Today we start off with some pretty heavy text. Some of it is a declaration that confirms Jesus’ divine identity, fulfills old Testament prophecies and asserts an authority willing to face persecution as a model of faith and steadfastness for believers. Other text links the idea of marriage union as a model for how the power of the Holy Spirit brings purpose to the church and our personal union with the Holy Spirit in a way that transforms. No we are not God but the offer points to something pretty powerful. So, Do You Realize That The Great ” I AM ” Is Claiming You As His Own?
Scripture: But Jesus remained silent and gave no answer. Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?”“I am,” said Jesus. “And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.”
Mark 14:61–62 (NIV)
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church— for we are members of his body. “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.” This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church.
Ephesians 5:25–321 (NIV)
But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit. Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.
1 Corinthians 6:17-20 (NIV)
You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ. But if Christ is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life because of righteousness. And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you. Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it. For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live. For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.This passage emphasizes the transformation from the flesh to the Spirit and the believer’s relationship with God through the Holy Spirit.
Romans 8:9–16 (NIV)
Message: When Jesus stood before the high priest and was asked the defining question—“Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed?”—He answered with the words that echo through eternity: “I AM.” Not merely a title. Not merely an admission. It was a revelation. Identity. Divinity. The same voice that spoke from the burning bush now stood in human flesh, declaring that God Himself had come to redeem His people.That moment is not just a theological cornerstone; it is a relational one. Jesus was not only revealing who He is—He was revealing who we become in Him.it is not an either or proposition but an and both reality. Paul picks up this mystery when he writes about marriage. A husband and wife become one flesh, joined in covenant, sharing life, identity, and purpose. But Paul insists this union is ultimately about something far greater: Christ and the Church. Just as husband and wife share one life, believers share in the very life of Christ through the Holy Spirit. Paul dares to say, “Whoever is joined to the Lord becomes one spirit with Him.” This is not poetry. It is a spiritual reality. When Jesus says “I AM,” the Spirit whispers to every believer, “And you are Mine.” God places His own Spirit within us—His presence, His power, His character. It is as though God implants His spiritual DNA into our lives, reshaping us from the inside out.the message is written in our very being. We begin to desire what He desires. We begin to love as He loves. We begin to reflect the One who claimed us.This is why Paul calls the Church the Bride of Christ. Not because of sentimentality, but because of union. Christ gives Himself fully. The Spirit binds us to Him. And we are transformed into a people who bear His likeness.
And So when you hear Jesus say “I AM,” remember: He is the One who stands for you. He is the One who claims you. He is the One who unites Himself to you. And by the Holy Spirit, He is forming in you the very life of God. And the message is not just written on our hearts but in our very being.
Pray with thanksgiving for the day ourLord Jesus revealed himself as the great “I AM.” Pray with thanksgiving for uniting Yourself to us with covenant love. Pray the Holy Spirit, continue to shape our hearts with the spiritual DNA of Christ. Pray we are made one with Him in purpose, purity, and love. Pray that our lives reflect the One who has claimed us as His own. Amen.
Blessings,
John Lawson
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