F4F | Trinitarian Take Down of Brandon Tatum

The Trinity as the Biblical Doctrine of One God in Three Persons

Welcome to another installment of Fighting for the Faith. My name is Chris Roseborough. I am your servant in Jesus Christ. This is the channel that compares what people are saying in the name of God to the Word of God.

Now, we're gonna kind of step out of like the normal type of people that we offer biblical critiques for because the fellow that we'll be critiquing is a very well-known conservative YouTuber and I'm a conservative.

I know if some of you might be shocked to hear that, but you shouldn't be. But so I want to make this clear that I am NOT going after his politics at all. I am instead going to be taking on the things that he's spoken regarding the Doctrine of the Trinity.

The fellow in question is Brandon Tatum. He has over a million subscribers on YouTube and is doing quite well, I would say, on YouTube. But it has recently come to light that he has taken overt swipes at the biblical Doctrine of the Trinity.

We'll listen to just a little bit of what he said, but I want to spend the majority of this episode explaining to you biblically, how does one come to the conclusion that there is one God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit?

And we're gonna look at the clear passages on this. We're gonna let the scriptures speak. We're going to acknowledge the fact that nowhere in the Bible does it say the word Trinity. No, it's not said.

Trinity is a word that was created to describe in one word what is revealed regarding the nature of God, but I'm getting ahead of myself. So let me let me whirl up my desktop. Look at that scene. Warm, warm.

I'm in North Dakota. Sometimes I have to show warm summer scenes from Southern California to to warm me from my core out, but anyway, I digress. Let's take a look here. What I've done is I've taken Brandon Tatum's video, and wow, is it long.

The guy, in fact, the best way I can describe many of his arguments, they are some of the most embarrassingly cringeworthy false statements I've ever heard in my life, and as far as attacking the Doctrine of the Trinity.

And so we'll start with like the least cringey bits, and at least get him to say that the Bible doesn't teach the Doctrine of the Trinity. Then what we're going to do is we're going to go into the biblical text.

I'm going to show you a great resource for walking through. How do we know that the Doctrine of the Trinity is biblical? How can we believe that Jesus is God in human flesh, the Son of God in human flesh?

How do we know these things? And so we'll take a look. It's not going to be exhaustive because there is so much that it takes a really long time to do, and then we'll take a look at some of Brandon Tatum's more arguments.

And so the idea here is we're going to front-load the biblical teaching. We're going to teach you the truth and fact-check me all you want. It's going to show that the Scripture is very clear on this.

And then we'll take a look at just the egregious argumentation of Brandon Tatum, and really call for him to repent and abandon the false God that he's created using his own logic, and embrace who God is and who Christ is.

So here we go. Let's listen to the the opening bit here on his diatribe against the Doctrine of the Trinity.

Let's see. Freedom Fighter. Our God is three in one, Father, Spirit, Son. That is not in the Bible. Freedom Fighter, I love you, but that's not in the Bible. Three in one is not in the Bible. God the Son is not in the Bible.

The Trinity is not in the Bible. Three persons is not in the Bible. Co-equal, co-existent, co-eternal, none of that is in the Bible. That is an ideology that was made or expound upon at the Nacian Council in 325 AD.

And in 325 AD, there's no record of anybody believing in three-in-one until 25 AD. They didn't even...

Now, this is what we call a false narrative, okay? So, you know, this is a common thing. People who deny the Doctrine of the Trinity, what they end up doing is creating a conspiracy narrative to explain where the doctrine came from, and then they make overt claims that this is nowhere taught in Scripture.

So let's front-load this particular episode of Fighting for the Faith with biblical teaching, and it's gonna be a long episode. So, you know, grab something to write with, to take notes, follow along with your Bible if you would like to, and what we'll do here is I'm going to show you a resource.

