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One.” “The Great I Am.” What does “I Am” mean? “I exist. I Am.” Do you know why you
exist? Because He Is. Before you were, He Is. Do you know why the earth is? He Is. Do you
know why the sun is? Why the universe is? Because He Is. Notice this: He didn’t say, “I was.”
He didn’t say, “I will be.” He said, “I Am.” What about 10 million years ago? He Is, not He
was
.
Time with God is not like it is with us. The Bible says there is a time coming when time will be
no more. Time is something we’re experiencing temporally.
But God
Is
, and He is not dependent on anyone or anything for His existence. He is Jehovah, the
Great I Am, the Self-Existent One Who is not dependent on any other power source. Everything
is dependent on Him
being
. Take a breath. Did your heart beat again? Do you know why?
Because He Is. The reason this world turns around, and the reason the sun is still shining is
because all things are upheld by the Word of His power, because “He Is.” That’s saying volumes
that will fill the universe. When He says, “I Am,” fill in the blank. How would you say all that
He is? Just say, “He Is.” He said, “I Am.”
This didn’t happen all of the time, but a handful of times, He takes another name, and He puts it
with Jehovah. Oh, friend, this is important. He says, “I Am The Lord Who Heals You.” Now,
when He says, “I Am The Lord Who Heals You,” who has the right to come along and say, “No,
He changed. He used to be ‘The Lord Who Heals You,’ but the ‘Great I Am’
was
?” Nobody has
a right to say such a thing. “I Am”
is
, and “The God Who Heals You” is still “The God Who
Heals You,” and will always be. As long as He is, He is “The God Who Heals You.” This is
covenant. He established something here—an ordinance, a statute. This is established. “I am The
Lord Who Heals You. I Am Jehovah-Rapha, The Lord Who Heals You.” The word “Rapha”
literally means “to heal,” “to mend,” “to restore to normal.”
Say this out loud:
He is the Lord Who heals me.
He is the Lord Who mends me.
He is the Lord Who restores me to normal.
Sickness is abnormal for me.
Being weak and broken is abnormal for me.
Being broke is not normal for me.
You may want to mark these verses in your Bible, so you can have them for future reference, and
so you can share them with other people. It’s not enough to just tell somebody you believe
something; you need to prove it to them from the Word.
Exodus 23:25-26 says, “And ye shall serve the L
ORD
your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and
thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. There shall nothing cast their
young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of your days I will fulfill.” Praise the Lord.
Let’s look at this in another translation. The New International Version says, “Worship the L
ORD
your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water.” You know, the Bible tells us to give
thanks when we eat because what we eat is sanctified by two things: the Word of God and
prayer. Religion has reduced it to “saying grace.” Most folks don’t even know what that means.
To most, it doesn’t mean a thing. A lot of people know that it’s thanksgiving, giving thanks, but