{"id":4295,"date":"2021-10-26T12:58:16","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T17:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/?p=4295"},"modified":"2025-08-27T12:35:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T17:35:02","slug":"%e4%b8%bb%e8%80%b6%e7%a8%a3%e7%9a%84%e4%b8%83%e4%b8%aa%e6%88%91%e6%98%af","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/en\/bible-faith\/devotional-notes\/2021\/10\/%e4%b8%bb%e8%80%b6%e7%a8%a3%e7%9a%84%e4%b8%83%e4%b8%aa%e6%88%91%e6%98%af\/","title":{"rendered":"The Seven “I Am” Sayings of Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

1\uff09”I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. I am the bread of life. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.” (John 6:35, 48, 51)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2\uff09”I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” (John 8:12). “While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” (John 9:5)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3\uff09”Very truly I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep. I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture.” (John 10:7, 9)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The image above: An ancient Israelite sheep pen where the shepherd would sleep at the entrance.
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4\uff09”I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me.” (John 10:11, 14)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5\uff09Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die.” (John 11:25)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6\uff09”I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The image above: Grapevines in the Galilee region of Israel today.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

7\uff09”I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.” (John 15:1). “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.” (John 15:5)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The image above: A golden grape ornament on the roof of the Temple.
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The image above: Golden grapes on the columns at the entrance of the sanctuary.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1\uff09”I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. I am the bread of life. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4297,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-devotional-notes"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4295"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11653,"href":"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4295\/revisions\/11653"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}