EXODUS 6<\/b><\/p>\n
I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, [<\/i>El Shaddai<\/i>], but by My name the Lord I did not make myself known to them<\/i><\/p>\n
(Exodus 6:3).<\/i><\/p>\n
The name El Shaddai<\/i> focuses on the power and strength of God. It has been translated as \u201cHe who is sufficient,\u201d \u201cthe thunderer,\u201d and \u201cthe overpowerer.\u201d The Greek equivalent, found in the New Testament, is the word Pantocrator<\/i>, meaning \u201cthe All-powerful one.\u201d This name for God communicates the strength by which He is sufficient to rule, govern, and exercise His sovereignty over His entire created order.<\/p>\n
This is the name God revealed to the Patriarchs in Genesis. It focused on His power, showing those men God was the God who made and kept His promises. By faith, they believed He would carry out those promises. To Moses and the men of his generation, God revealed the name Yahweh. or Lord, which in terms of redemptive history means \u201cthe God who keeps the promises He made to the fathers.\u201d<\/p>\n
The strength of God is frequently symbolized in the Bible by the metaphor of a strong right hand. One of my favorite passages on the subject is found in Numbers 11. The Israelites were grumbling because they were tired of eating nothing but manna. God then said that He would give the people meat to eat, enough for a whole month. Moses was amazed. He just couldn\u2019t believe it.<\/p>\n
Coming to Numbers 11:23 we read, \u201cThe Lord answered Moses, \u2018Is the Lord\u2019s arm too short?\u2019 \u201d It\u2019s almost as if God were saying, \u201cMoses, look at Me for a minute. Do I look like a deity with a withered arm? Has something happened to Me since I dealt with Pharaoh? Have I suddenly become crippled? Do you think you are dealing with an impotent God?\u201d<\/p>\n
Then God flatly declared, \u201cYou will now see whether or not what I say will come true for you.\u201d It is as if God rolled up His sleeve, flexed His muscles and said, \u201cMoses, who do you think I am? I am El Shaddai. I am the One who thunders. I am the One who is sufficient. I am the Overpowerer. I am the One who made promises to the Fathers and you have seen Me keep them. Now sit back and see if I don\u2019t do what I have said I will do.\u201d And He did.<\/p>\n
We all know people who have made idle boasts, but when crunch time came they could not perform. Not so with God. He has the power to fulfill His every promise, and He will surely do so.<\/p>\n
CORAM DEO<\/b><\/p>\n
1 Samuel 20\u201322<\/p>\n
Luke 15:11\u201332<\/p>\n
God fulfills each of His promises. Write an example recalling how you have seen Him fulfill promises in your life. Describe the in bringing it to pass.<\/p>\n
For further study: Genesis 35:9\u201315 \u2022 Isaiah 41:8\u201316 \u2022 Romans 8:28\u201338 \u2022 Ephesians 3:14\u201319<\/i><\/p>\n
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EXODUS 6 I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, [El Shaddai], but by My name the Lord I did not make myself known to them (Exodus 6:3). The name El Shaddai focuses on the power and strength of God. It has been translated as \u201cHe who is sufficient,\u201d \u201cthe thunderer,\u201d … Continue reading “EL SHADDAI: ALL-POWERFUL”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11431\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}