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Jesus is all we need.
That is how He introduced Himself seven times.
We are looking at the 4th of His Seven I AM statements this morning.
Each one is a way that He says to us, I AM all you need.
Have you found Him to be all you need? In other words, Jesus revealed the Father’s gracious name by showing His disciples that He was everything they needed.
Trace them with me again
I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE (6:35) – JESUS IS ALL I NEED TO FEED MY STARVING SOUL; apart from Him is only unsatisfied hunger.
- The internal gnawing pain that hunger brings is the illustration of our condition apart from Christ.
- Jesus alone feeds our souls and satisfies our pangs of hunger, all else is emptiness, hopelessness, and empty mirages.
- Jesus said I am your food that satisfies; I am the Bread you need. I have settled the longings of your soul, I can satisfy all the pangs of hunger of your life. What do you really hunger for?
- Believers are HUNGERING FOR JESUS AS MY BREAD OF LIFE. “I AM the Bread of life” (6:35,41,48,51).
I AM THE LIGHT OF WORLD (8:12) – JESUS IS ALL I NEED TO LIGHT MY DARKENED SOUL; apart from Him is only impenetrable darkness.
- Jesus said I am the Light, I have settled the darkness of fear, the darkness of death, the darkness of death, it is all settled by Me!
- Believers are WALKING WITH JESUS WHO LIGHTS MY PATH OF LIFE. “I AM the Light of the world” (8:12).
I AM THE DOOR OF LIFE TO MY SHEEP (10:7,9) – JESUS IS ALL I NEED TO ENTER INTO GOD’S FAMILY, apart from Him is only hopeless exclusion.
- Jesus said I am the Door of Life, all your security and access needs are settled, by Me!
- In ancient sheepfolds dotting the hills and valleys of Israel, the doorway was made so that the shepherd himself would lie down at night and become the door so that no sheep could wander out without stumbling over him and no predator could slip in without stirring him.
- So Jesus says I keep you safe from harm and secure from wandering away from my salvation!
- Believers are ENTERING THROUGH JESUS WHO IS MY DOOR TO LIFE. “I AM the Door of the sheep” (10:7,9).
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