I AM
In Matthews Gospel, it is written that Jesus asked His disciples, who do men say I AM? Consider this closely. Who is He? We know He is the Christ, the anointed of God. But what does this mean?
In John’s Gospel’s Jesus begins to declare Himself, WHO HE IS. We know these as the I AM’s of JESUS. Listen to what He is saying, I AM. I AM the Bread of Life. Bread that we can live by is He Himself. This Bread originates out of Life. Unless I eat this bread, I have no life in me. I should immediately ask, how do I eat this bread. I receive that of Him. I believe it and take it unto myself, my heart, my soul. This is how I receive it. “He that believes on me has eternal life.” We receive from Him as we believe. Look at the illustration in John 17.
John 7:38 Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’” 39 He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
We receive of Him as we believe on Him. This is a continued practice. While I receive Jesus as my Savior to become born again or saved as we call it, I must continue to eat His flesh and drink His Blood to grow up in Him in all things. As God shows me Christ by the Spirit, I must continue to eat of Him. This Bread that He is fills my soul, fills me. He is what I am hungry for. We who are hungry for righteousness must eat of Him.
Think of this for a moment. We who are His have no righteousness at all. Many of us may feel unclothed or naked from righteousness. However, as I eat what the word declares of Him, by seeing Him by the Spirit of God, I become clothed in righteousness. This reality of being righteous becomes part of my being. As He is righteous so are we. We are what we eat. If we eat and dine of Him, righteousness, peace, and joy will become real in our souls. Christ being our righteousness will fill us and become substance to our souls and minds. Glory to God.
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