all.

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 God is about to interrupt and change his life forever.

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 He says in verses 2 to 3,

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 When we see the word angel, it's natural for us to imagine a figure, human-like figure, clothed in white with some wings flapping in the back,

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 because that's how our culture usually depicts angels.

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 But the word angel in Scripture, in both Hebrew and Greek, simply means messenger.

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 And this messenger of God can appear in various forms.

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 He's a spiritual being sent by God.

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 But here, the angel of the Lord is something more than that.

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 Throughout the Old Testament, the expression angel of the Lord occurs 48 times.

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 And often, this mysterious figure is so closely identified with the Lord God himself that the lines are blurred.

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 For example, in Genesis 16, it says that the angel of the Lord appeared to Hagar.

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 But a few verses later, it says,

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 Hagar called the name of the Lord who spoke to her.

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 Hagar, you are a God of seeing.

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 For she said,

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 Truly here I have seen him who looks after me.

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 In Genesis 22, when Abraham is about to sacrifice his only son Isaac in obedience to the Lord,

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 the angel of the Lord again appears.

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 It interrupts him and stops him in his tracks.

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 And he says,

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 Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him.

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 For now I know that you fear God,

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 seeing you have not withheld your son,

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 your only son,

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 from me.

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 In Genesis 31,

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 Jacob recalls that the angel of God

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 appeared to him in a dream and spoke to him at Bethel.

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 And this is what the angel of God said to him.

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 I am the God of Bethel,

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 where you anointed a pillar and made a vow to me.

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 The same thing happens when the angel of the Lord appears to Gideon in Judges 6

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 and to Samson's parents in Judges 13.

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 In these passages,

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 the angel of the Lord is nothing less

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 than the appearance of the Lord God himself.

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 And this raises the question,

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 why then is the Lord referred to as the angel of the Lord?

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 The Old Testament maintains this tension

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 to convey two very important truths.

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 On the one hand,

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 God reveals himself to his people

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 and sometimes appears to them

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 in very personable and visible ways.

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 On the other hand,

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 God is so transcendent and glorious

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 that no man can see him

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 in his fullness,

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 in his full essence.

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 For example,

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 in Genesis 16,

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 13,

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 I mentioned Haggad said,

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 she saw God.

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 Genesis 32,

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 30,

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 Jacob says,

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 I have seen God face to face.

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 And yet we know from Exodus 33,

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 20,

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 you cannot,

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 God said,

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 you cannot see my face

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 for man shall not see my face

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 and live.

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 Even in the New Testament,

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 1 Timothy 6,

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 15,

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 16,

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 it says,

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 God is the blessed and only sovereign,

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 the King of kings and Lord of lords,

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 who alone has immortality,

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 who dwells in unapproachable light,

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 whom no one has seen or can see.

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 So by using the expression,

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 angel of the Lord,

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 and the Lord,

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 side by side,

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 the biblical authors are conveying

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 these two realities.

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 The angel of the Lord

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 does not exhaust

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 all there is to know

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 about the Lord.

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 However,

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 he is nevertheless

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 a true and real representation

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 of him.

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 We can't be sure

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 because scripture doesn't

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 explicitly say this,

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 but some people think

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 that the angel of the Lord

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 in the Old Testament

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 is the pre-incarnate appearance

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 of the Son of God.

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 The appearance of Jesus,

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 before he took on human flesh.

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 The angel of the Lord,

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 as I mentioned,

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 can appear in various forms,

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 and here he appears

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 in the form of fire.

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 It says in verses 2-3

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 that he appeared

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 in a flame of fire

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 out of the midst

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 of a bush.

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 But Moses was greatly intrigued

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 by it because even though

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 the bush was burning,

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 it was not being consumed.

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 Fire is often used

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 to depict God

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 throughout the Old Testament.

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 Remember the pillar of fire,

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 that God appears

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 in the wilderness

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 to guide Israelites,

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 to give them light.

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 And I think there are

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 several reasons

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 for the biblical author's

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 penchant for this

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 use of the fire.

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 And the way God appears

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 to people in fire

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 is that first,

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 to the naked eye,

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 fire is immaterial.

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 It doesn't have a body.

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 It's incorporeal.

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 It doesn't have flesh.

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 And for that reason,

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 it is an apt representation

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 of God who,

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 according to Isaiah 31,

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 verse 3,

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 is spirit,

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 not flesh.

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 Second, fire produces heat.

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 It burns.

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 In describing God's fiery jealousy

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 for his people

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 and his righteous judgment

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 of the wicked,

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 scripture repeatedly calls God

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 a consuming fire.

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 Fire consumes the dross

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 and defines the gold.

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 The Lord consumes his enemies

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 and defines his people.

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 Third, the fire produces light

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 that illuminates.

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 1 John 1, 5 says,

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 God is light.

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 And in him is no darkness at all.

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 The Lord shines his face upon us.

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 In the presence of God,

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 there is nothing hidden.

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 Everything is known.

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 Everyone is known.

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 And with the light of his wisdom

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 and salvation,

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 the Lord enlightens us.

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 He enlightens our ignorance.

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 He illuminates our darkness

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 so that we might know him

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 and serve him

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 and walk in his ways.

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 So it says in verse 4,

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 when the Lord saw that Moses

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 turned aside to see,

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 God called to him out of the bush.

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 Moses, Moses.

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 And he said,

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 here I am.

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 This is a standard pattern

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 in scripture,

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 when God appears

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 and addresses someone.

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 In Genesis 22, 11,

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 the Lord appears to Abraham

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 and calls out to him twice,

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 Abraham, Abraham.

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 And he replies,

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 here I am.

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 Same thing with Jacob

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 in Genesis 46, 2.

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 And in both of those instances,

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 God intervened

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 at very critical junctures

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 of these patriarchs' lives

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 to directly guide them

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 and to influence them.

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 And so he does here,

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 he does the same thing here

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 with Moses.

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 And in the New Testament also,

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 we see the same pattern

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 with Jesus

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 when he calls out

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 Luke 10, 41.

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 Martha, Martha,

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 you're anxious and troubled

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 about many things,

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 but one thing is necessary.

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 Or in Acts 9, 4,

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 when he cries out to Saul,

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 Saul,

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 why are you persecuting?

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 When someone's addressed

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 by the Lord twice like that,

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 there's a sense of earnestness

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 and urgency.

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 Moses.

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 Moses.

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 Moses didn't know God.

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 As you'll see later,

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 he asked God for his name.

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 Sure, he had the Hebrew parents,

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 but he was adopted

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 by Pharaoh's daughter,

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 as you recall.

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 He was raised

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 in the Egyptian court.

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 He knew that the Israelites

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 were his people,

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 but he didn't really know

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 their way of life.

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 He didn't really know

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 their God.

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 He knew of him,

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 but the Lord knew Moses.

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 He knew his name.

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 And God introduces himself

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 to Moses in verse 6,

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 saying,

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 I am the God of your father,

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 the God of Abraham,

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 the God of Isaac,

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 and the God of Jacob.

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 Moses, in that address,

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 is instantly known by God

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 and connected to the covenant

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 promises that he had given

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 to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

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 And notice it doesn't say,

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 I am the God of your fathers,

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 like usually it says.

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 It's like the God

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 of your father, Moses.

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 Your father, Moses,

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 Amorim.

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 The singular.

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 Remember, Moses

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 has been dealing

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 with that identity crisis

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 of sorts

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 over the past chapter.

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 We saw that he grew up

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 as an adopted princeling

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 in Pharaoh's court.

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 Acts 7.22 tells us

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 that Moses was instructed

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 in all the wisdom

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 of the Egyptians,

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 and he was minding

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 his words and deeds,

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 and yet Moses did not

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 quite feel like an Egyptian,

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 like he belonged

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 to the Egyptian palace.

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 He still considered

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 the Hebrews,

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 the Jews,

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 his people.

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 And after he murdered

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 an Egyptian,

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 Pharaoh,

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 his adopted grandfather,

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 tried to kill him.

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 And so Moses was rejected

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 by the Egyptians,

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 but he was also rejected

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 by his fellow Hebrews.

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 He scoffed at him

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 and said,

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 Who made you a prince

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 and a judge over us?

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 You may be an Egyptian prince,

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 but you're not

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 our prince.

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 So when Moses fled Egypt

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 as a future

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 and ended up

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 in the wilderness of Midian,

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 Jethro's daughters

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 called him an Egyptian.

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 Among the Egyptians,

00:20:00.339 --> 00:20:01.579
 Moses felt like a Hebrew,

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 and among the Hebrews,

00:20:03.199 --> 00:20:04.459
 Moses felt like an Egyptian.

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 Here's a man

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 dealing with

00:20:06.719 --> 00:20:07.699
 imposter syndrome.

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 A man caught

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 between two identities,

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 a phony.

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 His name was

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 Ab Moses,

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 drawn out of the water,

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 a son of nobody,

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 a fatherless one,

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 a found one.

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 But look at what God

00:20:30.200 --> 00:20:30.840
 says to him.

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 He knows his name,

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 Moses,

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 Moses.

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 He says,

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 I am the God

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 of your son.

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 The God of Abraham,

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 the God of Isaac,

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 and the God of Jacob.

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 God's saying to Moses,

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 I know who you are.

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 You are mine,

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 and I am your God.

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 Moses was just looking

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 for grass,

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 but God was

00:21:04.259 --> 00:21:05.240
 searching him out.

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 God had a plan

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 for him,

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 not to just be

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 a shepherd of sheep,

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 but to be a shepherd

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 of the nation of Israel.

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 Perhaps some of you

00:21:16.960 --> 00:21:18.039
 are not yet followers

00:21:18.039 --> 00:21:19.099
 of God,

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 followers of Jesus,

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 and you might have

00:21:22.019 --> 00:21:22.960
 your own plans

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 for your life,

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 but I can tell you

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 that God has a plan

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 for you.

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 You are living your life

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 without reference to God.

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 You are pursuing

00:21:35.859 --> 00:21:36.859
 your own purposes

00:21:36.859 --> 00:21:38.119
 and priorities,

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 but do you know

00:21:39.220 --> 00:21:40.139
 that God has created

00:21:40.139 --> 00:21:40.980
 you for himself?

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 Do you know

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 that you are known

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 by God?

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 And do you hear

00:21:45.879 --> 00:21:47.220
 the voice of the Lord

00:21:47.220 --> 00:21:48.899
 calling your name?

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 But after calling out

00:21:52.960 --> 00:21:53.519
 Moses,

00:21:53.759 --> 00:21:54.220
 Moses,

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 God said something

00:21:55.059 --> 00:21:55.619
 unexpected.

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 Usually,

00:21:57.759 --> 00:21:59.079
 when someone calls out

00:21:59.079 --> 00:21:59.440
 your name

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 and gets your attention,

00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:03.039
 you expect

00:22:03.039 --> 00:22:03.920
 that person

00:22:03.920 --> 00:22:05.200
 to walk over to you

00:22:05.200 --> 00:22:07.079
 or at least motion you

00:22:07.079 --> 00:22:07.779
 to come closer to you.

00:22:07.819 --> 00:22:08.279
 Hey, come.

00:22:08.420 --> 00:22:09.460
 I want to talk to you.

00:22:09.500 --> 00:22:09.660
 Hey.

00:22:11.220 --> 00:22:12.720
 But that's not what God said.

00:22:12.779 --> 00:22:13.819
 Look at verse 5 with me.

00:22:14.220 --> 00:22:15.200
 Then the Lord said,

00:22:15.980 --> 00:22:18.400
 Do not come near.

00:22:19.859 --> 00:22:20.940
 Take your sandals

00:22:20.940 --> 00:22:21.640
 off your feet,

00:22:22.120 --> 00:22:22.779
 for the place

00:22:22.779 --> 00:22:23.680
 on which you are standing

00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:25.359
 is holy ground.

00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:29.099
 In many cultures,

00:22:29.220 --> 00:22:30.000
 including the ancient

00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:31.000
 Near Eastern culture,

00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:32.559
 taking your shoes off,

00:22:32.660 --> 00:22:33.740
 like taking your hat off,

00:22:33.799 --> 00:22:34.819
 communicates respect.

00:22:34.960 --> 00:22:35.940
 It's a sign of humility.

00:22:37.079 --> 00:22:37.980
 But there's something

00:22:37.980 --> 00:22:38.720
 more than that

00:22:38.720 --> 00:22:39.359
 going on here.

00:22:39.460 --> 00:22:40.380
 It's not just about

00:22:40.380 --> 00:22:41.119
 showing respect.

00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:42.539
 God gives the reason

00:22:42.539 --> 00:22:43.339
 why he must

00:22:43.339 --> 00:22:44.400
 take his sandals off.

00:22:44.460 --> 00:22:44.740
 He says,

00:22:45.140 --> 00:22:46.160
 For the place

00:22:46.160 --> 00:22:47.119
 on which you are standing

00:22:47.119 --> 00:22:48.839
 is holy ground.

00:22:50.339 --> 00:22:51.160
 The ground

00:22:51.160 --> 00:22:52.299
 beneath the flame

00:22:52.299 --> 00:22:52.779
 of the Lord

00:22:52.779 --> 00:22:54.000
 has been made holy

00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:55.019
 by the presence

00:22:55.019 --> 00:22:55.759
 of the Lord.

00:22:55.759 --> 00:22:58.640
 In the Old Testament,

00:22:58.779 --> 00:22:59.259
 God's people

00:22:59.259 --> 00:22:59.640
 were taught

00:22:59.640 --> 00:23:00.259
 to distinguish

00:23:00.259 --> 00:23:01.379
 between what is holy

00:23:01.379 --> 00:23:02.420
 and what is common.

00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:03.859
 Between what is clean

00:23:03.859 --> 00:23:04.799
 and unclean.

00:23:05.259 --> 00:23:06.440
 And the holy place,

00:23:06.640 --> 00:23:07.379
 the tabernacle,

00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:07.920
 the temple,

00:23:08.039 --> 00:23:09.140
 the holy vessels

00:23:09.140 --> 00:23:10.099
 used for God's

00:23:10.099 --> 00:23:11.019
 worship and sacrifice,

00:23:11.220 --> 00:23:12.119
 and God's chosen

00:23:12.119 --> 00:23:13.160
 holy people

00:23:13.160 --> 00:23:15.220
 were specially set apart

00:23:15.220 --> 00:23:16.099
 for God.

00:23:16.559 --> 00:23:17.819
 They were consecrated

00:23:17.819 --> 00:23:18.339
 for Him.

00:23:18.400 --> 00:23:18.940
 That's what it means

00:23:18.940 --> 00:23:19.460
 to be holy,

00:23:19.619 --> 00:23:20.220
 set apart.

00:23:20.220 --> 00:23:24.559
 And because the holy God

00:23:24.559 --> 00:23:25.039
 has graced

00:23:25.039 --> 00:23:25.819
 this plot of land

00:23:25.819 --> 00:23:26.539
 with His presence,

00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:27.579
 it's no longer

00:23:27.579 --> 00:23:28.220
 common,

00:23:28.460 --> 00:23:29.460
 ordinary ground

00:23:29.460 --> 00:23:30.420
 that anybody

00:23:30.420 --> 00:23:31.600
 can just walk on.

00:23:36.799 --> 00:23:38.360
 God is holy.

00:23:39.660 --> 00:23:40.200
 And that means

00:23:40.200 --> 00:23:41.319
 He's not like us.

00:23:44.740 --> 00:23:45.839
 One theologian

00:23:45.839 --> 00:23:46.740
 describes God

00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:48.519
 as holy other.

00:23:50.220 --> 00:23:53.039
 That means

00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:53.839
 He is not

00:23:53.839 --> 00:23:55.420
 just a superlative

00:23:55.420 --> 00:23:56.600
 version of humanity.

