DEITY OF CHRIST
“You search the Scriptures because you think they give
you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me!
-John 5:39, NLT
Jesus Echoing "I AM" & First and Last
• Exodus 3:14
• And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM”;
and He said, “This is what you shall say to the
sons of Israel: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
• Isaiah 48:12
• “Listen to Me, Jacob, Israel whom I called;
I am He, I am the first, I am also the last.
• John 8:58
• Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly I say to you,
before Abraham was born, I am.”
• Rev. 1:17
• When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead
man. And He placed His right hand on me,
saying, “Do not be afraid; I am the first and the
last,
JESUS AS THE SHEPHERD
• Psalms 23:1
• The LORD is my shepherd,
I will not be in need.
• John 10:11
• “I am the good shepherd; the good
shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
JESUS AS THE LIGHT
• Psalm 27:1
• The LORD is my light and my salvation;
Whom should I fear?
The LORD is the defense of my life;
Whom should I dread?
• John 8:12
• Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, “I am
the Light of the world; the one who follows Me
will not walk in the darkness, but will have the
Light of life.”
John, the Baptist is making way for the <Who>
• Isaiah 40:3
• The voice of one calling out,
“Clear the way for the LORD in the wilderness;
Make straight in the desert a highway for our
God.
• John 1:23
• He said, “I am THE VOICE OF ONE CALLING OUT IN
THE WILDERNESS, ‘MAKE THE WAY OF THE LORD
STRAIGHT,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.”
Praying in <Whose> Name
• Joel 2:32
• And it will come about that everyone who calls
on the name of the LORD
WILL be saved;
• Acts 2:21
• AND IT SHALL BE THAT EVERYONE WHO CALLS ON
THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED.’
• Acts 2:36
• Therefore let all the house of Israel know for
certain that God has made Him both Lord
and Christ—this Jesus whom you crucified.”
Two LORDs' in Zechariah
• Zech. 2:5-13
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I,’ declares the LORD, ‘will be a wall of fire to her on all sides, and I will be the glory in her midst.’”
6 “You there! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “because I have spread you out like the four
winds of the heavens,” declares the LORD.
7 “You, Zion! Escape, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon.”
8 For the LORD of armies says this: “After glory He has sent me against the nations that plunder you, for the one
who touches you, touches the apple of His eye.
9 For behold, I am going to wave My hand over them so that they will be plunder for their slaves. Then you will
know that the LORD of armies has sent Me.
10 Shout for joy and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for behold I am coming and I will dwell in your midst,” declares
the LORD.
11 “And many nations will join themselves to the LORD on that day and will become My people. Then I will dwell
in your midst, and you will know that the LORD of armies has sent Me to you.
12 And the LORD will possess Judah as His portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem.
13 “Be silent, all mankind, before the LORD; for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling.”
<Whose> Glory did Isaiah saw?
• Jn. 12:41
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41 These
things Isaiah said because he saw His
glory, and he spoke about Him.
• Isaiah 6:3
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one called out to another and said,
“Holy, Holy, Holy, is the LORD of armies.
The [a]whole earth is full of His glory.”
References
• John 5, New American Standard Version 2020.
• John 5, New Living Translation, 2015.
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