Day 3

Scripture to Read: John 10:27–28

Jesus continued to challenge the religious leaders by telling them in John 10:27–28, “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; 28 and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.” Remember that Jesus had told them in John 10:5, 8, 10, and 12–13 that they were not true shepherds. Then, in John 10:26, Jesus told them that they didn’t believe because they were not true sheep and therefore, they didn’t belong to Him. Our Lord Jesus Christ is not saying that God the Father made it impossible for them to believe; Jesus is simply pointing out the fact that they had chosen not to hear and follow Him as their Lord. By choosing to refuse Christ, they had chosen to remain blind to seeing Him and deaf to hearing Him for Who He is—the same is true today. Though people hear the gospel of Christ, it does not guarantee they will respond to the gospel. God desires us to love Him in the same way He loves us, which is unconditionally. God never forces His love on us, and He gives us the ability to love Him back. When anyone chooses to die to themselves (Galatians 2:19–20) and surrender to Christ, their eyes and ears are opened to the fullness of Who He is and who they are through Him. Then, in verse 28, Jesus describes the benefits and blessings that come to those who follow Him, and these benefits are eternal.

Challenge & Application

• Why were the religious leaders told that they were not Jesus’ sheep? What was their problem? • We know, even as Christians, how ugly our flesh is; so, how are you crucifying your flesh daily so that you hear your Lord clearly?

Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!

Devotionals from this week

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Day 1

Our Lord Jesus Christ was constantly ridiculed and persecuted by the religious leaders of His day. Those religious leaders continually sought to find some way to get Jesus to call Himself the king of the Jews. If He did, they could accuse Him before the Roman governor and hopefully get Him sentenced to death. For a bit of history, as we read ...

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Day 2

The religious leaders could not see that Jesus was the Messiah/Christ, God in the flesh, their Creator and King. There are still billions of people on this planet today who are still blind to the Truth that Jesus is the One and Only God of the universe. The reason for this blindness is clearly laid out in 2 Corinthians 4:3–4, And even if our ...

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Day 3

Jesus continued to challenge the religious leaders by telling them in John 10:27–28, “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; 28 and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.” Remember that Jesus had told them in John 10:5, 8, 10, and 12–13 that they were not true...

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Day 4

Jesus never backed away from His Truth as He talked with the religious leaders of His day. We must remember that these same religious leaders would have known the first five books of the Bible incredibly well. They would have also known many of the prophecies about the coming Messiah. But even with all of their head knowledge, their hearts we...

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Day 5

Jesus also declared in John 10:30, “I and the Father are one.” What Jesus said was clear as a bell, for He declared Himself equal to God the Father. In declaring Himself God, the religious leaders had a choice to make: to believe Jesus to be the Messiah written about in the Old Testament prophecies and therefore to know He is Lord, to declare...

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Day 6

The religious leaders declared the problem they had with Jesus in John 10:33, The Jews answered Him, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy; and because You, being a man, make Yourself out to be God.” The religious leaders only saw Jesus as a man and nothing more. Therefore, they considered what Jesus said as blasphemy (profa...

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Day 7

The religious leaders did not like the challenge Jesus gave them from His Holy Word, for we read in John 10:39, Therefore they were seeking again to seize Him, and He eluded their grasp. The religious leaders were determined to kill Jesus. Jesus eluded them for the moment because His time to go to the cross had not yet arrived. God the Father...

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