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New Testament 20 Dec 2017 In the Exodus 3 13 14 God tells Moses to go to Egypt and tell the pharaoh and His people He is calling them out of Egypt Moses asks God what to say to the Israelites if they ask who sent him God tells Moses to tell them I AM sends him The New Testament book of John has several places where God is mentioned as an I AM The I AM statements describe God and several are metaphors In John 6 20 the disciples are in a boat without Jesus He walks on the water to their boat even though the wind and waves are fierce When His followers see Him they are afraid Jesus calms them and tells them It is I don t be afraid New International Version Jn 6 20 His message here is we do not need to be alarmed when God is with us God sent Jesus Himself to calm his followers when they were in distress just as Moses was sent to his people to deliver them from tyranny John 8 24 28 and 58 speak about Christ being the Messiah He takes away our sins but if we do not believe He is the Christ we will go to Hell What He teaches about Himself is not doctrine He thought of but God taught Him the teaching Verse fifty eight mentions Abraham and the fact that before Abraham was born I am New International Version Jn 8 58 When John speaks about Jesus being in existence before Abraham he is talking about Christ being eternal English Standard Version Jn 8 58 footnotes He is alive when the Israelites are slaves
