The Bread of Life: Knowing Christ - The I AM Sayings of Jesus with R.C. Sproul

The apostle John distinctively presents Jesus as the Logos, the eternal Word of God. Through Him the cosmos was created, and through Him the Father is most perfectly revealed.
In this series, Dr. R.C. Sproul examines John's record of the eight unique "I AM" sayings of Jesus, all of which are powerful expressions of His saving relationship to His people, and uses God's Word to bring us to a deeper understanding of the God-man as both protector and nurturer of His people.

[@ligonier]

This message is from Dr. Sproul’s 8-part teaching series Knowing Christ: The I AM Sayings of Jesus. Watch the entire series: www.ligonier.org/learn/series/knowing-christ

[@jefersonlimabr]

Thanks

[@jerrylisby5376]

Amazing that not one man Jesus chose refused him. Not even Judas Iscariot! Ye have not chosen me but I have chosen you. We love him because he first loved us. Very comforting to think God has chosen us. We have been adopted. An adopted baby doesn't choose his parents or his name! I've been adopted by a King. But not just a King but the King over all Kings!!!!! Now...Now don't you feel RICH? Maybe like life is worth living? WOW! What a wonderful God we have.

[@drivebyquipper]

What's your point, Calvin? He loves everyone first.

[@tonyaosborne6881]

When this man explains the Word, I understand it so much more. I get it - thank you.

[@mr.cosmos5199]

The messenger has gone but the message remains! God be praised for a great salvation !

[@bobbiebender9520]

Thankful for the enlightenment on The Bread of Life

[@Yesica1993]

How unbelievable it must have been to live in that time and see and hear and even speak with Jesus! I know I'm supposed to say that it's better now. I understand that now all who call on His name can have access to Him, rather than just those few people living at that time in that tiny area of the world. But I would give ANYTHING to go back in time and be there.

[@accylshane773]

Without the Father's working to draw us to Him no one can come to Christ

[@ty-oz6kg]

Can someone provide the link for the rest of RC’s teaching on the ‘I AM’ statements?

[@aprilmay7816]

@@ty-oz6kg …. Link is in the first pinned comment!

[@NateAndreica]

How does the Father draw us? Through Jesus Christ and His sacrifice. That's how God draws us to Him, through His sacrifice! And we must choose whether or not to believe. John 12:32, Jesus says He draws ALL people to Him. All. Its up to everyone to believe or not to believe. Those who believe, come to Christ. Those who don't believe, they can't Come to Christ. There's a free will choice that must be made.

[@accylshane773]

Thanks for adding the text..indeed!

[@gabewittmer5382]

Other way around, "I am the way the truth and the life. Nobody comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6

[@billy8065]

This bible teacher Amazed me with his clearness and simplicity as well Praise my lord💯🇮🇱 Greetings from Colombia🇨🇴🤗

[@bobhutton1409]

The comments Sproul makes, concerning the elect being given to Christ, and that they WILL come, are a great encouragement to me, in the work of evangelism. When I go out with the precious seed of the Gospel, and pass it round, I know I am part of a cause that cannot fail. Look up Acts 13 verse 48.

[@VaciousVi]

2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.

[@judyjob3537]

Jesus say I am in The Father as The Father is I'm as I am in you and you in me!!! BLESSED ASSURANCE. Halleluyah

[@robertturner5138]

Learned of RC from John MacArthur. What an incredible pastor. Love the way he breaks down and explains the Gospel and Scripture.

[@felicityzeeman9212]

For me it was visa versa. It's true that one judges (if I may use that word) by the company they keep. Two great blessings of the century.

[@dianaheaphy8294]

R.C. Sproul was a remarkable teacher of Biblical truths - he was a gift from God for the wellbeing of our souls… May God bless Ligonier Ministries as it continues to advance R.C.’s mission…

[@davidfrancis7116]

As a passionate Christian sourdough bread maker and tutor, this excellent presentation, confirms the wonderful physical/spiritual comparisons, divinely created in our gracious, 'Daily Bread'. Thank you for all the many hours of devotion and self sacrifice you and your team have given to feed us with this message. I know our Great God, Jesus and Holy Spirit are providing you with ONE great blessing in your ministry to others.

