Posted by: Bill Hornbeck | November 17, 2010

What did Jesus testify about Himself?

Today’s devotion is John 8:13-20.
 
13  So the Pharisees said to Him, “You are testifying about Yourself;  Your testimony is not true.” 
                                   
 14  Jesus answered and said to them, “Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going;  but you do not know where I come from or where I am going.
                                         

 15  “You judge according to the flesh;   I am not judging anyone.

 16  “But even if I do judge, My judgment is true;  for I am not alone in it, but I and the Father who sent Me.

 17  “Even in your law it has been written that the testimony of two men is true.

 18  I am He who testifies about Myself, and the Father who sent Me testifies about Me.”

 19  So they were saying to Him, “Where is Your Father?”  Jesus answered, “You know neither Me nor My Father;   if you knew Me, you would know My Father also.”

 20  These words He spoke in the treasury, as He taught in the temple;  and no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.”  John 8:13-20.

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What did Jesus testify about Himself?

Here are some “I am” descriptions that Jesus gave to us in this Book of John.

John 6:51
I am the living bread that came down out of heaven;  if anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever;  and the bread also which I will give for the life of the world is My flesh.”

John 8:12                                                                                                                                      “Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, ” I am the Light of the world;  he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.”

John 10:9
I am the door;  if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.”
 
John 10:11
I am the good shepherd;  the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.”
 
John 10:36
“do you say of Him, whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?”
                                          

John 11:25
“Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies,” 

John 14:6
“Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.”
                           

John 15:5
I am the vine, you are the branches;  he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.”

 

What did the Father testify about Jesus?

Matthew 17:5
“While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold, a voice out of the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased;  listen to Him!”


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