John Chapter 10

Jesus was talking to the people about the gatekeeper for the sheep. When the gatekeeper opens the gate, the sheep by name should listen to his voice and follow him. When the gatekeeper sends the sheep out, he walks ahead with them, and the sheep should follow him. The sheep won’t follow him, instead, they shall run away from him. Jesus is the gate for the sheep. Those sheep who come in to Him will find new pasture and be saved. Satan, the thief, steals, kills and destroys all things. Jesus has come to bring new and eternal life. Jesus is the Good Shepherd. When a hired man doesn’t own the sheep and a wolf approaches him, he leaves the sheep there and runs off for not caring about the sheep. Jesus knows the sheep, and they follow Him in the same way that Jesus knows His Father and that He will be willing to die for the sheep. There are other sheep that are not there but are His as well and will listen to His voice as one group. Jesus was willing to give up his life in order that He will bring it again. No one shall take His life away, and He shall give in to His will because Jesus has a right to give His life up and take it back. There was a lot of questioning about Jesus because of His teachings.Some people assumed that Jesus had a demon inside of Him. 

During the winter, the Festival of the Dedication of the Temple was in Jerusalem. Jesus was going to Solomon’s Porch in the Temple when the people gathered around Him asked if He was really the Messiah. Jesus already told the people about His deeds by the authority of His Father, but they wouldn’t believe, for they were not his sheep. Jesus will give the people eternal life and that they shall not die, and no one shall take that life away from Him. The Father and Him are one. People had stones to throw at Him. Jesus told the people that He had done many good deeds with them, for He was trying to make Himself God. The people recognized that what the Scripture said is true forever, and that God called them gods. The Father chose Jesus and had put Him into the world. If the people wouldn’t believe Jesus, then Jesus wouldn’t be doing His things. But if Jesus does those things, then people would believe His deeds in order to know that the Father is in Him and Him in the Father. The people once again tried to capture Jesus, but Jesus snatched them out. Jesus left again to the Jordan River to see John being baptized and He stayed there. Many people began to believe in Jesus’ miracles. 

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Questions

1. How did the Jews feel about Jesus' works?
2. Why did the Jews throw stones at Jesus' teachings?
3. What is the good shepherd when anyone enters through him?
4. What is the Festival of Dedication?