Good Morning Friends Vol. 1 - SAMPLE
Good Morning Friends Vol. 1 - SAMPLE
Good Morning Friends Vol. 1 - SAMPLE
R.J. Rushdoony
Good Morning,
Friends volume 1
God
June 15, 1954
G
ood morning, friends. Every now and then our
children stagger us with a simple question of vast
scope and leave us groping for an answer. One
such question is, Who is God? or What is God?
How are we going to answer that question, both for
ourselves and for our children? After all, what is God?
The question is not a new one. A long time ago, on the
mountain Horeb, a sheepherder named Moses received
orders to return to Egypt and lead his people out of
captivity. Moses balked at Gods orders, saying that
the people would challenge his authority. What shall
I say unto them, he asked, if they ask me your name,
that is, the definition of the God who sends me? And
God said unto Moses, I am that I am, and he said, Thus
shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath
sent me unto you (Exod. 3:14). How did God name or
define Himself to Moses? As the self-existent and self-
sufficient One. God appealed to nothing we know in
declaring Himself: He simply asserted, I am that I am.
How are we going to understand this definition? The
first and foremost point is this: God refused to define
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2 Good Morning, Friends
G
ood morning, friends. Last week we dealt with
Gods answer to Mosess question asking for a
definition or a naming of God. We found that
Gods answer was simply this: I am that I am. God
refused to define Himself: instead, He revealed Himself.
God, the self-sufficient and self-existent being, is beyond
the comprehension of man, for to understand God and
to comprehend Him, we would have to have the mind
of God. The extent to which we know God is the extent
to which He reveals Himself, for God is known, not by
our discovery or recognition, but by His self-revelation.
Our knowledge of God, therefore, depends not on our
understanding but on His revealing.
He reveals Himself to us in three ways, in nature, in
Jesus Christ, and in the Bible. He meets us in the place
where He declares He will be met, not in the place of
our own choosing. Thus, when God said unto Moses,
I am that I am, He not only refused to define Himself,
but declared also that He would reveal Himself, not
at Mosess wish, but according to His own counsel.
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