Yahweh: The Personal, Holy, and Merciful God

So the incarnation, God putting on flesh, Yahweh becoming a man, was humiliating because he had to become a weak little baby. He had to be cared for by his mom and father. He had to have his diapers changed. He had to face the weakness of our physical bodies. He had to experience humanity and the temptations. Jesus was tempted in every which way, but was without sin. And he experienced this pain, this humiliation, but even to death on the cross. [00:14:30] (35 seconds)  #GodBecomesHuman

``The only way that salvation can happen is because the lamb was worthy to open the scroll. Because he was slain, he shed his blood for you. See, Yahweh is a person, and he's holy. But the way that you can have a relationship with this holy God, Yahweh, is to come to him through the Lord Jesus Christ. He shed his blood for you, meaning he paid for the sin that you have in your life and that you will have later on. He atoned for it on the cross. [00:25:16] (26 seconds)  #SalvationThroughTheLamb

Some of you are really beating yourself up because you're not a very good Christian. You're not really doing a great job. I'm here to encourage you and just tell you, hey, keep working hard, keep confessing your sins. Sanctification is a big deal. But your salvation depends zero percent on your performance. It depends on the Lamb of God who was obedient unto death. [00:25:56] (20 seconds)  #GraceNotPerformance

Now God has some plans for you. His plan is that you would come into a relationship with him. He's a person. And that relationship comes through Jesus Christ. It comes by faith in Jesus Christ for you. And through this relationship, there's forgiveness of sins. There's a promise of eternal joy. There's a promise of God himself, his goodness, his beauty, that he made all that there is, including you. You can know him. [00:32:07] (33 seconds)  #FaithInGodsPlan

Just as Yahweh delivered his people from Egypt and slavery, Yahweh now, the angel of Yahweh, delivers you and me from our slavery to sin and self and the power of the devil. And he does it because he's merciful. Only Yahweh could have rescued Israel. And only he can rescue you. [00:32:53] (32 seconds)  #DivineDeliverance

The one that can forgive you of your sins so that you can stand as if you've never sinned is the angel of Yahweh, Jesus Christ. This is awesome. This is the God we serve. [00:37:47] (18 seconds)  #ForgivenByTheAngel