The Power of the Word, by Nicki Copeland
I’ve always been struck by the name God gives Himself when Moses asks His name: ‘I Am Who I Am’, or ‘I Am’ for short (Exodus 3:14). He is God. He needs no other introduction. He is. I’m also struck by Jesus’ use of ‘I Am’. In John’s Gospel, there are seven or eight (depending how you interpret them) ‘I Am’ sayings of Jesus: · ‘I Am the bread of life’ (6:35) · ‘I Am the light of the world’ (8:12) · ‘I Am the door’ (10:9) · ‘I Am the good shepherd’ (10:11) · ‘I Am the resurrection and the life’ (11:25) · ‘I Am the way, the truth and the life’ (14:6) · ‘I A...