You might have heard some people claiming that Jesus never said that He is God.
That is of course because they have little knowledge of the Bible.
So let’s look at what Jesus said.
It is well known that God presented Himself as I AM.
“And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers has sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is His name? what shall I say unto them?
And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and He said, Thus shalt you say unto the children of Israel, I AM has sent me unto you.
And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt you say unto the children of Israel, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me unto you: this is My name for ever, and this is My memorial unto all generations.” (Exodus 3:3-13-15)
As we see – this is God’s name.
I AM.
So going over to the New Testament.
Here we indeed see that Jesus presents Himself as – I am.
In John 18:4-5 we see that
“Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon Him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek you?
They answered Him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am.”
Here Jesus tells that He is God.
Jesus is I am.
“As soon then as He had said unto them, I am, they went backward, and fell to the ground.” (John 18:6)
When Jesus had told that He is God – they were knocked to the ground.
Of course, they could not take Jesus – He could have kept them knocked out for ever – but He had come to die for our sins, so He goes with them.
But first He again tells that He is God. The Great I am.
“Then asked He them again, Whom seek you? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.
Jesus answered, I have told you that I am:” (John 18:7-8)
This is beyond dispute.
No one can deny that Jesus tells that He is God – the Great I am.
If you are like me you love looking at the Greek, as the Bible was not written in English, and here we read:
Greek letters: λέγω αὐτός ὁ Ἰησοῦς, ἐγώ εἰμί.
Greek, English letters: legō autos ho Iēsous, egō eimi
English translation (KJV): said unto them Jesus, I am.
That’s it.
Then the greek continues with (translated to English): “And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.”
So this cannot be understood in any other way. It is crystal clear.
Jesus is the Great I am. God Himself.
(Which we of course know from countless other places in the Bible.)
And this is not the only place where Jesus said it.
In John 8:24 we see that Jesus presented Himself as the Great I am – God Himself.
“I said therefore unto you, that you shall die in your sins: for if you believe not that I am, you shall die in your sins.”
Here we see that if not believing that Jesus is I am – God, then people will die in their sins.
And again in verse 28:
“Then said Jesus unto them, When you have lifted up the Son of man, then shall you know that I am, and that I do nothing of myself; but as My Father has taught me, I speak these things.”
As we see – Jesus again tells that He is God. The Great I am.
So now we have looked at four different Bible verses where Jesus Himself tells that He is God.
Thus it is documented beyond dispute that Jesus indeed said that He is God.
And He is !
He is the Great I am.
The Creator of heaven and earth.
The One that died for our sins – and rose again.
The only Way to heaven.
You see, there was only one way to save the human race.
An innocent man had to die for others.
But none of use were innocent. We all have sinned.
So the only solution was for the Great I am, God Himself, our Creator, to in the greatest act of love ever seen, come to earth as a man, and being both God and man, die for our sins.
But as He Himself had done no sin – He rose again, and lives and wants to be your Friend.
How does this become a reality for you?
Make Jesus your Lord. Give Him ALL your heart.
Amen.