00:23:57.400 --> 00:23:58.259
 He's not merely

00:23:58.259 --> 00:23:59.380
 quantitatively

00:23:59.380 --> 00:23:59.940
 different from us.

00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:00.319
 He's not just

00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:01.460
 more of the same.

00:24:01.940 --> 00:24:03.220
 He is qualitatively

00:24:03.220 --> 00:24:03.940
 different from us.

00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:04.960
 He is different

00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:05.559
 altogether.

00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:07.240
 He's not like us.

00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:08.180
 He's set apart

00:24:08.180 --> 00:24:09.000
 from us.

00:24:10.799 --> 00:24:12.100
 He's not common

00:24:12.100 --> 00:24:12.900
 like us.

00:24:14.900 --> 00:24:15.980
 For this reason,

00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:17.519
 God cannot let Moses

00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:18.180
 approach Him

00:24:18.180 --> 00:24:19.299
 on His own terms.

00:24:19.299 --> 00:24:20.659
 Moses must

00:24:20.659 --> 00:24:21.659
 take his sandals

00:24:21.659 --> 00:24:22.139
 off.

00:24:23.180 --> 00:24:23.659
 The initiative

00:24:23.659 --> 00:24:24.579
 lies with God

00:24:24.579 --> 00:24:25.359
 and not Moses.

00:24:26.339 --> 00:24:26.960
 This is the same

00:24:26.960 --> 00:24:27.680
 reason why we

00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:28.559
 begin our worship

00:24:28.559 --> 00:24:29.419
 each Sunday

00:24:29.419 --> 00:24:30.720
 with the call

00:24:30.720 --> 00:24:31.159
 to worship.

00:24:31.779 --> 00:24:32.460
 To acknowledge

00:24:32.460 --> 00:24:33.460
 that God's

00:24:33.460 --> 00:24:34.579
 sovereign initiative

00:24:34.579 --> 00:24:35.919
 is what allows

00:24:35.919 --> 00:24:36.539
 us to come

00:24:36.539 --> 00:24:37.519
 gather in His presence

00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:38.359
 and worship Him.

00:24:40.139 --> 00:24:41.460
 The first words

00:24:41.460 --> 00:24:42.039
 of our worship

00:24:42.039 --> 00:24:43.339
 is not our words,

00:24:43.440 --> 00:24:44.599
 it is God's words

00:24:44.599 --> 00:24:45.419
 who calls us

00:24:45.419 --> 00:24:45.879
 to Himself.

00:24:45.880 --> 00:24:49.240
 God is not

00:24:49.240 --> 00:24:49.980
 someone we can

00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:50.540
 speak to

00:24:50.540 --> 00:24:51.500
 or approach

00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:52.460
 glibly

00:24:52.460 --> 00:24:53.980
 or flippantly.

00:24:54.640 --> 00:24:55.300
 He's not

00:24:55.300 --> 00:24:56.020
 someone we can

00:24:56.020 --> 00:24:57.240
 trifle with.

00:24:57.320 --> 00:24:58.320
 He will not

00:24:58.320 --> 00:24:59.240
 be mocked

00:24:59.240 --> 00:25:00.580
 and He cannot

00:25:00.580 --> 00:25:01.820
 be fooled.

00:25:01.819 --> 00:25:06.379
 God says,

00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:07.359
 Be holy

00:25:07.359 --> 00:25:08.579
 for I am

00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:09.220
 holy.

00:25:09.419 --> 00:25:10.259
 Leviticus 11

00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:11.619
 in Acts 1.13

00:25:11.619 --> 00:25:12.240
 says,

00:25:12.319 --> 00:25:12.740
 God is

00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:13.899
 up purized

00:25:13.899 --> 00:25:14.720
 and to see

00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:15.179
 evil

00:25:15.179 --> 00:25:16.159
 and cannot

00:25:16.159 --> 00:25:17.220
 look at wrong.

00:25:18.019 --> 00:25:18.700
 He is the one

00:25:18.700 --> 00:25:19.359
 who dwells

00:25:19.359 --> 00:25:20.259
 in unapproachable

00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:21.299
 light before whom

00:25:21.299 --> 00:25:22.200
 all our hidden

00:25:22.200 --> 00:25:23.399
 sins and shortcomings,

00:25:23.819 --> 00:25:24.939
 all of our faults

00:25:24.939 --> 00:25:25.519
 and foibles,

00:25:25.740 --> 00:25:27.059
 all of our past,

00:25:27.220 --> 00:25:27.639
 present,

00:25:27.740 --> 00:25:28.399
 and the future

00:25:28.399 --> 00:25:30.119
 are nakedly exposed

00:25:30.119 --> 00:25:31.059
 before His light

00:25:31.059 --> 00:25:31.659
 and fire.

00:25:31.819 --> 00:25:34.839
 He's the

00:25:34.839 --> 00:25:36.139
 consuming fire

00:25:36.139 --> 00:25:36.799
 who will

00:25:36.799 --> 00:25:37.839
 condemn sinners

00:25:37.839 --> 00:25:38.879
 and consume

00:25:38.879 --> 00:25:40.480
 all unrighteousness.

00:25:41.359 --> 00:25:41.919
 And if you

00:25:41.919 --> 00:25:42.899
 are playing

00:25:42.899 --> 00:25:44.399
 or flirting

00:25:44.399 --> 00:25:44.980
 with sin

00:25:44.980 --> 00:25:45.619
 in your life,

00:25:47.059 --> 00:25:47.839
 if you are

00:25:47.839 --> 00:25:48.919
 taking God

00:25:48.919 --> 00:25:49.619
 for granted,

00:25:50.839 --> 00:25:51.359
 if you are

00:25:51.359 --> 00:25:52.019
 not honoring

00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:53.179
 God as holy,

00:25:53.679 --> 00:25:54.500
 you should

00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:55.759
 tremble

00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:56.799
 and fear.

00:25:56.799 --> 00:25:59.819
 He said

00:25:59.819 --> 00:26:00.619
 in verse 6,

00:26:00.980 --> 00:26:01.720
 that's exactly

00:26:01.720 --> 00:26:02.639
 Moses' response.

00:26:03.339 --> 00:26:04.539
 Moses hid his face

00:26:04.539 --> 00:26:05.940
 for he was afraid

00:26:05.940 --> 00:26:07.500
 to forget God.

00:26:09.819 --> 00:26:10.680
 Moses knew

00:26:10.680 --> 00:26:11.480
 instinctively

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:14.419
 that if he saw

00:26:14.419 --> 00:26:14.879
 the Lord,

00:26:15.339 --> 00:26:16.419
 he would perish.

00:26:17.180 --> 00:26:18.299
 That's God's holiness.

00:26:18.299 --> 00:26:19.200
 God

00:26:19.200 --> 00:26:24.319
 is not

00:26:24.319 --> 00:26:24.720
 only

00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:26.460
 set apart

00:26:26.460 --> 00:26:27.259
 from us,

00:26:27.319 --> 00:26:27.639
 but that

00:26:27.639 --> 00:26:28.299
 He's the God

00:26:28.299 --> 00:26:29.299
 who draws near

00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:29.799
 to us.

00:26:31.379 --> 00:26:32.079
 And we see that

00:26:32.079 --> 00:26:32.759
 in verses 7

00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:33.399
 to 12.

00:26:35.700 --> 00:26:36.599
 Remember at the end

00:26:36.599 --> 00:26:37.279
 of chapter 2

00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:37.839
 how he said

00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:38.440
 that God

00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:39.200
 heard

00:26:39.200 --> 00:26:40.139
 the groaning

00:26:40.139 --> 00:26:40.720
 of Israel,

00:26:40.919 --> 00:26:41.159
 God

00:26:41.159 --> 00:26:41.940
 remembered

00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:42.700
 His covenant

00:26:42.700 --> 00:26:43.440
 with Abraham,

00:26:43.579 --> 00:26:43.980
 with Isaac,

00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:44.519
 and with Jacob,

00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:45.519
 God saw

00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:45.980
 the people

00:26:45.980 --> 00:26:46.359
 of Israel

00:26:46.359 --> 00:26:46.920
 and God

00:26:46.920 --> 00:26:47.660
 knew

00:26:47.660 --> 00:26:49.359
 those verbs

00:26:49.359 --> 00:26:50.119
 are repeated

00:26:50.119 --> 00:26:50.599
 here.

00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:52.519
 And in chapter 2

00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:53.319
 God remembers

00:26:53.319 --> 00:26:53.720
 His people

00:26:53.720 --> 00:26:54.379
 and here He

00:26:54.379 --> 00:26:55.519
 begins to intervene

00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:56.200
 on behalf

00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:56.759
 of His people.

00:26:57.119 --> 00:26:57.799
 And so it says

00:26:57.799 --> 00:26:58.779
 in verses 7

00:26:58.779 --> 00:26:59.220
 to 8,

00:26:59.660 --> 00:27:00.059
 that the Lord

00:27:00.059 --> 00:27:00.359
 said,

00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:01.660
 I have surely

00:27:01.660 --> 00:27:02.799
 seen the affliction

00:27:02.799 --> 00:27:03.460
 of my people

00:27:03.460 --> 00:27:04.160
 who are in Asia

00:27:04.160 --> 00:27:05.500
 and have heard

00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:06.099
 their cry

00:27:06.099 --> 00:27:06.519
 because of

00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:07.440
 their taskmasters.

00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:08.599
 I know

00:27:08.599 --> 00:27:09.879
 their sufferings

00:27:09.879 --> 00:27:10.900
 and I

00:27:10.900 --> 00:27:11.859
 have come

00:27:11.859 --> 00:27:12.359
 down

00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:13.379
 to deliver

00:27:13.379 --> 00:27:14.139
 them out

00:27:14.140 --> 00:27:14.680
 of the hands

00:27:14.680 --> 00:27:15.120
 of the Egyptians

00:27:15.120 --> 00:27:16.000
 and to bring

00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:16.660
 them up

00:27:16.660 --> 00:27:17.220
 out of that

00:27:17.220 --> 00:27:17.440
 land

00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:17.960
 to a good

00:27:17.960 --> 00:27:18.640
 and broad

00:27:18.640 --> 00:27:19.040
 land,

00:27:19.400 --> 00:27:19.700
 a land

00:27:19.700 --> 00:27:20.080
 flowing

00:27:20.080 --> 00:27:20.720
 with milk

00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:21.700
 and honey.

00:27:23.100 --> 00:27:23.540
 Notice the

00:27:23.540 --> 00:27:23.880
 repetition

00:27:23.880 --> 00:27:24.759
 of the pronoun

00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:25.460
 I.

00:27:25.920 --> 00:27:26.520
 It demonstrates

00:27:26.520 --> 00:27:27.520
 God's personal

00:27:27.520 --> 00:27:27.880
 commitment

00:27:27.880 --> 00:27:28.500
 to His people.

00:27:28.860 --> 00:27:30.020
 I myself

00:27:30.020 --> 00:27:31.360
 will do this.

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:32.640
 I will fulfill

00:27:32.640 --> 00:27:33.160
 the promise

00:27:33.160 --> 00:27:33.580
 I made

00:27:33.580 --> 00:27:34.140
 to Abraham

00:27:34.140 --> 00:27:34.740
 to bring

00:27:34.740 --> 00:27:35.200
 my people

00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:35.480
 out

00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:35.860
 into their

00:27:35.860 --> 00:27:36.160
 slavery

00:27:36.160 --> 00:27:36.720
 in Egypt.

00:27:38.400 --> 00:27:39.200
 The Lord

00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:39.759
 who dwells

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.240
 on high

00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:41.080
 comes down

00:27:41.080 --> 00:27:42.040
 to lift

00:27:42.040 --> 00:27:42.640
 us up

00:27:42.640 --> 00:27:43.060
 out of our

00:27:43.060 --> 00:27:43.460
 slavery.

00:27:44.140 --> 00:27:44.540
 And this

00:27:44.540 --> 00:27:44.940
 quality.

00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:47.400
 This reminds

00:27:47.400 --> 00:27:47.800
 us again

00:27:47.800 --> 00:27:48.240
 that God

00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:48.780
 is not

00:27:48.780 --> 00:27:49.580
 detached

00:27:49.580 --> 00:27:50.380
 from us.

00:27:50.740 --> 00:27:51.100
 He's not

00:27:51.100 --> 00:27:52.000
 disinterested

00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:52.580
 in us,

00:27:52.700 --> 00:27:52.940
 in our

00:27:52.940 --> 00:27:53.300
 plight.

00:27:53.440 --> 00:27:53.740
 Our God

00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:54.240
 is not

00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:55.280
 distant,

00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:56.960
 isolated

00:27:56.960 --> 00:27:57.800
 from our

00:27:57.800 --> 00:27:59.220
 sin and evil

00:27:59.220 --> 00:27:59.900
 and wickedness

00:27:59.900 --> 00:28:00.640
 of this world.

00:28:00.800 --> 00:28:01.720
 He draws

00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:02.580
 near to us

00:28:02.580 --> 00:28:03.740
 and He

00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:04.400
 intends to

00:28:04.400 --> 00:28:04.820
 dwell with

00:28:04.820 --> 00:28:05.140
 us.

00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:07.720
 God says

00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:08.460
 Canaan is a

00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:09.100
 good and

00:28:09.100 --> 00:28:09.800
 broad land,

00:28:09.900 --> 00:28:10.220
 a land

00:28:10.220 --> 00:28:10.880
 flowing with

00:28:10.880 --> 00:28:11.480
 milk and

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:11.759
 honey.

00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:14.200
 Honey is

00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:14.839
 rarely mentioned

00:28:14.839 --> 00:28:15.220
 throughout the

00:28:15.220 --> 00:28:15.559
 Old Testament,

00:28:15.680 --> 00:28:16.099
 actual honey

00:28:16.099 --> 00:28:16.539
 from the

00:28:16.539 --> 00:28:16.900
 bees.

00:28:17.539 --> 00:28:17.879
 And the

00:28:17.879 --> 00:28:18.500
 word used

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:18.879
 here for

00:28:18.879 --> 00:28:19.539
 honey is

00:28:19.539 --> 00:28:20.640
 related to

00:28:20.640 --> 00:28:21.099
 the Arabic

00:28:21.099 --> 00:28:21.579
 word which

00:28:21.579 --> 00:28:22.220
 refers to

00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:23.140
 date honey.

00:28:24.599 --> 00:28:24.960
 It's the

00:28:24.960 --> 00:28:25.859
 sweet syrup

00:28:25.859 --> 00:28:26.559
 produced from

00:28:26.559 --> 00:28:27.000
 grapes,

00:28:27.180 --> 00:28:27.539
 figs,

00:28:27.619 --> 00:28:28.059
 and dates,

00:28:28.339 --> 00:28:28.819
 and fruit of

00:28:28.819 --> 00:28:29.180
 the carrot

00:28:29.180 --> 00:28:29.460
 tree.

00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:30.180
 So that's

00:28:30.180 --> 00:28:30.720
 most likely

00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:31.099
 what's in

00:28:31.099 --> 00:28:31.480
 view here.

00:28:31.599 --> 00:28:31.839
 Milk

00:28:31.839 --> 00:28:32.700
 represents the

00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:33.599
 best fruit

00:28:33.599 --> 00:28:34.220
 of animal

00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:34.799
 husbandry,

00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:36.660
 and honey

00:28:36.660 --> 00:28:37.279
 represents the

00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:37.859
 best fruit of

00:28:37.859 --> 00:28:38.379
 horticulture,

00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:38.759
 the two

00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:39.400
 things that

00:28:39.400 --> 00:28:40.299
 Israel thrived

00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:40.539
 on.