The name of the resource is Robert Bowman, Jr., The Biblical Basis of the Doctrine of the Trinity. I'm gonna put a link to it down below in the description. Robert Bowman was a fellow who worked at a Christian Research Institute under the late Dr. Walter Martin, and when I was coming up, you know, in being trained in Christian apologetics, countercult apologetics against the Jehovah's Witnesses, the Mormons, the Oneness Pentecostals, and people like that, Bowman's work on the Doctrine of the Trinity was, I found it to be really good, and biblically just sound and solid, and the concepts that he puts forward are very, very easy to grasp.

So the best way I could put it, this is a resource. If you want to do a deep dive on the Doctrine of the Trinity, this is the place to go. There will be a link to it down below. All of that being said, let's kind of work out how this all works biblically.

We're gonna start with the fact that the Bible makes explicit statements. There is only one God. Full stop. No apologies. There's only one God, and that God is Yahweh. That's the personal name of God.

In the Hebrew, we refer to that as the Tetragrammaton, the personal name of God, Yahweh. In fact, I'll show you this. Let me give you an explicit statement, Isaiah 43, 10, one of the clearest out there.

You are my witnesses, declares Yahweh. And then you'll note here, in the Hebrew, that word that I've highlighted, that's the name of God, Yahweh. So, and I don't know why our modern translations do this, you know, but when, in the Old Testament text, whenever the personal name of God appears, Yahweh, they always put capital L, capital O, capital R, capital D.

This was kind of an invention of the Pharisees, and it still bugs me that it's been carried over into our modern translations, because there's no reason for us to follow that convention, because the Pharisees are people who are heretics.

They were false teachers, and their claim was, well, the commandment says, thou shalt not take the name of the Lord your God in vain. Ha! So what we're gonna do is we're gonna make it impossible for you to take God's name in vain by not allowing you to say his name.

So any time a Pharisee would read a Masoretic text, and the personal name of God appeared, they would always say Adonai, which is Lord, rather than Yahweh, which is the personal name of God. And I think you do violence to a proper understanding of Scripture when you follow this convention, personally.

Although I would note that, you know, there are elements of it in the New Testament, but there's never a command that tells us we can't invoke God's real name. So all that being said, you are my witnesses, declares Yahweh.

You are my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am He. Before me, no God was formed, nor shall there be any after me. Before me, no God was formed, nor will there be any after me.

Straight out. There's only one God. Full stop. So then it continues, Isaiah 45, 21 and 22. Here's what it says. Declare and present your case. Let them take counsel together who told this long ago. Who declared it of old?

Was it not I, Yahweh? And there is no other God besides me, a righteous God and a Savior. There is none besides me. Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth, for I am God. There is.

No other.

So this is, gets at what we call monotheism. There is only one God and Yahweh. Is it, all right? So thus says Isaiah 44, verse 6, thus says Yahweh the King of Israel and his Redeemer. Yahweh savaoth.

Hmm.

Yahweh the King of Israel and his Redeemer, Yahweh savaoth. Ooh, look at that, Isaiah 44, 6, kind of hints at a plurality. I'm just saying, one that is very akin to what we see in the Gospel of John, chapter 1, verse 1.

But that's a complicated text and I'll walk you through it. So then God goes on to say, who's like me? Let him proclaim it. Let him declare it and set before me, since I appointed an ancient people, let them declare what is to come and what will happen.

I forgot one little part. I better go back and reread this bit. Let's get this. Yahweh and his Redeemer, Yahweh savaoth. I am the first and I am the last. Besides me, there is no God. I am the first and I am the last.

Now, we'll talk more about this in just a second. So Yahweh is the first. He's the last. Besides him, there is no God. Who is like me? Let him proclaim it. Let him declare and set it before me, since I appointed an ancient people.

Let them declare what is to come and what will happen. Fear not, nor be afraid. Have I not told you from of old and declared it? You are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? There is no rock. I know not any.

Now, I would note something here, and that is, is that again, coming back to these words, I am the first and I am the last. Besides me, there is no God. Do you know Jesus uses those very words himself in Revelation chapter 22?

