WEBVTT 00:00:01.419 --> 00:00:04.440 Sharing good news of great joy to all people. 00:00:04.860 --> 00:00:10.380 Elation Church. Today we're beginning a series 00:00:10.380 --> 00:00:18.219 entitled, Hello, My Name is God. Hello, My Name 00:00:18.219 --> 00:00:21.620 is God. Everybody say that. Hello, My Name is 00:00:21.620 --> 00:00:25.280 God. So let's talk about names for just a minute. 00:00:26.019 --> 00:00:32.000 What's in a name? Names signify three things. 00:00:32.039 --> 00:00:36.479 Everybody say three things. First of all, names 00:00:36.479 --> 00:00:41.240 signify identity. Because everybody has a name, 00:00:41.280 --> 00:00:44.719 and then we call each other by our names. I want 00:00:44.719 --> 00:00:46.060 to tell you something a little bit interesting 00:00:46.060 --> 00:00:51.979 about me. When I started playing high school 00:00:51.979 --> 00:00:53.640 football, it was actually junior high football 00:00:53.640 --> 00:00:57.539 in the state of South Carolina. We had to have 00:00:57.539 --> 00:01:00.880 a state birth certificate, you know, just to 00:01:00.880 --> 00:01:02.500 make sure that I was the right age and wasn't 00:01:02.500 --> 00:01:05.040 cheating and all that kind of stuff. I was pretty 00:01:05.040 --> 00:01:07.780 little then, so I don't know why. But everyone 00:01:07.780 --> 00:01:11.900 had to provide a birth certificate. So we sent 00:01:11.900 --> 00:01:14.859 off for my South Carolina birth certificate that 00:01:14.859 --> 00:01:18.819 I did not have. And when it came back, guess 00:01:18.819 --> 00:01:25.159 what it had on it? No name, Forrest. That was 00:01:25.159 --> 00:01:29.159 my name. I kid you not. That's my official name 00:01:29.159 --> 00:01:33.760 in the state of South Carolina is no -name Forrest 00:01:33.760 --> 00:01:36.439 because my parents didn't name me before we left 00:01:36.439 --> 00:01:42.319 the hospital. So my birth certificate, even my 00:01:42.319 --> 00:01:46.340 county birth certificate, has unnamed Forrest 00:01:46.340 --> 00:01:49.239 on my county birth certificate. The state birth 00:01:49.239 --> 00:01:53.109 certificate had no -name Forrest. So I didn't 00:01:53.109 --> 00:01:54.849 get to play the first couple of weeks because 00:01:54.849 --> 00:01:59.209 we had to fix that. Right? Had to fix that to 00:01:59.209 --> 00:02:01.230 the name that I've been going by my whole life, 00:02:01.290 --> 00:02:05.709 which is Jeffrey Dean Forrest. That's my name. 00:02:07.030 --> 00:02:10.969 You can call me no name, I'll answer. But my 00:02:10.969 --> 00:02:13.090 name is Jeffrey Dean Forrest. Most people just 00:02:13.090 --> 00:02:16.469 call me Dean. And people say, well, what do you 00:02:16.469 --> 00:02:18.409 want me to call you? Just call me Dean. I'm just 00:02:18.409 --> 00:02:21.490 Dean. Not just Dean, but Dean. You know what 00:02:21.490 --> 00:02:26.129 I'm saying? Here's another name that I'm sure 00:02:26.129 --> 00:02:30.849 excited about is I'm a Christian. I'm a Christian. 00:02:30.909 --> 00:02:34.590 I'm a Christ follower. That's what that means. 00:02:35.669 --> 00:02:38.770 It actually means a little Jesus. I hope I'm 00:02:38.770 --> 00:02:43.050 living up to that. Because it was a name given, 00:02:43.129 --> 00:02:45.310 a derogatory name given when it was first given. 00:02:45.849 --> 00:02:48.009 Look at all those little Jesuses running around. 00:02:51.530 --> 00:02:54.909 And they said, well, if you think I look like 00:02:54.909 --> 00:02:59.129 a little Jesus, I'll take that. I'll go by the 00:02:59.129 --> 00:03:05.569 name of Christian. So those names are my identity. 00:03:05.750 --> 00:03:08.650 Everybody say identity. Christian is who I am. 00:03:08.710 --> 00:03:11.870 It's not some, it's who I am. Jeffrey Dean Forrest, 00:03:12.009 --> 00:03:16.449 and I'm a Christian. But names also signify relationship. 00:03:19.050 --> 00:03:22.039 Everybody say relationship. Everybody say identity. 