This Is Who Christ Is!
Jesus said to them,
“Most assuredly, I say to you,
before Abraham was, I AM.”
John 8:58
Consider
how often we use the phrase, “I am,”
in conversation. It is interesting to note that God
used the phrase “I AM” in answering a question
from Moses who wanted to know how to identify
God to the Hebrew slaves.
God’s answer was, “I AM WHO I AM.”
Moses was to tell them, “I AM has
sent me to you” (Exodus 3:14).
I AM is full of theological significance when applied to
God. Jesus used that significance to identify Himself
to the Jews as being one with God: “Before
Abraham
was, I AM” (John 8:58). So holy were these words to
the Jews that they tried unsuccessfully to stone Him
(John 8:59).
Jesus went on to expand on the meaning of I AM by
using the phrase seven times to describe aspects
of
His being: I am the Bread of Life, the Light of the World,
the Door, the Good Shepherd, the Resurrection and the
Life, the Way, the Truth, and the Life, and the True Vine.
Meditating on each of these aspects of
God’s Person in Christ
reveals untold
riches about who He is and what He
does.
"God is not the great I WAS,
He is the great I AM."
Eric Alexander
