The Bush Is Still Burning… You’re More Than I Ever Expected

The Bush Is Still Burning… You’re More Than I Ever Expected

Exodus 3:13-15 New Living Translation… But Moses protested, “If I go to the people of Israel and tell them, ‘The God of your ancestors has sent me to you,’ they will ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what should I tell them?” 14 God replied to Moses, “I am who i am. Say this to the people of Israel: I am has sent me to you.” 15 God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel: Yahweh, the God of your ancestors—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you. This is my eternal name, my name to remember for all generations.

Introduction: Life doesn’t always turn out as we hope, but it’s more than we ever expected!

Transition: Moses doesn’t know the name of God, meaning that he is unaware of God’s nature and authority.

Exposition: Moses asked God for and expected a noun, but God responded with a verb.

Tetragrammaton = Y H W H (yod he waw he)

Adonai (Lord) + YHWH = Yaweh/Jehovah

Reference Exodus 20:17

–Sovereign (in control)

–Holy (being different)

Kedesh (Hebrew) = apart/consecrated

Reference Isaiah 6

–Eternal (lives forever)

Reference Psalm 90:4

Conclusion: Only God knows how to transfigure your downs into ups!