00:03:23.060 --> 00:03:27.580 And then say relationship. So I've got some relationship 00:03:27.580 --> 00:03:35.460 names. My mom always called me baby. Even when 00:03:35.460 --> 00:03:38.039 I'm 50 stinking years old, my mom would say, 00:03:38.159 --> 00:03:41.139 if she introduced me to someone, she would say, 00:03:41.180 --> 00:03:46.560 this is my baby. Because I'm the youngest of 00:03:46.560 --> 00:03:52.719 four. So I was always the baby. My dad didn't 00:03:52.719 --> 00:03:57.860 call me baby. He called me son. That was my relationship 00:03:57.860 --> 00:04:03.020 name with my father. Now, Gayna, when we got 00:04:03.020 --> 00:04:08.199 married, I became her husband. And that's a relationship 00:04:08.199 --> 00:04:11.699 name, right? Are you with me? I know this is 00:04:11.699 --> 00:04:15.340 simple, but I want you to be with me. But she 00:04:15.340 --> 00:04:19.850 doesn't say, oh, husband. This is what I would 00:04:19.850 --> 00:04:23.110 like for Valentine's Day. A new set of tires 00:04:23.110 --> 00:04:30.829 for my car. She doesn't call me husband. She 00:04:30.829 --> 00:04:35.329 calls me honey on good days. If I've been acting 00:04:35.329 --> 00:04:39.110 right, sometimes it's hard to act right, right? 00:04:39.550 --> 00:04:45.069 Try to act right. But she calls me honey on good 00:04:45.069 --> 00:04:48.129 days. I won't tell you why she calls me on bad 00:04:48.129 --> 00:04:54.449 days. I'm also a father. It's a relationship 00:04:54.449 --> 00:04:59.569 name. But Jeffrey doesn't say, Oh, Father, what 00:04:59.569 --> 00:05:03.509 is thou lendeth me $20? I mean, that's not the 00:05:03.509 --> 00:05:09.930 way he talks to me. He calls me Dad. All these 00:05:09.930 --> 00:05:15.100 are my names. That's a lot of names, right? Does 00:05:15.100 --> 00:05:18.639 everybody say identity? Everybody say relationship? 00:05:20.800 --> 00:05:27.040 And then I've got a lot more names that signify 00:05:27.040 --> 00:05:35.819 my activity or my work. What a person does. Here's 00:05:35.819 --> 00:05:43.279 a few. I was a student for a long time. I was 00:05:43.279 --> 00:05:49.560 actually a cook. Junior year of high school during 00:05:49.560 --> 00:05:52.579 the summer, cooked steaks at Quincy's Restaurant. 00:05:54.060 --> 00:05:58.420 I was a salesman working for my uncle, selling 00:05:58.420 --> 00:06:00.819 car parts, working for an AV company, selling 00:06:00.819 --> 00:06:04.379 sound equipment and things like that. We sold 00:06:04.379 --> 00:06:07.600 a lot of tapes and stuff. I've been a sound man. 00:06:07.939 --> 00:06:10.000 People have actually paid me to run sound before, 00:06:10.180 --> 00:06:14.519 believe it or not. I was a sound man for Children's 00:06:14.519 --> 00:06:20.279 Church. It's a big deal. I was a custodian for 00:06:20.279 --> 00:06:25.939 a while at Disney. I was a janitor because Gane 00:06:25.939 --> 00:06:28.199 and I, you know, we picked up some part -time 00:06:28.199 --> 00:06:32.139 jobs so that we could pay the bills. And we cleaned 00:06:32.139 --> 00:06:36.319 offices three days a week. I was also a screen 00:06:36.319 --> 00:06:39.480 printer and everything that entails. Bought my 00:06:39.480 --> 00:06:43.360 equipment, did the artwork, made the screens, 00:06:43.459 --> 00:06:48.000 printed T -shirts and things like that. I was 00:06:48.000 --> 00:06:51.779 an A &R director for Mark V Records, artist and 00:06:51.779 --> 00:06:53.939 repertoire, whatever that meant. I don't even 00:06:53.939 --> 00:06:57.220 know what it means, and I was one. I was the 00:06:57.220 --> 00:07:00.100 vice president of Heartlook Records. I was the 00:07:00.100 --> 00:07:04.319 vice president of state and national organizations. 00:07:04.540 --> 00:07:08.379 I was the music director of state and national 00:07:08.379 --> 00:07:14.139 organizations. I was an event planner for national 00:07:14.139 --> 00:07:18.600 organizations and for... Our ministry, we planned 00:07:18.600 --> 00:07:22.439 a lot of events. I was actually a crusade director, 00:07:22.579 --> 00:07:24.759 not near as much as John was a crusade director. 00:07:25.800 --> 00:07:28.360 I don't even know how many crusades you've directed. 00:07:28.459 --> 00:07:32.439 I've directed a few myself. Been the president 00:07:32.439 --> 00:07:36.199 of state and national organizations and even 00:07:36.199 --> 00:07:39.259 non -profit corporations have been the president. 