THE GREAT “I AM.”

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jun 21, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 25.

THE GREAT “I AM.”

WHEN the Lord sent Moses to the children of Israel, He told him to say to Israel, “I AM hath sent me unto you.”

This name, with all its fulness of meaning, was God’s blank pledge of all His exceeding great and precious promises to His children. In the Lord’s covenant to Abraham and his heirs He has given all, all blessings in all fulness. And His announcement to Israel was the Bank of Heaven’s blank cheque for Israel to fill out by faith.

I AM hath sent me to you. He desired to be their fulness at that time, a very present help, their all in all, according to their needs. How much they never knew. How much we shall never know till we stand triumphant on the crystal sea before the throne.

But “whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.”

Jesus is the “prophet like unto Moses,” the Sent of God. He says, “I AM hath sent Me unto you.” Nay, more, He is the I AM in humanity. He is Heaven’s cheque in blank for all He has promised for every one of His children to fill out by faith.

Do you want redemption, to be created anew, to have your sins pardoned, cleansed?—Fill out the cheque and present it to the Bank. It will be honored. “I AM thy Redeemer; I AM thy Creator; I AM the propitiation of thy sins; I AM thine Advocate,” is His message oft told. Do you desire counsel, comfort, companionship?—I AM thy counselor, thy Friend, thy Brother, thy Shepherd, thy Father, thy God. He is all in all to all who will receive Him.

O soul, needing a Saviour, learn His name; fill it out with all your needs; and know the wonderful goodness and fulness of the great I AM.