We see Him demonstrate this in John 11 where, after Lazarus had been dead for 4 days, He called him out from the tomb and raised him from the dead. Jesus says that He is the Resurrection and the Life, it is a declaration that He has won the victory over death. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies. Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. If we want to enter into a relationship with God, we go through Jesus.
If we want to enter a room, or a house, we go through door. Jesus declares that He is the Door to salvation, He is the way to a relationship with God. We all know what a door is, and we know it’s purpose. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out, and will find pasture. All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them. Jesus therefore said to them again, “Most certainly, I tell you, I am the sheep’s door. In Matthew 5:14-15 He also asks us to be lights in the world, helping others to find the way out of their darkness and into relationship with Him. This light can bring illumination to our day to day life too, as we allow God to guide and lead us, as He shines His Light on our path (Psalm 119:105). Light can illuminate the good and the bad, where we fall short of God’s perfection, as well as showing us His revelation through His Word (John 1:9). Jesus, as the Light of the World, offers to take us out of the darkness of our old life, and bring us into His light, His glorious presence (1 Peter 2:9). Without light we would be in the dark and we would not be able to see. Without light plants will not grow, there would be no warmth, no food, no gravitational pull, no life. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.” John 8:12 He fills the hungry soul with good”.Īgain, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Psalm 107:9 says, “For he satisfies the longing soul.
Spiritual nourishment and strength comes from knowing Jesus, His love and forgiveness, and growing in our relationship with Him. If Jesus can provide for our physical nourishment, how much more, as the Son of God, can He provide for our spiritual nourishment. Jesus showed He could provide for the crowd’s physical needs when they were hungry, by producing an abundance of food, with leftovers, feeding thousands, all from five loaves and two fish. Just as physical bread sustains us physically, Jesus, the Bread of Life promises to sustain us spiritually. Whoever comes to me will not be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Let’s take a closer look at each of the seven ‘I AM’ declarations of Jesus. The declarations not only tell us who Jesus is, His character and purpose, but it also affirms His status as God Himself and His work in the lives of His people. Throughout the Gospel of John there are seven other times that Jesus uses the ‘I AM’ statement about Himself.
“Most certainly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM”.
In John 8:58, Jesus made a statement about Himself to the Jewish people, it was a very profound statement as He not only claims His existence before Abraham some 2000 years previous, but also as He equates Himself with God in His reference to Exodus 3:14. ‘I AM’ is a clear declaration, a statement of who God is. God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM,” and he said, “You shall tell the children of Israel this: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’” Moses said to God, “Behold, when I come to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what should I tell them?” Our first introduction to God as ‘I AM’ is when He spoke with Moses in Exodus 3:13-14.
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