00:07:40.300 --> 00:07:45.050 Been the worship leader at events. I was actually 00:07:45.050 --> 00:07:48.790 a worship leader at the Ryman Auditorium. What 00:07:48.790 --> 00:07:50.889 about that? Look at the person beside you and 00:07:50.889 --> 00:07:57.110 say, what about that? I was a conference director 00:07:57.110 --> 00:08:04.889 over 20 years as an evangelist. I was a chaplain 00:08:04.889 --> 00:08:10.189 at Lakewood Camper Resort for nine years. A lot 00:08:10.189 --> 00:08:13.310 of people call me preacher, preacher dean. Some 00:08:13.310 --> 00:08:15.449 people call me Pastor Dean. Some people just 00:08:15.449 --> 00:08:18.689 call me Dean. It's okay. That's a lot of names. 00:08:19.689 --> 00:08:22.449 As a matter of fact, I've given you 29 names, 00:08:22.649 --> 00:08:26.990 or just my names. I've got 29 names, but I'm 00:08:26.990 --> 00:08:29.970 only one person. That's important to understand 00:08:29.970 --> 00:08:34.330 in this series, because in the Bible, God has 00:08:34.330 --> 00:08:41.490 given us a lot of different names that show his 00:08:41.490 --> 00:08:45.320 identity. that show the relationship that he 00:08:45.320 --> 00:08:48.980 wants to have with you and with me to show his 00:08:48.980 --> 00:08:53.960 activity or his work. He's given us a lot of 00:08:53.960 --> 00:08:58.480 names. Now, when we first started Elation Church, 00:08:58.559 --> 00:09:01.600 we talked about this, but I think there's only 00:09:01.600 --> 00:09:05.320 four people in the room that were here during 00:09:05.320 --> 00:09:10.220 that series. And this is foundational. Foundational 00:09:10.220 --> 00:09:16.360 truth. It's hard to move too far in your Christian 00:09:16.360 --> 00:09:19.840 faith without knowing some of these things. Here's 00:09:19.840 --> 00:09:23.179 why. Very important, important, important verse. 00:09:23.500 --> 00:09:27.840 Well, let's recap. Everybody say identity. Everybody 00:09:27.840 --> 00:09:31.799 say relationship. Everybody say activity. And 00:09:31.799 --> 00:09:34.220 here's that verse that we're going to springboard 00:09:34.220 --> 00:09:38.460 off of every week. Psalm 910. Those who know 00:09:38.460 --> 00:09:40.159 your name, talking about God's name. Everybody 00:09:40.159 --> 00:09:44.519 say God's name. Those who know God's name will 00:09:44.519 --> 00:09:52.460 put their trust in God. Here's the deal. If you 00:09:52.460 --> 00:09:55.679 don't know who He is, how are you going to trust 00:09:55.679 --> 00:09:59.519 Him? Some people just trust anybody and everybody. 00:09:59.659 --> 00:10:05.039 I don't. Trust has to be earned. How many of 00:10:05.039 --> 00:10:07.220 you have trusted somebody and you found out later 00:10:07.220 --> 00:10:09.940 you shouldn't have trusted them? Anybody? If 00:10:09.940 --> 00:10:11.779 you've been alive on this earth, you might have 00:10:11.779 --> 00:10:15.980 experienced that. Pinch yourself, see if you're 00:10:15.980 --> 00:10:22.159 living. But those who know God's name can put 00:10:22.159 --> 00:10:25.120 their trust in Him. That Hebrew word trust also 00:10:25.120 --> 00:10:30.519 means confidence. Everybody say confidence. If 00:10:30.519 --> 00:10:33.940 you know who God is, if you know His identity, 00:10:35.159 --> 00:10:37.320 If you know the relationship He wants to have 00:10:37.320 --> 00:10:40.639 with you, if you know His activity, what He does 00:10:40.639 --> 00:10:43.580 and what He wants to do for you, then all of 00:10:43.580 --> 00:10:47.080 a sudden you can have confidence in that. Hallelujah. 00:10:48.039 --> 00:10:52.379 I need my Amen button. I should have got an Amen. 00:10:52.399 --> 00:10:54.620 The church gave me an Amen button for my birthday 00:10:54.620 --> 00:10:56.899 in January. They recorded their voices on it. 00:10:57.179 --> 00:10:59.139 And if I don't get an Amen, I hit the button. 