His Name Is Yahweh
Exodus 3:7-9, 12-15 – 7 Then the Lord told him, “I have certainly seen the oppression of my people in Egypt. I have heard their cries of distress because of their harsh slave drivers. Yes, I am aware of their suffering. 8 So I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and lead them out of Egypt into their own fertile and spacious land. It is a land flowing with milk and honey – the land where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites now live. 9 Look! The cry of the people of Israel has reached me, and I have seen how harshly the Egyptians abuse them. . . . 12 God answered, “I will be with you. And this is your sign that I am the one who has sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you will worship God at this very mountain.” 13 But Moses protested, “If I go to the people of Israel and tell them, ‘The God of your ancestors has sent me to you,’ they will ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what should I tell them?” 14 God replied to Moses, “I Am Who I Am. 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: Yahweh, the God of your ancestors – the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob – has sent me to you. This is my eternal name, my name to remember for all generations. (New Living Translation)
YHWH is a tetra-gram for ‘I Am’ pronounced Yahweh
What Is Significant about ‘Yahweh?’
▸ It is God’s desire that He _____________________ Himself to Me
▸ God is active ________________________________________
How Is ‘Yahweh’ the Convenantal God in My Life?
• Yahweh is the God of ____________________________________
Exodus 6:3-6 – 3 “I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as El-Shaddai – ‘God Almighty’ – but I did not reveal my name, Yahweh, to them. 4 And I reaffirmed my covenant with them. Under its terms, I promised to give them the land of Canaan, where they were living as foreigners. 5 You can be sure that I have heard the groans of the people of Israel, who are now slaves to the Egyptians. And I am well aware of my covenant with them. 6 Therefore, say to the people of Israel: ‘I am the Lord. I will free you from your oppression and will rescue you from your slavery in Egypt. I will redeem you with a powerful arm and great acts of judgment.’” (New Living Translation)
• Yahweh is the God of ____________________________________
Genesis 3:8-9 – 8 When the cool evening breezes were blowing, the man and his wife heard the Lord God walking about in the garden. So they hid from the Lord God among the trees. 9 Then the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?” (New Living Translation)
Daniel 9:14 – . . . The Lord our God was right to do all of these things, for we did not obey him. (New Living Translation)
Leviticus 19:2 – . . . I am the Lord your God. I am holy, and you must be holy too! (Contemporary English Version)
Jeremiah 31:3 – Long ago the Lord said . . . : “I have loved you, my people, with an everlasting love. With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself.” (New Living Translation)
• Yahweh is the God of ____________________________________
Hebrews 10:10-12 – 10Under this new plan we have been forgiven and made clean by Christ’s dying for us once and for all. 11Under the old agreement the priests stood before the altar day after day offering sacrifices that could never take away our sins. 12But Christ gave himself to God for our sins as one sacrifice for all time and then sat down in the place of highest honor at God’s right hand, (The Living Bible)
Hebrews 10:19 – And so, dear brothers and sisters, we can boldly enter heaven’s Most Holy Place because of the blood of Jesus. (New Living Translation)
Hebrews 10:22 – So let’s come near God with pure hearts and a confidence that comes from having faith. (Contemporary English Version)
Hebrews 13:12 – So also Jesus suffered and died . . . to make his people holy by shedding his own blood. (New Living Translation)