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JESUS THE GREAT I AM
TUESDAY, JULY 8
John 8:33-59

Exodus 3:13-14

 

“…Before Abraham was, I am."

 

 

JESUS THE GREAT I AM
 
Jesus told the Jews that they would know for sure that He is truly the great “I AM” once they have nailed Him to the cross (John 8:28). They would see that He is Jehovah, that He is greater than even Abraham their father because He existed before him, “Before Abraham was, I am” (John 8:58, cf. Exod 3:13-14). On the cross, Jesus would authenticate His great “I am” statements: (1) I am the bread of life (John 6:35), (2) I am the light of the world (John 9:5), (3) I am the door of the sheep (John 10:7, 9), (4) I am the good shepherd (John 10: 11, 14), (5) I am the resurrection and the life (John 11:25), (6) I am the way, the truth, and the life (John 14:6), and (7) I am the true vine (John 15:1, 5). All the promises He had made in His “I am” declarations would be sealed on the cross. The words “lifted up” do not only point to His death, but also His resurrection and ascension. He would be lifted up on the cross, raised up from death, and taken up to glory.
 
Jesus is ever the obedient Son of His Father in heaven. He would “do always those things that please him.” Since coming to earth, He had kept every command that the Father had given Him. Now that the cross was near, He declared that He would not shun the pain and the suffering that came with it. In life and in death, He would please His Father without fail. As He said, “I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.” For this reason, the Father who had sent Him would always be with Him, and would not leave Him alone. Here we see the perfect cooperation between God the Father and God the Son in executing their redemptive plan.
 
THOUGHT: Jesus is Jehovah, the Ever-existent One.

PRAYER: I thank Thee, Father, for sending Jesus, my Lord and my God.

 

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