Friday, August 4, 2017

I Am

John 17:26-18:5 – I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them.” When he had finished praying, Jesus left with his disciples and crossed the Kidron Valley. On the other side there was a garden, and he and his disciples went into it. Now Judas, who betrayed him, knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with his disciples. So Judas came to the garden, guiding a detachment of soldiers and some officials from the chief priests and the Pharisees. They were carrying torches, lanterns and weapons. Jesus, knowing all that was going to happen to him, went out and asked them, “Who is it you want?” “Jesus of Nazareth,” they replied. “I am he,” Jesus said. (And Judas the traitor was standing there with them.)

John 16:3 – They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me.

Acts 1:15-16 – In those days Peter stood up among the believers (a group numbering about a hundred and twenty) and said, “Brothers and sisters, the Scripture had to be fulfilled in which the Holy Spirit spoke long ago through David concerning Judas, who served as guide for those who arrested Jesus.

John 6:35 – Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

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

Application:

  • ·         Not to know Christ is to be ignorant of the Father.
  • ·         Jesus was not taken by surprise.
  • ·         John does not let us forget where Judas belonged.
  • ·         Jesus did not say “I was” but “I am”, expressing the eternity of His being and His oneness with the Father.



All Scripture verses taken from NIV

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