Yahweh: The God Who Is

Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

"I AM WHO I AM." With these words in Exodus 3:14, God reveals a truth that can be said of no one but Himself. Today, R.C. Sproul speaks on the characteristic that sets God apart from all creation.

With your donation of any amount, request R.C. Sproul's book What Are the Names of God? and two copies of his book The Great Rescue. You'll also unlock lifetime digital access to his teaching series Names of God: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/4513/offer

Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Get both ebooks and the digital teaching series with your donation: https://www.renewingyourmind.org/global

Watch the stream from Ligonier's recent online event, Fighting the Good Fight of Faith: https://www.ligonier.org/goodfight

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	A spiritual battle is raging around us.
0:04.0	Are we prepared to take a stand for the truth of God's Word?
0:08.0	Ligner Ministries seeks to support the global church by supplying trusted Bible teaching
0:14.0	to help Christians fight the good fight of faith in our day.
0:18.0	As we come to years end, we support this discipleship outreach with a donation by
0:22.8	December 31st. Go to ligionaire.org slash support to partner with us today.
0:30.3	You have to eat, you have to drink water, you have to breathe air, you have all these needs.
0:36.7	We're all like that. We're all like that.
0:38.0	We're all dependent on external things to keep us alive.
0:44.5	God depends on nothing.
0:48.4	God and God alone has the power to be within himself.
1:01.0	Isn't that an incredible thought?
1:05.0	Our temptation can be to make God smaller, more like us, and sadly to elevate man. That's why we need our
1:13.4	minds renewed according to the Word of God. This is the Wednesday edition of renewing your mind.
1:20.1	I'm Nathan W. Bingham, and it's good to have you with us. This week, you have been hearing messages
1:25.7	from R.C. Sprole series, Names of God.
1:29.4	You'll hear several of those messages this week, but it is a 15 message series.
1:34.6	So request your copy, along with three books from Dr. Sprawl,
1:38.6	when you give a year-end donation at renewingyourmind.org,
1:42.1	or when you call us at 800, 435-4343 before midnight tomorrow.
1:49.9	Well, here's Dr. Spraw, picking up from yesterday's message and continuing his study of the name,
1:55.9	Yahweh.
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