Activating Faith in everyday life
Sunday we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. But who did He say He was? . . . Who Do You Say He Is?
From Genesis to Revelation we are see prophetic I AM references about the Messiah (which are quoted about Christ in the new testament. :7 in Genesis, 21 in Exodus, 7 in Psalms, 35 in Isaiah and 70 in Ezekiel), and in the New Testament, we hear from Jesus, using that same word Ehyeh (Hebrew – I AM THAT I AM)
Some say He was a good teacher, a rabbi, but would a good teacher say He had the power to forgive sin? Would a good teacher say HE was the ONLY way to heaven? Read on and answer the most important question of your life.
Genesis (15:7 “I am the Lord.” (Jehovah /Yahweh)
Exodus 3:14- “I AM THAT I AM
Leviticus 11:44 I am the LORD your God
Num. 15:41 I am the LORD your God
Psalms 69: I am scorned, disgraced and shamed
Isaiah 60:16. I the Lord am thy Savior and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.”
Ezekiel 20:19) I am the LORD your God
Jeremiah:27 “I am the LORD, the God of all mankind
Joel 2:27 Then you will know that I am in Israel,
that I am the LORD your God,
and that there is no other;
Malachi 3:6, “I am the Lord, I change not.”
John 6: 35, 48 – I am the bread of life
John 8: 12, 9:5 – I am the light of the world
John 8: 58 – Before Abraham was, I am
John 10:9 – I am the door
John 10:11 – I am the good shepherd
John 11:25 -26 : “I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.”
John 14:16 – “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man comes to the father, but through me.”
Revelation 1:18 – “I am He that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death”
In Matthew 16:15 – Jesus pressed the question –
And how about you? Who do you say I am?”
Mark tells us in 8:29 when Jesus asked his followers Peter gave the answer: “You are the Christ, the Messiah.”
Who do you say Jesus Christ is?