[@wellingtonsingh1501]

What a wonderful message for Believers and most of all Unbelievers.R.C.Sproul though he has pass away his Spirit lives in the heart of many and is alive thank God for such a great teacher of the word of God.

[@animaleyes4733]

Thank you so much for making these teachings available. They are truly a blessing to me. God bless you Mr Sproul!

[@freedomwriter7734]

You really need to read the letter to Sproul on openletters.website

[@dorrellmorris8436]

I truly enjoy these teachings through your ministry.

[@jacquilawrence1837]

We cannot ignore these verses which states that it's in God's will for all to be saved. 2 Peter 3:9 "The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance." 2 Corinthians 5:15 "And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again." 1 Timothy 2:3-4 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth." We should always pray for God's will to be done in our lives, as Jesus taught us to pray in the 'Our Father' prayer.

[@doingthingscheap7911]

My favorite Bible teacher of all time!

[@IAM.Warrior.]

Wheat and tares. The harvest is inevitable. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Glory to God. kNOw Jesus kNOw Peace.

[@AL-ri6bk]

God~ i need you~~~

[@ACTblessed]

A dear friend & myself read RC's book covering the I Am statements a few years ago. Sometimes, I enjoy listening to a preacher &/or teacher but RC was truly a blessing to me as the Lord has used him to teach both by spoken word & his literary endeavors. Behind the Lord Jesus Himself, I would've loved to sit down with RC and John Macarthur. To me, although Christians may be different theologically, I view their's as a special relationship which illustrated how God expects us to love one another, rather than all the heated infighting amongst the brethren of Christ.

[@oar-N-oasis]

I'm truly learning here.. Thank you Ligonier 🙏

[@themessiahssecondassembly7761]

Now this Brother knows what he is explaining, he knows and understands the truth of which he speaks, amen Jesus. The pearls of wisdom require us to know and understand. First, get you knowledge and with knowledge understanding, and WITH understanding comes wisdom and with wisdom lays prudence. P&L ( : > )

[@randycraig]

This is terrific! Jesus is my hero! 😔😔😔🙌🙌🙌 🙌

[@brethrenjc.3606]

Thank You God for beginning me to watch this.

[@kggold299]

I am is the soul of everyone, the name after that is just a character avatar here, kingdom of god is within you

[@andrewlawrencei3239]

Amen , absolutely the truth come from the word of God. We have to believe the word of God and also God have to draw the person in order to believe in Him

[@leroy1080]

i love this Chapter. i just watched pastor John Macarthur preach on this chapter. praise God

[@josephthomas1035]

Very well explained doctor thanks and God bless.🙏

[@pipnipipa7627mimmahappunchaol]

Amen ❤thank you Jesus

[@nathaniel8871]

Amen, Amen, and Amen. Thank you Lord.

[@getlikeus1247]

RC is the man!

[@shakeelghauri2800]

Great message thanks you God bless you brother. God bless all listeners.

[@freedomwriter7734]

You really need to read the letter to Sproul on openletters.website

[@jerrylisby5376]

I am that I am God told Moses.

[@sebastianpinto6514]

So blessed by this channel 🙏

[@freedomwriter7734]

You really need to read the letter to Sproul on openletters.website

[@S.R.M.]

