John part 12-The Good Shepherd
Key Verse: 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.” 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, but you do not believe because you are not among my sheep. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and 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 is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. I and the Father are one.” John 10:24-30 ESV Jesus loves to speak in analogies, giving us examples of things in this world we do understand to teach us about our faith. In chapter 10 he uses the example of how sheep behave to show us we are like that in our relationship to God. In his book A Shepard Looks at Psalm 23 , Phillip Keller gives us helpful things about s...