KBM Our God

Last week we started a new series of lessons with the theme “Impact 3:16.” The goal is to find as many chapter three verse sixteen passages I can that can be made into a good short study. Last week, we looked at Genesis 3:16 and today we are going to be examining Exodus 3:16. This is most like a very familiar account. Moses had fled Egypt wherein he met Jethro, a priest of Midian, who eventually became his father-in-law. Moses was tending Jethro’s flock when he noticed a peculiar thing. He saw a bush on fire but not being burnt up. This is when the angel of the Lord, who is Jesus (Exodus 3:6, 14; John 8:58) speaks to Moses. Moses is told that God has heard his people’s cry for freedom and is going to bring them out of Egypt. Moses then asks a very important question. Let’s starting reading there in Exodus 3:13 and read through verse 17.

Exodus 3:13–17 ESV

13 Then Moses said to God, “If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what shall I say to them?” 14 God said to Moses, “I am who I am.” And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel: ‘I am has sent me to you.’ ” 15 God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel: ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations. 16 Go and gather the elders of Israel together and say to them, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, “I have observed you and what has been done to you in Egypt, 17 and I promise that I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, a land flowing with milk and honey.” ’

From this there are three things we can see about “Our God.” Our God is always. By that I mean time is not something that confines him. Isaiah would write…

Isaiah 46:10 ESV

10 declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,’

2 Peter 3:8 ESV

8 But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

Because God always is, and I fully understand that is hard to understand, God is always able to watch everything. God told Moses, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt.” God is always watching everything and everyone.

Psalm 139:7–10 ESV

7 Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? 8 If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! 9 If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, 10 even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me.

Because God always is and therefore sees everything and everyone he is able to do “all” that he promises to do. In other words, God is always faithful.

Deuteronomy 7:9 ESV

9 Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations,

For you and I this should makes us very happy because God has promised everyone that loves him and keeps his word will be with him forever.

James 1:12 ESV

12 Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.

God the Father, Son, and Spirit are not some just some figment of mankind’s imagination, no, God is Our God. He is “our Creator” and him who loves us enough that even though he “sees” all the sin we do he still wants us to change come to him and live with him for an eternity.