The LORD JESUS declared:
John 8:24
King James Version
24 I said therefore unto you,
that ye shall die in your sins:
for if ye believe not that I am he,
ye shall die in your sins.
Who was JESUS?
What did He mean, "I am he"?
What does the Bible say?
It is best we listen to what the LORD said of Himself, from that same chapter.
For, herein, are many revealing statements:
John 8:12
King James Version
12 Then spake Jesus again unto them,
saying,
I am the light of the world:
he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness,
but shall have the light of life.
John 8:14
King James Version
14 Jesus answered and said unto them,
Though I bear record of myself,
yet my record is true:
for I know whence I came, and whither I go;
but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.
John 8:15-16
King James Version
15 Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.
16 And yet if I judge, my judgment is true:
for I am not alone,
but I and the Father that sent me.
John 8:18
King James Version
18 I am one that bear witness of myself,
and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.
John 8:19-20
King James Version
19 Then said they unto him,
Where is thy Father?
Jesus answered,
Ye neither know me,
nor my Father:
if ye had known me,
ye should have known my Father also.
20 These words spake Jesus in the treasury,
as he taught in the temple:
and no man laid hands on him;
for his hour was not yet come.
John 8:21
King James Version
21 Then said Jesus again unto them,
I go my way,
and ye shall seek me,
and shall die in your sins:
whither I go, ye cannot come.
John 8:22-23
King James Version
22 Then said the Jews,
Will he kill himself?
because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.
23 And he said unto them,
Ye are from beneath; I am from above:
ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
John 8:25-27
King James Version
25 Then said they unto him,
Who art thou?
And Jesus saith unto them,
Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning.
26 I have many things to say and to judge of you:
but he that sent me is true;
and I speak to the world those things
which I have heard of him.
27 They understood not
that he spake to them of the Father.
John 8:28
King James Version
28 Then said Jesus unto them,
When ye have lifted up* the Son of man,
then shall ye know that I am he,
and that I do nothing of myself;
but as my Father hath taught me,
I speak these things.
John 8:29-30
King James Version
29 And he that sent me is with me:
the Father hath not left me alone;
for I do always those things that please him.
30 As he spake these words,
many believed on him.
John the Baptist prepared the way for the LORD's coming.
Look how he announced the very things JESUS declared, too:
John 3:31-36
King James Version
31 He that cometh from above is above all:
he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth:
he that cometh from heaven is above all.
32 And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth;
and no man receiveth his testimony.
33 He that hath received his testimony
hath set to his seal that God is true.
34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God:
for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.
35 The Father loveth the Son,
and hath given all things into his hand.
36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life:
and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life;
but the wrath of God abideth on him.
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The Simplicity of the GOSPEL of JESUS CHRIST
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