I AM - Yahweh

So he said to them again, “I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in yoursin. Where I am going, you cannot come.” (John 8:21)

I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless youbelieve that I am he you will die in your sins.” (John 8:24)

So Jesus said to them, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know thatI am he, and that I do nothing on my own authority, but speak just as theFather taught me. (John 8:28)

In these verses, Jesus says "I am" in each one. However thereis a big difference between verse 21 as he only uses the Greek word ego toidentify himself personally. But in the other two verses he uses ego eimi.This is a repetition of “I” in Greek. The word “he” isn’t in the Greek. Inverse 24 he says we need to believe that he is I AM. This is the veryname of God in the Old Testament from Exodus 3:14 and 15. Jesus is essentially sayinghis name is Yahweh. We have this translated or written out in our Bibles as Lord. In verse 28 we are to knowJesus as I AM. We can't just believe without knowing and we can't only knowwithout believing. Jesus is God. Believing without knowledge is just emotional andcan’t save because it isn’t based on fact. Knowing without believing is sterilefacts and knowing facts doesn’t save. That is why we must seek the Lord withour whole heart, mind, and soul if we really want to be saved.  “And he said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and withall your soul and with all your mind.’” (Matt 22:37). 

Copyright by Ray Ruppert