Turn to Exodus 3, where Moses encounters God in the burning bush. God tells Moses that he is the one He has chosen to lead the Israelites out of Egypt.
Moses says to God, "Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they ask me 'What is His name?'
Then what shall I tell them?"
God replies to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: 'I AM has sent me to you.'"
God has said that His own name, His personal name, is "I AM."
Now...
a) Turn to John 8:56-58. Jesus is talking to the unbelieving Jews.
"Your father Abraham rejoiced at the thought of seeing My day; he saw it and was glad."
"You are not yet 50 years old," they said to Him, "and you have seen Abraham?"
"I tell you the truth," Jesus announced, "before Abraham was, I AM!"
Jesus was the great I AM from before the beginning of time; He existed before Abraham ever was. He is claiming here to be the I AM of the Old Testament. Verse 59 says the Jews picked up stones to stone Him, but the Lord Jesus slipped away. The reason they wanted to stone Him was because stoning was the death penalty for blasphemy. He was claiming to be Yahweh--Jehovah--Almighty God--I AM. (Of course, it wasn't blasphemy when Christ claimed to be who He truly was!)
b) John 8:24. "I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I AM, you will indeed die in your sins."
In your Bible, it may read "if you do not believe that I am the one I claim to be...." The extra words are supplied by the editors; they're not in the original text. If you're familiar with Exodus 3 you don't need the extra words for it to make grammatical sense. The Lord Jesus is again claiming to be God.
c) John 18:4. In the Garden of Gethsemane, Judas and some priests and soldiers are about to take Jesus prisoner.
"Jesus, knowing all that was going to happen to Him, went out and asked them, 'Who is it that you want?'
'Jesus of Nazareth,' they replied.
'I AM,' Jesus said.
When He said, 'I AM,' they drew back and fell to the ground." (Again, in your Bible the editors may have supplied "I am [he]" to make it grammatically correct. The Greek just says, "I AM.")
The force of Jesus' claim to be Yahweh (I AM) was so powerful that it literally knocked the arresting officers and the Jewish priests off their feet!
same ole mantra of brainwashed Christians...disregarding the fact that Jesus severed his father and said so many times.