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I Give Them Eternal Life

Date: May. 5, 2024

Passage

John 10:22-42

I and the Father Are One

22 At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, 23 and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the colonnade of Solomon. 24 So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” 25 Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name bear witness about me, 26 but you do not believe because you are not among my sheep. 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. 30 I and the Father are one.”

31 The Jews picked up stones again to stone him. 32 Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?” 33 The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God.” 34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I said, you are gods’? 35 If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be broken—36 do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? 37 If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me; 38 but if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.” 39 Again they sought to arrest him, but he escaped from their hands.

40 He went away again across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing at first, and there he remained. 41 And many came to him. And they said, “John did no sign, but everything that John said about this man was true.” 42 And many believed in him there.

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Key Verse: John 10:28

I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

The Jewish religious leaders in Jerusalem were perplexed when they saw Jesus’ powerful teachings and miraculous works. They had an erroneous view of the Messiah. They believed that the Messiah would be a future Jewish king and rule physically in great power. As a result of this they responded to Jesus with unbelief. Jesus proved that his works gave credence to the fact that he was the Messiah. The religious leaders did not listen to his voice nor follow him for they were not Jesus’ sheep. Those who respond in repentance and faith are Jesus’ true sheep. He gives them the promise of eternal life. No one can snatch his sheep from the Father’s hand, because he would pay the full ransom for their sins on the cross, and secure their eternal life through his resurrection. In Jesus’ love and protection, his sheep are free from the condemnation of sin.

The Jewish leaders also rejected Jesus’ testimony, “I and the Father are one,” and tried to stone him. Jesus defended himself by quoting Psalm 82:6 of the judges of Israel. Jesus is the Son of God whom the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world for his work of salvation. Jesus’ messianic works were clear evidence that God is in him and he is in God.

Prayer: Lord, you are the Son of God who gives us eternal life. Help me listen to you and follow you.

One Word: Jesus gives eternal life

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The Wise and Faithful Servant

Matthew 24:32-51

Key Verse: 24:45

“Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his master has set over his household, to give them their food at the proper time?

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