“Before Abraham Was, I AM” (Part 1 of 2)
Truth For Life Daily Program
Alistair Begg
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🗓️ 27 May 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Who do you say Jesus is? Your answer will have eternal consequences! Consider Jesus’ amazing claims about Himself, and examine His calm but bold responses to the accusations of those wrestling with His identity. That’s on Truth For Life with Alistair Begg.
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| 0:00.0 | G. |
| 0:01.0 | G. |
| 0:02.0 | G. |
| 0:03.0 | G. |
| 0:07.0 | G. Jesus made many amazing claims about his identity. |
| 0:29.4 | Many people wrestled with those claims then, and many still do now. |
| 0:34.4 | Today on Truth for Life, Alastairbeg examines these claims, |
| 0:38.2 | and Jesus calm but bold responses |
| 0:41.5 | to the accusations of religious leaders who opposed him. |
| 0:46.2 | The question is, who do you say Jesus is? |
| 0:49.5 | Find out why your answer will have eternal consequences. |
| 1:14.6 | Thank you. out why your answer will have eternal consequences. Our reading this morning is from John chapter 8, and we'll read from verse 48. John chapter 8 and verse 48. We're in the middle of this long dialogue between Jesus and the Jews, |
| 1:22.6 | and the questions are coming and the answers are being delivered and so on. And from verse |
| 1:28.8 | 48, we read, the Jews answered Jesus. Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan |
| 1:36.9 | and have a demon? Jesus answered, I do not have a demon, but I honor my father and you dishonor me. Yet, I do not seek |
| 1:49.3 | my own glory. There is one who seeks it, and he is the judge. Truly, truly, I say to you, |
| 1:56.5 | if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death." |
| 2:01.5 | The Jews said to him, now we know that you have a demon. |
| 2:06.3 | Abraham died, as did the prophets. |
| 2:08.1 | Yet you say, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death. |
| 2:14.4 | Are you greater than our Father Abraham who died and the prophets died? |
| 2:19.3 | Who do you make yourself out to be? |
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