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\u201cThen said the Jews unto Him [the Lord Jesus], Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast Thou seen Abraham? Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. Then took they up stones to cast at Him\u201d<\/span> (John 8:57-59).<\/p>\n

Yesterday we noticed that the Lord Jesus took the title I AM, just as Jehovah had done when He spoke to Moses out of the burning bush. Jesus was the Jehovah of the Old Testament.<\/p>\n

Here, in our verses today, He uses that title again with reference to Abraham. By faith Abraham had looked on to the time when Christ would come, and then the Jews questioned how someone who was not even fifty years old could have seen Abraham.<\/p>\n

The Lord\u2019s answer is instructive for us. He did not say, \u201cBefore Abraham was, I was.\u201d No, as the ever-existing One, He said, \u201cBefore Abraham was, I am.\u201d If someone like Noah or Methuselah had been speaking, they could have said, \u201cBefore Abraham was, I was,\u201d for they were men like Abraham. But the Lord Jesus, who existed from eternity, did not move in time before He came into this world. Living and moving in eternity, He could say, \u201cI am.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cThen said the Jews unto Him [the Lord Jesus], Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast Thou seen Abraham? Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. Then took they up stones to cast at Him\u201d (John 8:57-59). Yesterday we noticed that the Lord Jesus took … <\/p>\n

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