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Chapters 1-8

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Jesus and the Transitive I AM statements, signs and significances


The Statements, Signs and Significance of Jesus’ I AM proclamation

 Can you imagine being the Apostle John, writing down the final eyewitness gospel? He had seen his brother James killed. Then, Andrew, his best friend from his days with John the Baptist, martyred, crucified at his request on a cross in the shape of an X, unworthy to die like Christ. John outlived and had buried the precious Mary, the mother of Jesus whom His Lord entrusted to his care. He had read the biographies penned by Matthew, Mark and Luke, pondered what they put in and more importantly what they left out.

     He reflected on others (the mythical Q perhaps) had written, seen fallacies and lies about the Lord he knew personally proliferating. He had read and even received letters from Paul, then heard of his beheading in Rome, followed by Peter's crucifixion upside down in the same Babylonian-like city. Too many deaths at the hands of his fellow Jews, only to be replaced by the Romans. He was tired. He had journeyed to heaven during his exile to Patmos and he wished he could have stayed with his now white-haired, nail-scarred handed Lord in that heavenly realm.

     He had been boiled in oil, served as pastor of Ephesus, seen faithful followers fall away. It appeared that his Maranatha cry of "Come quickly!" was not going to be answered by His Lord. So now what?

     John truly reflected on the life of Christ and contemplated on the significances of Jesus’ statements and miracles. His gospel would be fiery yes, but deep and full of theology from the years of sermons he had preached, prepared in his young, tender heart while attending the best seminary in all of human history, taught by Son of God and Son of Man Himself.
 
     That is especially true of the Seven “I AM” statements Jesus made in signifying Who He was. It is also true of the Seven Miraculous Signs John included. Over the next several days we will look at the divine revelation of Christ in John's seven depictions.
 
 
“I AM” STATEMENTS
 
 
SIGNS
 
SIGNIFICANCE
 
The Bread of Life
 
The Feeding of
The 5,000
 
 
 
The Light of
the World
 
Healing of
The Blind Man
 
 
The Door of
The Sheep
 
The Healing of
The Lame Man
 
 
The Good
Shepherd
 
Jesus Walking
On Water
 
 
The Resurrection
And The Life
 
The Raising of
Lazarus From Death
 
 
The Way, The Truth
And The Life
 
The Healing of
The Nobleman’s Son
 
 
The True
Vine
 
The Turning of
The Water Into Wine
 
Jesus is Our
Fruit-Bearing
Source
 

The significance of this study is that Jesus is who He says He is.
He is the physical manifestation of God in human form.
His words need to be heard and heeded.
His salvation must be believed and received.
 

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