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John 8:58 · BSB
8:58 “Truly, truly, I tell you,” Jesus declared, “before Abraham was born, I am!”
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…He was not just a prophet, he was not just a good moral demonstration to us of how we live our lives in morality. But Jesus was God himself. InJohn chapter 8, verse 58, Jesus said to those Pharisees who were questioning him, He said, Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am, the very word that you…
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…Now the Greek words for I am, some of you might remember this, it's ego emi. It's ego emi. That's what God says. Tell them ego emi sent you. InJohn chapter 8, verse 58, he's talking to the Jewish leaders, and he says to them, I tell you before Abraham was, I am. He says, before Abraham was, ego a me. He is…
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…come born of Mary and Joseph. Then in the fullness of time, word made flesh. The I am coming to us. And this is the Bible is awesome. You look atJohn chapter 8, verse 58, and we will see right here, write it in, that Jesus is the I am. There are seven I am statements in the Gospel of John. Maybe you've done a Bible…
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…them with a sentence that changed the temperature of the room in an instant. Very truly I tell you, Jesus answered, Before Abraham was born, I am.John chapter 8 verse 58. He did not say, Before Abraham I was alive. He said, I am. He reached back and took the name from the burning bush and laid it on himself. The…
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…have eternal life. I love what happens. John 8 is a long chapter, by the way. We had a couple more weeks before we get toward the end of it, but inJohn 8, verse 58and 59, listen to what Jesus says then. He says to the same crowd, he says, Truly, truly I say to you, before Abraham was, I am. So they picked up…
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…gospel presentation, but I'm saying, you know, this is not what we think. This is what he told us to do. And he's given us a book here to do it. InJohn 8:58, he tried to get killed for it. And then look over here. And they took up the stones and they cast him at him. But Jesus hid himself and he went…
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…he's pre existent? He's before all things, and by him all things consist. The Jews had trouble with this, that's why they tried to stone him inJohn chapter 8 verse 58when Jesus said unto them, verily, verily I say unto you, before Abraham was I am. That was a 2 fold problem for them. One, how could Jesus be…
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…will lift you up and bring you out to Him. It's this unique covenant of worship, of knowing, of obedience. Jesus knew how to find those wings. InJohn 8, verse 58, he's talking to the Pharisees, and he says to them, Before Abraham was, I am. He basically said he was Yahweh. It was so horrific to them because…
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…faith or do they not? Do they have saving faith or do they not? He also says in John chapter 8:58 that he claimed to have an eternal existence.John 8:58says before Abraham was I am. Before Abraham was I am. And this infuriated the Jews so much that they tried to kill him by throwing stones at him.…
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…God. All things were made through him and without him was not anything made that was made. That is a very clear statement of the divinity of Jesus.John 8:58is another passage where Jesus said to them truly truly I say to you before Abraham was I am. He didn't say before Abraham was I was. He said…
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…words, as the prophet of all prophets, He declares his very nature. And in declaring his nature he confirms that he truly is and was God Incarnate.John chapter 8, verse 58. He said this very truly, I tell you. Before Abraham was born, I am now that sent the religious world reeling because he used the Greek term ego I…
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…who is the living Word. I'm glad we have the written word in front of us. He is deity. He is God. By the way, he was with God in the beginning.John, chapter 8, verse 58. You looked that up later and most of you have heard it before. But Jesus said to those religious leaders before Abraham was what I am. In…
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…Archangel until his incarnation. And so just that one letter completely changes the tenor of the word of God denying the deity of Christ. Now go toJohn chapter 8, verse 58, John 858 and small G, yeah, small G as well. That's exactly right. John 858 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily I say unto you, before Abraham…
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…became a human being, right, this divine word, which is the devar of God, became a human being, right. So when you turn the page again, you haveJohn, chapter 8, verse 56 to 59. You guys see that, and here is one what one of Jesus' statements. That almost got him killed. But Jesus couldn't die before the time because he…
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…and the _Son of Man_. In the book of John, he records Jesus' famous "I Am," where he's claiming to be the same God who appeared to Moses. That's inJohn 8:58. Then he records these seven "I am" statements where Jesus takes the covenant name of God and applies it to himself and adds something on that…
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…The only way that this isn’t megalomaniacal lunacy is if Jesus is who he claims to be: the eternal Word made flesh, our Creator (John 1:1–3, 14; John 8:58; Hebrews 1:1–3). His simple promise implies a power behind it more than sufficient to lift what weighs us down.’ Did you catch that? Jesus is…
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…“became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth” (John 1:14). InJohn 8:58, Jesus said to the unbelieving Pharisees, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am.” He took the divine name of Exodus 3 and…
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…“became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth” (John 1:14). InJohn 8:58, Jesus said to the unbelieving Pharisees, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am.” He took the divine name of Exodus 3 and…
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…be an echo, a prefiguration also in Scripture of Christ. And I always enjoy when I read verses like this, this forth-telling of Christ. You know,John 8, verse 58, is also a famous verse that speaks to Christ's presence before the world. You find this in your notes. Very famous passage. Truly, Jesus said to…
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…at the burning bush. And Jesus has already, in previous accounts, taken God's name for his own, and spoken it to the people. He did that back inJohn 8, verse 58. Before Abraham was born, I am, he said to them. So it's quite possible that Jesus is not only identifying himself here as Jesus of Nazareth, but…
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