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time. I don't need something good. I need life." We all need to see who and what this living Per son is.
THE GREAT I AM
Who is the Lord Jesus? He is the very Jehovah, the I Am (8:24, 28, 58). According to Genesis 1, God's name in relation to His crea tion is Elohim, God. After creation, however, in Genesis 2, when God was attempting to form a relationship with man, God's other name was mentioned—Jehovah, I Am that I Am. Jehovah is God's name in His relationship with mankind. At the time of John 8, Jehovah stood there in the form of a little man by the name of Jesus, which means Jehovah the Savior. Again I say that you must learn the lesson not to care for the outward appearance. If you merely care for the outward ap pearance, you will certainly miss the mark. The Jewish religionists of the day missed the mark because they despised that little Jesus. Jesus had no form, comeliness, beauty, or attraction. Nev ertheless, He was the great I Am. The Lord as the great I Am is the everlasting One who exists from eternity unto eternity. He is without begin ning or end of time. As the great I Am, He is the self-existing One, ever existing for eternity. He