1 Samuel 1, 1 Samuel 2: 1-26, John 10: 22-42, Psalm 80: 8-19
John 10: 27-29 (ESV)
“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.”
In verses 27 through 29 from John 10, Jesus tells the religious
leaders why they don’t believe him. The religious leaders did not believe anything
Jesus said to them because they didn’t have a relationship with him. The people
who believe in Jesus know him and recognize his voice, and they follow him. They
know they will have eternal life with him, and that Jesus will take care of
them, and no one will be snatched out of his hand. Then Jesus emphasized again
that he is the son of God the father, and that they are one. Believers in Jesus
are assured that that since his Father-God is greater than all other Gods, no human
can remove them from God’s protection. I love this metaphor of Jesus as a shepherd
and his believers as sheep. A shepherd has a close relationship with his sheep,
and he cares for them. A sheep is protected by the shepherd, as Jesus protects
his believers. And since Jesus is the son of God the father, then believers
have the protection of God the father as well. Even when we are going through
trials, God will also protect us his believers and rescue us from danger.
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