Pastor’s Desk
We In Exodus 3:14, Moses asked God, (who was speaking to him from a burning bush), what is your name? God answered and said, “I AM WHO I AM”. This name is expressed in the Hebrew text as YHWH or YEHWEH or in the Greek as JEHOVAH. The name that God gave to Moses denotes self-identity and self-efficiency – God has no beginning, God has no end, God is eternal. Only the Creator of all things can claim the identity of “I Am”. All of creation is in debt to Him for their very existence. Still, there are many who deny that Jesus ever claimed this same deity. Obviously, they have never read John 8:58. In that passage, which depicts Jesus speaking to unbelieving pharisees, Jesus accurately told them “Before Abraham was, I AM”. Jesus claimed the exact name as the God of the burning bush – The self-existence of the One God of the universe. Today, we will look closely at 7 more powerful “I AM statements” withing the Book of John which should end all doubt as to who Jesus was and is. He is the omnipotent, omniscience, omnipresent God who came to earth because of His love for you and for me.
Paster Wayne