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July 29, 2022
God as He Wants You to Know Him
Who is God? What is He like? These are the key universal questions of every generation. Thankfully, the Bible is full of descriptive names of God that help us to answer these questions. We also have an amazing verse in which God describes Himself. If you have questions about the nature of God, or whether the God of the Old Testament is the same as that of the New, you will want to make note of this one verse found in Exodus.
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God as He Wants You to Know Him (Out of Zion Episode #131)
Scripture taken from the Holy Bible, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
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Well, who is God? What is he like? These are the key universal questions for every generation.
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Thankfully, we have the answers. The Bible is full of descriptive names of God that
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help to answer these questions. I want to start out today by discussing God's own description
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of himself. So welcome to this week's Shabbat Shalom devotional when I seek to share just
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a little inspiration and bring a little piece to the close of your very busy week. If you
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had to ask me what is the most important verse in all of the Old Testament for Christians,
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I'd really be hard pressed to come up with just one. But I'll tell you, at the top of
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my list of the first two or three would be a verse out of Exodus 34 when God describes
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himself. If you want to know who God is and what he is like, then begin with Exodus 34
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verses six through seven. The compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding
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in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands and forgiving wickedness, rebellion
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and sin, yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished. If you have been told the lie
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that the God of the Old Testament is different from the loving, forgiving God of the New
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Testament, then this verse is the very proof that you're wrong. Anyone saying that does
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not know who God is nor how he sees even himself compassionate, gracious, slow to anger. This
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would be in the New Testament called long suffering, abounding in love, abounding. That
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means more than you need. And abounding in faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands,
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forgiving, wickedness, rebellion and sin, yet as a righteous judge who does still punish
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the guilty, this is our God, creator of the universe, the God of Israel, the God of the
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Old Testament, demonstrated in the New Testament through Jesus. It is all the same God. So
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as you take a little Shabbat break this weekend, take a moment to reflect on these astounding
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characteristics of God. You can rest in His goodness and find peace for your souls. Now
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next week, I'm going to start talking about the various names of God. So be sure and tune
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back in next week. But until then, I want to wish you Shabbat Shalom.
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Well, who is God? What is he like? These are the key universal questions for every generation.
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00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:15,360
Thankfully, we have the answers. The Bible is full of descriptive names of God that
3
00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:23,720
help to answer these questions. I want to start out today by discussing God's own description
4
00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:30,160
of himself. So welcome to this week's Shabbat Shalom devotional when I seek to share just
5
00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:37,040
a little inspiration and bring a little piece to the close of your very busy week. If you
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00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:45,600
had to ask me what is the most important verse in all of the Old Testament for Christians,
7
00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:50,320
I'd really be hard pressed to come up with just one. But I'll tell you, at the top of
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00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:57,800
my list of the first two or three would be a verse out of Exodus 34 when God describes
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00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:06,600
himself. If you want to know who God is and what he is like, then begin with Exodus 34
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00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:14,960
verses six through seven. The compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding
11
00:01:14,960 --> 00:01:22,480
in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands and forgiving wickedness, rebellion
12
00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:30,960
and sin, yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished. If you have been told the lie
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00:01:30,960 --> 00:01:36,540
that the God of the Old Testament is different from the loving, forgiving God of the New
14
00:01:36,540 --> 00:01:44,720
Testament, then this verse is the very proof that you're wrong. Anyone saying that does
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00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:55,560
not know who God is nor how he sees even himself compassionate, gracious, slow to anger. This
16
00:01:55,560 --> 00:02:02,200
would be in the New Testament called long suffering, abounding in love, abounding. That
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00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:12,240
means more than you need. And abounding in faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands,
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00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:21,120
forgiving, wickedness, rebellion and sin, yet as a righteous judge who does still punish
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00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:28,320
the guilty, this is our God, creator of the universe, the God of Israel, the God of the
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00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:35,680
Old Testament, demonstrated in the New Testament through Jesus. It is all the same God. So
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00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:42,880
as you take a little Shabbat break this weekend, take a moment to reflect on these astounding
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00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:52,120
characteristics of God. You can rest in His goodness and find peace for your souls. Now
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next week, I'm going to start talking about the various names of God. So be sure and tune
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back in next week. But until then, I want to wish you Shabbat Shalom.
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