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Name of the Father Day 41
In Exodus, God tells Moses that his name is "I am who I am." The verb "to be" expresses the eternal nature of God and his continuous presence. One commentary suggests, "When God speaks of himself he says 'I am,' and when we speak of him we say, 'He is.'"1 During Jesus' ministry, the crowds were very curious about who he was and pressed him with the question, "Who are you?" Jesus responded strangely, "Before Abraham was born, I am."2 He purposely uses the holy "I am" name of God. As a result "at this they picked up stones to stone him." 3 They knew clearly what Jesus was implying.
The reason for their hostile reaction was recorded, "We are not stoning you for any of these (good works), but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God."4 Later, Jesus linked his own name with that of his father saying, "The Father is in me, and I in the Father."5 These claims of deity once more prompted a hostile reaction so that "again they tried to seize him, but he escaped their grasp."6
1N. I. V. Commentary 2John 8.58. 3John 8.59. 4John 10.33. 5John 10.38 6John 10.39.
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