The Great I Am Sayings of Jesus records the seven great “IAM” statements ofJesus‚ each one used to give insight into His person‚ His deity‚ and how He relates to God in the OT. “Seven times John recordsJesussaying‚ ‘Iam…‚’ attaching it to a metaphor. These seven sta...
The Parable of the Shepherd - Jesus said, “I am telling you the truth: the man who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in some other
Observe in 6:53-59 the consequences of eating Jesus' flesh and drinking his blood. Let's look at these verse by verse, examining the consequence as well as similar sayings elsewhere:Verse 53 -- "Having life in oneself." The consequence of believing is to have life in his name, ...
The following sayings in Thomas are examined in detail: 13, 17, 28 (incarnation), 61 (equality with God), 71 (the temple saying), and 77 ('I am the light'). Affinities between these sayings and the Gospel of John go back to their common background in Jewish Wisdom literature and in...
19Thereforethere was a division again among the Jews because of these sayings.20And many of them said,“He has a demon and is[c]mad. Why do you listen to Him?” 21Others said, “These are not the words of one who has a demon.Can a demonopen the eyes of the blind?” ...
So for Jesus to say, "I am the true vine" (in the seventh and last of Jesus' "I AM" sayings"[643]), we see an announcement that, as the Messiah, he now becomes the true Israel, the true locus for God's people. When you think about it, it is an astounding revelation!
A great deal has been written on the theological ramifications of the "I Am" sayings in the Fourth Gospel, but relatively little interest has been given to similar disclosures in the Synoptic Gospels. If such statements in the Fourth Gospel reflect authentic material disclosing the identity of ...
When you encounter the “Otherness Life” for the first time, that is when you are touched by The Same Life within as if Jesus had just healed a leper. I am not talking about salvation, but a freedom realization that makes the sanctification process clearly all about Him, specifically His...
Question : In the Book of Revelation we find the verse, "I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty" (Revelation 1:8). But what do you do with Revelation 22:13, which appears to be Jesus speaking (see verse 16), wh...
Ethel conducted Monday prayer meetings for forty years, beginning each session with the question: “Has anyone been a witness to faith?” The Banks were convinced that Christ’s power to heal to-day is just as great as it was when He walked on earth. One of Dr. Banks sayings was, “...