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nature of the dispensation they were now to expect: "How will God in it be known to us, and what may we depend upon from him?"
2. He desires instructions what answer to give them: "What shall I say to them? What name shall I vouch to them for the proof of my authority? I must have something great and extraordinary to say to them; what must it be? If I must go, let me have full instructions, that I may not run in vain." Note,
(1.) It highly concerns those who speak to people in the name of God to be well prepared beforehand.
(2.) Those who would know what to say must go to God, to the word of his grace and to the throne of his grace, for instructions, Eze 2:7, 3:4, 10, and 17.
(3.) Whenever we have anything to do with God, it is desirable to know, and our duty to consider, what is his name.
14 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.
A name that denotes what he is in himself (Ex 3:14): I am that I am. This explains his name Jehovah, and signifies,
(1.) That he is self-existent; he has his being of himself, and has no dependence upon any other: the greatest and best man in the world must say, By the grace of God I am what I am; but God says absolutely--and it is more than any creature, man or angel, can say--I am that I am. Being self-existent, he cannot but be self-sufficient, and therefore all-sufficient, and the inexhaustible fountain of being and bliss.
(2.) That he is eternal and unchangeable, and always the same, yesterday, to-day, and forever; he will be what he will be and what he is; see Re 1:8.
(3.) That we cannot by searching find him out. This is such a name as checks all bold and curious enquiries concerning God,