Homily | March 26, 2026 | If Jesus Is The I Am Then Stop Negotiating (Episode 68)

Jesus speaks the line that ends the debate: “Before Abraham came to be, I am,” and we face the real weight of what that claim means. We connect that moment to Abraham’s covenant and name change, then ask where we hear Christ’s word but refuse to keep it.
• Jesus’ “I am” as a direct claim to divinity
• Why familiarity can dull the shock of the Gospel
• God’s covenant with Abram and the meaning of a changed name
• Identity reshaped by God’s call rather than self-definition
• Faith as trusting God’s word without full understanding
• Abraham as a model of obedience and surrender
• “Keeping” Christ’s word versus agreeing with it
• The ways we resist by reinterpreting, softening, and delaying
• A personal examination of where we live outside the covenant
• Surrender as the path to becoming who we’re meant to be

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