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God the Great I AM

God the Creator, Sustainer, Life Giver, Care Taker and Purpose of Life.

The name "I AM" has a particular significance to both the Old Testament and New Testament Jewish communities. This phrase was the name applied to God and it stems from the encounter Moses had with God at the burning bush back in Exodus chapter three. Moses spoke with God who was telling Moses to return to Egypt to free His people. Moses asked God for a name he could use to answer the children of Israel when they ask for the name of God. The Lord responded... "I AM WHO I AM." And He said, "Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, 'I AM has sent me to you.' ". So for Jesus to say or call Himself "I AM" was take on the very name of God; and to claim that He was equal with God and that He was God.

The Bible tells us there is only one God, "Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one", "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength." (Deuteronomy 6:4-5) and we see the Lord tell Isaiah, "...And there is no other God besides Me, A just God and a Savior; There is none besides Me. (Isaiah 45:21)". One of the names for God was "I AM", the Lord was the great I AM, so for Jesus to use these statements in this context, was for Jesus to say He was God.

3:13 Then Moses said to God, "Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they say to me, 'What is His name?' what shall I say to them?"
3:14 And God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM." And He said, "Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, 'I AM has sent me to you.' "
3:15 Moreover God said to Moses, "Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: 'The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever, and this is My memorial to all generations.'

Above All Things Put On Love

But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

God has Chosen the Foolish Things to Shame the Proud

But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, that no flesh should glory in His presence. But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God-and righteousness and sanctification and redemption that, as it is written, He who glories, let him glory in the Lord.