Jesus' Name is I AM
John 8:53Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? and the prophets are dead. Whom dost thou make thyself? 54Jesus answered: If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father that glorifieth me, of whom you say that he is your God. 55And you have not known him, but I know him. And if I shall say that I know him not, I shall be like to you, a liar. But I do know him, and do keep his word. 56Abraham your father rejoiced that he might see my day: he saw it, and was glad. 57The Jews therefore said to him: Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? 58Jesus said to them: Amen, amen I say to you, before Abraham was made, I am.
Any mere creature who makes such a claim is a liar, and not to be followed.
And lest there be any doubt about what Jesus meant when He said that, check out the Jews' reaction to Him:
John 8:59At this, they picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus hid himself, slipping away from the temple grounds.
Why would they do that, except they thought He had blasphemed?