Several weeks ago we began a short series of looking at the words of scripture and looking at different ones and how they impact our Christian life and the meaning behind them. That morphed into looking at some statements in the New Testament. Principally, the seven I am statements found in the gospel of John spoken by our Lord. He says, “I am,” seven different times. We looked at that already together. I am going to overview that and review that today as we conclude this short series.
The I am as you recall is a link, at least, to the fact that Christ is deity. It was spoken in the Old Testament. Remember when Moses wanted to know who he should say sent him to the people in Egypt, God responded to tell them, “I am sent you.” That is a statement concerning the deity of Christ, the title of Christ. It is a reference to the self-existent one or Yahweh or Jehovah. When Jesus makes these statements, I am the ears perked up on all His listeners. They knew He was speaking beyond simply saying that this is I am as a person. He was making claims that He was deity . . .
