67 Time to Make a Choice

John 10:22-42; Luke 14:25-35, TBC Book Two, Chapter 67
A few months after Jesus had appeared in Jerusalem, he returned again for the Feast of Dedication. It was winter, and he walked in the sheltered areas of the temple courtyard, in Solomon’s Colonnade. When the people realized Jesus was there, they began to gather around him. Some asked, “Why are you keeping us in suspense about your identity? If you are the Messiah, why don’t you just say so?”

Jesus replied, “I did tell you, but you didn’t believe me.

“I’ve done miracles in my Father’s name, and those miracles show who I am. The reason you don’t know who I am is because you don’t believe. And the reason you don’t believe is because you are not my sheep.

“My sheep listen to me. They recognize my voice, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. Neither will anyone snatch them away from me, for my Father has given them to me. I and the Father are one.”

When Jesus said this, the people got angry and began picking up rocks to stone him. . . .

(See THE BIBLE CLICKS, Book Two, Chapter 67, for the rest of the story.)
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Today’s Takeaways
     A proverb to guide you: Belief takes us by the hand to meet Jesus; discipleship beckons us to go further—to follow him.
     A promise to cling to: “ ‘My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.’ ” John 10:27 NIV
     A praise to fill you: We Are the Reason  David Meece     [Can skip ad after first 5 seconds]

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