Yahweh: The Sacred Name of God

Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

In one of the Bible's most dramatic moments, God spoke to Moses out of the burning bush and revealed His sacred name. Today, R.C. Sproul considers what this name tells us about the One who is eternal, self-existent, and unchanging.

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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 is not one who says, I was, I am, I shall be, but always and ever he remains, I am.
0:17.8	The names of God, and what we can learn about him and his character from them is our focus
0:23.8	this week on renewing your mind.
0:26.6	Hi, I'm Nathan W. Bingham, and welcome to this Tuesday edition of Renewing Your Mind.
0:31.5	I'm glad you're with us.
0:33.2	Before we get to today's message, I want to ask you if you joined us last month for a special
0:38.6	online event, we called it Fighting the Good Fight of Faith. Chris Larson and I shared stories
0:45.2	and testimonies from the field. We heard from Christian teenagers and their present day challenges,
0:51.4	and we shared how your support by God's grace has had an impact this year.
0:56.5	So especially as you consider your year-end giving, I would encourage you to visit
1:00.5	Ligonier.org slash good fight and watch the replay. I trust that you'll be encouraged as you hear
1:07.5	of the work of the Lord through your support, and be challenged as you hear Dr.
1:11.9	Ferguson open God's Word.
1:13.8	So please watch Fighting the Good Fight of Faith at Ligonier.org slash good fight.
1:19.9	Well, here's R.C. Sprawl on the name Yahweh.
1:25.0	I want to begin our study of these titles with the name of God that is his proper name that he reveals in the Old Testament.
1:39.7	It is the sacred name of God, the name that is protected by the law, the name that is the ineffable name,
1:49.9	the name that is the holy name of God, the name Yahweh.
1:56.2	Now, we get this personal name for God in one of the most dramatic episodes, not simply in biblical history,
2:08.9	but I think in the history of the whole world. We're familiar basically with the story of
2:16.0	Moses, how as a child, he was set adrift in the bulrushes by
2:22.9	his mother, trying to protect this baby from the edict of the Pharaoh to destroy the male children
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