00:11:04.200 --> 00:11:08.759 Those who know God's name will put their trust, 00:11:08.840 --> 00:11:13.940 put their confidence in Him. You know why we 00:11:13.940 --> 00:11:18.960 can put our trust and confidence in Him? Because 00:11:18.960 --> 00:11:22.580 God's never forsaken anyone who seeks Him. I 00:11:22.580 --> 00:11:27.279 want to say that again. God has never forsaken 00:11:27.279 --> 00:11:34.279 anyone who seeks Him. Based on... Who He is. 00:11:36.019 --> 00:11:39.559 His identity. The relationship He wants to have 00:11:39.559 --> 00:11:43.259 with you. And His activity, what He wants to 00:11:43.259 --> 00:11:47.100 do. He's not going to forsake you when you seek 00:11:47.100 --> 00:11:53.779 Him. Because He's able and He's faithful. Hello. 00:11:55.039 --> 00:12:00.929 My name is God. Let's look at some of it. Genesis 00:12:00.929 --> 00:12:02.789 1 .1, very first verse of the Bible, starting 00:12:02.789 --> 00:12:05.029 out right out of the gate. In the beginning, 00:12:05.129 --> 00:12:12.929 God created the heavens and the earth. In the 00:12:12.929 --> 00:12:17.429 beginning, God, that Hebrew word is Elohim. Everybody 00:12:17.429 --> 00:12:23.070 say Elohim. Elohim. That's God's name. That's 00:12:23.070 --> 00:12:28.549 who God is. He's great. He's mighty. He is the 00:12:28.549 --> 00:12:32.169 supreme God. You know, a lot of people worship 00:12:32.169 --> 00:12:35.990 a lot of little g gods in this world, but there's 00:12:35.990 --> 00:12:41.750 only one great, mighty, supreme God. He is Elohim. 00:12:43.750 --> 00:12:46.649 Now, that word Elohim is actually a plural word. 00:12:47.929 --> 00:12:49.950 When you look at the language, it's a plural 00:12:49.950 --> 00:12:54.870 word, but it's treated as a singular noun, even 00:12:54.870 --> 00:12:58.799 though it's plural. And right out of the gate, 00:12:58.919 --> 00:13:04.279 God is telling us that He is Father. He is Word 00:13:04.279 --> 00:13:07.559 or Son. We find that out later. He is Holy Spirit. 00:13:09.320 --> 00:13:14.379 We find that out. It's all encapsulated in the 00:13:14.379 --> 00:13:17.820 word Elohim. Great, mighty, supreme God. It's 00:13:17.820 --> 00:13:21.100 used over 2 ,500 times in the Old Testament. 00:13:21.779 --> 00:13:23.460 Look to the person beside you. That's a lot. 00:13:23.620 --> 00:13:29.059 2 ,500 times in the Old Testament. Let's look 00:13:29.059 --> 00:13:31.419 at some more verses that use that word Elohim. 00:13:32.340 --> 00:13:38.460 Let's find out who God is and find out how we 00:13:38.460 --> 00:13:44.980 can trust Him. Elohim, God is. Everybody say, 00:13:45.039 --> 00:13:49.559 God is. Psalm 14 .1 says, Only fools say in their 00:13:49.559 --> 00:13:56.009 hearts, There is no God. Because God is. I believe 00:13:56.009 --> 00:13:59.690 it goes on to talk about how can you look at 00:13:59.690 --> 00:14:03.990 the intricate detail of the creation and not 00:14:03.990 --> 00:14:06.950 know that it was created? It didn't just happen 00:14:06.950 --> 00:14:10.929 by chance. What is it? The law of thermodynamics 00:14:10.929 --> 00:14:15.009 says everything's going down, not everything's 00:14:15.009 --> 00:14:24.889 coming up. Right? God is. There is a God. God 00:14:24.889 --> 00:14:29.049 is eternal. Everybody say, God is eternal. That 00:14:29.049 --> 00:14:31.769 means no beginning. This is so hard for us to 00:14:31.769 --> 00:14:38.610 wrap our brains around. He always was and is. 00:14:38.870 --> 00:14:41.590 And is to come, right? God is eternal. Isaiah 00:14:41.590 --> 00:14:48.649 40, 28. The everlasting God, the Lord. He is 00:14:48.649 --> 00:14:54.649 everlasting. He is the eternal one. The everlasting 00:14:54.649 --> 00:14:58.750 one. The everlasting God, the Lord, the creator 00:14:58.750 --> 00:15:04.070 of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor 00:15:04.070 --> 00:15:09.730 is weary. I get weary sometimes. Anybody get 00:15:09.730 --> 00:15:11.750 weary sometimes? Just get tired and you just 00:15:11.750 --> 00:15:16.149 woe out. Somebody came to the studio one time 00:15:16.149 --> 00:15:19.190 and recorded a song. Woe Out was the name of 00:15:19.190 --> 00:15:24.730 the song. It was funny. God is creator. He's 00:15:24.730 --> 00:15:29.870 everlasting. He's the creator. And he didn't 00:15:29.870 --> 00:15:32.409 take off on the seventh day because he was tired. 