I AM: The Being of God
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 4.9K Ratings
🗓️ 13 September 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
When God declared to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM,” He revealed His self-existence and limitless power. Today, R.C. Sproul shows how the name of God exhibits His eternal glory as the supreme and perfect being.
For your donation of any amount, get R.C. Sproul’s book Moses and the Burning Bush, his video teaching series on DVD, and lifetime digital access to all 10 messages and the study guide: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/4278/offer
Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Request the ebook, digital teaching series, and digital study guide with your donation: https://www.renewingyourmind.org/global
Renewing Your Mind has a YouTube channel. Subscribe now and see each day’s episode: https://www.youtube.com/@rymradio
Meet Today’s Teacher:
R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew’s Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.
Meet the Host:
Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of media for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, and host of the Ask Ligonier podcast.
Renewing Your Mind is a donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Why is there something rather than nothing? Why isn't the entire universe just empty space or a black hole with nothing at all in it? |
| 0:11.6 | Well, the answer to that question should be so simple, in the beginning, God. |
| 0:23.5 | Welcome to renewewing Your Mind on this Saturday. |
| 0:26.5 | I'm Nathan W. Bingham. |
| 0:28.7 | We're returning today to R.C. Sproles series, Moses and the Burning Bush. |
| 0:33.8 | Before we get to it, don't forget that if you'd like this series on DVD, |
| 0:39.3 | along with its companion book, we'll send you both when you donate today in support of renewing your mind at renewingyourmind.org. |
| 0:45.3 | You can also find a link in the comment of today's YouTube video. |
| 0:49.3 | Well there on Mount Horrib, God declared his name to be, I am who I am. That might sound |
| 0:56.5 | like a strange name, but that name points to the fact that everything begins and ends with God. |
| 1:03.7 | Here's Dr. Sprawl. |
| 1:07.0 | We're going to continue with our study of the experience of Moses in the Midianite wilderness |
| 1:14.4 | when he encountered God in the burning bush, and God revealed himself in an extraordinary |
| 1:21.3 | way to him. |
| 1:23.5 | We've already seen some of the implications of what God had revealed to Moses in that brief conversation. |
| 1:32.9 | But I want to explore further in this session the significance of the name by which God reveals himself when he calls himself simply, I am who I am. |
| 1:46.4 | So let's look back at that portion of the text. |
| 1:50.6 | We're in chapter 3 of Exodus, verse 13, Moses said to God, indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, |
| 2:04.1 | the God of your fathers has sent me to you, and they say to me, what is his name? |
| 2:13.5 | What shall I say to them? |
| 2:37.6 | And God said to Moses, I am who I am. And he said, thus you shall say to the children of Israel, I am, has sent me to you. Moreover, God said to Moses, thus you shall say to the children of Israel, |
| 2:42.6 | the Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob, |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Ligonier Ministries, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Ligonier Ministries and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.