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Encountering the Great I AM

Delve into the significance of names like Jehovah-Jireh and El-Shaddai in understanding God's character. Explore biblical references and teachings on God's provision, healing, and peace. Unveil the depth of God's nature through His various names.

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Encountering the Great I AM

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  1. Encountering the Great I AM El-Shaddai Almighty God

  2. 1/7 INTRODUCTION I AM

  3. Encountering the Great I AM

  4. “remember the day you stood before [God]” - Deut. 4:10

  5. “The Low view of God entertained almost universally among Christians Is the cause of a hundred lesser evils everywhere among us. A whole new philosophy of the Christian life has resulted from this one basic error in our religious thinking.” - A.W. Tozer, “The Knowledge of the Holy”

  6. How we view God is the most important thing about who we are.

  7. Abram - Abraham (Gen. 17:4-6) Jacob - Israel (Gen. 32:28) Simon - Peter (John 1:42)

  8. Jehovah-Jireh: The Lord Will Provide Jehovah-Nissi: The Lord is My Banner Jehovah-Rapha: The lord Who Heals El-Roi: The God Who Sees El-Shaddai: Almighty God Jehovah-Shalom: The Lord is Peace Jehovah-Sabaoth: The Lord of Hosts Jehovah-Shamah: The lord is There Jehovah-M’Kaddesh: The Lord who makes Holy El Olam: Everlasting God

  9. God of your fathers (6, 13) God of Witness (7) God of deliverance (8) God of Justice (9) God of Help (10-12) “Tell them I Am Has sent You” - Exodus 3:14

  10. YHWH/YAHWEH - Literal name of God that translates as “I AM Who I AM” Adonai - “lord, Master,” substituted for YHWH Jehovah - combination of “YHWH” and “Adonai” God - Came from “guda” in Gothic Bible “Tell them I Am Has sent You” - Exodus 3:14

  11. “Tell them I Am Has sent You” - Exodus 3:14 • Spoken Identity • Unlimited Nature • Infinite Quality “God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.” - 1 John 1:5

  12. 1/14 JEHOVAH-JIREH

  13. “Abraham called the name of that place, ‘The Lord Will Provide,’ as it is said to this day, ‘in the mount of the Lord it will be provided.’” - Genesis 22:14

  14. 2 Samuel 24 2 Chronicles 3 “Abraham called the name of that place, ‘The Lord Will Provide,’ as it is said to this day, ‘in the mount of the Lord it will be provided.’” - Genesis 22:14

  15. “Abraham called the name of that place, ‘The Lord Will Provide,’ as it is said to this day, ‘in the mount of the Lord it will be provided.’” - Genesis 22:14

  16. What Has Jehovah-Jireh promised to Provide for Us?

  17. 1/21 JEHOVAH-NISSI

  18. In hoc signo vinces “IN THIS SIGN, YOU WILL CONQUER”

  19. “Is the Lord among us or not?” - Ex. 17:7

  20. Who were the Amalekites? • Attacked during exodus (Deut. 25:17-18) • Pillaged israel during famine (Judges 3:13) • Bothered Israel Until David’s time (1 Sam. 30:1-3) • Finally destroyed (1 Chronicles 4:43) • Haman possibly a descendant? (Esther 3:1)

  21. The Lord is My Banner The Lord is My Refuge (Septuagint) The Lord is My Exaltation (Latin Vulgate)

  22. Jehovah-Nissi David vs. Goliath (1 Samuel 16) Samson vs. Philistines (Judges 13-16) Ezekiel vs. Israel (ezekiel) Paul vs. Corinth (Acts 17:9-11)

  23. Jehovah-Nissi “Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.” - Eph. 6:11

  24. How do we fight under Jehovah-Nissi? • By Fighting his battles • By Following HIS instructions • By attaining His purpose

  25. 1/28 JEHOVAH-RAPHA

  26. Sing to the Lord, for he is highly exalted!” - Ex. 15:21 “WahhHH. I’m thirsty Moses” - Ex. 15:24 Three Days later

  27. “See to it…that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble.” (Heb. 12:15) • “Call me ‘Mara’” (Ruth 1:20)

  28. “There He made for them a statute and a regulation, and there He tested them” (Ex. 15:25-26)

  29. “I, the Lord, am your Healer” (Ex. 15:26)

  30. How is God our Healer? • By helping us let go of our past • By Accomplishing what we can’t • By Giving us a path forward

  31. The Great Physician Jehovah- Rapha

  32. 2/4 EL-ROI

  33. “Behold, you are with child, and you will bear a son; and you shall call his name Ishmael, because the Lord has given heed to your affliction.” - Gen. 16:11

  34. “Then she Called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, “You are a God who sees”; for she said, “Have I even remained alive here after seeing him?” - Gen. 16:11

  35. “What is the matter with you, Hagar?” - Gen. 21:17

  36. What does El-Roi See? • Your Struggles • Your Work • Your Sins • Your Needs

  37. 2/11 EL-SHADDAI

  38. I Am El-Shaddai (Gen. 17:1) I Am El-Shaddai (Gen. 35:11)

  39. “From the God of your father who helps you, And by the Almighty who blesses you With blessings of heaven above, Blessings of the deep that lies beneath, Blessings of the breasts and of the womb.” - Gen. 49:25

  40. 29 of the 48 times El-Shaddai is used in Scripture is found in… JOB

  41. “‘I Will be a Father to you, you shall be sons and daughters to Me,’ Says the Lord Almighty” - 2 Cor. 6:18 pantokratōr

  42. “ the altar saying, ‘Yes, O Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous are Your judgments’.” - Rev. 16:7

  43. What Can El-ShaddaiNot Do? • Act Against His Own Will • Be Stopped by Anything • Grow Weary • Be Unjust

  44. 2/18 JEHOVAH-SHALOM

  45. Gideon’s Faith on Trial (Judges 6) • Time of Oppression (1-10) • Gideon’s Doubt (11-20) • Doubt Vanished (21)

  46. “I have seen the angel of the Lord!”(22) “You will not die”(23) “The Gideon built an altar there to the Lord and named it… Jehovah-Shalom The Lord is Peace

  47. What is Peace? • More than just “the absence of conflict” • technically “Completeness,” or the Joining together of opposites

  48. Jerusalem: - Yireh Shalem - “City/Foundation of Peace”

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