In John 8: 24, our Lord testified, “I said, therefore, unto you, that ye shall die in your sins; for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.” If we don’t believe that the I AM redeemed us, we shall die in our sins. Already in the days of Moses the I AM spoke. “And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.” (Exodus 3: 13-14).

Repeatedly, our Lord used the same wording of the Old Testament in the New Testament. He said, “I AM the Way, the Truth and the Life. I AM the Resurrection. I AM the Bread of Life. I AM the Light of the world” and so on. In John 8: 57-58, we read, “Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I AM.” The I AM was the same Lord who spoke to Abraham and to Moses.

In Isaiah 44: 6b, the Lord said, “I AM the first, and I AM the last, and beside me there is no God.” A similar wording is found in Isaiah 48: 12b, “I AM he; I AM the first, I also AM the last.” In the Old Testament, the Lord God was speaking of Himself to be the first and the last, besides whom there is no God. In the New Testament, our Lord said in Revelation 1: 17-18, “Fear not; I AM the first and the last; I AM he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore.”

In the Old Testament, the Lord God — Yahweh said, “I AM the first and the last”, in the New Testament the Lord Jesus says, “I AM the first and the last”. If they are two different persons, we would need to know who the first and the last really is. In Revelation 1: 8, it’s beautifully put together like this, “I AM Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.” Very strange that the Lord Jesus would refer to Himself as being the Almighty. No, it would be strange if He would have done otherwise! It is marvellous to follow right through the Word and have things revealed by the Holy Spirit. Yahweh of the Old Testament is Jesus of the New. He remains the same for ever. We should believe His own testimony as found in the Scripture. God will never have another Bible written. He would say today what He ever said. He doesn’t need to correct Himself at all. We are the ones who need correction.

In John 8: 24, our Lord testified, “I said, therefore, unto you, that ye shall die in your sins; for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.” If we don’t believe that the I AM redeemed us, we shall die in our sins. Already in the days of Moses the I AM spoke. “And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.” (Exodus 3: 13-14).

Repeatedly, our Lord used the same wording of the Old Testament in the New Testament. He said, “I AM the Way, the Truth and the Life. I AM the Resurrection. I AM the Bread of Life. I AM the Light of the world” and so on. In John 8: 57-58, we read, “Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I AM.” The I AM was the same Lord who spoke to Abraham and to Moses.

In Isaiah 44: 6b, the Lord said, “I AM the first, and I AM the last, and beside me there is no God.” A similar wording is found in Isaiah 48: 12b, “I AM he; I AM the first, I also AM the last.” In the Old Testament, the Lord God was speaking of Himself to be the first and the last, besides whom there is no God. In the New Testament, our Lord said in Revelation 1: 17-18, “Fear not; I AM the first and the last; I AM he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore.”

In the Old Testament, the Lord God — Yahweh said, “I AM the first and the last”, in the New Testament the Lord Jesus says, “I AM the first and the last”. If they are two different persons, we would need to know who the first and the last really is. In Revelation 1: 8, it’s beautifully put together like this, “I AM Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.” Very strange that the Lord Jesus would refer to Himself as being the Almighty. No, it would be strange if He would have done otherwise! It is marvellous to follow right through the Word and have things revealed by the Holy Spirit. Yahweh of the Old Testament is Jesus of the New. He remains the same for ever. We should believe His own testimony as found in the Scripture. God will never have another Bible written. He would say today what He ever said. He doesn’t need to correct Himself at all. We are the ones who need correction.