"And GOD said to Moses, 'I AM WHO I AM AND WHAT I AM, and I WILL BE WHAT I WILL BE: "and HE said, you shall say to the people, I AM has sent ME to you." (Exodus 3:14/Amplified Bible).
"Then GOD spoke all these words: "I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD WHO has brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the land of bondage/slavery." (Exodus 20:1).
"You shall have no other gods before or besides Me."
"You shall not make for yourself any graven image (to worship it) or any likeness of any thing that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth, or that is in the water under the earth."
"You shall not bow down yourself to them, for I AM the LORD your GOD showing mercy to a thousand generations...to those who love ME and keep MY commandments.
"You shall not take the name of the LORD your GOD in vain (in false affirmations or profanity.)
"Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy (dedicated to God).
"Treat with honor, due obedience, and courtesy your father and mother, that your days may be long in the land the Lord gives you.
"You shall not commit murder.
"You shall not commit adultery.
"You shall not steal.
"You shall not witness falsely.
"You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, house, servant, ox, or donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's. (Covet = wanting something at the expense of others, or from a motive of jealousy or envy." (Exodus 20:1-20).
"Hear, O Israel (My people), the LORD our GOD is one LORD (the Only Lord). (Deuteronomy 6:4).
"Know, recognize, and understand therefore that the LORD your GOD, HE is GOD, the Faithful GOD, WHO keeps covenant and steadfast love and mercy with those who love Him and keep HIS commandments, to a thousand generations," (Deuteronomy 7:9).
"...and thus says the LORD, WHO created you, and HE WHO formed you: 'Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name. You are MINE. I will be with you." (Isaiah 43:1-2).
"Thus says the LORD, the KING of (you my people), and your REDEEMER, the LORD of HOSTS: I AM the FIRST, and the LAST; besides ME there is no GOD." (Isaiah 46:6).
"For I AM the LORD, I do not change." (Malachi 3:6).
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(JESUS prays) "...that they may all be one, as YOU, FATHER, are in ME and I in YOU, that they may also be one in US, that the world may believe and be convinced that YOU sent ME." (John 17:21).
JESUS says "I AM the bread of life." (John 6:48). (From the footnote: Jesus is the True heavenly Bread, the true life-sustaining power; anything else, regardless of its religious significance in past or present, is an inadequate substitute. +++(This is the first of 7 "I AM" statements of JESUS, exclusive to John's Gospel).
(JESUS Says) "I AM the Light of the world." (John 8:12) Footnote- "the world is in darkness apart from JESUS").
"JESUS said to them "...most assuredly I say to you 'I AM the door of the sheep. (John 10:7), Footnote-"He who enters by ME will be saved, and will go in one and out and find pasture. (The phrase "go in and out" does Not mean that one can vacillate about being in JESUS one moment and outside the next. The picture is one of security and safety in JESUS as the door to the sheep's daily comings and goings.
"I AM the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd gives HIS life for the sheep. I AM the Good Shepherd; and am known by MY own. (John 10:11-14).
"I AM the Way, the Truth, and the Life." (John 14:6).
PLUS (+) "I AM coming quickly", (Rev. 22:20).
In Matthew 16:15 JESUS asks His EARLIEST Disciples: "WHO do You say that I am?"
For us (You and me)---with our thoughts, our words, our actions---Who do you and I say JESUS is???
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