Revelation 22, Jesus speaking, says, Behold, I am coming soon. Who's coming again? Oh, yeah, Jesus is.

Look at this.

I am coming soon, bringing my recompense with me to repay each one for what he has done. I am the alpha and the omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end. Well, how many firsts and lasts are there?

One. That's what it says. I am the first and last. Besides me, there is no God. That's what Isaiah 44 says. But Jesus says he's the first and the last.

Mm hmm.

So you can tell here in some of this language, and this is one of the major points that Bowman makes in his document, is that phrases that are exclusively reserved for Yahweh of the Old Testament are used in conjunction to or pointing, you know, are used specifically regarding Jesus.

In fact, when we take a look at two particular cross references in the Old Testament, it becomes painfully clear that Jesus is none other than Yahweh himself. And I'll show you that as we work through this.

Now, let me give you some explicit texts that overtly say that Jesus is God. And we'll save some of the more contested texts for a little bit later. Like, for instance, John, chapter one, verse one. But John, chapter 20, verse 26.

This is eight days after the resurrection. Remember, on the day of the resurrection, Thomas wasn't there when Jesus appeared in the upper room and said, I'm not going to believe that Jesus is risen from the dead unless, you know, I put my fingers in his side and, you know, and touch the nail parts and stuff like that.

And so it says this eight days later. So it's the following Sunday, his disciples inside again. And Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, peace be with you.

And then he said to Thomas, put your finger here. See my hands, put your hand, put out your hand and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve or do not be disbelieving is kind of how the Greek works. But be believing.

Do not disbelieve, but be believing. And here's an important bit. I have talked with Jehovah's Witnesses. I've talked to Oneness Pentecostals who always have a fancy way of blunting and misdirecting what is being said here.

And so I would note this. So Thomas answered him. OK. Apokrythe. Now, by the way, I have a degree in biblical languages and I teach Greek to seminary students. Just saying. OK. So I know Greek, been there, done that and and teach it now.

So all that being said, so Apokrythe, Thomas answered them and said to them, said to him, auto. So here we got to be very specific on the details. What Thomas says next, he says specifically to Jesus.

That's the whole point of the dative singular there. And that is, is that he says to Jesus. So he said to him, have you, my Lord? Sorry, Thomas answered him, my Lord. Hakurios mu kaihateos mu. You are my Lord and my God.

One sentence, both statements being said regarding Jesus. And I would note for those of you out there who don't know Greek, who seem to think that it's a big deal when theos appears without the definite article, and then it's a bigger deal when it shows up with the definite article, which basically means you don't know how anarthous nouns work, especially in predicate nominative sentences.

But that's a whole other conversation. We'll have it a little bit later. The whole point is, is that that the definite article appears twice in Thomas's confession. Hakurios, ha means the, the, kurios, the Lord, mu, of me, the Lord of me, kaih, ha, definite article, theos, mu, the God of me.

What Thomas is saying, you are my Lord and my God. And what Jehovah's Witnesses say, oh, what Thomas was doing here was, was taking God's name in vain and going, OMG, uh-uh. If he were saying, OMG, then Jesus should have rebuked him because he was blaspheming.

And then I've heard one as Pentecostal say, he was saying to Jesus, you're my Lord. And then he looked up and said, you're my God. No, this is ridiculous.

All right.

That's absolutely ridiculous. Because epen auto, he said to him. And that's a dative singular of autos, singular. Thomas said these things to Jesus and Jesus doesn't rebuke him. Jesus said to him, have you believed because you have seen me?

Believe what? That he's his Lord and his God. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed. So Thomas confesses Jesus to be his Lord and his God using the definite article, ha, for theos.