@@freedomwriter7734 “THE NAME WHICH IS ABOVE EVERY NAME” ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE Question: “What is the name which is above every name?” Answer: Then Moses said to God, “Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is His name?’ what shall I say to them?” And God said to Moses, “HaYAH Ashar HaYAH [“I AM WHO I AM.”] And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM {YAH} has sent me to you.’” Moreover, God said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: ‘The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever, and this is My memorial to all generations” (Exodus 3:13-15). Halleluyah, Praise YAH! The LORD revealed His essential name “YAH,” and this name appears 48 times in the Bible. Question: “Doesn’t the LORD have many names?” Answer: And God spoke to Moses and said to him: “I the Lord. I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as EL SHADDAI [God Almighty], but by My name Lord {YAH} I was not known to them (Exodus 6:2-3). The LORD only has one essential name YAH, and many descriptive names. Question: What does this mean to me? Answer: The prophet Isaiah makes this very clear: “Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; ‘For Yah, the Lord, is my strength and song; He also has become my salvation’” (Isaiah 12:2 NKJV, as compared to the Hebrew). “YAH” means “I AM” with “Shua” meaning salvation, and thus YAHSHUA is the exclusive name of our salvation. Question: What name did Christ actually receive at His birth? Before we answer, it is important that we know one crucial fact, that the name Jesus has only existed since the 17th century. So the real question is, “What name did the angel reveal to Joseph?” Obviously the name of salvation according to the Prophet is “YAH,” and “shua” means salvation. Answer: In Matthew 1:21, “And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name YAHSHUA, for He will save His people from their sins.” “You shall call” is a command from God through the angel. The name YAHSHUA is revealed and commanded to be given to our Savior. Most do not know of the transformations, or the linguistic evolution, of the only name by which we must be saved: Jesus changed from Iesus due to the late addition of the letter “J” into the English alphabet in the 17th century. Jesus comes from Iesus, and Iesus is found in the 1611 KJV English version of the Bible. Iesus (Latin) comes from the Greek name Iesous, which is a transliteration of the Aramaic name Yeshua, Yeshua was a common name in the 1st century, and most people who lived in the land of Israel would have heard YAHSHUA as Yeshua. Question: Why is this one name YAHSHUA so important to our salvation? The Apostle Peter made this very clear and emphatic: “Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12). Question: How do we know that YAH was revealed to us? Answer: The Savior Himself told us when He said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM” (John 8:58). “I AM” is YAH, as in Halleluyah, Praise YAH! The Apostle Paul, who was called Saul, on the Road to Damascus heard the name which is above every name, He testified of this to King Agrippa, “While thus occupied, as I journeyed to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, at midday, O King, along the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who journeyed with me. And when we all had fallen to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ So I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said, ‘I am YAHSHUA, whom you are persecuting’” (Acts 26:12-15). Question: Did the apostle Paul hear the name which is above every name? Answer: The apostle Paul wrote, “Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him {YAH} the name which is above every name, that at the name of YAHSHUA every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that YAHSHUA the Christ is LORD, to the glory of God the Father” (Philippians 2:9-11). Every language is to know and confess this one name: YAHSHUA. Question: “What does it mean if we reject the one name given under heaven by which we must be saved?” Answer: “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. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God” (John 3:16-18). To reject the Savior’s revealed name is to stand condemned. Halleluyah, Praise YAH, Praise YAHSHUA! And be saved! This יָה is “YAH” {I AM} in Hebrew. “But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord YAHSHUA, giving thanks to God the Father through Him” (Colossians 3:14-17). Shalom in His name, YAHSHUA!

[@johnjerosin]

Amen

[@runner8095]

Awesome

[@marcrejas1634]

It would be wonderful if you guys listed the notes (or a link to it) in your description. Thank you for the message!

[@Broken_Berean]

RC ran and finished his race well. He now sees God.

[@ClickToPreview]

No man who is drowning chooses their rescuer. And no One but GOD can DRAW you towards an actual Rescuer. Mull that over when you think you have "free will".

[@karelltulod3079]

October 10 2011 Amen

[@twooharmony2000]

7:07 is I, when is me felt more right...ego in Greek is used as personal pronoun singular yet translates not as I except in the emphatic, it actually is a word usually understood as me, my. But you didn't want to seem inconsistent for the lecture and those attending...very admirable. And you were right to think, "me." That seems in line with the original language use.-Ernie Moore Jr. [not sure how this went red-brown for some of it]

[@arnoldpineda2510]

Matthew 5:17 Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. Luke 14: 11 : For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.

[@thakurv1]

How does ego emi correspond to the Aramaic ? Is it still as grammatically powerful? How does the use in the Septuagint correlate to moses’ Hebrew ? Are we to understand the original Greek structures as inspired without correlating them back to how they would be been said in Aramaic by jesus ? Because jesus didn’t speak Greek but John spoke and wrote in coine in addition to knowing Aramaic and hebrew . I hope this question makes sense please someone help me. Because it is very beautiful how the Holy Spirit inspired John to say it In Greek but how did / would have jesus said I am the bread of life , in Aramaic?

