The second
title revealed in Exodus 3 is Jehovah, which means “He who was, who is, and who will be.” This title is composed
basically of the verb to be. Apart from the Lord, all else is nothing. He is the only
One who is, the only One who has reality of being.
[God] calls Himself, “I AM WHO I AM” [Exo.
3:14]....“I Am” denotes the One who is self-existing, the One whose being
depends on nothing apart from Himself. This One is also the ever-existing One,
that is, He exists eternally, having neither beginning nor ending.
As I Am, God is
everything we need. To the words “I Am” we can add whatever we may need....In the New Testament the Lord uses many things to
describe Himself: “I am the true vine” (John 15:1), “I am the bread of life”
(John 6:35), “I am the light” (John 8:12). As I Am, God is everything....God is
the reality of every positive thing. This implies that God must be you, even the reality of
your very being....This great I Am,
the all-inclusive One, is the One who has come to call us.
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