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.440
 And Canaan

00:28:42.440 --> 00:28:42.839
 was a

00:28:42.839 --> 00:28:43.399
 different kind

00:28:43.399 --> 00:28:43.700
 of land.

00:28:43.799 --> 00:28:44.119
 It didn't

00:28:44.119 --> 00:28:44.599
 have a

00:28:44.599 --> 00:28:44.980
 prominent

00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:45.539
 source of

00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:46.099
 fresh water

00:28:46.099 --> 00:28:47.619
 like the

00:28:47.619 --> 00:28:48.000
 Nile in

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.259
 Egypt.

00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:49.440
 And so

00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:50.180
 from a

00:28:50.180 --> 00:28:50.440
 purely

00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:50.960
 agricultural

00:28:50.960 --> 00:28:51.440
 standpoint,

00:28:51.619 --> 00:28:51.759
 it was

00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:52.440
 actually not

00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:53.339
 good land.

00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:54.940
 But that

00:28:54.940 --> 00:28:55.839
 was exactly

00:28:55.839 --> 00:28:56.700
 God's point.

00:28:58.019 --> 00:28:58.639
 God was

00:28:58.639 --> 00:28:59.200
 bringing them

00:28:59.200 --> 00:28:59.779
 to a land

00:28:59.779 --> 00:29:00.579
 where they

00:29:00.579 --> 00:29:01.440
 will have

00:29:01.440 --> 00:29:02.500
 to depend

00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:02.980
 on Him,

00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:04.119
 where He

00:29:04.119 --> 00:29:04.599
 will dwell

00:29:04.599 --> 00:29:05.099
 with them

00:29:05.099 --> 00:29:05.859
 and provide

00:29:05.859 --> 00:29:06.259
 for them.

00:29:06.359 --> 00:29:06.940
 It says in

00:29:06.940 --> 00:29:07.599
 Deuteronomy 11,

00:29:07.700 --> 00:29:08.379
 9-12,

00:29:09.079 --> 00:29:09.720
 it's the land

00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:10.079
 that the

00:29:10.079 --> 00:29:10.759
 Lord swore

00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:11.100
 to your

00:29:11.100 --> 00:29:11.660
 fathers to

00:29:11.660 --> 00:29:11.960
 give to

00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:12.279
 them and

00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:12.579
 to their

00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:13.019
 offspring.

00:29:13.440 --> 00:29:13.880
 It's a

00:29:13.880 --> 00:29:14.700
 land flowing

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:15.200
 with milk

00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:15.620
 and honey.

00:29:16.079 --> 00:29:16.339
 For the

00:29:16.339 --> 00:29:16.740
 land that

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:16.960
 you are

00:29:16.960 --> 00:29:17.460
 entering to

00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:18.000
 take possession

00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:18.980
 of is not

00:29:18.980 --> 00:29:19.559
 like the

00:29:19.559 --> 00:29:19.880
 land of

00:29:19.880 --> 00:29:20.400
 Egypt from

00:29:20.400 --> 00:29:20.720
 which you

00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:21.200
 have come,

00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:21.839
 where you

00:29:21.839 --> 00:29:22.339
 sowed your

00:29:22.339 --> 00:29:22.779
 seed and

00:29:22.779 --> 00:29:23.339
 irrigated,

00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:24.059
 like a

00:29:24.059 --> 00:29:24.460
 garden of

00:29:24.460 --> 00:29:24.860
 vegetables.

00:29:25.460 --> 00:29:25.779
 But the

00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:26.240
 land that

00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:26.480
 you are

00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:26.940
 going over

00:29:26.940 --> 00:29:27.440
 to possess

00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:27.740
 is a

00:29:27.740 --> 00:29:28.100
 land of

00:29:28.100 --> 00:29:28.720
 hills and

00:29:28.720 --> 00:29:29.140
 valleys,

00:29:29.259 --> 00:29:29.960
 which drinks

00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:30.720
 water by

00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:31.480
 the rays

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:32.500
 from heaven,

00:29:32.980 --> 00:29:33.720
 a land that

00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:34.360
 the Lord

00:29:34.360 --> 00:29:35.299
 your God

00:29:35.299 --> 00:29:36.160
 cares for.

00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:37.240
 The eyes

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:37.500
 of the

00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:38.539
 Lord your

00:29:38.539 --> 00:29:39.099
 God are

00:29:39.099 --> 00:29:39.859
 always upon

00:29:39.859 --> 00:29:40.059
 it,

00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:40.519
 from the

00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:40.940
 beginning of

00:29:40.940 --> 00:29:41.460
 the year to

00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:42.299
 the end of

00:29:42.299 --> 00:29:42.659
 the year.

00:29:44.099 --> 00:29:44.339
 The

00:29:44.339 --> 00:29:45.039
 promised land

00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:45.720
 was designed

00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:46.220
 to make

00:29:46.220 --> 00:29:46.759
 the Israelites

00:29:46.759 --> 00:29:47.700
 dependent on

00:29:47.700 --> 00:29:47.980
 him.

00:29:48.359 --> 00:29:48.759
 It was the

00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:49.680
 most suitable

00:29:49.680 --> 00:29:50.159
 land for

00:29:50.159 --> 00:29:51.079
 cultivating that

00:29:51.079 --> 00:29:52.079
 trust in

00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:53.000
 relationship with

00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:53.220
 him.

00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:56.819
 When God

00:29:56.819 --> 00:29:57.619
 brings us

00:29:57.619 --> 00:29:58.539
 into relationship

00:29:58.539 --> 00:29:58.899
 with him,

00:29:58.940 --> 00:29:59.859
 when he saves

00:29:59.859 --> 00:30:00.359
 us,

00:30:00.440 --> 00:30:01.000
 God's goal

00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:01.599
 is not to

00:30:01.599 --> 00:30:02.039
 make us

00:30:02.039 --> 00:30:02.700
 self-sufficient

00:30:02.700 --> 00:30:03.220
 independent

00:30:03.220 --> 00:30:03.859
 people.

00:30:07.579 --> 00:30:08.799
 He instead

00:30:08.799 --> 00:30:09.779
 takes us to

00:30:09.779 --> 00:30:10.440
 a place of

00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:11.799
 dependence and

00:30:11.799 --> 00:30:12.480
 surrender,

00:30:13.319 --> 00:30:13.980
 for that's

00:30:13.980 --> 00:30:14.579
 where true

00:30:14.579 --> 00:30:15.379
 freedom is

00:30:15.379 --> 00:30:15.659
 found.

00:30:17.019 --> 00:30:18.039
 Because that's

00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:18.599
 the proper

00:30:18.599 --> 00:30:19.480
 relationship between

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:20.339
 creator and

00:30:20.339 --> 00:30:20.759
 creature,

00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:22.220
 between father

00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:23.399
 and children.

00:30:25.639 --> 00:30:26.379
 And amazingly,

00:30:26.899 --> 00:30:27.579
 to do that,

00:30:27.700 --> 00:30:28.279
 God says he

00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:28.819
 will use

00:30:28.819 --> 00:30:29.480
 Moses.

00:30:30.139 --> 00:30:30.599
 He says in

00:30:30.599 --> 00:30:31.099
 verse 10,

00:30:31.179 --> 00:30:31.740
 come I will

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:32.480
 send you to

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:32.819
 Pharaoh,

00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:33.519
 that you may

00:30:33.519 --> 00:30:33.980
 bring my

00:30:33.980 --> 00:30:34.259
 people,

00:30:34.359 --> 00:30:34.659
 the children

00:30:34.659 --> 00:30:35.099
 of Israel

00:30:35.099 --> 00:30:35.599
 out of

00:30:35.599 --> 00:30:35.879
 Egypt.

00:30:36.619 --> 00:30:37.339
 But Moses

00:30:37.339 --> 00:30:38.079
 objects in

00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:38.659
 verse 11,

00:30:39.579 --> 00:30:40.259
 who am I

00:30:40.259 --> 00:30:40.759
 that I should

00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:41.059
 go to

00:30:41.059 --> 00:30:41.539
 Pharaoh and

00:30:41.539 --> 00:30:41.939
 bring the

00:30:41.939 --> 00:30:42.339
 children of

00:30:42.339 --> 00:30:42.819
 Israel out

00:30:42.819 --> 00:30:43.179
 of Egypt?

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:45.599
 From Moses'

00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:46.259
 perspective,

00:30:46.399 --> 00:30:47.459
 this is a

00:30:47.459 --> 00:30:48.439
 very sensible

00:30:48.439 --> 00:30:49.279
 objection.

00:30:50.599 --> 00:30:51.039
 Think about it,

00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:51.779
 he's a fugitive

00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:52.480
 from Egypt,

00:30:52.639 --> 00:30:53.139
 a criminal

00:30:53.139 --> 00:30:53.779
 wanted for

00:30:53.779 --> 00:30:54.159
 murder.

00:30:55.059 --> 00:30:55.500
 In the

00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:56.779
 previous chapter,

00:30:56.899 --> 00:30:57.299
 Pharaoh tried

00:30:57.299 --> 00:30:57.939
 to kill him,

00:30:58.339 --> 00:30:58.779
 so he says,

00:30:58.859 --> 00:30:59.659
 who am I

00:30:59.659 --> 00:31:00.359
 that I should

00:31:00.359 --> 00:31:00.740
 go to

00:31:00.740 --> 00:31:01.139
 Pharaoh?

00:31:03.859 --> 00:31:04.379
 Moreover,

00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:05.099
 Moses was

00:31:05.099 --> 00:31:05.919
 rejected by

00:31:05.919 --> 00:31:06.519
 the Israelites

00:31:06.519 --> 00:31:07.279
 themselves.

00:31:09.339 --> 00:31:09.599
 And so

00:31:09.599 --> 00:31:10.379
 Moses asks,

00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:11.519
 who am I

00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:12.439
 that I should

00:31:12.439 --> 00:31:12.899
 bring the

00:31:12.899 --> 00:31:13.519
 children of

00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:14.379
 Israel out

00:31:14.379 --> 00:31:14.799
 of Egypt?

00:31:15.439 --> 00:31:16.099
 I'm neither

00:31:16.099 --> 00:31:16.919
 the prince of

00:31:16.919 --> 00:31:17.219
 Egypt,

00:31:17.359 --> 00:31:17.799
 nor the

00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:18.500
 prince of

00:31:18.500 --> 00:31:18.959
 Israel,

00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:19.799
 I'm just

00:31:19.799 --> 00:31:20.539
 the lowly

00:31:20.539 --> 00:31:21.299
 Midianite

00:31:21.299 --> 00:31:21.779
 shepherd.

00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:23.079
 Who am I

00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:23.699
 to do

00:31:23.699 --> 00:31:24.859
 any such

00:31:24.859 --> 00:31:25.139
 thing?

00:31:26.219 --> 00:31:26.879
 You've got

00:31:26.879 --> 00:31:27.259
 the wrong

00:31:27.259 --> 00:31:27.579
 meaning.

00:31:27.579 --> 00:31:30.539
 But Moses

00:31:30.539 --> 00:31:31.179
 is also

00:31:31.179 --> 00:31:32.039
 completely

00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:33.159
 missing the

00:31:33.159 --> 00:31:33.579
 point.

00:31:34.699 --> 00:31:35.220
 Because what

00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:35.619
 did God

00:31:35.619 --> 00:31:36.299
 say to him

00:31:36.299 --> 00:31:37.000
 earlier on?

00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:38.439
 I have

00:31:38.439 --> 00:31:39.220
 surely seen

00:31:39.220 --> 00:31:39.639
 the affliction

00:31:39.639 --> 00:31:39.960
 of my

00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:40.299
 people,

00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:41.240
 I have

00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:41.619
 heard their

00:31:41.619 --> 00:31:42.139
 pride,

00:31:42.399 --> 00:31:43.079
 I know

00:31:43.079 --> 00:31:43.319
 their

00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:44.000
 sufferings,

00:31:44.220 --> 00:31:44.799
 and I

00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:45.379
 have come

00:31:45.379 --> 00:31:45.879
 down to

00:31:45.879 --> 00:31:46.379
 deliver

00:31:46.379 --> 00:31:46.819
 them.

00:31:47.859 --> 00:31:48.119
 God

00:31:48.119 --> 00:31:48.379
 said,

00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:49.039
 I will

00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:49.599
 do it.

00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:51.960
 He's not

00:31:51.960 --> 00:31:52.599
 sending Moses

00:31:52.599 --> 00:31:53.000
 to do it

00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:53.259
 on his

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:53.539
 own.

00:31:54.460 --> 00:31:54.980
 So God's

00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:55.419
 answer to

00:31:55.420 --> 00:31:55.900
 Moses in

00:31:55.900 --> 00:31:56.440
 verse 12

00:31:56.440 --> 00:31:57.140
 is simple

00:31:57.140 --> 00:31:58.380
 but powerful.

00:31:58.800 --> 00:31:59.120
 He says,

00:31:59.279 --> 00:32:00.340
 but I

00:32:00.340 --> 00:32:01.500
 will be

00:32:01.500 --> 00:32:02.680
 with you.

00:32:06.480 --> 00:32:07.180
 Notice what

00:32:07.180 --> 00:32:07.740
 God doesn't

00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:08.100
 say to

00:32:08.100 --> 00:32:08.360
 Moses.

00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:09.220
 He doesn't

00:32:09.220 --> 00:32:09.460
 say,

00:32:09.600 --> 00:32:09.740
 hey,

00:32:09.840 --> 00:32:10.160
 Moses,

00:32:10.660 --> 00:32:11.140
 stop

00:32:11.140 --> 00:32:11.460
 doubting

00:32:11.460 --> 00:32:12.019
 yourself.

00:32:13.180 --> 00:32:13.420
 Be

00:32:13.420 --> 00:32:14.100
 confident.

00:32:15.259 --> 00:32:15.600
 Choose

00:32:15.600 --> 00:32:16.259
 confidence.

00:32:18.640 --> 00:32:19.500
 He doesn't

00:32:19.500 --> 00:32:19.740
 say,

00:32:19.860 --> 00:32:20.000
 hey,

00:32:20.060 --> 00:32:20.460
 Moses,

00:32:21.019 --> 00:32:21.320
 you're

00:32:21.320 --> 00:32:21.700
 actually

00:32:21.700 --> 00:32:22.300
 very

00:32:22.300 --> 00:32:22.779
 qualified

00:32:22.779 --> 00:32:23.300
 for this.

00:32:23.380 --> 00:32:23.680
 Remember,

00:32:23.800 --> 00:32:24.019
 you were

00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:24.660
 instructed in

00:32:24.660 --> 00:32:25.160
 all the

00:32:25.160 --> 00:32:25.640
 wisdom of

00:32:25.640 --> 00:32:25.779
 the

00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:26.180
 Egyptians.

00:32:26.940 --> 00:32:27.200
 You were

00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:27.519
 actually

00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:28.300
 quite mighty

00:32:28.300 --> 00:32:28.759
 in words

00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:29.240
 and deeds.

00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:33.000
 God

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:33.380
 doesn't

00:32:33.380 --> 00:32:33.759
 say,

00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:34.560
 Moses,

00:32:35.080 --> 00:32:35.800
 this won't

00:32:35.800 --> 00:32:36.120
 be as

00:32:36.120 --> 00:32:36.480
 hard as

00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:37.019
 it sounds.

00:32:39.660 --> 00:32:40.180
 Pharaoh,

00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:41.259
 he talks

00:32:41.259 --> 00:32:41.620
 a big

00:32:41.620 --> 00:32:42.019
 talk,

00:32:42.200 --> 00:32:42.600
 but he's

00:32:42.600 --> 00:32:43.160
 soft.

