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Short and sweet thought for the week\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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In Exodus 3:14, God reveals Himself to Moses as Yahweh which means \u201cI AM who I AM\u201d or \u201cI will be who I will be.\u201d In other words, God is God and there is none like Him. Ancient scholars knew exactly who I AM was and what that meant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the Pharisees dialogued with Jesus about who He was, they were confused when He mentioned He had seen Abraham. They said, \u201cYou aren\u2019t even 50 years old. How could you have seen Abraham?\u201d Jesus answered with, \u201cI tell you the truth, before Abraham was born I AM” (John 8:58).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This angered the Pharisees, so they picked up stones to stone Him, but Jesus hid and slipped away (John 8:56-58). The Pharisees understood the significance of Jesus saying, \u201cI AM.\u201d He was declaring Himself as God. They considered this blasphemous because He was making Himself equal with God (John 5:18). Of course, they didn\u2019t know that Jesus was God in the flesh and the very Messiah prophesied to come (John 1:1).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus made several \u201cI AM\u201d statements that have great meaning for us. He said\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n