Grace To Live Holy

By grace we are saved, it is true.  Sinners saved by grace, it is true.  Our righteousness is as filthy rags, it is true.  Yet, Jesus Christ is all our righteousness, and His righteousness is perfect!  When I declare it is no longer I that lives, but Christ that lives within me, I am declaring the holiness of the living Christ within - and this by grace.  The grace extended us through Jesus Christ is that through Him we are made holy.  Holy fruit comes forth from our lives!  Jesus told us we MUST be born again.  This follows death to the old man, and becoming a new creation in Christ Jesus.  When we are born again we are set free from the bondage of sin.  This is God's grace extended to us through Jesus Christ - that we may be holy as our Father in Heaven is holy!  Our liberty in Christ Jesus is liberty from sin - not liberty to sin.  Faith in Christ Jesus produces works in keeping with His holiness.  These works prove whether our Father is God, or the devil.

"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven."
Matthew:5:16-20

"Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect."
Matthew:5:48

"Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."
2 Corinthians:5:17

Jesus calls us to be perfect as our Father in Heaven is perfect.  Is this an unreasonable expectation for the one who has been born again?  Jesus also says His yoke is easy, His burden is light.  How can this be?  It is impossible for me to be holy!  Yet, when I die to me, and come alive in Christ, it is Christ living in and through me that makes me holy.  Jesus makes it clear that He did not come to do away with the perfect Law of God, but to fulfill this Law - within us!  It is not some ideal out there, for some day.  The Living Christ is a reality for NOW!  And His salvation is NOW.  Jesus Christ is the Author and Finisher of our faith - NOW.  When we are born again, we are born again NOW.  Yes, we repent - continually.  Why balk at this most precious gift of repentance?  What a relief repentance brings us from the despot ruler of self!  What a gift to become so diminished, in repenting of ourselves, as Jesus Christ becomes everything!  To lose self importance for the sake of the importance of Christ Jesus.  Truly, then, the burden becomes easy and light.  Dying to self is where the struggle lies - the death struggle.  Think of a dying bug...

The death struggle can also be termed 'rebellion'.  Rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and left to rule in the individual's life, indeed, comes to look very much like witchcraft!  When in rebellion, and arguing, and accusing, against God and His words we find in opposition to our sensibilities and desires (of our wicked heart), we have set ourselves up as gods.  We are in great mistrust.  We are inclined, then, to distort scriptures to be more palatable and acceptable.  We are given to nuances and frivolities in our doctrines - doctrines of demons, the Bible says - "Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away." 2 Timothy:3:5  God becomes in our service for healing and riches.  He becomes enamored with us, and soft.  We do not seek His Kingdom first.  We seek our importance and comfort.  Things become backwards to the Truth.  The light within us is darkness, and oh how dark is that darkness.

Jesus said, "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and His righteousness, THEN all these things shall be added unto you."  Here is what Jesus said about the Kingdom of God:  "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind: Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth."
Matthew:13:44-50

What do you seek?  Healing and provision, or the Kingdom of God?  "Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure."  Philippians:2:12-13. Perfect loves casts out fear.  Let us be made perfect in the love of God through the life Christ lives within us and through us.  This holy life Jesus gives us is His gift of grace and love, alone.  Let us only boast in this - in Christ Jesus our King - and live holy lives in keeping with the holiness of our Heavenly Father.  Let us allow Christ Jesus to live this holy life in and through us.  It is only His doing!  This is the Father's heart toward us.  Let us not spurn this most precious gift of grace and love.  Amen.

"Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God..."
Ephesians:6:10-17

"I Am"

Along with the Psalmist, and John of the New Testiment, we rejoice in the aspects of God which bring us comfort in considering His love, grace, and favor.

But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
Psalm:86:15

Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
Psalm:89:14

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
1 John:4:7-12

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Ephesians:2:8

These scriptures are beautiful for the one who trusts in Christ Jesus!  Yet, they present only half a truth.  It is so important that we discuss, and come to terms with, the severity of God.  Do I resent the more difficult aspects of God - those contrary to my will?  Am I in rebellion?  Have I created God into an image more acceptable to me (idolatry)?  Who does God say He is?  All of God's words are Life for those who will believe, and become in accord with Him.  All who reject God are already dead.  Here is an extensive collection of "I Am" proclamations made by God, in the Holy Bible, that inform us of His Character, and Who He is - in His Words.

