**1. It’s been a blessing in disguise in many ways.**a. We have such busy lives we tend to go from day to day, month to month and year to year wishing we had more time with our kids family. To be at home.b. We have all of that right now. Let’s not have the grass is greener mentality.c. What the virus meant for evil God meant it for good.d. Isaiah—our fourth child.i. Stared out into space because of the work we needed to put into it.ii. Not one congratulations in the church.iii. But can’t imagine life without him.iv. His name and Serenity’s name--- means the end.**2. In scripture a person's name often signifies his character or ability or mission especially when the name is given by God.**a. God changes Abram's name to Abraham to show that he had made him the father of many nations (Gen. 17:5).b. Jacob's name to Israel (Gen. 32:28). (one who holds the heel to wrestles with God)c. Simon to Peter (counselor to rock)d. Saul to Paul (Hebrew to Gentile name)**3. God’s name is no exception.**a. We use a generic name for God and it often reflects the generic type of relationship people have with Him.b. Korean Christians wanted to distinguish the shamanistic understanding of god with the one true God. The traditional Korean word for God is ha nui neem. (One from above) Christians call Him ha na Neem. (which means one and only being)**4. The meaning of the name Yaweh.**a. Ex 3:13-15 - 13 Then Moses said to God, "Behold, I am going to the sons of Israel, and I will say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you.' Now they may say to me, 'What is His name?' What shall I say to them?" 14 God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM"; and He said, "Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, 'I AM has sent me to you.'" 15 God, furthermore, said to Moses, "Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, 'The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.' This is My name forever, and this is My memorial-name to all generationsb. God was not introducing Himself but reminding them Who He is to Israel.i. Gen 2:4-9 - 4 This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made earth and heaven. 5 Now no shrub of the field was yet in the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the Lord God had not sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground. 6 But a mist used to rise from the earth and water the whole surface of the ground. 7 Then the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. 8 The Lord God planted a garden toward the east, in Eden; and there He placed the man whom He had formed. 9 Out of the ground the Lord God caused to grow every tree that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. ii. The Jews stopped using God’s personal name to make sure that they don’t use His name in vain.iii. The name that is given to us is Yaweh or Jehovah (in Greek with vowels)--- don’t know for sure.iv. This name is used 6828 times compared to the generic word for God is Elohim, 2800 times.v. If we called each other Asian guy, or big guy or man or girl it already has a sense of distance.c. Notice that God gives three answers to the question, "What shall I tell them your name is?" i. First, in verse 14 God says, "I AM WHO I AM."ii. Second, in verse 14 God says, "I AM has sent me to you."iii. Third, in verse 15 God says, "Yahweh … has sent me to you … this is my name for ever …"d. The meaning behind God’s name as I AM has several significance that is particularly relevant to us today.i. The first and foremost meaning is that God Is. Not was or will be but IS.1. Acts 17:24-28 - 24 "The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands; 25 nor is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things; 26 and He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation, 27 that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; 28 for in Him we live and move and exist, 2. The most well known question from Hamleta. “To be or not to be, that is the question”i. Contemplation of lifeb. We don’t have the ability to be.i. We are constantly changing.ii. I don’t know if I’ll be here next week. Even if I do I don’t know if I’ll be the same person. (lose some hair, gain some weight, have different thoughts. I am not constant.iii. I am always becoming but I am never being.iv. Only God is I AM3. Heb 11:6 - 6 And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.4. In the Lord’s prayer we begin by acknowledging God and God.a. Our Father who art in heaven Hallowed by Thy Name.5. Ps 90:2 - 2 Before the mountains were born Or You gave birth to the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God. 6. Rev 1:8 - 8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty." ii. The second meaning behind His name I AM is that God is the ultimate cause.1. God is the ultimate cause.John 5:26 - 26 "For just as the Father has life in Himself, even so He gave to the Son also to have life in Himself; 2. Only God can create something from nothing.a. People pay good money to be tricked. Illusion.3. Rom 4:17 - who gives life to the dead and calls into being that which does not exist. 4. Col 1:16-18 - 16 For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities — all things have been created through Him and for Him. 17 He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. 5. So just as God created all things from nothing in the beginning only He can recreate man into a new man from the dead.Rom 8:29-30 - 29 For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren; 30 and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified.6. Remember the context of thisa. God didn’t need Moses. God wasn’t asking for help.b. He was going display His glory through Moses. All he had to do is do exactly as God told him to do.7. Vice President Pence prayed as he took over the task force to handle this virus.a. They mocked him and said he’s the worst person if he’s going to depend on God.iii. The third meaning of His name is that God is the ultimate goal of our existence.1. Our purpose in life is to reflect God’s glory.a. Man was never meant to live independent of God.2. The problem with the health and wealth gospel is that they see God as the road to get to other things that they covet or even worship.3. God is the final destination. God is the reward of our salvation.4. John 17:3 - 3 "This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. 5. John 14:1-6 - 6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me. 6. I was like that in Knoxville Tennesse lost in the woods without gps.a. Jesus is our destination. i. If we have Christ we have found out way. ii. We have found the answer.iii. If we have Jesus we have life.b. It’s not if we have Christ and health we are set.c. It’s not Christ and job, or family, or friends or even church.d. All I have is Christ and that is enough.i. If you have Christ you have arrived.7. God is on His throne and even this Corona Virus and the economic melt down is under His sovereign control.8. A conversation that a mom put up online she had with her teenager daughter during quarantine.“I had a very interesting conversation with my 15 year old yesterday. he said, "You know, Mom. God has allowed us to be at a point in this country where so many of our gods are being taken away: sports, the arts/entertainment, education, money, travel, church and traditions. I am thinking maybe He wants us to get our eyes on Him and be like the early church, in small groups learning and growing in Him." We are blaming "big government" for this chaos and confusion. Have we ever stopped to think that God in His wonderful loving kindness is giving us this opportunity to experience Him, fresh and new?? He is Sovereign!! He is good!! I for one was very convicted by her words.”9. Remember that God used pestilence to deliver Israel from Egypt.

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