00:32:43.960 --> 00:32:44.420
 You start

00:32:44.420 --> 00:32:45.000
 applying some

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:45.360
 pressure,

00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:45.779
 and he's

00:32:45.779 --> 00:32:46.080
 just going

00:32:46.080 --> 00:32:46.500
 to crumble.

00:32:48.560 --> 00:32:48.900
 No,

00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:49.200
 God

00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:49.759
 neither

00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:50.420
 pumps up

00:32:50.420 --> 00:32:50.759
 Moses,

00:32:51.160 --> 00:32:52.140
 nor belittles

00:32:52.140 --> 00:32:52.640
 the task

00:32:52.640 --> 00:32:53.140
 before him.

00:32:53.500 --> 00:32:54.080
 He simply

00:32:54.079 --> 00:32:55.039
 assures him,

00:32:55.419 --> 00:32:56.339
 I will

00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:57.619
 be with

00:32:57.619 --> 00:32:58.319
 you,

00:32:58.399 --> 00:32:58.939
 and that's

00:32:58.939 --> 00:32:59.399
 enough.

00:33:02.599 --> 00:33:02.939
 The

00:33:02.939 --> 00:33:03.599
 exodus of

00:33:03.599 --> 00:33:04.220
 Israel from

00:33:04.220 --> 00:33:05.119
 Egypt will

00:33:05.119 --> 00:33:05.659
 not be

00:33:05.659 --> 00:33:05.899
 about

00:33:05.899 --> 00:33:06.259
 Moses,

00:33:06.379 --> 00:33:06.740
 and his

00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:07.339
 competency

00:33:07.339 --> 00:33:07.679
 will be

00:33:07.679 --> 00:33:08.220
 about the

00:33:08.220 --> 00:33:08.599
 Lord

00:33:08.599 --> 00:33:09.699
 and his

00:33:09.699 --> 00:33:10.119
 might.

00:33:12.679 --> 00:33:13.159
 And after

00:33:13.159 --> 00:33:13.939
 this exchange,

00:33:14.079 --> 00:33:15.079
 Moses realizes

00:33:15.079 --> 00:33:16.019
 that who

00:33:16.019 --> 00:33:16.720
 am I

00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:17.699
 was the

00:33:17.699 --> 00:33:17.879
 wrong

00:33:17.879 --> 00:33:18.299
 question.

00:33:19.799 --> 00:33:20.740
 So he

00:33:20.740 --> 00:33:21.819
 changes his

00:33:21.819 --> 00:33:22.159
 question.

00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:22.720
 He asks

00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:23.019
 God,

00:33:23.019 --> 00:33:23.680
 who are

00:33:23.680 --> 00:33:24.039
 you?

00:33:26.139 --> 00:33:26.700
 If you're

00:33:26.700 --> 00:33:26.920
 the one

00:33:26.920 --> 00:33:27.099
 that's

00:33:27.099 --> 00:33:27.480
 going with

00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:27.639
 me.

00:33:27.759 --> 00:33:27.799
 In

00:33:27.799 --> 00:33:28.279
 verse 13,

00:33:28.400 --> 00:33:28.500
 he says,

00:33:28.579 --> 00:33:28.980
 then Moses

00:33:28.980 --> 00:33:29.400
 said to

00:33:29.400 --> 00:33:29.660
 God,

00:33:30.059 --> 00:33:30.420
 if I

00:33:30.420 --> 00:33:30.799
 come to

00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:31.200
 the people

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:31.599
 of Israel

00:33:31.599 --> 00:33:31.980
 and say

00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:32.400
 to them,

00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:32.799
 the God

00:33:32.799 --> 00:33:33.079
 of your

00:33:33.079 --> 00:33:33.680
 father has

00:33:33.680 --> 00:33:33.960
 sent me

00:33:33.960 --> 00:33:34.180
 to you,

00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:34.420
 and they

00:33:34.420 --> 00:33:35.099
 ask me,

00:33:35.940 --> 00:33:36.299
 what is

00:33:36.299 --> 00:33:36.759
 his name?

00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:38.200
 What

00:33:38.200 --> 00:33:38.539
 shall I

00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:38.839
 say to

00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:39.059
 them?

00:33:41.359 --> 00:33:41.759
 Names,

00:33:41.920 --> 00:33:42.599
 especially in

00:33:42.599 --> 00:33:42.879
 the ancient

00:33:42.879 --> 00:33:43.319
 Near East,

00:33:43.400 --> 00:33:43.639
 were not

00:33:43.639 --> 00:33:44.259
 merely things

00:33:44.259 --> 00:33:44.680
 that people

00:33:44.680 --> 00:33:45.400
 called each

00:33:45.400 --> 00:33:45.619
 other,

00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:46.099
 not a

00:33:46.099 --> 00:33:46.500
 moniker

00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:46.879
 merely,

00:33:46.980 --> 00:33:47.379
 but something

00:33:47.379 --> 00:33:48.660
 that represents

00:33:48.660 --> 00:33:49.299
 the person's

00:33:49.299 --> 00:33:49.940
 character and

00:33:49.940 --> 00:33:50.480
 identity.

00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:51.579
 And throughout

00:33:51.579 --> 00:33:52.059
 Genesis,

00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:53.099
 God revealed

00:33:53.099 --> 00:33:53.839
 himself to

00:33:53.839 --> 00:33:54.620
 his people

00:33:54.620 --> 00:33:55.599
 with various

00:33:55.599 --> 00:33:56.680
 names and

00:33:56.680 --> 00:33:57.079
 titles.

00:33:57.299 --> 00:33:57.720
 He revealed

00:33:57.720 --> 00:33:58.400
 himself to

00:33:58.400 --> 00:33:58.799
 them as

00:33:58.799 --> 00:33:59.779
 El Elyon,

00:33:59.920 --> 00:34:00.900
 God Most

00:34:00.900 --> 00:34:01.440
 High.

00:34:01.819 --> 00:34:02.380
 In Genesis

00:34:02.380 --> 00:34:03.200
 14, 18 to

00:34:03.200 --> 00:34:03.640
 20, he

00:34:03.640 --> 00:34:04.539
 revealed himself

00:34:04.539 --> 00:34:04.960
 to them as

00:34:04.960 --> 00:34:05.779
 El Roy,

00:34:06.019 --> 00:34:07.240
 God Who Sees,

00:34:07.640 --> 00:34:08.340
 in Genesis 16,

00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:08.760
 13,

00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:09.280
 and as

00:34:09.280 --> 00:34:10.179
 El Shaddai,

00:34:10.320 --> 00:34:11.599
 God Almighty,

00:34:11.820 --> 00:34:12.519
 in Genesis 17,

00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:12.880
 1,

00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:13.139
 and as

00:34:13.139 --> 00:34:14.099
 El Olam,

00:34:14.260 --> 00:34:14.880
 in God

00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:15.940
 Everlasting,

00:34:15.940 --> 00:34:16.760
 in Genesis

00:34:16.760 --> 00:34:17.260
 21,

00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:17.920
 33,

00:34:18.780 --> 00:34:19.460
 these names

00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:20.340
 all reveal

00:34:20.340 --> 00:34:21.260
 various aspects

00:34:21.260 --> 00:34:21.960
 of God's

00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:22.740
 character,

00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:23.860
 his nature,

00:34:24.019 --> 00:34:24.420
 and so when

00:34:24.420 --> 00:34:25.480
 Moses asks

00:34:25.480 --> 00:34:26.119
 God for

00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:26.740
 his name,

00:34:27.659 --> 00:34:28.119
 he's not

00:34:28.119 --> 00:34:28.760
 just trying to

00:34:28.760 --> 00:34:29.159
 figure out

00:34:29.159 --> 00:34:29.460
 what he's

00:34:29.460 --> 00:34:29.840
 calling.

00:34:30.720 --> 00:34:31.960
 He anticipates

00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:32.240
 that the

00:34:32.240 --> 00:34:32.840
 Israelites will

00:34:32.840 --> 00:34:33.500
 ask him,

00:34:34.179 --> 00:34:34.679
 what is

00:34:34.679 --> 00:34:35.480
 his name?

00:34:36.960 --> 00:34:37.500
 Moses,

00:34:37.659 --> 00:34:38.059
 what do

00:34:38.059 --> 00:34:38.780
 you know

00:34:38.780 --> 00:34:39.800
 about our

00:34:39.800 --> 00:34:40.340
 God,

00:34:40.559 --> 00:34:40.880
 the God

00:34:40.880 --> 00:34:41.200
 of our

00:34:41.200 --> 00:34:41.760
 fathers?

00:34:42.360 --> 00:34:43.019
 Can you

00:34:43.019 --> 00:34:43.500
 tell us

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:44.220
 his name?

00:34:44.679 --> 00:34:45.039
 Do you

00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:45.579
 know his

00:34:45.579 --> 00:34:46.119
 character,

00:34:46.539 --> 00:34:47.300
 his nature?

00:34:47.460 --> 00:34:48.059
 How can

00:34:48.059 --> 00:34:48.579
 you assure

00:34:48.579 --> 00:34:49.320
 us from

00:34:49.320 --> 00:34:49.679
 what God

00:34:49.679 --> 00:34:50.059
 has said

00:34:50.059 --> 00:34:50.360
 to you

00:34:50.360 --> 00:34:50.679
 that he

00:34:50.679 --> 00:34:51.199
 will indeed

00:34:51.199 --> 00:34:51.960
 deliver us?

00:34:54.039 --> 00:34:54.579
 And God

00:34:54.579 --> 00:34:56.199
 gives a

00:34:56.199 --> 00:34:56.880
 magnificent

00:34:56.880 --> 00:34:57.579
 answer in

00:34:57.579 --> 00:34:58.259
 verses 14

00:34:58.259 --> 00:34:58.759
 and 15.

00:34:59.820 --> 00:35:01.159
 I am

00:35:01.159 --> 00:35:02.440
 who I

00:35:02.440 --> 00:35:02.940
 am.

00:35:03.739 --> 00:35:04.699
 Say this

00:35:04.699 --> 00:35:05.099
 to the

00:35:05.099 --> 00:35:05.500
 people of

00:35:05.500 --> 00:35:05.820
 Israel.

00:35:06.579 --> 00:35:07.519
 I am

00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:08.119
 has sent

00:35:08.119 --> 00:35:08.440
 me to

00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:08.639
 you.

00:35:08.800 --> 00:35:09.480
 Say this

00:35:09.480 --> 00:35:09.719
 to the

00:35:09.719 --> 00:35:10.059
 people of

00:35:10.059 --> 00:35:10.400
 Israel.

00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:11.019
 The

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:11.739
 Lord,

00:35:12.199 --> 00:35:12.679
 the God

00:35:12.679 --> 00:35:13.000
 of your

00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:13.400
 fathers,

00:35:13.539 --> 00:35:13.860
 the God

00:35:13.860 --> 00:35:14.360
 of Abraham,

00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:14.800
 the God

00:35:14.800 --> 00:35:15.240
 of Isaac,

00:35:15.360 --> 00:35:15.539
 and the

00:35:15.539 --> 00:35:15.740
 God

00:35:15.740 --> 00:35:16.200
 of Jacob,

00:35:16.900 --> 00:35:17.340
 has sent

00:35:17.340 --> 00:35:17.680
 me to

00:35:17.680 --> 00:35:17.900
 him.

00:35:18.460 --> 00:35:18.900
 This

00:35:18.900 --> 00:35:19.440
 is my

00:35:19.440 --> 00:35:19.640
 name

00:35:19.640 --> 00:35:20.019
 forever,

00:35:20.460 --> 00:35:20.980
 and thus

00:35:20.980 --> 00:35:21.360
 I am

00:35:21.360 --> 00:35:21.460
 to

00:35:21.460 --> 00:35:21.780
 remember

00:35:21.780 --> 00:35:22.060
 to

00:35:22.060 --> 00:35:22.440
 all

00:35:22.440 --> 00:35:23.039
 generations.

00:35:25.100 --> 00:35:25.560
 The

00:35:25.560 --> 00:35:26.360
 patriarchs,

00:35:26.380 --> 00:35:26.580
 as you

00:35:26.580 --> 00:35:27.080
 will see

00:35:27.080 --> 00:35:27.460
 in

00:35:27.460 --> 00:35:28.019
 Genesis 15,

00:35:28.100 --> 00:35:28.320
 7,

00:35:28.380 --> 00:35:28.539
 if you

00:35:28.539 --> 00:35:28.880
 have seen

00:35:28.880 --> 00:35:29.440
 Genesis 15,

00:35:29.539 --> 00:35:29.780
 7,

00:35:29.860 --> 00:35:30.080
 20,

00:35:30.160 --> 00:35:30.460
 13,

00:35:30.560 --> 00:35:30.860
 already

00:35:30.860 --> 00:35:31.500
 were aware

00:35:31.500 --> 00:35:31.940
 of this

00:35:31.940 --> 00:35:32.240
 name.

00:35:32.560 --> 00:35:32.660
 They

00:35:32.660 --> 00:35:33.019
 addressed

00:35:33.019 --> 00:35:33.440
 him as

00:35:33.440 --> 00:35:33.760
 such,

00:35:34.220 --> 00:35:34.340
 the

00:35:34.340 --> 00:35:34.680
 Lord.

00:35:35.420 --> 00:35:35.780
 But as

00:35:35.780 --> 00:35:36.100
 Exodus

00:35:36.100 --> 00:35:36.840
 chapter 6,

00:35:36.920 --> 00:35:37.440
 verse 3

00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:38.260
 makes clear,

00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:39.460
 they never

00:35:39.460 --> 00:35:41.060
 understood the

00:35:41.060 --> 00:35:41.600
 fullness of

00:35:41.600 --> 00:35:42.039
 this name.

00:35:42.360 --> 00:35:42.880
 God never

00:35:42.880 --> 00:35:43.820
 unpacked for

00:35:43.820 --> 00:35:44.660
 them the full

00:35:44.660 --> 00:35:46.280
 significance of

00:35:46.280 --> 00:35:47.160
 this name as

00:35:47.160 --> 00:35:47.940
 he does here.

00:35:48.019 --> 00:35:48.900
 So this is a

00:35:48.900 --> 00:35:50.380
 defining moment in

00:35:50.380 --> 00:35:51.600
 history of

00:35:51.600 --> 00:35:52.160
 Israel and

00:35:52.160 --> 00:35:52.900
 indeed in the

00:35:52.900 --> 00:35:54.039
 history of the

00:35:54.039 --> 00:35:55.340
 world, when the

00:35:55.340 --> 00:35:55.860
 Lord God

00:35:55.860 --> 00:35:57.039
 discloses his

00:35:57.039 --> 00:35:58.700
 actual name.

00:35:58.699 --> 00:36:03.859
 name is

00:36:03.859 --> 00:36:04.319
 rendered in

00:36:04.319 --> 00:36:04.659
 our English

00:36:04.659 --> 00:36:05.639
 translations as

00:36:05.639 --> 00:36:06.460
 the Lord.

00:36:09.279 --> 00:36:10.139
 But that's

00:36:10.139 --> 00:36:10.980
 not what the

00:36:10.980 --> 00:36:11.539
 Hebrew word

00:36:11.539 --> 00:36:13.019
 for the

00:36:13.019 --> 00:36:13.279
 Lord.

00:36:13.859 --> 00:36:14.399
 The Hebrew

00:36:14.399 --> 00:36:14.919
 word for the

00:36:14.919 --> 00:36:15.359
 Lord is

00:36:15.359 --> 00:36:16.359
 Adonai, which

00:36:16.359 --> 00:36:16.679
 some of you

00:36:16.679 --> 00:36:16.879
 guys are

00:36:16.879 --> 00:36:17.599
 familiar with.

