"Believe
The Works"
Jesus answered, "I have told you,
and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father's name testify to me,
but you do not believe, because you do not belong to my sheep. My sheep hear my
voice. I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will
never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand. What my Father has given
me is greater than all else, and no one can snatch it out of the Father's hand.
The Father and I are one."
The Jews took up stones again to stone
him. Jesus replied, "I have shown you many good works from the Father. For
which of these are you going to stone me?" The Jews answered, "It is
not for a good work that we are going to stone you,
but for blasphemy, because you, though only a human being, are making yourself
God." Jesus answered, "Is it not written in your law, 'I said, you are gods'? If those to whom the word of God
came were called 'gods' - and the scripture cannot be annulled - can you say
that the one whom the Father has sanctified and sent into the world is
blaspheming because I said, 'I am God's Son'? If I am not doing the works of my
Father, then do not believe me. But if I do them, even though you do not
believe me, believe the works, so that you may know and understand that the
Father is in me and I am in the Father." Then they tried to arrest him
again, but he escaped from their hands.
John 10:25-39
Jesus provides security to His people. He
gives us eternal life, and no one can take that away from us.
When we know Jesus as Savior, we are
secure in His hands; we cannot lose our salvation. Jesus also provides an even
higher level of security to us - His Father is our Father, and He is the
greatest of all.
Christ's work
makes us safe;
God's Word makes
us sure.
Our
Daily Bread -