After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
Genesis:15:1

And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
Genesis:17:1

Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
Exodus:3:6

And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
Exodus:3:14

And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD:
Exodus:6:2 (many verses God introduces Himself by saying, "I am the Lord")

And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.
Exodus:15:26

For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
Exodus:22:27

For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Leviticus:11:44

And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you.
Leviticus:20:8

But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the LORD your God, which have separated you from other people.
Leviticus:20:24

Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you,
Leviticus:22:32

And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.
Numbers:18:20

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
Psalm:46:10

Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
Psalm:50:7

Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.
Isaiah:1:14

I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
Psalm:81:10

To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
Isaiah:1:11

For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:
Isaiah:10:13

Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.
Isaiah:41:4

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Isaiah:41:10

I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
Isaiah:42:8

For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
Isaiah:43:3

Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;
Isaiah:43:5

Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
Isaiah:43:10

Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?
Isaiah:43:13

I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.
Isaiah:43:15

Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
Isaiah:44:6

Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
Isaiah:44:24

I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
Isaiah:45:5

That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.
Isaiah:45:6

For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.
Isaiah:45:18

Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
Isaiah:45:22

And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
Isaiah:46:4

Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
Isaiah:46:9

Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
Isaiah:48:12

Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
Isaiah:48:17

And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
Isaiah:49:23

But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts is his name.
Isaiah:51:15

Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is I.
Isaiah:52:6

I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.
Isaiah:65:1

Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah:1:8

And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.
Jeremiah:1:19

Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever.
Jeremiah:3:12

Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:
Jeremiah:3:14

But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah:9:24

And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah:15:20

Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of the plain, saith the LORD; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?
Jeremiah:21:13

Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.
Jeremiah:23:30

Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.
Jeremiah:23:31

Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah:23:32

And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.
Jeremiah:24:7

For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet I will not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.
Jeremiah:30:11

They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
Jeremiah:31:9

Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?
Jeremiah:32:27

Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the LORD: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.
Jeremiah:42:11

Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.
Jeremiah:46:28

Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee.
Jeremiah:50:31

Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.
Jeremiah:51:25

And they shall know that I am the LORD, and that I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them.
Ezekiel:6:10

And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the LORD that smiteth.
Ezekiel:7:9

The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel:7:27

Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel:11:10

And ye shall know that I am the LORD: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of the heathen that are round about you.
Ezekiel:11:12

And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries.
Ezekiel:12:15

For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel:12:25

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel:13:8

And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel:13:9

So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel:13:14

Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly.
Ezekiel:13:20

Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel:13:23

And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel:14:8

And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.
Ezekiel:15:7

And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD:
Ezekiel:16:62

Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.
Ezekiel:20:12

I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them;
Ezekiel:20:19

And ye shall know that I am the LORD when I have wrought with you for my name's sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel:20:44

And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.
Ezekiel:21:3

Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
Ezekiel:22:26

And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.
Ezekiel:25:17

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up.
Ezekiel:26:3

And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her.
Ezekiel:28:22

And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I am the LORD their God.
Ezekiel:28:26

Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
Ezekiel:29:3

Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia.
Ezekiel:29:10

Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel:30:19

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.
Ezekiel:30:22

But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.
Ezekiel:30:25

Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.
Ezekiel:33:29

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.
Ezekiel:34:10

And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.
Ezekiel:34:27

And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel:34:31

And thou shalt know that I am the LORD, and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume.
Ezekiel:35:12

For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown:
Ezekiel:36:9

And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel:36:11

And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
Ezekiel:36:23

And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel:37:6

And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
Ezekiel:37:13

Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel:38:23

So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
Ezekiel:39:7

So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward.
Ezekiel:39:22

Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.
Ezekiel:39:28

And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession.
Ezekiel:44:28

I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.
Hosea:11:9

Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me.
Hosea:13:4

And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.
Joel:2:27

So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.
Joel:3:17

So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.
Zechariah:1:14

Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.
Zechariah:1:16

Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain.
Zechariah:8:3

And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them.
Zechariah:10:6

And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Matthew:3:17

Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
Matthew:5:17

But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Matthew:9:13

Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
Matthew:10:34

For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
Matthew:10:35

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Matthew:11:29

While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
Matthew:17:5

I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
Matthew:22:32

But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.
Matthew:26:32

And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
Matthew:26:61

Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Matthew:28:20

And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
Mark:14:62

I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
Luke:12:49

Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
Luke:12:51

For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.
Luke:22:27

Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said unto them, Ye say that I am.
Luke:22:70

I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
John:5:43

And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
John:6:35

I am that bread of life.
John:6:48

I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
John:6:51

Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.
John:7:28

But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
John:7:29

Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.
John:7:34

Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
John:8:12

And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.
John:8:16

I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.
John:8:18

And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
John:8:23

I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
John:8:24

Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.
John:8:28

Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
John:8:58

As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
John:9:5

And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.
John:9:39

Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
John:10:7

I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
John:10:9

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
John:10:10

I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
John:10:11

I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
John:10:14

And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.
John:11:15

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
John:11:25

If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.
John:12:26

I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
John:12:46

Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.
John:13:13

Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.
John:13:19

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
John:14:3

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John:14:6

Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
John:14:10

Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.
John:14:11

At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
John:14:20

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
John:15:1

I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
John:15:5

And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.
John:17:10

And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
John:17:11

I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
John:17:14

They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
John:17:16

Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
John:17:24

They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.
John:18:5

As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.
John:18:6

Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way:
John:18:8

Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
John:18:37

Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
John:20:17

Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.
Acts:7:32

And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
Acts:9:5

And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.
Acts:22:8

And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.
Acts:26:15

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
Revelation:1:8

And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
Revelation:1:17

I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
Revelation:1:18

And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
Revelation:2:23

And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
Revelation:21:6

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
Revelation:22:13

I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
Revelation:22:16