00:36:19.139 --> 00:36:19.799
 But that's

00:36:19.799 --> 00:36:20.199
 not what it

00:36:20.199 --> 00:36:20.719
 says there.

00:36:20.919 --> 00:36:21.439
 The Lord is

00:36:21.439 --> 00:36:22.219
 in all caps

00:36:22.219 --> 00:36:22.759
 to indicate

00:36:22.759 --> 00:36:23.219
 that this

00:36:23.219 --> 00:36:23.659
 is the

00:36:23.659 --> 00:36:23.939
 four

00:36:23.939 --> 00:36:24.559
 consonant

00:36:24.559 --> 00:36:25.500
 name of

00:36:25.500 --> 00:36:25.839
 God,

00:36:26.339 --> 00:36:26.559
 sometimes

00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:27.159
 called the

00:36:27.159 --> 00:36:28.219
 Tetragrammaton,

00:36:28.219 --> 00:36:28.679
 because it's

00:36:28.679 --> 00:36:29.339
 four letters,

00:36:29.799 --> 00:36:30.559
 four consonants.

00:36:32.159 --> 00:36:32.639
 It occurs

00:36:32.639 --> 00:36:34.079
 almost 7,000

00:36:34.079 --> 00:36:34.779
 times in the

00:36:34.779 --> 00:36:35.239
 Old Testament.

00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:38.119
 But then why

00:36:38.119 --> 00:36:38.439
 does our

00:36:38.439 --> 00:36:39.179
 English translation

00:36:39.179 --> 00:36:40.079
 say Lord

00:36:40.079 --> 00:36:40.519
 instead?

00:36:41.719 --> 00:36:42.459
 That's because

00:36:42.459 --> 00:36:43.379
 around 300

00:36:43.379 --> 00:36:44.439
 BC became

00:36:44.439 --> 00:36:45.519
 customary among

00:36:45.519 --> 00:36:46.679
 the Jews when

00:36:46.679 --> 00:36:47.219
 reading the

00:36:47.219 --> 00:36:47.859
 Old Testament

00:36:47.859 --> 00:36:49.199
 to substitute

00:36:49.199 --> 00:36:50.099
 the title

00:36:50.099 --> 00:36:51.159
 Lord,

00:36:51.599 --> 00:36:52.279
 Adonai,

00:36:52.759 --> 00:36:53.139
 for the

00:36:53.139 --> 00:36:53.699
 name of

00:36:53.699 --> 00:36:54.079
 God.

00:36:55.219 --> 00:36:56.000
 Just out of

00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:56.839
 sheer reverence

00:36:56.840 --> 00:36:57.380
 for God,

00:36:58.280 --> 00:36:58.720
 lest they

00:36:58.720 --> 00:36:59.180
 take up

00:36:59.180 --> 00:36:59.519
 God's

00:36:59.519 --> 00:36:59.900
 name in

00:36:59.900 --> 00:37:00.120
 vain.

00:37:01.420 --> 00:37:01.960
 So the

00:37:01.960 --> 00:37:02.700
 name that

00:37:02.700 --> 00:37:03.340
 God revealed

00:37:03.340 --> 00:37:03.640
 to his

00:37:03.640 --> 00:37:04.240
 people became

00:37:04.240 --> 00:37:05.100
 an ineffable

00:37:05.100 --> 00:37:05.460
 name,

00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:06.640
 an unutterable

00:37:06.640 --> 00:37:07.340
 name.

00:37:08.039 --> 00:37:08.600
 And eventually

00:37:08.600 --> 00:37:09.260
 the knowledge

00:37:09.260 --> 00:37:09.660
 of the

00:37:09.660 --> 00:37:10.140
 name's

00:37:10.140 --> 00:37:10.660
 pronunciation

00:37:10.660 --> 00:37:11.579
 was forgotten

00:37:11.579 --> 00:37:12.500
 and the

00:37:12.500 --> 00:37:13.480
 vowels from

00:37:13.480 --> 00:37:14.320
 Adonai were

00:37:14.320 --> 00:37:14.880
 added to

00:37:14.880 --> 00:37:15.240
 the four

00:37:15.240 --> 00:37:15.940
 consonants

00:37:15.940 --> 00:37:16.480
 which led

00:37:16.480 --> 00:37:16.820
 to the

00:37:16.820 --> 00:37:17.820
 hybrid form

00:37:17.820 --> 00:37:18.700
 Jehovah.

00:37:18.699 --> 00:37:18.839
 Jehovah.

00:37:20.639 --> 00:37:21.439
 But the

00:37:21.439 --> 00:37:21.719
 original

00:37:21.719 --> 00:37:22.239
 pronunciation

00:37:22.239 --> 00:37:22.980
 was likely

00:37:22.980 --> 00:37:23.879
 closer to

00:37:23.879 --> 00:37:25.259
 Yahweh

00:37:25.259 --> 00:37:26.859
 or Jehovah.

00:37:32.059 --> 00:37:32.719
 Archaeologists

00:37:32.719 --> 00:37:33.299
 have discovered

00:37:33.299 --> 00:37:34.059
 inscriptions with

00:37:34.059 --> 00:37:34.879
 various forms of

00:37:34.879 --> 00:37:35.339
 this name,

00:37:35.480 --> 00:37:36.199
 including short

00:37:36.199 --> 00:37:36.939
 and abbreviated

00:37:36.939 --> 00:37:37.359
 ones.

00:37:38.099 --> 00:37:38.859
 So a lot of

00:37:38.859 --> 00:37:39.480
 Hebrew names

00:37:39.480 --> 00:37:40.139
 contain the

00:37:40.139 --> 00:37:40.519
 name of the

00:37:40.519 --> 00:37:40.799
 Lord.

00:37:41.239 --> 00:37:42.339
 Isaiah is

00:37:42.339 --> 00:37:42.839
 one of them.

00:37:43.480 --> 00:37:43.939
 His Hebrew

00:37:43.939 --> 00:37:44.460
 pronunciation

00:37:44.460 --> 00:37:45.199
 is Yesh,

00:37:45.199 --> 00:37:46.139
 Yesh,

00:37:46.139 --> 00:37:46.179
 Yesh,

00:37:46.179 --> 00:37:47.219
 Yesh,

00:37:47.219 --> 00:37:47.239
 Yesh,

00:37:47.239 --> 00:37:47.259
 Yesh,

00:37:47.259 --> 00:37:47.279
 Yesh,

00:37:47.279 --> 00:37:47.679
 Yahu.

00:37:47.679 --> 00:37:48.379
 That's Isaiah.

00:37:49.460 --> 00:37:50.019
 Yahu

00:37:50.019 --> 00:37:50.599
 saves.

00:37:53.199 --> 00:37:53.819
 But the

00:37:53.819 --> 00:37:54.480
 greater weight

00:37:54.480 --> 00:37:54.779
 should be

00:37:54.779 --> 00:37:55.339
 given not

00:37:55.339 --> 00:37:55.599
 to the

00:37:55.599 --> 00:37:56.000
 name's

00:37:56.000 --> 00:37:56.539
 pronunciation

00:37:56.539 --> 00:37:57.960
 but to

00:37:57.960 --> 00:37:58.460
 its actual

00:37:58.460 --> 00:37:58.899
 meaning.

00:38:00.359 --> 00:38:01.099
 The name

00:38:01.099 --> 00:38:01.379
 of the

00:38:01.379 --> 00:38:01.779
 Lord is

00:38:01.779 --> 00:38:02.219
 not a

00:38:02.219 --> 00:38:02.599
 magical

00:38:02.599 --> 00:38:03.299
 incantation

00:38:03.299 --> 00:38:03.599
 that you

00:38:03.599 --> 00:38:03.980
 need to

00:38:03.980 --> 00:38:04.599
 say just

00:38:04.599 --> 00:38:05.139
 right to

00:38:05.139 --> 00:38:05.359
 get the

00:38:05.359 --> 00:38:05.759
 right thing

00:38:05.759 --> 00:38:06.179
 to happen.

00:38:09.319 --> 00:38:09.980
 To use

00:38:09.980 --> 00:38:10.480
 illustration,

00:38:10.639 --> 00:38:11.059
 the original

00:38:11.059 --> 00:38:11.659
 name that

00:38:11.659 --> 00:38:12.099
 I was

00:38:12.099 --> 00:38:12.559
 given at

00:38:12.559 --> 00:38:13.519
 birth in

00:38:13.519 --> 00:38:14.199
 Korea was

00:38:14.199 --> 00:38:15.019
 Shin-hyun.

00:38:15.019 --> 00:38:17.940
 Most

00:38:17.940 --> 00:38:18.800
 of you,

00:38:18.940 --> 00:38:19.559
 even if I

00:38:19.559 --> 00:38:20.340
 pronounce that

00:38:20.340 --> 00:38:20.840
 name for

00:38:20.840 --> 00:38:21.340
 you a hundred

00:38:21.340 --> 00:38:21.739
 times,

00:38:21.840 --> 00:38:22.239
 will never

00:38:22.239 --> 00:38:22.840
 be able to

00:38:22.840 --> 00:38:23.320
 pronounce it

00:38:23.320 --> 00:38:23.659
 correctly.

00:38:26.259 --> 00:38:27.099
 So when my

00:38:27.099 --> 00:38:27.800
 family moved to

00:38:27.800 --> 00:38:28.280
 the U.S.,

00:38:28.280 --> 00:38:28.860
 because of my

00:38:28.860 --> 00:38:29.599
 dad's job,

00:38:30.300 --> 00:38:31.239
 his Korean-American

00:38:31.239 --> 00:38:32.380
 boss met with

00:38:32.380 --> 00:38:33.860
 me and our

00:38:33.860 --> 00:38:34.239
 family,

00:38:34.400 --> 00:38:34.940
 and he asked

00:38:34.940 --> 00:38:35.360
 me what my

00:38:35.360 --> 00:38:35.719
 name was,

00:38:35.759 --> 00:38:35.940
 and I said,

00:38:35.980 --> 00:38:36.300
 my name is

00:38:36.300 --> 00:38:36.679
 Shi-hyun,

00:38:36.800 --> 00:38:37.659
 and he said

00:38:37.659 --> 00:38:37.960
 to me,

00:38:38.059 --> 00:38:38.420
 Shi-hyun,

00:38:38.420 --> 00:38:38.980
 Shi-hyun,

00:38:39.440 --> 00:38:39.840
 Shawn.

00:38:40.240 --> 00:38:40.559
 You should

00:38:40.559 --> 00:38:40.860
 go by

00:38:40.860 --> 00:38:41.380
 Shawn,

00:38:42.099 --> 00:38:43.039
 because no

00:38:43.039 --> 00:38:43.260
 one would

00:38:43.260 --> 00:38:43.559
 be able to

00:38:43.559 --> 00:38:43.820
 say her

00:38:43.820 --> 00:38:44.340
 name otherwise.

00:38:46.559 --> 00:38:47.320
 And when I

00:38:47.320 --> 00:38:48.059
 was naturalized

00:38:48.059 --> 00:38:48.579
 as a U.S.

00:38:48.639 --> 00:38:48.920
 citizen,

00:38:49.260 --> 00:38:49.680
 I made

00:38:49.680 --> 00:38:50.260
 Shawn my

00:38:50.260 --> 00:38:50.860
 first name,

00:38:51.019 --> 00:38:51.400
 and my

00:38:51.400 --> 00:38:51.840
 Korean name,

00:38:51.880 --> 00:38:52.200
 my middle

00:38:52.200 --> 00:38:52.480
 name,

00:38:52.780 --> 00:38:53.280
 and I

00:38:53.280 --> 00:38:53.800
 answered to

00:38:53.800 --> 00:38:54.180
 both.

00:38:55.460 --> 00:38:55.900
 They're both

00:38:55.900 --> 00:38:56.420
 my true

00:38:56.420 --> 00:38:56.900
 names.

00:38:59.740 --> 00:39:00.360
 There are

00:39:00.360 --> 00:39:01.300
 51 million

00:39:01.300 --> 00:39:01.980
 people living

00:39:01.980 --> 00:39:02.380
 in South

00:39:02.380 --> 00:39:02.780
 Korea who

00:39:02.780 --> 00:39:03.300
 can pronounce

00:39:03.300 --> 00:39:03.960
 my name

00:39:03.960 --> 00:39:04.960
 perfectly,

00:39:05.700 --> 00:39:06.440
 but none

00:39:06.440 --> 00:39:06.980
 of them

00:39:06.980 --> 00:39:07.900
 know me

00:39:07.900 --> 00:39:08.780
 like you

00:39:08.780 --> 00:39:09.780
 all know

00:39:09.780 --> 00:39:10.099
 me.

00:39:14.160 --> 00:39:15.260
 And that's

00:39:15.260 --> 00:39:15.740
 what's more

00:39:15.740 --> 00:39:16.240
 significant.

00:39:17.180 --> 00:39:17.760
 Not can you

00:39:17.760 --> 00:39:18.559
 pronounce God's

00:39:18.559 --> 00:39:19.119
 name, but do

00:39:19.119 --> 00:39:19.660
 you know

00:39:19.660 --> 00:39:20.079
 him?

00:39:21.300 --> 00:39:21.920
 Do you

00:39:21.920 --> 00:39:22.760
 know his

00:39:22.760 --> 00:39:23.260
 name?

00:39:23.619 --> 00:39:23.860
 Do you

00:39:23.860 --> 00:39:24.240
 have a

00:39:24.240 --> 00:39:24.980
 relationship

00:39:24.980 --> 00:39:25.720
 with the

00:39:25.720 --> 00:39:27.079
 living God?

00:39:29.119 --> 00:39:29.460
 And there

00:39:29.460 --> 00:39:29.860
 are several

00:39:29.860 --> 00:39:30.360
 things that

00:39:30.360 --> 00:39:31.059
 God's name

00:39:31.059 --> 00:39:31.820
 reveals about

00:39:31.820 --> 00:39:32.260
 himself.

00:39:32.660 --> 00:39:33.000
 First,

00:39:33.119 --> 00:39:33.619
 his name

00:39:33.619 --> 00:39:34.579
 means I

00:39:34.579 --> 00:39:35.059
 am,

00:39:35.400 --> 00:39:36.059
 who I

00:39:36.059 --> 00:39:36.460
 am,

00:39:36.740 --> 00:39:37.500
 which can

00:39:37.500 --> 00:39:37.900
 also be

00:39:37.900 --> 00:39:38.420
 translated,

00:39:38.599 --> 00:39:39.199
 I will

00:39:39.199 --> 00:39:39.840
 be who

00:39:39.840 --> 00:39:40.500
 I will

00:39:40.500 --> 00:39:40.900
 be.

00:39:41.639 --> 00:39:42.199
 The Hebrew

00:39:42.199 --> 00:39:43.039
 tense used

00:39:43.039 --> 00:39:43.639
 here has a

00:39:43.639 --> 00:39:44.760
 timeless sense,

00:39:45.099 --> 00:39:45.699
 so it can be

00:39:45.699 --> 00:39:46.199
 used to refer

00:39:46.199 --> 00:39:46.980
 to the past,

00:39:47.380 --> 00:39:48.019
 the present,

00:39:48.199 --> 00:39:49.099
 or the future,

00:39:49.179 --> 00:39:49.500
 and you see

00:39:49.500 --> 00:39:50.179
 examples of

00:39:50.179 --> 00:39:50.519
 that all

00:39:50.519 --> 00:39:50.840
 throughout

00:39:50.840 --> 00:39:51.260
 Scripture.

00:39:52.559 --> 00:39:53.139
 And that is

00:39:53.139 --> 00:39:53.800
 completely

00:39:53.800 --> 00:39:54.820
 intentional.