And yeah, so yeah, I'm going to go with Thomas on this since Jesus gave him the thumbs up. And that's a clear text right there. Let me give you some more. The Apostle Paul in Romans 9, verse 5 says this, to them, talking about the Jews, belong the patriarchs and from their race, according to the flesh is the Christ, ha Christos.

And then we've got this interesting sub part of the sentence, who is God over all, blessed forever.

Amen.

So it says of the Christ that he is God over all, blessed forever.

Amen.

How many gods are there?

One.

Now I'm going to note here. Nobody ever challenges the statement, the father is God. I've never run into a heretic that denies the deity of the father, but Robert Bowman's outline takes you through explicit texts that say that, that where the Bible calls the father God, but here now we've got texts that explicitly say the son is God.

How many gods are there?

One.

And yet the Apostle Paul confesses that the Christ is God over all. Strange statement for a Jew to make if there's only one God, right? And there is only one God. That's kind of the point. So Paul also says this in Titus chapter two, I'll read 11 through 13, for the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness, worldly passions, to live self-controlled and upright and godly lives in the present age, waiting for the blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and savior, Jesus Christ.

Here, Paul says that Jesus is our great God and savior, referring to Christ, waiting for the blessed hope and the appearing of our great God and savior, Jesus Christ. Now, let me, let me do something here.

Okay.

All right.

Yep.

In the appearing of our great, waiting for the blessed hope and the appearing of our great God and savior, Jesus Christ.

All right.

I just wanted to check something in the Greek there.

All right.

Next, I would note this also, Paul talking about Jesus says this in Romans chapter one, starting in verse one, Paul, a servant, a doulos, a slave of Christ Jesus called to be an apostle set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy scriptures concerning his son, who was descended from David according to the flesh and was declared to be the son of God in power, according to the spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ, our Lord.

So if you haven't seen the video that I've done against Todd White and his misunderstanding, his inability to understand what's called the hypostatic union, what has to deal with the deity of Christ, one Jesus, two natures, a human nature and a divine nature, we'll put a link to that video also down below for the, so that you can take a look at that.

And that's a deeper dive into what's called the hypostatic union or the incarnation of Christ. So Paul confesses that Christ has two natures. He has a human nature that is descended from David, and he is also declared with power to be the son of God.

Now, if you're sitting there going, well, son of God, that doesn't mean that Jesus is God. Well, actually it does. Yeah, it does. And here's the reason why. And so I'm going to, I'm going to come back, make sure I know where to come back.

I want you to listen to this portion of scripture, all right? So here's what it says in John chapter 10, starting at verse 22. At that time, the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter.

This is Hanukkah. So this is the celebration of Hanukkah. Jesus was walking in the temple in the colonnade of Solomon. So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, how long are you going to keep us in suspense?

If you're the Christ, tell us plainly. Jesus told them, I told you, and you don't believe. So the works that I do in my father's name, they bear witness about me, but you do not believe because you are not among my sheep, my sheep hear my voice.

I know them and they follow me. I give them eternal life. They will never perish and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My father who has given them to me is greater than all, and no one's able to snatch them out of the father's hand.

And here it comes.

I and the father are one. So the Jews picked up stones to stone him. And Jesus answered them, I've shown you many good works from the father. For which of these are you going to stone me? The Jews answered it.

It's not for a good work that we're going to stone you, but for blasphemy because you being a man, make yourself to be God.

All right.

So the idea here is this, is that Jesus in using the scriptures for himself, talking about how God is his father, to say that Jesus is the son of God is to basically say that he is God, making himself equal with God.

So coming back then to our statement here. So he was declared to be the son of God in power, equal with God. And I'll show you that in another text from the apostle Paul. Peter says the same things, by the way.

Second Peter chapter one says this, Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ to those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousness of our God and savior, Jesus Christ.

Peter says that Jesus is our God and savior. So I'm going to go with Paul. I'm going to go with Peter. I'm going to go with Jesus.

All right.