00:15:36.690 --> 00:15:39.210 He didn't say, whoa, this creation stuff is wearing 00:15:39.210 --> 00:15:44.690 me out. I think I need a day off. He does not 00:15:44.690 --> 00:15:47.830 faint. He does not grow weary. He does not sleep 00:15:47.830 --> 00:15:56.860 or slumber. Acts 17, 24. He is the God who made 00:15:56.860 --> 00:16:00.500 the world and everything in it. Now we're in 00:16:00.500 --> 00:16:02.340 Greek, so it's going to be a little different. 00:16:02.440 --> 00:16:06.059 But it means the same thing. Hothios. Did I say 00:16:06.059 --> 00:16:07.259 it right? I don't know if I said it right or 00:16:07.259 --> 00:16:11.200 not. Close. Sound good to you? John can open 00:16:11.200 --> 00:16:13.639 up a Greek New Testament and just read it. I've 00:16:13.639 --> 00:16:19.179 got a Greek scholar in here today. Hothios. How 00:16:19.179 --> 00:16:21.259 many of you see that that means the same thing 00:16:21.259 --> 00:16:24.659 as Elohim? The one supreme divinity is what that 00:16:24.659 --> 00:16:33.120 means. The one supreme divinity. God is good. 00:16:33.220 --> 00:16:41.940 Everybody say God is good. If you read the Bible 00:16:41.940 --> 00:16:44.860 or if you're experiencing something in life and 00:16:44.860 --> 00:16:49.970 you say, God's not good. It means you have a 00:16:49.970 --> 00:16:53.830 wrong perspective of what's taking place. You're 00:16:53.830 --> 00:16:57.549 blaming someone who did not do what you're blaming 00:16:57.549 --> 00:17:05.990 Him for. God's a good God. Luke 18, 19. Jesus 00:17:05.990 --> 00:17:12.089 said this, No one is good but one. That is the 00:17:12.089 --> 00:17:15.690 supreme God. The great mighty supreme God. The 00:17:15.690 --> 00:17:20.970 one supreme divinity. He's good. Everybody say, 00:17:21.069 --> 00:17:23.589 He's good. Please smile when you say, He's good. 00:17:23.650 --> 00:17:25.970 You know, I look at you and it's like, He's good. 00:17:29.190 --> 00:17:31.170 I'm not sure if you believe it, if it won't even 00:17:31.170 --> 00:17:38.970 change your expression. Elohim. Elohim is more 00:17:38.970 --> 00:17:42.950 of a title than a personal name. Now this might 00:17:42.950 --> 00:17:46.549 shock you, but the word Elohim is used as people 00:17:46.549 --> 00:17:49.349 describe... Other gods in the Old Testament, 00:17:49.470 --> 00:17:52.109 false gods, they use that word Elohim because 00:17:52.109 --> 00:17:57.670 it's just a title. Alright? It's the person who 00:17:57.670 --> 00:18:02.730 says it thinks that the God that they're talking 00:18:02.730 --> 00:18:07.029 about is the supreme God. But there's only one. 00:18:11.529 --> 00:18:15.720 We read this story a couple of weeks ago. I'm 00:18:15.720 --> 00:18:17.859 going to read it again today as we continue. 00:18:18.799 --> 00:18:21.880 Exodus 3, verses 1 through 15. One day Moses 00:18:21.880 --> 00:18:24.440 was tending the flock of his father -in -law 00:18:24.440 --> 00:18:27.460 Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock 00:18:27.460 --> 00:18:30.960 far into the wilderness and came to Sinai, the 00:18:30.960 --> 00:18:35.920 mountain of God. There the angel of the Lord 00:18:35.920 --> 00:18:38.859 appeared to him in a blazing fire from the middle 00:18:38.859 --> 00:18:44.359 of a bush. Moses stared in amazement. Though 00:18:44.359 --> 00:18:48.880 the bush was engulfed in flames, it didn't burn 00:18:48.880 --> 00:18:55.440 up. This is amazing, Moses said to himself. Why 00:18:55.440 --> 00:19:00.180 isn't that bush burning up? I must go see it. 00:19:01.400 --> 00:19:04.940 When the Lord saw Moses coming to take a closer 00:19:04.940 --> 00:19:07.319 look, a couple of weeks ago we talked about, 00:19:07.500 --> 00:19:09.240 it was a different translation, but it said, 00:19:11.130 --> 00:19:13.730 Moses wanted to turn aside. Everybody say, turn 00:19:13.730 --> 00:19:16.690 aside. He turned aside to look at the bush. And 00:19:16.690 --> 00:19:22.170 then when God saw him turn aside, then God spoke 00:19:22.170 --> 00:19:26.309 to him. We talked about the importance. If you 00:19:26.309 --> 00:19:29.690 weren't here, I recommend