00:39:55.420 --> 00:39:56.139
 It communicates

00:39:56.139 --> 00:39:56.840
 the fact that

00:39:56.840 --> 00:39:57.880
 God never

00:39:57.880 --> 00:39:58.880
 changes,

00:39:59.619 --> 00:40:00.119
 and he is

00:40:00.119 --> 00:40:00.860
 the same

00:40:00.860 --> 00:40:01.719
 yesterday,

00:40:02.260 --> 00:40:02.760
 today,

00:40:02.960 --> 00:40:04.000
 and forever.

00:40:04.000 --> 00:40:04.119
 God,

00:40:05.000 --> 00:40:05.599
 and what a

00:40:05.599 --> 00:40:06.079
 comforting

00:40:06.079 --> 00:40:06.679
 thought that

00:40:06.679 --> 00:40:07.300
 that is.

00:40:07.780 --> 00:40:08.239
 He is,

00:40:08.659 --> 00:40:09.360
 he was,

00:40:09.480 --> 00:40:10.179
 he is,

00:40:10.340 --> 00:40:11.320
 and he will

00:40:11.320 --> 00:40:11.719
 be.

00:40:11.880 --> 00:40:12.739
 This is what

00:40:12.739 --> 00:40:13.639
 theologians call

00:40:13.639 --> 00:40:15.300
 God's immutability.

00:40:16.099 --> 00:40:16.719
 He does not

00:40:16.719 --> 00:40:17.360
 change.

00:40:18.320 --> 00:40:19.019
 Another way to

00:40:19.019 --> 00:40:19.679
 describe that is

00:40:19.679 --> 00:40:20.280
 that God is

00:40:20.280 --> 00:40:20.980
 faithful.

00:40:22.320 --> 00:40:23.460
 He is always

00:40:23.460 --> 00:40:24.519
 true to

00:40:24.519 --> 00:40:25.159
 himself.

00:40:25.539 --> 00:40:26.480
 He is always

00:40:26.480 --> 00:40:27.599
 faithful to

00:40:27.599 --> 00:40:28.340
 his character.

00:40:28.719 --> 00:40:29.539
 He never

00:40:29.539 --> 00:40:31.079
 deviates from

00:40:31.079 --> 00:40:32.139
 who he is.

00:40:34.279 --> 00:40:35.119
 Fallen human

00:40:35.119 --> 00:40:35.819
 beings can

00:40:35.819 --> 00:40:36.719
 fold under

00:40:36.719 --> 00:40:37.219
 the pressure

00:40:37.219 --> 00:40:38.539
 and act out

00:40:38.539 --> 00:40:38.960
 of their

00:40:38.960 --> 00:40:39.460
 character.

00:40:40.719 --> 00:40:41.420
 They can act

00:40:41.420 --> 00:40:41.960
 in a way that

00:40:41.960 --> 00:40:42.799
 is inconsistent

00:40:42.799 --> 00:40:43.519
 with their

00:40:43.519 --> 00:40:44.099
 convictions.

00:40:44.779 --> 00:40:45.480
 I have done

00:40:45.480 --> 00:40:45.819
 that.

00:40:47.199 --> 00:40:48.000
 But God

00:40:48.000 --> 00:40:49.239
 never does

00:40:49.239 --> 00:40:49.579
 that.

00:40:50.279 --> 00:40:51.139
 He is always

00:40:51.139 --> 00:40:51.559
 true.

00:40:52.079 --> 00:40:52.980
 He is always

00:40:52.980 --> 00:40:53.500
 faithful.

00:40:53.960 --> 00:40:54.679
 And that means

00:40:54.679 --> 00:40:55.799
 he is always

00:40:55.799 --> 00:40:56.719
 reliable,

00:40:57.279 --> 00:40:58.079
 always

00:40:58.079 --> 00:40:59.019
 trustworthy.

00:40:59.500 --> 00:41:00.199
 Human beings

00:41:00.199 --> 00:41:00.900
 are faithful.

00:41:01.079 --> 00:41:02.340
 They change.

00:41:02.739 --> 00:41:03.340
 They are for

00:41:03.340 --> 00:41:04.019
 you one day

00:41:04.019 --> 00:41:04.319
 and then they

00:41:04.319 --> 00:41:04.819
 are against

00:41:04.819 --> 00:41:05.500
 you the next

00:41:05.500 --> 00:41:05.699
 day.

00:41:05.779 --> 00:41:06.980
 They go back

00:41:06.980 --> 00:41:07.539
 on their

00:41:07.539 --> 00:41:07.960
 word.

00:41:08.360 --> 00:41:09.500
 But Jehovah

00:41:09.500 --> 00:41:10.880
 never goes

00:41:10.880 --> 00:41:11.639
 back on his

00:41:11.639 --> 00:41:11.980
 word.

00:41:13.639 --> 00:41:14.579
 He never

00:41:14.579 --> 00:41:15.319
 changes.

00:41:17.039 --> 00:41:17.440
 Second,

00:41:17.659 --> 00:41:18.360
 I am who

00:41:18.360 --> 00:41:18.940
 I am,

00:41:19.219 --> 00:41:19.739
 means that

00:41:19.739 --> 00:41:20.400
 God is

00:41:20.400 --> 00:41:21.460
 absolutely

00:41:21.460 --> 00:41:22.679
 sovereign.

00:41:24.659 --> 00:41:25.239
 Theologians

00:41:25.239 --> 00:41:25.980
 call this

00:41:25.980 --> 00:41:26.840
 God's

00:41:26.840 --> 00:41:27.579
 aseity.

00:41:28.420 --> 00:41:29.159
 He is

00:41:29.159 --> 00:41:30.900
 independent.

00:41:31.079 --> 00:41:31.920
 He is

00:41:31.920 --> 00:41:33.679
 self-existent.

00:41:34.119 --> 00:41:34.659
 All of

00:41:34.659 --> 00:41:35.380
 creation has

00:41:35.380 --> 00:41:36.019
 a derivative

00:41:36.019 --> 00:41:37.139
 and dependent

00:41:37.139 --> 00:41:37.779
 existence.

00:41:38.139 --> 00:41:38.599
 Because we

00:41:38.599 --> 00:41:38.759
 have been

00:41:38.759 --> 00:41:39.420
 created by

00:41:39.420 --> 00:41:39.840
 God and

00:41:39.840 --> 00:41:40.579
 are sustained

00:41:40.579 --> 00:41:41.239
 by God,

00:41:41.380 --> 00:41:41.960
 but God

00:41:41.960 --> 00:41:43.279
 is self-existent.

00:41:44.380 --> 00:41:44.719
 He does

00:41:44.719 --> 00:41:45.500
 not owe

00:41:45.500 --> 00:41:46.139
 his existence

00:41:46.139 --> 00:41:46.880
 to anything

00:41:46.880 --> 00:41:47.420
 or anyone

00:41:47.420 --> 00:41:47.880
 else.

00:41:49.019 --> 00:41:49.460
 He does

00:41:49.460 --> 00:41:50.980
 not owe

00:41:50.980 --> 00:41:51.599
 his allegiance

00:41:51.599 --> 00:41:52.380
 to anything

00:41:52.380 --> 00:41:53.139
 or anyone

00:41:53.139 --> 00:41:53.380
 else.

00:41:53.440 --> 00:41:53.819
 He is not

00:41:53.819 --> 00:41:55.119
 subject to

00:41:55.119 --> 00:41:56.059
 anyone else.

00:41:56.940 --> 00:41:57.440
 Yahweh

00:41:57.440 --> 00:41:58.139
 defines

00:41:58.139 --> 00:41:58.920
 himself.

00:41:58.920 --> 00:42:00.440
 we are

00:42:00.440 --> 00:42:01.260
 defined by

00:42:01.260 --> 00:42:01.599
 others.

00:42:01.720 --> 00:42:01.900
 Yes,

00:42:01.960 --> 00:42:02.340
 human beings.

00:42:02.460 --> 00:42:02.539
 We're

00:42:02.539 --> 00:42:03.119
 defined by

00:42:03.119 --> 00:42:03.740
 other people

00:42:03.740 --> 00:42:04.180
 and other

00:42:04.180 --> 00:42:04.599
 things.

00:42:04.599 --> 00:42:05.300
 Who gave

00:42:05.300 --> 00:42:05.820
 birth to

00:42:05.820 --> 00:42:05.980
 us?

00:42:06.019 --> 00:42:06.180
 You're

00:42:06.180 --> 00:42:06.860
 so-and-so's

00:42:06.860 --> 00:42:07.420
 son,

00:42:07.780 --> 00:42:08.639
 so-and-so's

00:42:08.639 --> 00:42:10.000
 daughter.

00:42:10.700 --> 00:42:11.280
 What schools

00:42:11.280 --> 00:42:11.820
 did you go to?

00:42:11.860 --> 00:42:12.420
 He's an

00:42:12.420 --> 00:42:13.360
 alumnus or

00:42:13.360 --> 00:42:14.519
 a graduate of

00:42:14.519 --> 00:42:15.039
 this school.

00:42:15.159 --> 00:42:16.079
 What generation

00:42:16.079 --> 00:42:16.740
 were you born

00:42:16.740 --> 00:42:16.900
 in?

00:42:17.159 --> 00:42:17.700
 Is generation

00:42:17.700 --> 00:42:18.220
 Y,

00:42:18.340 --> 00:42:19.119
 generation X?

00:42:19.380 --> 00:42:19.820
 Where do you

00:42:19.820 --> 00:42:20.320
 work?

00:42:21.139 --> 00:42:21.920
 But young

00:42:21.920 --> 00:42:22.480
 God is

00:42:22.480 --> 00:42:23.480
 self-existent

00:42:23.480 --> 00:42:24.320
 and independent

00:42:24.320 --> 00:42:25.019
 and for

00:42:25.019 --> 00:42:25.519
 that reason

00:42:25.519 --> 00:42:26.039
 God is

00:42:26.039 --> 00:42:26.920
 the only

00:42:26.920 --> 00:42:27.539
 truly

00:42:27.539 --> 00:42:28.300
 sovereign

00:42:28.300 --> 00:42:28.880
 being in

00:42:28.880 --> 00:42:29.340
 the entire

00:42:29.340 --> 00:42:29.980
 universe.

00:42:32.420 --> 00:42:33.180
 Because to

00:42:33.180 --> 00:42:33.700
 be sovereign

00:42:33.700 --> 00:42:34.080
 means to

00:42:34.080 --> 00:42:34.780
 have supreme

00:42:34.780 --> 00:42:35.300
 authority,

00:42:35.900 --> 00:42:36.880
 to rule

00:42:36.880 --> 00:42:37.539
 oneself,

00:42:37.780 --> 00:42:38.480
 to have no

00:42:38.480 --> 00:42:39.680
 other authority

00:42:39.680 --> 00:42:41.000
 higher than

00:42:41.000 --> 00:42:41.440
 oneself.

00:42:43.220 --> 00:42:43.600
 But there

00:42:43.600 --> 00:42:44.280
 is no such

00:42:44.280 --> 00:42:44.820
 human being

00:42:44.820 --> 00:42:45.340
 on earth.

00:42:48.740 --> 00:42:49.300
 Xi Jinping

00:42:49.300 --> 00:42:50.880
 is not

00:42:50.880 --> 00:42:51.220
 sovereign.

00:42:51.220 --> 00:42:51.380
 He is

00:42:51.380 --> 00:42:51.400
 not sovereign.

00:42:54.320 --> 00:42:55.280
 Vladimir

00:42:55.280 --> 00:42:55.700
 Putin

00:42:55.700 --> 00:42:56.660
 is not

00:42:56.660 --> 00:42:57.180
 sovereign.

00:42:59.340 --> 00:43:00.440
 Joe Biden

00:43:00.440 --> 00:43:01.580
 is not

00:43:01.580 --> 00:43:02.400
 sovereign.

00:43:03.960 --> 00:43:04.840
 None of

00:43:04.840 --> 00:43:05.140
 them is

00:43:05.140 --> 00:43:05.640
 truly

00:43:05.640 --> 00:43:06.880
 independent.

00:43:08.740 --> 00:43:09.960
 But the

00:43:09.960 --> 00:43:11.180
 Lord is

00:43:11.180 --> 00:43:12.080
 not accountable

00:43:12.080 --> 00:43:12.680
 to anyone

00:43:12.680 --> 00:43:13.019
 else.

00:43:13.280 --> 00:43:13.720
 He is not

00:43:13.720 --> 00:43:14.700
 beholden to

00:43:14.700 --> 00:43:15.280
 anyone else.

00:43:15.480 --> 00:43:15.840
 He is not

00:43:15.840 --> 00:43:16.900
 confined by

00:43:16.900 --> 00:43:17.740
 anything else.

00:43:17.980 --> 00:43:18.519
 He owes

00:43:18.519 --> 00:43:19.059
 no one

00:43:19.059 --> 00:43:19.640
 anything.

00:43:19.760 --> 00:43:20.260
 That's what

00:43:20.260 --> 00:43:20.860
 it means

00:43:20.860 --> 00:43:21.240
 to be

00:43:21.240 --> 00:43:21.800
 God.

00:43:24.320 --> 00:43:25.760
 I am

00:43:25.760 --> 00:43:26.180
 who I

00:43:26.180 --> 00:43:26.519
 am.

00:43:28.519 --> 00:43:29.260
 Third, I

00:43:29.260 --> 00:43:29.700
 am who I

00:43:29.700 --> 00:43:30.180
 am means

00:43:30.180 --> 00:43:30.559
 that God

00:43:30.559 --> 00:43:31.480
 is present

00:43:31.480 --> 00:43:32.160
 with us.

00:43:33.480 --> 00:43:34.080
 The words

00:43:34.080 --> 00:43:34.600
 and phrases

00:43:34.600 --> 00:43:35.140
 I am

00:43:35.140 --> 00:43:35.460
 who I

00:43:35.460 --> 00:43:36.059
 am, I

00:43:36.059 --> 00:43:36.600
 am,

00:43:36.960 --> 00:43:37.559
 Yehovah,

00:43:37.820 --> 00:43:38.519
 all play

00:43:38.519 --> 00:43:38.900
 on the

00:43:38.900 --> 00:43:39.320
 Hebrew

00:43:39.320 --> 00:43:39.840
 verb

00:43:39.840 --> 00:43:40.720
 to be,

00:43:41.539 --> 00:43:42.019
 which is

00:43:42.019 --> 00:43:42.760
 connected to

00:43:42.760 --> 00:43:43.559
 God's promise

00:43:43.559 --> 00:43:44.200
 to his

00:43:44.200 --> 00:43:44.660
 people in

00:43:44.660 --> 00:43:45.320
 verse 21.

00:43:45.320 --> 00:43:46.800
 I will

00:43:46.800 --> 00:43:48.480
 be with

00:43:48.480 --> 00:43:49.240
 you.

00:43:49.239 --> 00:43:53.500
 God's

00:43:53.500 --> 00:43:53.859
 name

00:43:53.859 --> 00:43:54.539
 contains

00:43:54.539 --> 00:43:55.279
 a promise

00:43:55.279 --> 00:43:55.879
 that he

00:43:55.879 --> 00:43:56.759
 will be

00:43:56.759 --> 00:43:57.259
 with

00:43:57.259 --> 00:43:57.779
 his

00:43:57.779 --> 00:43:58.479
 people.

00:43:58.719 --> 00:43:58.759
 It

00:43:58.759 --> 00:43:59.399
 captures

00:43:59.399 --> 00:44:00.000
 the promise

00:44:00.000 --> 00:44:00.519
 of Isaiah

00:44:00.519 --> 00:44:01.279
 43 that

00:44:01.279 --> 00:44:02.099
 we said

00:44:02.099 --> 00:44:02.579
 about in

00:44:02.579 --> 00:44:03.039
 that first

00:44:03.039 --> 00:44:03.399
 song.