Best way to put it. Now, one of the arguments, and you'll hear Brandon Tatum make an argument like this, well, you've got a problem. You who believe in the doctrine of the Trinity because God can't die.

And it says that Jesus died. Has he never read Acts 20, 28? Here's what the apostle Paul says to the pastors of the congregations in the city of Ephesus. They had gathered for, you know, to kind of say their final farewells to the apostle Paul and Paul gives them a very strong warning.

Here's what he says. Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers to care for the church of God and watch the statement, which he obtained with his own blood.

When did God bleed? God is spirit. But here the apostle Paul says that the church was obtained by the blood of God. Oh, I know when God bled on the cross. When God, the Son, bled, suffered, and died for your sins and mine.

Note the apostle Paul says that God obtained his church by God's own blood.

Uh-huh.

I mean, it just, it goes on and on and on. Again, these are clear passages in this regard. Hebrews 1, just a magnificent Christological section, and the punch comes in verse 8, but I want to read this in context.

Here's what the inspired author of Hebrew writes, Hebrews, he says, long ago at many times, in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets. But in these last days, he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom he also created the world.

He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature.

Uh-huh.

Jesus is the exact imprint of God's nature. He upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the majesty on high, having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.

For to which of the angels did God ever say, you are my son, today I have begotten you, or again, I will be to him a father, he shall be to me a son. And again, when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says, let all God's angels, what?

Worship him.

God, the Father, commands the angels to worship the Son. This is an important bit, by the way. Of the angels, he says, he makes his angels winds and his ministers a flame of fire. But of the Son, he says, your throne, O God, is forever and forever.

And the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom. So here in Hebrews chapter 1, verses 6 and 8, we have just clear, clear, unmistakable biblical teaching that Jesus is God. Number one, God the Father commands the angels to worship him.

So in this regard, then, I think we should take a look at Revelation chapter 19. I want you to take a look at that in this regard. Revelation 19, verse 9, so the Apostle John, he's being shown things up in heaven, and he has an angel as his tour guide, if you would.

And so the angel said to me, write this, blessed are those who were invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he said to me, these are the true words of God. Then I fell down at his feet to worship him.

But he said to me, you must not do that. I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who hold to the testimony of.

Jesus.

Worship God.

For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. Now note, Scripture is clear. You cannot worship any other being other than God. God forbids it. Here an angel was about to receive worship by the Apostle John.

He said, no, you must not do that. But, well, what happened here is that in Hebrews chapter 1, God the Father commands all the angels to worship the Son. And God the Father says of the Son, your throne, O God, is forever and ever.

The scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom. Now I'm going to add one more tab here. I'm going to pull something up in the book of Colossians. Colossians chapter 1, and I'm going to add 2 to the mix too.

All right.

So in Colossians chapter 2, sorry, chapter 1, we have redemption of our sins.

Ah, here we go.

Listen to this just wonderful text.

Okay.

So, and so from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will and all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might for all endurance and patience with joy, giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.

He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son in whom we have redemption and the forgiveness of our sins, of Christ. He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

For by him, all things were created in heaven on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities, all things were created through him and for him. He goes on to say, this is kind of an interesting statement in chapter two.

Let's, chapter two, see to it that no one takes you captive. Two verse eight, by philosophy and empty deceits, according to the human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world and not according to Christ.

For in Christ, the whole fullness of the deity dwells bodily. The whole fullness of the deity dwells bodily. It's unmistakably clear. Now, I've made the statement already, and now it's time to back it up, that Jesus is Yahweh.

Nobody doubts that Yahweh is the name of the God of the Old Testament, but we have texts that make it very clear that Jesus is Yahweh. One in particular, and one of the clearest, is found in Romans chapter 10.

We'll apply our three rules for sound biblical exegesis, context, context, and context. And what we're going to note here is that when we look at the cross reference, it's unmistakable who Jesus is. All right.

So Paul, writing in Romans chapter 10, says, Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that the person who does or keeps on doing, keeps on doing the doing, the commandments shall live by them.

