JESUS CHRIST, THE GREAT I AM
by Tim Melton
Scripture: John 6:35, John 8:12, John 10:11-15, John 11:25, John 14:6
Jesus Christ, The Great I Am
Tim Melton
John 6:35, John 8:12, John 10:11-15, John 11:25, John 14:6
In the book of John we find multiple times that Jesus used the phrase, ''I Am'' to describe Himself. In John 6:35 Jesus says, ''I am the bread of Life.'' In John 8:12 Jesus says, ''I am the Light of the World.'' In John 10:11-15 Jesus says, ''I am the Good Shepherd.'' In John 11:25, Jesus says, ''I am the Resurrection and the Life.'' In John 14:6 Jesus says, ''I am the Way and the Truth and the Life.''
It is on these self-proclamations that we will be focusing for the next 6 sermons. It will help us to know Christ more as we dig deeper into these names that Jesus used to identify Himself.
To understand these ''I Am'' statements we first must understand the importance of the words ''I Am'' in the mind of a Jew of Jesus´ day. These words were a lot more important than they seem.
That is proven in John 8:53-59. In those verses we see Jesus in the temple entangled in a debate with the religious leaders. At one point Jesus states that, ''Your Father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day. He saw it and was glad.'' So, the Jews said to Him, ''You are not fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?''
''Jesus said to them, ''Truly, truly I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM.''
''So they picked up stones to throw at Him, but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple.''
If we can stop for a moment and look back at those words. It happened in the Temple courtyard. Jesus and the Jews were engaged in a heated discussion. Jesus had already told the Jews earlier in the conversation that they would die in their sin. That they were slaves to sin. That the devil was their father. If you read the entire chapter you see them going back and forth. They had endured many of Jesus' words against them, but at this one point, when Jesus said, ''Before Abraham was, I AM'' it was as if a theological bomb went off in the minds of the Jews. Immediately the Jews ...
Tim Melton
John 6:35, John 8:12, John 10:11-15, John 11:25, John 14:6
In the book of John we find multiple times that Jesus used the phrase, ''I Am'' to describe Himself. In John 6:35 Jesus says, ''I am the bread of Life.'' In John 8:12 Jesus says, ''I am the Light of the World.'' In John 10:11-15 Jesus says, ''I am the Good Shepherd.'' In John 11:25, Jesus says, ''I am the Resurrection and the Life.'' In John 14:6 Jesus says, ''I am the Way and the Truth and the Life.''
It is on these self-proclamations that we will be focusing for the next 6 sermons. It will help us to know Christ more as we dig deeper into these names that Jesus used to identify Himself.
To understand these ''I Am'' statements we first must understand the importance of the words ''I Am'' in the mind of a Jew of Jesus´ day. These words were a lot more important than they seem.
That is proven in John 8:53-59. In those verses we see Jesus in the temple entangled in a debate with the religious leaders. At one point Jesus states that, ''Your Father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day. He saw it and was glad.'' So, the Jews said to Him, ''You are not fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?''
''Jesus said to them, ''Truly, truly I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM.''
''So they picked up stones to throw at Him, but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple.''
If we can stop for a moment and look back at those words. It happened in the Temple courtyard. Jesus and the Jews were engaged in a heated discussion. Jesus had already told the Jews earlier in the conversation that they would die in their sin. That they were slaves to sin. That the devil was their father. If you read the entire chapter you see them going back and forth. They had endured many of Jesus' words against them, but at this one point, when Jesus said, ''Before Abraham was, I AM'' it was as if a theological bomb went off in the minds of the Jews. Immediately the Jews ...
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