Who Did Jesus Claim To Be?

Jesus Christ was either a liar -- or who He said He was!

Savior

JOHN 3:16-17 NKJ
16 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
17 "For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

Messiah

JOHN 4:25-26 NKJ
25 The woman said to Him, "I know that Messiah is coming" (who is called Christ). "When He comes, He will tell us all things."
26 Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am He."

Bread Of Life

JOHN 6:35 NKJ
35 And Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.

JOHN 6:47-48,51 NKJ
47 "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life.
48 "I am the bread of life.
51 "I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever . . . ."

Light Of The World

JOHN 8:12 NKJ
12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life."

JOHN 9:5 NKJ
5 "As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world."

Not Of This World

JOHN 8:23 NKJ
23 And He said to them, "You are from beneath; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.

JOHN 8:42 NKJ
42 Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and came from God; nor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me.

I AM

JOHN 8:58 NKJ
58 Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM."

JOHN 18:5-6 NKJ
5 . . . Jesus said to them, "I am He." And Judas, who betrayed Him, also stood with them.
6 Then -- when He said to them, "I am He," -- they drew back and fell to the ground.

Good Shepherd

JOHN 10:10-11 NKJ
10 "The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
11 "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep.

World Overcomer

JOHN 16:33 NKJ
33 "These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world."

Son Of God

JOHN 10:36 NKJ
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'?

Resurrection And Life

JOHN 11:25 NKJ
25 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.

Teacher And Lord

JOHN 13:13 NKJ
13 "You call me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am.

Way, Truth, And Life

JOHN 14:6 NKJ
6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Perfectly Revealed God

JOHN 14:7-11 NKJ
7 "If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him."
8 Philip said to Him, "Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us."
9 Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, `Show us the Father'?
10 "Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works.
11 "Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves.

JOHN 8:28 NKJ
28 Then Jesus said, ". . . I do nothing of Myself; but as My Father taught Me, I speak these things.

The Vine

JOHN 15:5 NKJ
5 "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.

A King

JOHN 18:36-37 NKJ
36 Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now My kingdom is not from here."
37 Pilate therefore said to Him, "Are You a king then?" Jesus answered, "You say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice."

Has All Authority

JOHN 17:1-2 NKJ
1 Jesus spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said: "Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You,
2 "as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as You have given Him.

MATTHEW 28:18 NKJ
18 Then Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.

Judge

JOHN 5:22,27 NKJ
22 "For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son,
27 "and has given Him authority to execute judgment also, because He is the Son of Man.

JOHN 12:48 NKJ
48 "He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him -- the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day.


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