I AM: The Name of God

Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Reformed, Study, Jesus, Preaching, Christianity, Scripture, Spirit, Bible, Holy, Theology, Christian, God, Teaching

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🗓️ 6 September 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

We do not have to guess about the identity and character of God. He has given us His very name. Today, R.C. Sproul homes in on that consequential moment when the Lord of all creation revealed His sacred name to Moses.

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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

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0:00.0	God revealed himself to Moses in a burning bush.
0:04.0	So Moses has this momentary encounter with the holy,
0:07.8	and the closer he gets, the more afraid he becomes.
0:12.0	And when he hears the voice of God, and the voice of God sends him on a mission,
0:16.3	wait a minute, who am I, that I should go on this mission.
0:27.3	That's a common reaction through the Bible. Whenever someone encounters the holiness of God,
0:32.8	their response is the same. They're filled with terror.
0:37.0	I'm Nathan W. Bingham, and it's good to have you with us
0:39.3	for this Saturday edition of Renewing Your Mind. We're starting a new short series on Saturdays,
0:46.3	considering the name of God revealed to Moses at the Burning Bush. These messages are from a 10-part series from R.
0:53.3	C.S.S.M. Moses and the Burning Bush. If you'd
0:57.0	like the DVD set and a copy of the companion book, you can request today's resource package
1:03.0	when you give a donation in support of Renewing Your Mind at Renewing Your Mind.org before midnight
1:09.0	tonight. So how can an unholy people stand before a holy God?
1:14.3	Jumping right into the middle of this series,
1:16.8	here's Dr. Sproul to answer from Moses and the Burning Bush.
1:23.0	In this session, we're looking at the implications
1:26.0	from the event that is recorded in the
1:30.0	book of Exodus of Moses and Connor with God at the burning bush, that bush that was
1:35.8	burning but was not consumed. God had spoken to Moses and said, I have seen the oppression of my people who are in Egypt, and I have heard
1:50.7	their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows. Now, there are three
2:00.0	verbs here that I want us to get a hold of that
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