Monday November 24, 2025 - I AM

Chapter 26: I AM Day 2

His Name Revealed 

Exodus 3:13-14 - Then Moses said to God, “Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is His name?’ what shall I say to them?” And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’ ”

John 8:50-59 -  And I do not seek My own glory; there is One who seeks and judges. 51 Most assuredly, I say to you, if anyone keeps My word he shall never see death.” 52 Then the Jews said to Him, “Now we know that You have a demon! Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and You say, ‘If anyone keeps My word he shall never taste death.’ 53 Are You greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? And the prophets are dead. Who do You make Yourself out to be?” 54 Jesus answered, “If I honor Myself, My honor is nothing. It is My Father who honors Me, of whom you say that He is [a]your God. 55 Yet you have not known Him, but I know Him. And if I say, ‘I do not know Him,’ I shall be a liar like you; but I do know Him and keep His word. 56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad.” 57 Then the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?” 58 Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM.” 59 Then they took up stones to throw at Him; but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple, going[b] through the midst of them, and so passed by.

Lord Jesus, 

    You are our great covenant keeping God, the one who was, and is, and is to come, You are the resurrection and the Life the True Vine, the Way, the Great I AM, help us oh Lord to abide in You, bearing fruit that will last through the power of Your Spirit, Both now and forever, 

Amen

Understanding the Name:

    When Moses first encountered God in the wilderness, in the figure of the burning bush, He asked God to reveal His name. But the reply He received seemed only to add to the mystery of who God is. Instead of describing Himself as the living God or the almighty God or the everlasting God or the creator God the Lord instructed Moses saying, this is what you are to say to the Israelites, I Am has sent me to you. In fact the name I AM closely related to the four Hebrew constants, that make up the name Yahweh, the covenant name in the Old Testament.

    Though the exact meaning of this name is difficult to know with certainty the Lord may have been revealing Himself not only as the God who has always existed but also the God who is always present with His people. 

    When Jesus was being attacked by the religious leaders, who failed to recognize Him as the Messiah, He shocked them not by claiming to be the Messiah but by identifying Himself with Yahweh saying before Abraham was born, I AM. Recognizing that Jesus was claiming to be Divine, the scandalized religious leaders tried to stone Him, in fact John's Gospel contains several self-descriptions of Jesus introduced by I AM. 

John 6:35 - I AM the Bread of Life,

John 8:12 - I AM the Light of the World, 

John 8:58 - Before Abraham was born I AM

John 10:7 - I AM the Gate for the Sheep

John 10:11 - I AM the Good Shepherd

John 11:25 - I AM the Resurrection and the Life

John 14:6 - I AM the Way and the Truth and the Life

John 15:1 - I AM the True Vine and My Father is the Gardener

 Jesus emphatically described Himself as the Resurrection and the Life, the Way and the Truth and the Life, and the True Vine, each of these images have something important to reveal to us, about the character and purpose of Jesus Christ,