you going back and 00:19:29.690 --> 00:19:34.710 listening to that on YouTube or on podcast. Because 00:19:34.710 --> 00:19:39.150 when Moses turned aside, then God saw him turn 00:19:39.150 --> 00:19:42.359 aside. and then He spoke to him, and we just 00:19:42.359 --> 00:19:44.900 really jumped on this with both feet. We have 00:19:44.900 --> 00:19:48.960 to turn aside if we're going to hear from God. 00:19:50.200 --> 00:19:54.160 God is waiting on you to turn aside to hear from 00:19:54.160 --> 00:19:57.759 Him. I'll get off two weeks ago's message because 00:19:57.759 --> 00:20:02.359 I've got a lot to preach today. When the Lord 00:20:02.359 --> 00:20:05.940 saw Moses coming to take a closer look, God called 00:20:05.940 --> 00:20:12.080 to him from the middle of the bush, Moses. Moses. 00:20:12.080 --> 00:20:16.599 Here I am, Moses replied. Don't come any closer. 00:20:17.960 --> 00:20:22.119 The Lord warned, take off your sandals for you're 00:20:22.119 --> 00:20:26.500 standing on holy ground. I wish I had a big radio 00:20:26.500 --> 00:20:31.819 voice. I am the God of your father, the God of 00:20:31.819 --> 00:20:34.559 Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob. 00:20:35.660 --> 00:20:40.759 When Moses heard this, He covered his face because 00:20:40.759 --> 00:20:48.259 he was afraid to look at God. Now you can go 00:20:48.259 --> 00:20:50.819 boldly to the throne because we're under a different 00:20:50.819 --> 00:20:52.519 covenant, by the way. I'm just going to throw 00:20:52.519 --> 00:20:56.000 that in there. Don't have to be scared of God 00:20:56.000 --> 00:21:02.319 anymore. He's daddy now. Hallelujah. Then the 00:21:02.319 --> 00:21:05.460 Lord told him. I have certainly seen the oppression 00:21:05.460 --> 00:21:08.119 of my people in Egypt. I have heard their cries 00:21:08.119 --> 00:21:11.279 of distress because of their harsh slave drivers. 00:21:11.420 --> 00:21:14.839 Yes, I am aware of their suffering. So I have 00:21:14.839 --> 00:21:18.440 come down to rescue them from the power of the 00:21:18.440 --> 00:21:21.680 Egyptians and lead them out of Egypt into their 00:21:21.680 --> 00:21:26.660 own fertile and spacious land. It is a land flowing 00:21:26.660 --> 00:21:30.559 with milk and honey. The land where the Canaanites, 00:21:30.599 --> 00:21:33.099 Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and 00:21:33.099 --> 00:21:36.900 Jebusites now live. Glad I made it through that. 00:21:38.259 --> 00:21:42.180 Look, the cry of the people of Israel has reached 00:21:42.180 --> 00:21:45.539 me, and I have seen how harshly the Egyptians 00:21:45.539 --> 00:21:49.039 abused them. Now go, for I am sending you to 00:21:49.039 --> 00:21:54.720 Pharaoh. You must lead my people, Israel, out 00:21:54.720 --> 00:22:00.680 of Egypt. But Moses protested. Who am I to appear 00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:05.000 before the Pharaoh? Who am I to lead the people 00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:10.740 of Israel out of Egypt? God answered, I will 00:22:10.740 --> 00:22:15.240 be with you. And this is your sign that I am 00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:18.059 the one who has sent you. When you have brought 00:22:18.059 --> 00:22:20.940 the people out of Egypt, you will worship God 00:22:20.940 --> 00:22:26.420 at this very mountain. But Moses protested, If 00:22:26.420 --> 00:22:28.980 I go to the people of Israel, and tell them the 00:22:28.980 --> 00:22:31.960 God of your ancestors has sent me to you, they 00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:39.240 will ask me, what is his name? Then, what should 00:22:39.240 --> 00:22:46.599 I tell them? God replied to Moses, I am that 00:22:46.599 --> 00:22:52.819 I am. Say this to the people of Israel, I am 00:22:52.819 --> 00:22:58.880 has sent me to you. God also said to Moses, say 00:22:58.880 --> 00:23:03.440 to the people of Israel, Yahweh, the God of your 00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:06.000 ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, 00:23:06.099 --> 00:23:11.380 and the God of Jacob has sent me to you. Listen 00:23:11.380 --> 00:23:16.700 to what he says. This is my eternal name. My 00:23:16.700 --> 00:23:26.119 name to remember for all generations. So Elohim, 00:23:27.630 --> 00:23:35.289 Is a general name. For God. 2 ,500 times. But 00:23:35.289 --> 00:23:41.470 Yahweh. Is his personal name. Like my name is 00:23:41.470 --> 00:23:51.289 Dean. God's name is I am that I am. Hello. My 00:23:51.289 --> 00:23:58.470 name is God. My name is Elohim the great. Mighty. 