I AM
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I <strong>AM</strong> : M. M. Ninan<br />
"For this reason have I come into this world, for this reason I was born".<br />
The clear explanation is that he was born by accident. He decided<br />
to be incarnated for a specific purpose. H existed before his birth.<br />
John 8:58 "I tell you the truth," Jesus answered, "before Abraham was<br />
born, I am!"<br />
He is the Alpha and the Omega.<br />
Rev 22:13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the<br />
Beginning and the End.<br />
What was this reason? "To testify to this truth." To the truth that<br />
there is a world beyond this world where there is no pain or<br />
suffering or decay or death. He came to declare that truth and that<br />
He is the King of this imperishable ‘spiritual’ world. And that He<br />
was the way to this place. Here is the relevance to Jesus’ statement:<br />
‘I am the Way, the Truth’<br />
Pilate understood in the true Socratic and Platonic tradition that<br />
Truth is the Absolute. Here is Jesus who claims that he was this<br />
Absolute. Everything is be compared and with him. He is the<br />
ultimate standard with which the world may judge any action.<br />
World has never seen anything like this before. Go into every<br />
culture and religion, Jesus is the ultimate, par excellence. All<br />
godmen of India claim that they were once Jesus. Islam announces<br />
the total purity of the Word of Allah who is Jesus. Why because<br />
world has no other greater standard to go by.<br />
I <strong>AM</strong> THE LIFE<br />
We need to look at the last word Life in the context of the other<br />
two, The Way, The Truth. What is life? It cannot be defined by<br />
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