00:44:03.719 --> 00:44:04.319
 Fear not

00:44:04.319 --> 00:44:04.699
 for I

00:44:04.699 --> 00:44:04.939
 have

00:44:04.939 --> 00:44:05.419
 redeemed

00:44:05.419 --> 00:44:05.699
 you.

00:44:05.919 --> 00:44:06.219
 I have

00:44:06.219 --> 00:44:06.799
 called you

00:44:06.799 --> 00:44:07.159
 by name.

00:44:07.219 --> 00:44:07.539
 You are

00:44:07.539 --> 00:44:08.179
 mine.

00:44:08.500 --> 00:44:08.879
 When you

00:44:08.879 --> 00:44:09.439
 pass through

00:44:09.439 --> 00:44:09.919
 the waters

00:44:09.919 --> 00:44:11.000
 I will

00:44:11.000 --> 00:44:12.559
 be with

00:44:12.559 --> 00:44:13.279
 you.

00:44:14.339 --> 00:44:14.579
 And

00:44:14.579 --> 00:44:14.979
 through the

00:44:14.979 --> 00:44:15.359
 rivers

00:44:15.359 --> 00:44:15.819
 they shall

00:44:15.819 --> 00:44:16.919
 not overwhelm

00:44:16.919 --> 00:44:17.099
 you.

00:44:17.179 --> 00:44:17.419
 When you

00:44:17.419 --> 00:44:17.859
 walk through

00:44:17.859 --> 00:44:18.500
 fire you

00:44:18.500 --> 00:44:18.899
 shall not

00:44:18.900 --> 00:44:19.500
 be burned

00:44:19.500 --> 00:44:20.340
 and the

00:44:20.340 --> 00:44:20.700
 flames

00:44:20.700 --> 00:44:21.139
 shall not

00:44:21.139 --> 00:44:21.519
 consume

00:44:21.519 --> 00:44:21.740
 you.

00:44:21.800 --> 00:44:22.480
 For I

00:44:22.480 --> 00:44:23.519
 am the

00:44:23.519 --> 00:44:24.260
 Lord your

00:44:24.260 --> 00:44:24.880
 God,

00:44:25.200 --> 00:44:25.680
 the Holy

00:44:25.680 --> 00:44:26.079
 One of

00:44:26.079 --> 00:44:26.320
 Israel,

00:44:26.880 --> 00:44:27.260
 your

00:44:27.260 --> 00:44:27.780
 Savior.

00:44:30.099 --> 00:44:30.340
 It

00:44:30.340 --> 00:44:30.860
 contains

00:44:30.860 --> 00:44:31.420
 the promise

00:44:31.420 --> 00:44:31.860
 of Psalm

00:44:31.860 --> 00:44:32.720
 23 verse

00:44:32.720 --> 00:44:32.920
 4.

00:44:33.000 --> 00:44:33.139
 Even

00:44:33.139 --> 00:44:33.660
 though I

00:44:33.660 --> 00:44:34.059
 walk

00:44:34.059 --> 00:44:34.599
 through the

00:44:34.599 --> 00:44:35.240
 valley and

00:44:35.240 --> 00:44:35.900
 shadow of

00:44:35.900 --> 00:44:36.240
 death,

00:44:36.500 --> 00:44:36.860
 I will

00:44:36.860 --> 00:44:37.420
 fear no

00:44:37.420 --> 00:44:37.780
 evil.

00:44:37.960 --> 00:44:38.300
 Why?

00:44:38.880 --> 00:44:39.880
 For you

00:44:39.880 --> 00:44:41.460
 are with

00:44:41.460 --> 00:44:42.280
 me.

00:44:44.180 --> 00:44:44.960
 If you

00:44:44.960 --> 00:44:45.940
 have entrusted

00:44:45.940 --> 00:44:46.539
 your life

00:44:46.539 --> 00:44:47.039
 to God,

00:44:47.300 --> 00:44:47.780
 if you

00:44:47.780 --> 00:44:48.700
 have confessed

00:44:48.699 --> 00:44:49.279
 the name

00:44:49.279 --> 00:44:50.179
 of Jesus

00:44:50.179 --> 00:44:51.019
 and clasht

00:44:51.019 --> 00:44:51.699
 your allegiance

00:44:51.699 --> 00:44:52.659
 to Him,

00:44:52.739 --> 00:44:53.239
 you are

00:44:53.239 --> 00:44:54.399
 never alone.

00:44:58.559 --> 00:44:59.159
 God

00:44:59.159 --> 00:44:59.579
 says,

00:44:59.879 --> 00:45:00.399
 I will

00:45:00.399 --> 00:45:01.199
 never leave

00:45:01.199 --> 00:45:01.819
 you nor

00:45:01.819 --> 00:45:02.699
 forsake you.

00:45:04.500 --> 00:45:05.339
 Even when

00:45:05.339 --> 00:45:05.779
 your own

00:45:05.779 --> 00:45:06.759
 father or

00:45:06.759 --> 00:45:07.119
 mother

00:45:07.119 --> 00:45:07.839
 forsake you,

00:45:08.079 --> 00:45:08.519
 the Lord

00:45:08.519 --> 00:45:09.299
 will not

00:45:09.299 --> 00:45:10.619
 forsake you.

00:45:12.659 --> 00:45:13.399
 In the

00:45:13.399 --> 00:45:14.179
 midst of your

00:45:14.179 --> 00:45:15.480
 darkest hours

00:45:15.480 --> 00:45:16.400
 and hardest

00:45:16.400 --> 00:45:17.000
 seasons,

00:45:17.000 --> 00:45:17.420
 I don't

00:45:17.420 --> 00:45:17.760
 know what

00:45:17.760 --> 00:45:18.139
 you're all

00:45:18.139 --> 00:45:18.740
 going through,

00:45:19.219 --> 00:45:19.760
 but God

00:45:19.760 --> 00:45:20.440
 does.

00:45:20.599 --> 00:45:20.940
 And in

00:45:20.940 --> 00:45:21.360
 the midst

00:45:21.360 --> 00:45:21.740
 of those

00:45:21.740 --> 00:45:22.159
 things,

00:45:22.599 --> 00:45:23.360
 even before

00:45:23.360 --> 00:45:23.840
 seemingly

00:45:23.840 --> 00:45:24.780
 insurmountable

00:45:24.780 --> 00:45:25.420
 obstacles that

00:45:25.420 --> 00:45:25.800
 seem to

00:45:25.800 --> 00:45:26.679
 pile on in

00:45:26.679 --> 00:45:27.199
 front of you,

00:45:27.340 --> 00:45:27.679
 in your

00:45:27.679 --> 00:45:28.300
 relationships,

00:45:28.519 --> 00:45:28.800
 in your

00:45:28.800 --> 00:45:29.219
 work,

00:45:29.280 --> 00:45:29.639
 in your

00:45:29.639 --> 00:45:30.079
 own

00:45:30.079 --> 00:45:30.659
 personal

00:45:30.659 --> 00:45:31.219
 struggle

00:45:31.219 --> 00:45:32.019
 for holiness,

00:45:32.480 --> 00:45:33.280
 you are

00:45:33.280 --> 00:45:34.360
 not alone.

00:45:35.099 --> 00:45:35.599
 God is

00:45:35.599 --> 00:45:36.380
 with you.

00:45:38.219 --> 00:45:38.480
 The

00:45:38.480 --> 00:45:38.880
 great

00:45:38.880 --> 00:45:39.139
 I

00:45:39.139 --> 00:45:39.400
 am.

00:45:39.400 --> 00:45:43.079
 the

00:45:43.079 --> 00:45:43.780
 Lord is

00:45:43.780 --> 00:45:44.340
 I will

00:45:44.340 --> 00:45:45.019
 be who

00:45:45.019 --> 00:45:45.639
 I will

00:45:45.639 --> 00:45:45.820
 be.

00:45:45.920 --> 00:45:46.039
 God

00:45:46.039 --> 00:45:46.340
 makes

00:45:46.340 --> 00:45:46.680
 himself

00:45:46.680 --> 00:45:47.039
 known

00:45:47.039 --> 00:45:47.559
 to us

00:45:47.559 --> 00:45:48.200
 by his

00:45:48.200 --> 00:45:48.660
 acts of

00:45:48.660 --> 00:45:49.320
 deliverance.

00:45:50.099 --> 00:45:50.300
 And so

00:45:50.300 --> 00:45:50.840
 he says

00:45:50.840 --> 00:45:51.180
 in Exodus

00:45:51.180 --> 00:45:51.660
 75,

00:45:51.820 --> 00:45:52.139
 Egyptians

00:45:52.139 --> 00:45:52.720
 shall know

00:45:52.720 --> 00:45:53.180
 that I

00:45:53.180 --> 00:45:53.519
 am the

00:45:53.519 --> 00:45:54.579
 Lord when

00:45:54.579 --> 00:45:55.039
 I stretch

00:45:55.039 --> 00:45:55.360
 out my

00:45:55.360 --> 00:45:56.000
 hand against

00:45:56.000 --> 00:45:56.539
 Egypt and

00:45:56.539 --> 00:45:56.940
 bring out

00:45:56.940 --> 00:45:57.280
 the people

00:45:57.280 --> 00:45:57.619
 of Israel

00:45:57.619 --> 00:45:58.039
 from the

00:45:58.039 --> 00:45:58.240
 mountain.

00:45:59.099 --> 00:45:59.500
 And so

00:45:59.500 --> 00:45:59.880
 likewise,

00:46:00.440 --> 00:46:01.079
 we get

00:46:01.079 --> 00:46:01.660
 to know

00:46:01.660 --> 00:46:02.599
 the Lord

00:46:02.599 --> 00:46:03.180
 like never

00:46:03.180 --> 00:46:04.119
 before in

00:46:04.119 --> 00:46:04.860
 his ultimate

00:46:04.860 --> 00:46:05.980
 and ultimate

00:46:05.980 --> 00:46:06.420
 act of

00:46:06.420 --> 00:46:06.840
 redemption

00:46:06.840 --> 00:46:08.220
 through his

00:46:08.220 --> 00:46:08.519
 son,

00:46:08.599 --> 00:46:08.820
 Jesus

00:46:08.820 --> 00:46:09.240
 Christ.

00:46:09.400 --> 00:46:13.000
 Remember

00:46:13.000 --> 00:46:13.480
 in Genesis

00:46:13.480 --> 00:46:13.900
 15,

00:46:13.980 --> 00:46:14.320
 13,

00:46:14.440 --> 00:46:14.559
 God

00:46:14.559 --> 00:46:14.920
 promised

00:46:14.920 --> 00:46:15.280
 Abraham

00:46:15.280 --> 00:46:15.680
 that after

00:46:15.680 --> 00:46:16.860
 400 years

00:46:16.860 --> 00:46:17.160
 he will

00:46:17.160 --> 00:46:17.639
 bring his

00:46:17.639 --> 00:46:18.119
 people out

00:46:18.119 --> 00:46:18.360
 of their

00:46:18.360 --> 00:46:18.800
 oppression

00:46:18.800 --> 00:46:19.420
 in a

00:46:19.420 --> 00:46:19.639
 foreign

00:46:19.639 --> 00:46:19.980
 land.

00:46:22.200 --> 00:46:22.639
 People

00:46:22.639 --> 00:46:23.280
 refer to

00:46:23.280 --> 00:46:24.700
 the time

00:46:24.700 --> 00:46:25.660
 period between

00:46:25.660 --> 00:46:26.280
 the end of

00:46:26.280 --> 00:46:26.519
 the Old

00:46:26.519 --> 00:46:27.039
 Testament and

00:46:27.039 --> 00:46:27.440
 the beginning

00:46:27.440 --> 00:46:28.079
 of Jesus'

00:46:28.320 --> 00:46:29.880
 life as

00:46:29.880 --> 00:46:30.599
 the 400

00:46:30.599 --> 00:46:31.519
 years of

00:46:31.519 --> 00:46:32.079
 silence.

00:46:35.639 --> 00:46:36.200
 God

00:46:36.200 --> 00:46:36.920
 intervened

00:46:36.920 --> 00:46:37.480
 in the

00:46:37.480 --> 00:46:37.920
 time of

00:46:37.920 --> 00:46:38.440
 Moses and

00:46:38.440 --> 00:46:39.099
 so Jesus

00:46:39.099 --> 00:46:40.279
 comes as

00:46:40.279 --> 00:46:40.699
 the Son

00:46:40.699 --> 00:46:41.199
 of God

00:46:41.199 --> 00:46:42.000
 intervened

00:46:42.000 --> 00:46:42.779
 and said

00:46:42.779 --> 00:46:43.159
 in John

00:46:43.159 --> 00:46:43.619
 1, 8,

00:46:43.699 --> 00:46:44.380
 no one

00:46:44.380 --> 00:46:44.940
 has ever

00:46:44.940 --> 00:46:45.980
 seen God,

00:46:46.319 --> 00:46:47.039
 the only

00:46:47.039 --> 00:46:47.500
 God,

00:46:47.599 --> 00:46:48.000
 who is at

00:46:48.000 --> 00:46:48.839
 the Father's

00:46:48.839 --> 00:46:49.519
 side.

00:46:49.659 --> 00:46:50.179
 He made

00:46:50.179 --> 00:46:50.960
 him known.

00:46:51.539 --> 00:46:51.980
 In other

00:46:51.980 --> 00:46:52.460
 words,

00:46:52.699 --> 00:46:56.539
 Jesus is the

00:46:56.539 --> 00:46:57.460
 only God

00:46:57.460 --> 00:46:58.500
 who makes

00:46:58.500 --> 00:46:59.559
 his Father

00:46:59.559 --> 00:47:00.659
 known to

00:47:00.659 --> 00:47:01.059
 us.

00:47:02.420 --> 00:47:03.420
 In Jesus,

00:47:03.619 --> 00:47:04.059
 the Word

00:47:04.059 --> 00:47:04.639
 made flesh,

00:47:04.739 --> 00:47:05.779
 we see the

00:47:05.779 --> 00:47:06.679
 invisible God.

00:47:06.679 --> 00:47:06.759
 God.

00:47:07.399 --> 00:47:07.699
 There's a

00:47:07.699 --> 00:47:08.119
 reason why

00:47:08.119 --> 00:47:08.919
 Hebrews 1, 12

00:47:08.919 --> 00:47:09.339
 says of

00:47:09.339 --> 00:47:09.619
 Jesus,

00:47:09.839 --> 00:47:10.359
 you are

00:47:10.359 --> 00:47:11.159
 the same.

00:47:11.779 --> 00:47:11.980
 Your

00:47:11.980 --> 00:47:12.819
 years have

00:47:12.819 --> 00:47:13.779
 no end.

00:47:14.819 --> 00:47:15.919
 Hebrews 13, 8

00:47:15.919 --> 00:47:16.719
 describes Jesus

00:47:16.719 --> 00:47:17.619
 as the same

00:47:17.619 --> 00:47:18.980
 yesterday and

00:47:18.980 --> 00:47:20.179
 today and

00:47:20.179 --> 00:47:20.619
 forever.

00:47:20.739 --> 00:47:21.359
 These are all

00:47:21.359 --> 00:47:22.299
 allusions to

00:47:22.299 --> 00:47:23.440
 the name of

00:47:23.440 --> 00:47:23.919
 the Lord.

