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The I Am Sayings

In John's Gospel Jesus says I am with seven pictures of what He is to us, and at the height of one argument with no picture at all: Before Abraham was, I am. His hearers understood that He was claiming to be God, and every person must decide what to do with Him.

The lesson walks through the topic one card at a time. The full study is the complete written article, with its sources.

What you'll learn
1

Name the seven I am sayings of John and the Old Testament picture behind each one

2

Follow the argument of John 8:52-59, and explain how it connects with Exodus 3:14

3

Say honestly what the Greek words do and do not show

4

Trace what the crowds understood Jesus to be claiming, from John 5 to the trial before Pilate

5

Answer the claim that Jesus never said He was God, and the New World Translation of John 8:58, with fairness

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