Here is the list I used in class today …

JESUS’ GREAT “I AM” STATEMENTS IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN!

WITH PREDICATES …

John 6:35 … And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. (Repeated at John 6:41 and 48 and 51!)

John 8:12 … Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. (Repeated at John 9:5!)

John 10:7 … Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. (Repeated at John 10:9!)

John 10:11 … I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. (Repeated at John 10:14!)

John 11:25 … Jesus said unto her (Martha), I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.

John 14:6 … Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

John 15:1 … I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. (Repeated at John 15:5!)

“I AM” WITHOUT PREDICATES …

John 8:24 … I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

John 8:28 … Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.

John 8:58 … Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

John 18:4-6 … Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye? They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.

In the Old Testament …

Exodus 3:14 … And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

Psalm 22:6 … But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

Psalm 109:4 … For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer. (In Hebrew, “I AM PRAYER!”)

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I forgot to say very little in this current Lesson!

But do note this, please. It’s an Omission …

Jesus did NOT say, “I am the Water!”

Probably because He portrays the Holy Spirit to be the “Water” in Scripture. Let me show you what I mean.

John 7:37-39 … In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. 38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. 39 But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.

The Holy Spirit is that River of Water flowing in our lives! And Jesus will not encroach upon the Spirit’s Domain, Ministry!

What a Saviour!

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If you care to see our last John Lesson …

— Dr. Mike Bagwell

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