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Jesus makes the extraordinary claim that unless we believe he is God, we will die in our sins, connecting his identity to the divine name revealed to Moses at the burning bush.

• Jesus repeatedly uses the phrase "I am he" (ego eimi) which directly connects to God's self-revelation in Exodus 3
• The religious leaders understood Jesus was claiming divinity, which is why they attempted to stone him
• Jesus also claims the title "Son of Man" from Daniel 7, another declaration of his divine authority
• When confronted by the high priest, Jesus' claim to be the Son of Man results in charges of blasphemy
• Jesus' claims to deity cannot be separated from his ethical teachings - they are fundamentally connected
• If Jesus is merely human, his death means nothing; if he is God, his death brings eternal life
• We must respond to Jesus' claims - there is no neutral position or "sitting on the fence"

Join us next Sunday as we begin a four-week miniseries on the book of Acts, examining the basics of Christianity and what the early church practiced.