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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><u>“<b>THE
SEVEN I AM's OF JESUS”</b></u></p>
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<b>(RESULT: OVERCOMERS THROUGH THE PRE-EMINENT ONE)</b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><u><b>NOTE</b></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>:
</b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">It
is important to see Jesus as God sees Him for us. Jesus of course
understands the high calling and privilege God has given Him as the
Son of Man. But - He is also - Son of God! And at His Resurrection
and Ascension, the Father </span></span><u><span style="">proclaimed</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
Him as Lord (Jehovah) and Christ (Messiah)! There is a </span></span><u><span style="">man</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
upon the Throne, at the right hand of the Father. He is both Son of
Man and Son of God. The fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily in Him!
When He has completed His Millennial reign as Lord of lords and King
of kings, He will as Son of Man turn all things back to the Father,
that God might be all things in all.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Jesus
said - Before Abraham was, </span></span><u><span style="">“I
AM.”</span></u><b><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">The
seven I AM's of Jesus in the Gospel of John make this point
abundantly clear. It is because of this that He makes the statement
recorded in Matthew 23:39 (37-39) </span></span><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">“You
(Jerusalem) shall in no wise see me henceforth, till you shall say,
'Blessed who comes in </span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">the</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
Lord's (Jehovah's) name.'”</span></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Check
our Archives July 14, 2009, Numbers 6:22-27 (It will later be posted
on our Website under “Hebrew.”) Here we see how the Holy Spirit
links </span></span></span><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">“I
AM” </span></span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">with
the 7 areas in which He serves as Son of Man, He is recognizing His
pre-incarnate state with the Father. At His Bar Mitzvah at the age of
12, He was presented by His parents at the Temple, and 3 days after
being missing asked, “Didn't you know I had to be about My Father's
business?” Joseph was His step-father. His true Father was His
Heavenly Father, making Him both Son of Man and Son of God.</span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Then
He was born to die! Where Adam as the first man failed and brought
the whole human race into a fallen state and separated from God -
Jesus, the last Adam - yielded </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">not</span></span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
to temptation, and as a perfect, sinless sacrifice, died on the Cross
at Calvary, and reconciled by His Redemption, all who would believe
on Him and receive Him - back to God! No wonder the theme of Oswald
Chambers for both himself and us is: </span></span></span><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">“Personal,
</span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;">Passionate</span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
</span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;">Devotion</span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
to Jesus!</span></span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">I
wrote the following “Seven I Am's of Jesus” back in 1967. With
but slight editing, I present them to you again! May we by them
become </span></span></span><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">“Overcomers
through the Pre-Eminent One!” - J</span></span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">.A.W.</span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><u><b><span style="font-style: normal;">SURVEY
VIII</span></b></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">.
</span></span></span><b><u><span style="font-style: normal;">OVERCOMERS
THROUGH THE PRE-EMINENT ONE</span></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">1.
John 6:35 (22-40) THE </span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;">BREAD</span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
OF LIFE. “:Jesus said to them, </span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;">I
AM the bread of ;life</span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">:
who comes unto me shall in nowise hunger, and who believes unto me
shall in nowise ever thirst.”</span></span></b></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
- The Bread, ARtos, 100x, Strong 740.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
- The 'breaking of bread' became the name for the institution
breaking (not cutting) the loaf at Lord's Supper, Acts 2:43, 20:7; 1
Corinthians 10:16, 11:23.</p>
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- Metaphorically, Christ is known as the bread of God, John 6:33, 35.</p>
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- George Muller partook of the Word as Soul-food before he prayed.</p>
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- Priests ate this bread in type, Bread of Presence, Lev. 24:9.</p>
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- We minister the living Word by revelation, Romans 8:14.</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
<b>2. John 9:5 (1-7) THE <u>LIGHT</u> OF THE WORLD. “While I am
in the world, I AM <u>Light</u> of the world.”</b></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;">- Light, ph<u>o</u>s,
70x - (from PHA<u>o</u>, to shine, Strong 5457.</p>
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- Metaphorically, the truth in Christ reaching the mind.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