00:23:58.470 --> 00:24:06.450 Supreme God. My name is Yahweh. I am. That I 00:24:06.450 --> 00:24:13.130 am. It's God's name. I am that I am. That tells 00:24:13.130 --> 00:24:18.250 us that he is self -existent. That means that 00:24:18.250 --> 00:24:22.089 he is eternal. He didn't say I was that I was. 00:24:23.109 --> 00:24:27.990 He said I am. That I am the ever -present one, 00:24:28.109 --> 00:24:32.069 the eternal one, the self -existent one. He's 00:24:32.069 --> 00:24:34.809 not dependent on anybody or anything for His 00:24:34.809 --> 00:24:44.369 existence. We are. But He's not. In just the 00:24:44.369 --> 00:24:48.430 15 verses that we read, we discover some things 00:24:48.430 --> 00:24:54.119 about God that He sees us. Now that can be a 00:24:54.119 --> 00:24:58.579 comfort, or that can be, oh no, God sees me. 00:24:59.799 --> 00:25:02.140 That's up to you whether it's a comfort or an 00:25:02.140 --> 00:25:11.420 oh no. God hears us. God delivers us. God provides 00:25:11.420 --> 00:25:19.259 for us. God is with us. All those things we discover 00:25:19.259 --> 00:25:26.230 in those 15 verses. When we find out who God 00:25:26.230 --> 00:25:30.069 is and his activity and the relationship that 00:25:30.069 --> 00:25:34.490 he wants to have for us and with us, some of 00:25:34.490 --> 00:25:36.430 these are going to be, this is what he wants 00:25:36.430 --> 00:25:44.089 to do for us. And if you're like me, you have 00:25:44.089 --> 00:25:48.549 to agree that the promises that we make can be 00:25:48.549 --> 00:25:53.099 dependent on the actions of others. circumstances 00:25:53.099 --> 00:26:01.480 that are out of our control. Right? Now, we plan 00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:03.099 to have some pizza tonight. Have you already 00:26:03.099 --> 00:26:09.900 bought the pizza? Not yet. We're going to have 00:26:09.900 --> 00:26:11.859 pizza, but I don't know exactly how we're going 00:26:11.859 --> 00:26:15.960 to have pizza. Because we may run into some situations 00:26:15.960 --> 00:26:18.559 that are beyond our control, being Super Bowl 00:26:18.559 --> 00:26:21.970 night. Oh yeah, we can get you some pizza four 00:26:21.970 --> 00:26:25.529 hours from now. Then you're going to back up 00:26:25.529 --> 00:26:28.869 and punt and get faster pizza, right? Might not 00:26:28.869 --> 00:26:30.690 be what you wanted, but you got it. But see, 00:26:30.769 --> 00:26:38.549 sometimes we make promises. Like, if I told you 00:26:38.549 --> 00:26:40.329 I'm going to come wash your car this afternoon, 00:26:41.869 --> 00:26:44.390 mine needs it. Who has pollen all over their 00:26:44.390 --> 00:26:48.069 car? So if I told you I'm going to come wash 00:26:48.069 --> 00:26:52.000 your car this afternoon, What if I take off to 00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:56.019 your house and I have a flat tire? Something 00:26:56.019 --> 00:27:02.799 happens. I can't get there. See, sometimes we 00:27:02.799 --> 00:27:06.700 don't keep our promises because of things that 00:27:06.700 --> 00:27:08.819 can happen that are out of our control. That's 00:27:08.819 --> 00:27:13.019 what I'm trying to communicate, right? I'll do 00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:17.819 this unless this happens. Here's a good thing 00:27:17.819 --> 00:27:25.849 about God. There's nothing that can come up that 00:27:25.849 --> 00:27:30.829 can keep God from being who He is and doing what 00:27:30.829 --> 00:27:33.390 He wants to do for you. There's nothing that 00:27:33.390 --> 00:27:39.069 can stop it on His end. God's promises are only 00:27:39.069 --> 00:27:44.289 dependent on who He is. Now we've talked