Wednesday night, we're going to continue our study through the Bible. We're going to be going

through the gospel of John as we continue right through the Bible. But on these Sunday mornings,

we take a text from our upcoming Wednesday night. And we're doing kind of a series in this

section, because it's all from the gospel of John. We started the I am series, the seven

declarations Jesus made when he said, I am. And we started in John 625 with

his great declaration, I am the bread of life, which is, you know, your basic necessity of life.

Then in John 8, 12, we came to our second I am declaration. I am the light of the world.

And, you know, he promised that. I am the light of the world. And, you know,

he promised that you will have the light of life, Jesus said there in John 8. And then last week we saw Jesus. He said, I am the door. And he, you know, he said the door of the sheepfold. But the

idea is the door of the sheepfold that protects the sheep. And it's a door

that's open to all of humanity. If they want to come in, they can and be saved and have Jesus as

their shepherd. And we saw Old Testament illustrations of that door. Noah and the Ark, the door was

shut by God. There's a point where God shuts that door. We saw the

Exodus Passover door, you know, where the blood was applied and the spirit of death passed over.

So the imagery of the door is something that's very Old Testament all the way through the new.

And we've seen those Old Testament links with the New Testament truth in all of these I am statements.

Now, you might say, well, Brett, you know, I'm new to this. What's this whole I am thing all

about? What's the big deal about Jesus saying, I'm this, or I am that? Well, it's the way

he says it in the Greek ego and me, but it really comes, Jesus is linking himself to Exodus chapter 3, verse 14, where God told

Moses to the burning bush on Mount Sinai. God said, I am that I am. And he said, thus shalt

thou say unto the children of Israel, I am, hath sent me unto you. And this is that great declaration of God's name. When Jesus is saying,

I am in this context, in the Greek text, the Ego Emi in the Greek, he's literally linking himself to

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