However, a look at the "I am" statements in John's Gospel plainly confirms the identity of Jesus.
They promote the idea that Jesus was made God hundreds of years later by a church council in ways that are not supported in Scripture or history. Some skeptics today argue that Jesus never claimed to be God in the Bible. In John 8:58, he answered the religious leaders, saying, "Truly, Truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am." This was a clear reference to Exodus 3:14, where God revealed His name to Moses as "I AM." The reason the religious leaders wanted to kill Him was because Jesus claimed to be God. One additional "I am" reference in John's Gospel offers another clear look at Christ's identity. As such, Jesus fulfills the prophecies of the Old Testament regarding the Messiah, predicted His resurrection, and presents Himself as the only way of salvation. We find Jesus as One who satisfies (bread of life), One who gives life (light), One who offers salvation (gate), One who dies for us (good shepherd), the resurrection and the life, the way, truth, and life, and the true (real, legitimate) vine. "I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser" (John 15:1). Some grammarians have argued in favor of ain’t being. Were we to match our verbs and pronouns correctly, we would say am I not, rather than are I not the contracted version of this might be written as either amn’t (which sounds unwieldy to most speakers of US English) or as ain’t. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6). One possibility is that ain’t is to blame. "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live" (John 11:25). The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep" (John 10:11). If Jesus has said, I am the way, the truth, and the life no man comes to the Father but by me (John 14:6), then, for the sake of love, we must pay our debt to the world, and despise the shaming of the tolerant ’90s and tell them, There is salvation in no one else for there is no other name under heaven that has been given. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture" (John 10:9). Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life" (John 8:12). "I am the bread of life whoever comes to me shall not hunger" (John 6:35). 15 And never have I a showed myself unto man whom I have created, for never has man b believed in me as thou hast. In John's Gospel, Jesus makes seven references to Himself using "I am." They include the following: In me shall all mankind have d life, and that eternally, even they who shall believe on my name and they shall become my e sons and my daughters. These revelations made it clear to all that He was claiming to be much more than a rabbi or prophet Jesus claimed to be the Messiah-God in human form. When Jesus used the phrase "I AM," He made specific revelations regarding His identity and nature.
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