about 00:27:44.289 --> 00:27:51.779 this. Whether you... or in that relationship 00:27:51.779 --> 00:27:54.359 that God desires to be in with you, whether He 00:27:54.359 --> 00:27:57.880 is doing that work or that activity in your life, 00:27:58.039 --> 00:28:03.660 you know, you can resist that and not experience 00:28:03.660 --> 00:28:13.900 it. You can align your words against what He 00:28:13.900 --> 00:28:16.559 desires to do for you and not experience it. 00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:21.579 In your life, but there's nothing that can stop 00:28:21.579 --> 00:28:26.079 God from doing it. If we come to him by faith. 00:28:27.940 --> 00:28:30.759 Trusting, having confidence in. You remember 00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:35.839 that word from Psalm 910? From trusting and having 00:28:35.839 --> 00:28:44.859 confidence. So God is the eternally present God. 00:28:47.529 --> 00:28:52.289 who is self -existent. He's never needing or 00:28:52.289 --> 00:28:57.430 depending on anyone or anything. He didn't do 00:28:57.430 --> 00:29:00.970 that to begin His existence because there is 00:29:00.970 --> 00:29:03.150 no beginning because He's eternal and everlasting. 00:29:05.690 --> 00:29:09.910 And He don't need it to maintain who He is or 00:29:09.910 --> 00:29:15.069 to maintain His existence. A God like that is 00:29:15.069 --> 00:29:18.410 a God that we can depend on. A God like that 00:29:18.410 --> 00:29:20.450 is a God that we can have confidence in. A God 00:29:20.450 --> 00:29:27.930 like that is a God we can trust. He is Yahweh. 00:29:31.349 --> 00:29:33.750 Now this week is kind of an introductory message. 00:29:35.089 --> 00:29:37.549 Because we have at least 13, maybe more than 00:29:37.549 --> 00:29:42.910 that weeks to go. Okay? And some weeks we're 00:29:42.910 --> 00:29:47.410 looking at three names in one week. But we have 00:29:47.410 --> 00:29:50.609 to have this foundational information. Both Yahweh 00:29:50.609 --> 00:29:57.789 and El signifying Elohim, they are used in compound 00:29:57.789 --> 00:30:02.950 names of God throughout the Bible. So we need 00:30:02.950 --> 00:30:05.549 to understand that before we can understand the 00:30:05.549 --> 00:30:08.849 compound names. Does that make sense? We need 00:30:08.849 --> 00:30:13.329 to understand what those are. Has anyone ever 00:30:13.329 --> 00:30:18.569 heard of El Elyon? Or El Shaddai. All those are 00:30:18.569 --> 00:30:24.130 based on Elohim, right? And then there's... I 00:30:24.130 --> 00:30:26.650 don't know. I'm going to read off some of them 00:30:26.650 --> 00:30:31.609 here in a minute, so I'll do that. Through discovering 00:30:31.609 --> 00:30:38.410 God's names. Remember, names are identity, relationship, 00:30:38.690 --> 00:30:45.389 and activity. This is not just a... Intellectual 00:30:45.389 --> 00:30:52.210 exercise. Because growing up, I did some studies 00:30:52.210 --> 00:30:55.549 of God's name. God's name, his compound name 00:30:55.549 --> 00:30:57.289 is in the Bible, but it was just an intellectual 00:30:57.289 --> 00:31:02.170 exercise. I became aware of it, but I didn't 00:31:02.170 --> 00:31:07.670 know that I needed to connect to it. So through 00:31:07.670 --> 00:31:10.150 discovering his name, we're going to learn about 00:31:10.150 --> 00:31:13.210 who he is. We're going to learn about the relationship 00:31:13.210 --> 00:31:15.950 He desires to have with us. We're going to learn 00:31:15.950 --> 00:31:21.589 about what He wants to do in our lives. Because 00:31:21.589 --> 00:31:26.910 that's who He is. That's who He is. And when 00:31:26.910 --> 00:31:31.789 we find out these things, we can put our trust 00:31:31.789 --> 00:31:35.289 and our confidence in Him. Because He's God, 00:31:35.490 --> 00:31:42.670 and that's who He is. Those who know your name 00:31:42.670 --> 00:31:49.329 will put their trust in you. For you, Lord, have 00:31:49.329 --> 00:31:54.509 not forsaken those who seek you. This online 00:31:54.509 --> 00:31:57.109 worship experience was brought to you by the 00:31:57.109 --> 00:31:59.029 friends and partners of Elation Church.