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December 1
I AM - PART 1

Scripture: John 8:58 “Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.”

     I want to show you today what the Scriptures teach us about the preexistence of the Lord Jesus. We see Him pictured before Calvary. We see Him pictured in the Old Testament. Jesus said in John 8:58, “. . .Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.” How far before Abraham?
     Well, we see in the first verse of the Bible, Genesis 1:1 “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” The Hebrew word for God in this verse is “Elohim” which is a plural form of God. God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit! You say, surely you can’t believe that Jesus was at the creation of all things! That’s exactly what I believe. The same One we identified in John 1:14 is said in John 1:2, “All things were made by Him: and without Him was not any thing made that was made.”
     Hebrews 1:2 tells us that God, “Hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son; whom He hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also He made the worlds.” Notice that last phrase used in this verse, “by whom also He made the worlds”. Who? His Son! He was in the creation. He was in the beginning. He is the Word of God. Hebrews 11:3 says, “Through faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things with are seen were not made of things which do appear.” How did He do the creating? Through His Word. He spoke this world into existence.
     Before Abraham was, I am, was the words that Jesus used in describing the fact that He was eternal. Listen to what He said in John 10:30, “I and my Father are one.” Friend, the Scriptures are true. Jesus really is God! Jesus really existed before Bethlehem!