00:47:24.319 --> 00:47:24.639
 There's a

00:47:24.639 --> 00:47:25.139
 reason why

00:47:25.139 --> 00:47:26.219
 Revelation 1, 4

00:47:26.219 --> 00:47:26.639
 says that

00:47:26.639 --> 00:47:27.359
 Jesus is the

00:47:27.359 --> 00:47:28.059
 one who

00:47:28.059 --> 00:47:29.159
 is and

00:47:29.159 --> 00:47:29.899
 who was

00:47:29.899 --> 00:47:30.319
 and who

00:47:30.319 --> 00:47:31.279
 is to

00:47:31.279 --> 00:47:31.779
 come.

00:47:31.940 --> 00:47:32.079
 And in

00:47:32.079 --> 00:47:33.239
 Revelation 1, 8,

00:47:33.239 --> 00:47:34.719
 the Lord

00:47:34.719 --> 00:47:35.679
 Jesus says,

00:47:35.859 --> 00:47:36.739
 I am

00:47:36.739 --> 00:47:38.599
 the Alpha

00:47:38.599 --> 00:47:39.819
 and Omega

00:47:39.819 --> 00:47:42.699
 who is

00:47:42.699 --> 00:47:43.419
 and who

00:47:43.419 --> 00:47:44.119
 was

00:47:44.119 --> 00:47:45.059
 and who

00:47:45.059 --> 00:47:45.859
 is to

00:47:45.859 --> 00:47:46.319
 come,

00:47:46.459 --> 00:47:47.819
 the Almighty.

00:47:49.579 --> 00:47:50.339
 The Lord

00:47:50.339 --> 00:47:51.279
 God has

00:47:51.279 --> 00:47:52.339
 come to

00:47:52.339 --> 00:47:53.139
 us in

00:47:53.139 --> 00:47:53.839
 the flesh

00:47:53.839 --> 00:47:54.939
 in Jesus

00:47:54.939 --> 00:47:55.759
 Christ.

00:47:55.759 --> 00:47:56.859
 That is

00:47:56.859 --> 00:47:58.439
 unbelievable.

00:47:58.440 --> 00:48:04.679
 that's

00:48:04.679 --> 00:48:05.240
 why Matthew

00:48:05.240 --> 00:48:06.059
 begins his

00:48:06.059 --> 00:48:08.119
 gospel by

00:48:08.119 --> 00:48:08.800
 telling us

00:48:08.800 --> 00:48:09.519
 that Jesus

00:48:09.519 --> 00:48:10.400
 is called

00:48:10.400 --> 00:48:11.639
 Emmanuel,

00:48:13.159 --> 00:48:14.019
 which means

00:48:14.019 --> 00:48:15.240
 God with

00:48:15.240 --> 00:48:16.220
 us.

00:48:17.539 --> 00:48:18.000
 And guess

00:48:18.000 --> 00:48:19.179
 how Matthew

00:48:19.179 --> 00:48:20.780
 concludes his

00:48:20.780 --> 00:48:21.179
 gospel?

00:48:21.780 --> 00:48:22.220
 The very

00:48:22.220 --> 00:48:23.000
 last verse,

00:48:23.619 --> 00:48:24.679
 Matthew 28, 20,

00:48:24.760 --> 00:48:25.059
 Jesus'

00:48:25.300 --> 00:48:25.639
 promise,

00:48:25.800 --> 00:48:26.240
 behold,

00:48:26.239 --> 00:48:27.539
 I am

00:48:27.539 --> 00:48:28.759
 with you

00:48:28.759 --> 00:48:29.779
 always

00:48:29.779 --> 00:48:30.899
 to the

00:48:30.899 --> 00:48:31.319
 end of

00:48:31.319 --> 00:48:31.899
 the age.

00:48:32.619 --> 00:48:33.079
 If there's

00:48:33.079 --> 00:48:33.939
 anything you

00:48:33.939 --> 00:48:34.759
 know about

00:48:34.759 --> 00:48:35.419
 our God,

00:48:35.679 --> 00:48:35.959
 you should

00:48:35.959 --> 00:48:36.500
 know that

00:48:36.500 --> 00:48:36.879
 he is

00:48:36.879 --> 00:48:37.479
 with you

00:48:37.479 --> 00:48:37.759
 and that

00:48:37.759 --> 00:48:38.019
 he will

00:48:38.019 --> 00:48:38.519
 never

00:48:38.519 --> 00:48:39.539
 forsake

00:48:39.539 --> 00:48:39.919
 you.

00:48:44.439 --> 00:48:45.639
 John 8, 58,

00:48:45.839 --> 00:48:46.500
 Jesus says

00:48:46.500 --> 00:48:47.000
 to the Jews,

00:48:47.099 --> 00:48:47.719
 truly, truly,

00:48:47.839 --> 00:48:48.359
 I say to

00:48:48.359 --> 00:48:48.639
 you,

00:48:49.359 --> 00:48:49.959
 before

00:48:49.959 --> 00:48:50.559
 Abraham

00:48:50.559 --> 00:48:51.259
 was,

00:48:51.500 --> 00:48:51.979
 I

00:48:51.979 --> 00:48:52.919
 am.

00:48:54.679 --> 00:48:55.299
 And they

00:48:55.299 --> 00:48:55.779
 understand

00:48:55.780 --> 00:48:56.519
 exactly

00:48:56.519 --> 00:48:56.860
 what he

00:48:56.860 --> 00:48:57.140
 is saying

00:48:57.140 --> 00:48:57.480
 because they

00:48:57.480 --> 00:48:57.880
 pick up

00:48:57.880 --> 00:48:58.400
 stones and

00:48:58.400 --> 00:48:58.700
 try to

00:48:58.700 --> 00:48:59.180
 kill him

00:48:59.180 --> 00:48:59.519
 for

00:48:59.519 --> 00:49:00.160
 blasphemy.

00:49:05.880 --> 00:49:06.480
 Remember

00:49:06.480 --> 00:49:07.380
 the statements

00:49:07.380 --> 00:49:07.780
 of the

00:49:07.780 --> 00:49:08.300
 gospel of

00:49:08.300 --> 00:49:08.680
 John.

00:49:09.200 --> 00:49:09.580
 What did

00:49:09.580 --> 00:49:10.220
 Jesus say?

00:49:10.740 --> 00:49:11.800
 I am

00:49:11.800 --> 00:49:12.980
 the bread

00:49:12.980 --> 00:49:13.640
 of life.

00:49:13.760 --> 00:49:14.700
 I am

00:49:14.700 --> 00:49:15.680
 the light

00:49:15.680 --> 00:49:16.000
 of the

00:49:16.000 --> 00:49:16.300
 world.

00:49:16.440 --> 00:49:17.340
 I am

00:49:17.340 --> 00:49:18.240
 the door.

00:49:18.380 --> 00:49:19.220
 I am

00:49:19.220 --> 00:49:19.960
 the good

00:49:19.960 --> 00:49:20.320
 shepherd.

00:49:20.460 --> 00:49:21.120
 I am

00:49:21.120 --> 00:49:21.900
 the resurrection

00:49:21.900 --> 00:49:22.340
 and the

00:49:22.340 --> 00:49:22.700
 life.

00:49:22.980 --> 00:49:23.600
 I am

00:49:23.600 --> 00:49:24.160
 divine.

00:49:24.159 --> 00:49:25.719
 I am

00:49:25.719 --> 00:49:25.940
 the

00:49:25.940 --> 00:49:26.319
 way

00:49:26.319 --> 00:49:27.019
 and the

00:49:27.019 --> 00:49:27.500
 truth

00:49:27.500 --> 00:49:27.839
 and the

00:49:27.839 --> 00:49:28.219
 life.

00:49:28.440 --> 00:49:28.779
 And no

00:49:28.779 --> 00:49:29.299
 one comes

00:49:29.299 --> 00:49:29.579
 to the

00:49:29.579 --> 00:49:29.960
 Father

00:49:29.960 --> 00:49:30.599
 except

00:49:30.599 --> 00:49:31.460
 through

00:49:31.460 --> 00:49:32.359
 me.

00:49:34.739 --> 00:49:35.420
 Apart

00:49:35.420 --> 00:49:36.299
 from

00:49:36.299 --> 00:49:37.139
 Jesus,

00:49:37.799 --> 00:49:38.539
 we should

00:49:38.539 --> 00:49:39.179
 cower

00:49:39.179 --> 00:49:40.719
 and tremble

00:49:40.719 --> 00:49:41.219
 in fear

00:49:41.219 --> 00:49:42.279
 and never

00:49:42.279 --> 00:49:42.859
 dare to

00:49:42.859 --> 00:49:43.359
 approach

00:49:43.359 --> 00:49:43.879
 the Lord.

00:49:44.920 --> 00:49:45.480
 We should

00:49:45.480 --> 00:49:46.000
 hide our

00:49:46.000 --> 00:49:46.679
 faces and

00:49:46.679 --> 00:49:47.339
 flee for

00:49:47.339 --> 00:49:47.940
 our lives

00:49:47.940 --> 00:49:49.779
 because he

00:49:49.779 --> 00:49:50.079
 is the

00:49:50.079 --> 00:49:50.719
 consuming

00:49:50.719 --> 00:49:51.199
 fire.

00:49:51.199 --> 00:49:53.179
 we're

00:49:53.179 --> 00:49:53.659
 sinners.

00:49:54.439 --> 00:49:54.759
 We are

00:49:54.759 --> 00:49:55.399
 unworthy.

00:49:56.059 --> 00:49:56.939
 We deserve

00:49:56.939 --> 00:49:57.579
 eternal

00:49:57.579 --> 00:49:58.119
 punishment

00:49:58.119 --> 00:49:58.619
 in hell.

00:49:59.279 --> 00:50:00.000
 But Jesus

00:50:00.000 --> 00:50:01.199
 came down

00:50:01.199 --> 00:50:02.119
 to us.

00:50:02.559 --> 00:50:02.960
 Jesus

00:50:02.960 --> 00:50:03.799
 took our

00:50:03.799 --> 00:50:04.759
 place and

00:50:04.759 --> 00:50:05.139
 he died

00:50:05.139 --> 00:50:05.879
 for our

00:50:05.879 --> 00:50:06.500
 sins on

00:50:06.500 --> 00:50:07.099
 the cross.

00:50:07.619 --> 00:50:07.879
 And then

00:50:07.879 --> 00:50:08.399
 he rose

00:50:08.399 --> 00:50:09.059
 victoriously

00:50:09.059 --> 00:50:09.639
 from the

00:50:09.639 --> 00:50:09.919
 grave.

00:50:09.980 --> 00:50:10.099
 The

00:50:10.099 --> 00:50:10.759
 great I

00:50:10.759 --> 00:50:12.039
 am did

00:50:12.039 --> 00:50:13.259
 that for

00:50:13.259 --> 00:50:15.839
 us so

00:50:15.839 --> 00:50:18.119
 that even

00:50:18.119 --> 00:50:18.480
 though he

00:50:18.480 --> 00:50:19.460
 told Moses

00:50:19.460 --> 00:50:21.019
 do not

00:50:21.019 --> 00:50:22.280
 come near.

00:50:24.800 --> 00:50:25.420
 Now he

00:50:25.420 --> 00:50:26.440
 tells us

00:50:26.440 --> 00:50:28.720
 James 4

00:50:28.720 --> 00:50:29.059
 8

00:50:29.059 --> 00:50:30.920
 draw near

00:50:30.920 --> 00:50:32.039
 to God.

00:50:34.220 --> 00:50:35.099
 Hebrews

00:50:35.099 --> 00:50:35.500
 4

00:50:35.500 --> 00:50:36.039
 16

00:50:36.039 --> 00:50:36.519
 says

00:50:36.519 --> 00:50:37.639
 let us

00:50:37.639 --> 00:50:38.420
 then with

00:50:38.420 --> 00:50:39.340
 confidence

00:50:39.340 --> 00:50:41.099
 draw near

00:50:41.099 --> 00:50:41.639
 to the

00:50:41.639 --> 00:50:42.260
 throne of

00:50:42.260 --> 00:50:42.619
 grace

00:50:42.619 --> 00:50:43.300
 that we

00:50:43.300 --> 00:50:44.300
 may receive

00:50:44.300 --> 00:50:45.179
 mercy and

00:50:45.179 --> 00:50:46.240
 find grace

00:50:46.240 --> 00:50:47.159
 to help

00:50:47.159 --> 00:50:47.940
 in times

00:50:47.940 --> 00:50:48.679
 of need.

00:50:49.460 --> 00:50:59.539
 this is

00:50:59.539 --> 00:50:59.920
 not a

00:50:59.920 --> 00:51:00.320
 fringe

00:51:00.320 --> 00:51:00.960
 aspect of

00:51:00.960 --> 00:51:01.500
 his character.

00:51:03.360 --> 00:51:04.039
 This is

00:51:04.039 --> 00:51:04.599
 his name.

00:51:06.000 --> 00:51:06.699
 This is

00:51:06.699 --> 00:51:07.220
 who he

00:51:07.220 --> 00:51:07.579
 is.

00:51:08.380 --> 00:51:08.780
 He's the

00:51:08.780 --> 00:51:09.119
 one who

00:51:09.119 --> 00:51:09.500
 is with

00:51:09.500 --> 00:51:09.720
 you.

00:51:11.119 --> 00:51:11.740
 He's the

00:51:11.740 --> 00:51:12.039
 one who

00:51:12.039 --> 00:51:12.900
 was and

00:51:12.900 --> 00:51:13.740
 is and

00:51:13.740 --> 00:51:14.220
 is to

00:51:14.220 --> 00:51:14.539
 come.

00:51:14.639 --> 00:51:14.840
 And if

00:51:14.840 --> 00:51:15.240
 you put

00:51:15.240 --> 00:51:15.920
 your faith

00:51:15.920 --> 00:51:16.500
 in Jesus

00:51:16.500 --> 00:51:18.280
 you will

00:51:18.280 --> 00:51:19.820
 never be

00:51:19.820 --> 00:51:20.239
 destroyed.

00:51:21.780 --> 00:51:22.300
 Let's

00:51:22.300 --> 00:51:22.599
 pray.

00:51:31.039 --> 00:51:31.840
 Lord,

00:51:32.000 --> 00:51:32.480
 thank you

00:51:32.480 --> 00:51:33.420
 for revealing

00:51:33.420 --> 00:51:34.500
 yourself to

00:51:34.500 --> 00:51:34.920
 us.

00:51:34.920 --> 00:51:41.860
 what

00:51:41.860 --> 00:51:45.000
 grace,

00:51:46.119 --> 00:51:47.119
 what

00:51:47.119 --> 00:51:48.000
 condescension,

00:51:48.139 --> 00:51:48.760
 what mercy

00:51:48.760 --> 00:51:49.300
 that

00:51:49.300 --> 00:51:51.960
 the great

00:51:51.960 --> 00:51:52.460
 I am,

00:51:52.740 --> 00:51:53.119
 the Lord

00:51:53.119 --> 00:51:53.539
 God

00:51:53.539 --> 00:51:56.519
 would come

00:51:56.519 --> 00:51:57.000
 down to

00:51:57.000 --> 00:51:57.320
 us.

00:51:57.320 --> 00:52:01.100
 second

00:52:01.100 --> 00:52:01.640
 person of

00:52:01.640 --> 00:52:01.740
 the

00:52:01.740 --> 00:52:01.960
 treaty,

00:52:02.120 --> 00:52:02.440
 the Lord

00:52:02.440 --> 00:52:02.900
 Jesus

00:52:02.900 --> 00:52:03.519
 Christ,

00:52:04.380 --> 00:52:04.640
 our

00:52:04.640 --> 00:52:05.039
 King,

00:52:05.539 --> 00:52:05.780
 Lord,

00:52:05.900 --> 00:52:06.519
 help us

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 to

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 remember

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 your

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 promise.

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 Walk

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 with you

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 always

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 to keep

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 in stead

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 with your

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 spirit.

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 In

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 Jesus' name

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 we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.