I Am Who I Am

John 13:19-20 – “I am telling you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe that I am who I am. Very truly I tell you, whoever accepts anyone I send accepts me; and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me.”

John 8:58 – “Very truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “before Abraham was born, I am!”

Exodus 3:14 – God said to Moses, “I am who I am. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I am has sent me to you.’”

John 4:34 – “My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.

John 17:18 – As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world.

Application:

• ·         Jesus did not say “I was” but “I am”, expressing the eternity of His being and His oneness with the Father.
• ·         “I AM WHO I AM” was the name by which God wished to be known and worshiped in Israel—the name that expressed His character as the dependable and faithful God who desires the full trust of His people.
• ·         John often mentions that Jesus depended on the Father and did the work the Father sent Him to do.
• ·         We may long for heaven, but it is on earth that our work is done.

All Scripture verses taken from NIV