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Text: John 8:12; (John 9) We saw last time that the background to the “I Am” saying of Jesus is Exodus 3. When the Old Testament was translated into Greek, God’s revealed name “I am that I am” was translated by two Greek words ego eimi (I am I am). Outside of the seven “IContinue reading “The I Am Saying of Jesus | 2”

Text: John 10:1-11 We have seen that the background to the “I Am” sayings of Jesus comes from Moses’ encounter with God at the burning bush in Exodus 3. When Moses asked God for His name he was told in vrs 14, “I AM WHO I AM. When the OT was translated into Greek thisContinue reading “The I Am Saying of Jesus | 3”

Text: John 10:11-21 Today we consider the fourth of Jesus’ “I Am” sayings. In each of them Jesus uses the words ego eimi which unmistakably is meant to remind us of the Lord’s unique self-disclosure in Exodus 3:14. In the Greek translation of the OT (the Septuagint) these words ego eimi (I am, I am)Continue reading “The I Am Saying of Jesus | 4”

Text: John 11:17-44 We come today to consider the fifth of the “I Am” sayings of Jesus in John 11:25 where Jesus says, “I am the resurrection and the life.” The author Thomas Hardy wrote a little book called Countdown. He says, “the two ultimate questions of existence are these: has anyone cheated death? IfContinue reading “The I Am Saying of Jesus | 5”

Text: John 14:1-14 Today we consider the sixth “I Am” saying of Jesus. Jesus spoke these words on the evening of his betrayal, the day before his crucifixion. In 13:33 he had already told his disciples that he was only going to be with them a while longer. Then they would look for him butContinue reading “The I Am Saying of Jesus | 6”

Text: John 15:1-17 Following the Passover meal Jesus walked with his disciples through the streets of Jerusalem. Eventually they would arrive in the Garden of Gethsemane. In the streets of Jerusalem were walls, gardens and palm trees and vines. They were not like the vines that were in the Mount of Olives which were cutContinue reading “The I Am Saying of Jesus | 7”