August 2, 2026 4:00 am
Jesus Christ's claim to be the self-existent, eternal God is rooted in the Bible, where the name 'I Am' is used to describe God's identity. This concept is seen in various passages, including Mark 14:62, John 14:6, and Revelation 22:13.
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Welcome to the Days of Praise podcast, a daily devotional by the Institute for Creation Research. I am. And Jesus said, I am. And ye shall see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. Mark 14:62.
Yeah. After his arrest, the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death and found none. Then they got their sought after witness from Jesus himself, when the high priest asked him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? It only took two words for him. I am.
As a matter of fact, this was not the first time he had thus identified himself as a self existent, eternal God. On an earlier occasion in Jerusalem, he told the Pharisees, I am the light of the world, and then I am from above. I am not of this world. If ye believe not that I am, ye shall die in your sins. He made this especially clear a few minutes later when he asserted, Before Abraham was, I am.
but when he finally made this wonderfully truthful claim in the presence of the council, they all condemned him to be guilty of death. He had committed the capital crime of blasphemy in their opinion. He claimed to be God. I am is in fact the very name of God. When Moses at the burning bush was called by God to deliver the Israelites from slavery, God said his name was, I am that I am.
The most frequently used name of the Lord in the Old Testament is essentially this name. One can count at least 196 I am claims of God and Christ in the Bible. I am the way, the truth, and the life, for example, in John 14, 6. Truly, our Lord Jesus Christ is the eternal, self-existent God, Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first. and the last.
Revelation 22, 13.
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