But the righteousness based on faith says, do not say in your heart who will ascend into heaven, that is to bring Christ down, or who will descend into the abyss, that is to bring Christ up from the dead.

But what does it say? The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that is the word of faith that we proclaim. Because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, what does that mean?

Yahweh. I'll show you. That Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you'll be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.

For the scripture says, and note here, the Apostle Paul is making it painfully clear here that he's now quoting from the Old Testament. For the scripture says, everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.

For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call upon him, for, quote, everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

Note, who's this referring to?

Jesus.

But when you look at the cross reference, it's Joel chapter 2, verse 32. I'll keep it in context. Joel chapter 2, verse 30 says this, I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke.

The sun shall be turned into darkness, the moon to blood before the great and awesome day of the Lord Yahweh comes. It shall come to pass that everyone who calls on the name of Yahweh shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, there shall be those who escape, as Yahweh has said, among the survivors shall be those whom Yahweh calls.

Everyone who calls on the name of Yahweh shall be saved. That's the Lord right here. But Paul says, everyone who calls on the name of the Lord, referring to Jesus, will be saved. Paul, here through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, teaches us that Jesus is Yahweh, but that's not the only time he does that.

There's another text in Philippians chapter 2. You may be familiar with this. Philippians chapter 2 says this, let each one of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.

So have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus. Who though he was in the morphe, form, you could say by nature, God, he did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped. Now, a little bit of a note here.

This text is saying that Jesus is equal with God. He is in the morphe, the form of God. That's what Jesus is. The whole fullness of the deity dwells bodily. Jesus is God. If I were to say, you know, I've decided I'm going to be humble.

Yeah, I'm going to humble myself and I'm not going to consider equality with God to be something that I should grasp for. Should I be commended for doing that?

No.

If I were doing that, you'd say, finally, you've come to your senses because you're not God. There's nothing commendable about admitting that you are not something. But the whole point of this text is that if Jesus isn't God, it doesn't make any sense as an example for us to follow because there's no merit in what Christ is doing by saying, well, I'm not God if he isn't.

The whole point here is that this is how we relate to each other as equals, as humans, and here it says, Jesus, even though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped.

Instead, he emptied himself by taking on the form of a slave, a servant, being born in the likeness of men and being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on the cross.

And now the cross references are going to scream here because the text just said that Jesus is by nature God. Therefore, God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name.

Wait a second. Who has the name that is above every name? We'll take a look at the cross reference in a minute. So that at the name of who?

Jesus.

Every knee should bow in heaven on earth and under the earth and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God, the father. Now let's take a look at what that's referring to because the cross reference is very clear that the name of Jesus, every knee will bow and every tongue confess.

Isaiah 45, 21 through 23. Declare and present your case. Let them take counsel together. Who told this long ago? Who declared it of of old? Was it not I, Yahweh? And there is no God besides me. A righteous God and a savior.

There is none besides me. Turn to me and be saved, O the ends of the earth, for I am God. There is no other. By myself I have sworn and from my mouth has gone out in righteousness a word that shall not return.

To me, every knee shall bow. In every tongue shall swear allegiance. Wait a second here. Yahweh is the one speaking. In Yahweh, in Isaiah 45, 23 says, to me, every knee will bow. But what does Paul say?

That at the name of Jesus, every knee shall bow in heaven on earth and under the earth and every tongue confess. It's another text that shows that Jesus is Yahweh of the Old Testament. And you're going to note here, the scriptures are rich with these examples.

Example after example, after example. And one that I think bears talking about at this point in this context would be the fact that Jesus had this annoying thing that he kept doing and that he kept using the name of Yahweh for himself.

And the name of Yahweh that was given, another alternate name was the I Am. In Exodus 3, verse 13, it says this, Moses said to God, if I come to the people of Israel and I say to them, the God of your fathers has sent me to you.