I Will I Am

7SEVEN

August 9, 2015
Amazing Life Church
Dominion and Vision Series part 7
“I Will I Am”
Greet People
Here I go again trying to fit Jesus in 25 minutes or so. I
am certain that I will have 1 or 2 more messages simply
about our Lord. In our consideration of Kingdom living
and Dominion in our lives we must be clear about the
mission, and enlightened in the Way. Way meaning, “a
course of conduct, thinking, feeling, and deciding.”
I want to share some thoughts today titled, “I Will I
Am”
The phrase I Will is used 1753 times in the OT and 244
in the NT. Obviously not every time was it God or Jesus
speaking. The phrase covered many people and
situations. How ever I want to quickly share a few times
the words I Will were used by Jesus.
In Matthew 8:7 He said, I Will come and heal. Matthew
11:28, I Will give you rest. Matthew 16:18, I Will build
my church. Mark 1:17, I Will make you fishers of men.
John 14:3, I will come again.Page 2
John 14:21, I Will love. Finally John 15:26, I will send
the Helper.
It is comforting to know that the words, I will are so
common in the language of Christ.
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Matthew 8:5-8 NASB
5 And when Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion came
to Him, imploring Him,
6 and saying, “Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at
home, fearfully tormented.”
7 Jesus said to him, “I will come and heal him.”
8 But the centurion said, “Lord, I am not worthy for You
to come under my roof, but just say the word, and my
servant will be healed.
He went on to share his understanding of authority and
it so impressed Christ that He acknowledged his intense
faith.
The word I simply means Me, and the word will means,
“intend, to take delight in, to have pleasure, and
desire.”
Then Jesus said this.Page 3
Matthew 8:13 NASB
And Jesus said to the centurion, “Go; it shall be done for
you as you have believed.” And the servant was healed
that very moment.
I will never understand why people have a problem
believing that God takes delight in doing good things
for those who believe in Him. It is His good pleasure to
say, I Will.
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Now let’s talk about I am. The phrase I Am is used 742
times in the OT and 271 times in the NT. Again they
were used by different people in different situations
throughout the Word of God.
Jesus said in John 14:6 I Am the Way the Truth and the
Life. Way being, “a course of conduct, thinking,
feeling, and deciding.” Matthew 28:20 I Am with you
always, Matthew 11:29 I Am gentle and humble, John
8:12 I am the Light of the world. John 10:7 I Am the
door of the sheep and John 10:9 I Am the door.
The phrase I Am is defined this way. I means Me or My.
Am means; to be, to exist, to happen, to be present.Page 4
John 6:35-38 NASB
35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; he who
comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in
Me will never thirst.
36 But I said to you that you have seen Me, and yet do
not believe.
37 All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and
the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out.
38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do My
own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
Bread is used symbolically. The Israelites made it in the
form of an oblong or round cake. It was as thick as a
thumb and as large as a plate. The loaves as they were
called were consecrated to the Lord.
I find this interesting about the bread. It was never to be
cut. It was always broken.
This is a picture of Jesus and His death for when what
we call the Lord’s supper took place He said this.
Luke 22:19 NASB
And when He had taken some bread and given thanks,
He broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is My
body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of
Me.”Page 5
The word hunger is translated to mean, to crave
ardently, to seek with eager desire. The word thirst is
used figuratively to mean, painfully feel their want of,
for things by which the soul is refreshed, supported, and
strengthened.
I want to close with the story of the death and
resurrection of Lazarus form John 11. I will skip
through it to save time but the entire chapter is a must
read when you can.
Jesus and Martha were having a conversation on
Lazarus rising from the dead. Then this occurred.
John 11:24-27 NASB
24 Martha said to Him, “I know that he will rise again
in the resurrection on the last day.”
25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life;
he who believes in Me will live even if he dies,
26 and everyone who lives and believes in Me will
never die. Do you believe this?”
27 She said to Him, “Yes, Lord; I have believed that
You are the Christ, the Son of God, even He who comes
into the world.”
I want to spend a minute on the word Resurrection.Page 6
“I Am the Resurrection”
The word resurrection is translated from the Greek word
an-as’-tas-is, and it means, a rising up, rising from a
seat. The root word for resurrection, an-is’-tay-mee,
means, to cause to rise up, raise up, raise up from lying
down. To raise up, to cause to appear, bring forward.
To rise up of those who prepare themselves for a
journey. To arise, appear, stand forth.
He used this term with a much broader meaning than
simply raising Lazarus from the dead. He could do that
because of the power invested in Him by the Father.
What He was telling Martha, and telling us was that He
is right now. I am present, here, available. I will
resurrect you right now. Raise you up, cause to rise,
move you forward, prepare you for the journey. I will
arise, appear, and stand forth in your life right now. You
don’t have to die to be resurrected. Simply die to that
old way of life.
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On down these words were spoken.
John 11:41-44
41 So they removed the stone. Then Jesus raised His
eyes, and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard
Me.
42 I knew that You always hear Me; but because of the
people standing around I said it, so that they may
believe that You sent Me.”
43 When He had said these things, He cried out with a
loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth.”
44 The man who had died came forth, bound hand and
foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around
with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let
him go.”
I found something interesting in verse 44. He came alive
from the dead. Resurrected, but he was still bound.
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Lazarus was alive but bound. Have you been saved but
remain bound by your past or addiction.