What's My Name?

Introduction

“Say My Name” by Destiny’s Child

What is up with this

Tell the truth, who you with

How would you like it if

I came over with my clique

Don't try to change it now

See you gotta bounce

When two seconds ago

You said you just got in the house

It's hard to believe that you

Are at home, by yourself

When I just heard the voice

Heard the voice of someone else

Just this question why

Do you feel you gotta lie

Gettin' caught up in your game

When you can not say my name

"Say My Name" is a song by the American girl group Destiny's Child from their second studio album The Writing's on the Wall (1999)

Transition To Body

Exodus 3:13–15 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.

Exodus 20:7 ESV

7 “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.

Context of Exodus 34:1-9 is :

The early stages of the people of Israel’s relationship with the LORD God after the LORD delivered them out of slavery in Egypt.

“The Lord said to Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.”

Exodus 34:1 NIV

https://www.bible.com/111/exo.34.1.niv

Review Sin of making the Golden Calf in Exodus 32

Exodus 33:12–14 ESV

12 Moses said to the Lord, “See, you say to me, ‘Bring up this people,’ but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. Yet you have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found favor in my sight.’ 13 Now therefore, if I have found favor in your sight, please show me now your ways, that I may know you in order to find favor in your sight. Consider too that this nation is your people.” 14 And he said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”

And now the LORD God had decided to forgive the Israelites and accept them once again as his covenant people and renew his covenant with them again.

So let me reintroduce myself to you:

My name is...

Body- This is what my name means. Let me proclaim to you what my name means.

Exodus 34:6 ESV

6 The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness,

Why can the LORD proclaim to us: The LORD, the LORD

A God Merciful And Gracious?Reflected in being Slow To Anger?Demonstrated by Abounding in steadfast love & faithfulness? -v7

The LORD, the LORD

Yahweh, He is Yahweh

I am, He is I am

I am that I am

Gracious Tender Mercy Of God

Gracious- show favor

Grant favor or grace to someone

Grace meaning unmerited favor

All of God’s dealings are gracious, but especially in forgiving sins and granting salvation it is critical

Show compassion- tender mercy

Connection to the “womb”- providing care and protection for that which is helpless and dependent- motherly quality

Illustration: The Party of Lincoln and the insurrection in Washington DC, at the State Capital on Wednesday, November 6, 2021

Gracious & compassionate express what God will do, without explaining why

2 Corinthians 1:3 ESV

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,

James 5:11 ESV

11 Behold, we consider those blessed who remained steadfast. You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful.

Luke 1:76–79 ESV

76 And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways, 77 to give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins, 78 because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high 79 to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.”

Mercy By Giving The Holy Spirit

Titus 3:5 ESV

5 he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,

Mercy Towards Those Who Fear God

Luke 1:50 ESV

50 And his mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation.

Blessed Merciful

Matthew 5:7 ESV

7 “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.

Mercy Towards All

Psalm 145:9 ESV

9 The Lord is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made.

Patience Of The LORD’s Anger

Slow to anger

Long of anger

His anger prolongs itself allowing people to repent before punishment is inflicted

Psalm 30:4–5 ESV

4 Sing praises to the Lord, O you his saints, and give thanks to his holy name. 5 For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.

Romans 2:4 ESV

4 Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?

2 Peter 3:9 ESV

9 The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

Reliability Of The LORD’s Love

Loyal love & faithfulness

Loyal life & truth

Often found together

Faithful covenant love

Loyal love- God’s faithful covenant love

Faithfulness- God’s reliability and faithfulness

Jeremiah 31:2–3 ESV

2 Thus says the Lord: “The people who survived the sword found grace in the wilderness; when Israel sought for rest, 3 the Lord appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.

Romans 5:6–8 ESV

6 For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— 8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Ephesians 2:4–5 ESV

4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—

1 John 4:10 ESV

10 In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

1 John 4:16–17 ESV

16 So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. 17 By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world.

For how many individuals does the LORD God keep loyal love?

Thousands of generations

For what does the LORD God forgive?

Iniquity & transgression & sin

Psalm 103:8 ESV

8 The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

Faithfulness Of God

1 John 1:9 ESV

9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Even When We Are Faithless

2 Timothy 2:11–13 ESV

11 The saying is trustworthy, for: If we have died with him, we will also live with him; 12 if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us; 13 if we are faithless, he remains faithful— for he cannot deny himself.

Transition To Close- When The LORD Descended

Illustration:

The story has been told of a man who was caught and taken to court because he had stolen a loaf of bread. The the judge investigated, he found out that the man had no job, and his family was hungry. He had tried unsuccessfully to get work and finally, to feed his family, he had stolen a loaf of bread. Although recognizing the extenuating circumstances, the judge said, “I’m sorry, but the law an make no exceptions. You stole, and there I have to punish you. I order you to pay a fine of ten dollars.” He then continued, “But I want to pay the fine myself.” He reached into his pocket pulled out a ten-dollar bill, and handed it to the man.

As soon as the man took the money, the judge said, “Now I also want to remit the fine.” That is, the man could keep the money. “Furthermore, I am going to instruct the bailiff to pass around a hat to everyone in this courtroom, and I am fining everyone in this courtroom fifty cents for living in a city where a man has to steal in order to bread to eat.” The money was collected and given to the defendant.

This is an excellent example of justice being meted out in full and paid in full- while mercy and grace were also enacted in full measure.

Exodus 34:5 ESV

5 The Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord.

Close- Another Time When The LORD Descended

Psalm 25:6 ESV

6 Remember your mercy, O Lord, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old.

Psalm 51:1 ESV

1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.

1 Peter 1:3 ESV

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Lamentations 3:22–23 ESV

22 The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; 23 they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

Ephesians 2:4 ESV

4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,

Hebrews 4:16 ESV

16 Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

2 Corinthians 12:9 ESV

9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

Psalm 23:6 ESV

6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

For God So Loved The Word

John 3:16 ESV

16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.