- Natural man is incapable of receiving spiritual light, 1 Co 1:14.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
- Believers become 'sons of light' through the New Birth, receiving
spiritual capacity for revelation from God, Luke 16:8.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
- See Candlestick (Menorah) in Tabernacle: gifts of Spirit for light,
1 Co 12:8-11. (Tongues and Interpretation = Prophecy, explaining the
7-fold light.</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
<b>3. John 10:9 (7-18) THE <u>DOOR</u>. “I AM the <u>door</u>;
by me if any enter, he shall be saved, and shall go in and go out,
and find pasture.”</b></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
- The Door, THUra, 39x, Strong 2374.</p>
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- Metaphorically, of Christ, John 10:7, 9.</p>
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- Metaphorically of faith, by acceptance of the Gospel, Acts 14:27.</p>
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- Also of entrance into the Kingdom of God, Mt 25:10, Lu 13:24-25.</p>
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- Christ's entrance into a repentant believer's heart, Re 3:20.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
- Access to behold visions relative to purposes of God, Re 4:1.</p>
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<b>4. John 10:11 (7-18) THE <u>SHEPHERD.</u> “I AM the good
:<u>shepherd</u>: the good <u>:shepherd</u> lays down his :life for
the sheep.”</b></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
- The Shepherd, poiM<u>E</u>N, 18x, Strong 4166. See Strong 4165,
poiMAIn<u>o</u>, 11x, to feed or rule.</p>
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- Metaphorically of Christ, Mt 26:31, Mk 14:27, Jn 10:11, 14, 16, He
13:20, 1 Pe 2:25.</p>
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- Pastors tend (guide and oversee) as well as feed flock, Acts 10:17,
28.</p>
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- It was this service committed to elders (overseers or bishops).</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
- Jesus Christ alone is the chief shepherd, 1 Pe 5:4.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
- Aaron, a type of Christ, faithful over Tabernacle.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
- King David shepherded God's people Israel, Ps 23.</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
<b>5. John 11:25-26 (17-44) THE <u>RESURRECTION</u>. “:Jesus
said to her, I AM the <u>resurrection</u> , and the life: who
believes unto me shall live, even if he die; <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">26
</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">and every one who lives
and believes unto me shall nowise die unto the age.”</font></b></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">- The Resurrection, aNASta-sis,
42x, Strong 386.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">- By metonymy, of Christ as the
Author of resurrection.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">- Many found in Christ strength
and firmness, a means of their salvation and spiritual life, Lu 2:34;
but also a stone of offense, causing many in Israel to stumble.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">- God made Aaron's budding rod
bring forth almonds, symbol of resurrection.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;" align="left">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">- Christ Jesus raised Lazarus,
and will raise us too, 2 Thess 4:13-18.</font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">6.
John 14:6 (5-7) THE </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>WAY</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">.
“Jesus says to him, I AM the </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>way</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">,
and the truth, and the life: no one comes unto the Father, but
through me.” (Some, “I AM the true and living </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>way</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">.)</font></b></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">- The Way, hoDOS, 102x, Strong
3598.</font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">- Metaphorically, a course of
conduct, or way of thinking.</font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">- The way instructed and
approved of God, Ac 18:26, He 3:10.</font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">- Paul's ways in Christ, 1 Co
4:17.</font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">- The more excellent way of
love, 1 Co 12:31.</font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">- Personified of Christ as means
of access to the Father, Jn 14:6.</font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">- The course followed and
characterized by followers of Christ, Ac 9:2, 19:9, 23; 24:22.</font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">- Christ in Tabernacle:
Blood-sprinkled mercy seat on the Ark, which led Israel in her
goings.</font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">7.
John 15:1 (1-16) THE </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>VINE</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">.
“I AM the true </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>:vine</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
and my :Father is the husbandman.”</span></font></b></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">-
The Vine, AMpe-los, 8x, Strong 288.</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">-
Used figuratively of Christ, Jn 15:1, 4, 5.</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">-
A true vine shelters, as 4-fold covering of Tabernacle: badger skins,
rams dyed red, goat hairs (humanity), white linen.</span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">-
Father prunes branches, as they receive life from the true vine.</span></font></p>
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