[@ty-oz6kg]

Can someone provide the link for the rest of RC’s teaching on the ‘I AM’ statements?

[@Yesica1993]

It's in the pinned comment.

[@AL-ri6bk]

hristian theology is like geniuses~

[@AL-ri6bk]

so ego ; is like self whats eimi? sorries, wasnt listening attentively ish O_O :P...

[@freedomwriter7734]

You really need to read the letter to Sproul on openletters.website

[@andrewleng5295]

I have a very basic understanding of κοινή Ελληνική but when he started talking about έγω είμι I thought it didn’t sound accurate. Thanks for describing it so well and respectfully in your letter.

[@conexaosorriso8436]

Was this course for free?

[@billy8065]

Im more than sure that the effectual fervent prayer of someone is the source for softening anyman heart to correspond properly to the God's calling for coming to his son. We are or were at some point the fruit of someone consistent prayer To draw us for fully recognition of our sinful nature condition and need, the agent that convicted us was the person of the holy ghost acting side to side along someone consistent prayer 💯💡✍️⚖️🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@oteikwufrancis1108]

Please where can I get the full message?

[@Yesica1993]

The link is in the pinned comment.

[@billy8065]

predestined? Or rather Gd knew men heart And beforehand knew who were going to refused his very son He as creator did not programmed anyone to refused his will and purpose Each individual derived by their own natural choices their own final fate Either lost or saved The cross was the extreme God's action to saving all men with no exception.

[@abekelly9935]

Just a sidebar.. the painting on the wall behind R.C. is The Angelus. The incarnation of Christ was made known to us by the message of an angel.

[@jerrylisby5376]

Leggo my ego. Lol

[@jerrylisby5376]

Moses did not give you the manna just like when Jesus used the 12 Apostles to pass out the bread to the 5000 plus. That bread came from God who is Jesus. On earth as it is in Heaven.

[@twooharmony2000]

4:22 ego in the Greek is more a pronoun and is Not a verb--is I, me my; yet Not I am.-Ernie Moore Jr.

[@MSHOOD123]

Very doubtful He spoke the I AM in Greek🙄

[@BeneiYahweh]

Deuteronomy 4:35, 2 Chronicles 33:13, and we can get more Scriptural truth against that stupid idea that we are god, we are just slaves, slaves of GOD or slaves of sin, you choose... The Hebrew of I AM is just fullfiled by YHVH... READ THE BIBLE

[@Redeemed.of.YHVH.thru.Christ]

Jesus Christ IS YHVH manifest in the flesh, read YOUR Bible. “Without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: THAT YHVH WAS MANIFEST IN THE FLESH, seen of angels, justified in the Spirit, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory”, 1 Timothy 3:16. Why don’t you read Isaiah 9:6, Jesus Christ is the MIGHTY GOD & EVERLASTING FATHER, or read Micah 5:2, the Messiah born in Bethlehem is the ETERNAL ONE whose going forth IS FROM EVERLASTING. Who else is from everlasting other than YHVH? YHVH is Father, Word, and Holy Ghost in ONE LIVING GOD, 1 John 5:7. The Word made flesh who is God, YHVH incarnate, is Jesus Christ, John 1:1-14.

[@maryburke1351]

I think John MacArthur is wrong buy turning comments off

[@Yesica1993]

It would be filled with people fighting and saying horrible things. They probably don't want to have to deal with that. I don't know if comments are monitored here, or if it's just that JMA is more well known than RC.

[@Mymimemei]

A lot of people go to him but a lot of people won’t be saved.

[@harryseibert457]

Do Paleo's eat the Bread of Life?

[@richardschauf7373]

Let the word be heard! Open your ears and evaluate, not dictate like you did on another program by this same biblical scholar. If you choose to reject, so be it. I know my sheep and my sheep recognize my voice. When you block comments your not a sheep. Your not a robot God created. He gave you a choice!, He gave his life that man might be saved, grace. There is a hell, Jesus spoke of it. Luke 16.31

[@frankjuelich2772]

β&

[@jeremywitte96]

I don't worry about predestination. It's stupid to even wrestle with it. It discourages evangelism.

[@ianestrelladotv5900]

Amen

[@emmanuelflomo7490]

Amen