Thy mercy, my God, is the theme
of my song. Welcome, friends, to another
broadcast of the Moses for Zion's 4. Man has no knowledge at all
except that which has been given to him by his Creator. Most especially
he has no knowledge or understanding of that one true and living God
which arises out of his own human nature and ability. Yet he is
clearly accountable for having disregarded the basic knowledge
of him that he has been given. The Lord first appeared unto
Moses in a burning bush. There is no evidence that Moses
was seeking God or that he was a worshipper of God. But the
Lord was pleased to reveal himself to Moses as he stirred his curiosity
by a burning bush. Imagine how startled Moses was
when the voice of the Lord spoke to him from this bush, calling
him by name. In this we are reminded of the
same scenario that took place on the road to Damascus with
the Apostle Paul. Moses, as well as Paul, was struck
with fear at this beckoning. Ultimately, the Lord revealed
who he was by name as Moses in his ignorance inquired. And God
said unto Moses, I am that I am. He called himself in the Hebrew
tongue Haya, or the self-existing one. While the Lord revealed
himself to Moses in a revelation of his eternal existence, he
was pleased to reveal himself in even more glory to the Apostle
Paul. He called himself the self-existent
one to Moses, yet he revealed himself to the apostle Paul by
that name which is above every name, before whom every knee
shall bow and every tongue shall confess. As Paul cried out, Who
art thou, Lord? He replied, I am Jesus. Imagine the consternation that
gripped Paul's heart when he heard that name and discovered
that this same Jesus whom he has persecuted is the eternal
God who both knows his name and all of his deeds. All the while
Paul thought he was serving the true and living God, he now finds
that he had actually been fighting against him. Many false prophets
tell us that all religions are seeking the same God, they just
call him by a different name. This cannot be true since he
has now revealed himself most clearly by the name which is
above every name. All supposed knowledge of who
God is that men claim to have, which does not spring from the
revelation of Jesus Christ as the eternal God, cannot possibly
be a revelation of him who is the self-existent one. He said
with his own lips, He that hath seen me hath seen the Father. For in him dwelleth all the fullness
of the Godhead bodily. No man can scripturally claim
to know the true and living God who does not confess that Jesus
Christ is Lord of lords and King of kings. He has clearly revealed
himself in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Savior
of sinners and Lord of all. There will be no unfolding of
a greater understanding of who he is, for he has demonstrated
his purpose in redemption. His power by His resurrection,
and His person in the earth as the everlasting Father. Each
attribute of God in His provision for His people were gradually
made known to His people down through the ages, but He has
now set forth the fullness of the knowledge of Himself in Jesus
Christ. God, who at sundry times and
in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the
prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son. whom he hath appointed heir of
all things, by whom he made the worlds, who being the brightness
of his glory, and express image of his person, and upholding
all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself
purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the majesty
on high. As we go back and look at how
the Lord unfolded the knowledge of Himself to His people, we
are blessed and reminded that each of these revelations were
given for the purpose of setting forth the glory which was to
be revealed in Jesus Christ. The Lord Jesus Christ has clearly
revealed Himself in the Gospel as the Savior of sinners, the
Redeemer of the enslaved, and the Healer of the brokenhearted. Do you know him? If you would like a free transcript
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