I Am
Homilist
Exodus 3:14
And God said to Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shall you say to the children of Israel, I AM has sent me to you.


I. THE HIGHEST INQUIRY OF MAN AS A MORAL AGENT.

1. This inquiry is most reasonable.

2. This inquiry is most urgent.

II. THE HIGHEST REVELATION TO MAN AS A MORAL STUDENT. "I AM — "what? The Fountain of all life, the Foundation of all virtue, the Source of all blessedness, the Cause, the Means, and the End of all things in the universe but sin.

1. This is the revelation that man as a thinker craves for.

2. This is the revelation which the gospel gives.

III. THE HIGHEST AUTHORITY OF MAN AS A MORAL WORKER. Lessons:

1. God is. The grandest fact in the universe.

2. God is an absolute personality.

3. God deals with individual men. "Hath sent me."

4. God makes man His messenger to men.

(Homilist.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

WEB: God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM," and he said, "You shall tell the children of Israel this: 'I AM has sent me to you.'"




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