Scripture Post #753: *I AM*

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

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CHRIST's conversation with certain of the Jews: 

John 8:56: "Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad."

V. 57: "Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?"

V. 58: "Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am."

V. 59: "Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by."

JESUS didn't say: "Before Abraham was, I was." HE said: "Before Abraham was, I am." Because GOD is "THAT I AM" (Ex. 3:14). And JESUS is equal to GOD (Phi. 2:6). 

Ex. 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."

Phi. 2:6: "Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:"

Originally Published: Sun. 10/5/14