I AM WHO I AM #GODSIDENTITY.

To understand His name is to

understand His person, purpose, and

plan.

RECAP

1. He commands us to know it

2. We are compelled to praise it

3. We are challenged to trust in it.

O Lord, our Lord, How majestic is your

name in all the earth.

Psalm 8:1

I will praise you forever for what you have done: in your

name I will hope for your name is good.

Psalm 52:9

1. To REVEAL His

person 2. To RELATE to His

creation 3. To RELEASE His

promises

Elohim – meaning Eternal Creator.

“El” comes from a root that means strong or power, and therefore, has the connotation of

“Strong One” or “Mighty Leader.”

Jeremiah 32:27 “I am the

LORD, the God of all mankind. Is anything

too hard for me?”

Deuteronomy 10:17 “For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome,

who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes”

“For by Him all things were created in heaven and on

earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or

dominions or rulers or authorities; all things were

created by Him and for Him.” Colossians. 1:16

IMPLICATIONS OF THE

NAME ELOHIM

1. OUR GOD IS CREATOR AND

ETERNAL

The Hebrew word for “create” means “to create out of

nothing.”

Psalm 95:6

“Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord

our Maker…”

Psalm 121:2 “My help comes from the Lord, the Maker

of heaven and earth.”

Ecclesiastes 12:1 “Remember your

Creator in the days of your youth…”

Isaiah 45:9 “Woe to him who quarrels with his

Maker…”

Acts 17:24 “The God who made the

world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands.”

Revelation 4:11 “You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for

you created all things, and by your will they

were created and have their being.”

Psalm 19:1

“The heavens declare the glory of

God; the skies proclaim the work of

his hands.”

“For since the creation of the world God’s invisible

qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been

clearly seen, being understood from what has

been made, so that men are without excuse.”

Romans 1:21

Hebrews 11:6 “And without faith it is

impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek

him.”

2. ELOHIM IS THE GOD OF RE-CREATION AND

RESTORATION

Genesis 1:2 “And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness

was upon the face of the deep.”

3. ELOHIM IS THE GOD THAT HELPS ME

TO START AGAIN

4. EVERY PERSON HAS A PURPOSE

(Genesis 1:26-27)

Genesis 1:27 “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he

created him; male and female he created

them.”

Our God is a Creator, Recreator, Reviver,

and Restorer