[Ohio-Communities-of-Faith] Amazing facts devotion: WHO IS THE “I AM” SPOKEN OF IN THE BIBLE?

[Shelly Duffy]

WHO IS THE “I AM” SPOKEN OF IN THE BIBLE?
August 28, 2021 

Average reading time is about 5 minutes


The Scriptures teach clearly that the great “I AM” is Jesus. Remember when Moses didn’t know how to identify to the Israelites which god had sent him? “God said to Moses, ‘I AM WHO I AM.’ And He said, ‘Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, “I AM has sent me to you” ’ ” (Exodus 3:14). 

The phrase “I AM” means that God is the eternal, self-existent One. In conversations with others, we often like to know how old a person is and where they are from. With the Lord, He has always been and is everywhere. He has no beginning and no end. In the book of Revelation, He is spoken of as the “Alpha and the Omega” (Revelation 1:8, 11; 21:6). As the Creator, He is “from everlasting to everlasting” (Psalm 90:2). 

We can see the connection of this sacred “I AM” name in the Gospels when Christ spoke of Himself saying, “I am the bread” (John 6:35), “I am the good shepherd” (John 10:11), and “I am the vine” (John 15:5). 

The title of “I AM” was so clearly understood by Christ’s enemies that when He used it for Himself, “They took up stones to throw at Him; but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by” (John 8:59). 

One other interesting reference to the name “I AM” is found at the beginning of the Ten Commandments. Notice, “God spoke all these words, saying: ‘I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before Me’ ” (Exodus 20:1–3). Even in God’s law we find Christ exemplified! 

Remember how Jesus said, “If you love Me, keep My commandments” (John 14:15). Actually, the phrase “keep My commandments” comes right out of the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:6, Deuteronomy 5:10). There is an obvious connection between Christ, the law, and the name “I AM.”



KEY BIBLE TEXTS 
"Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am."
John 8:58



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Shelley Duffy