I Know Them

John 10:14-15,25-28 – “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me—just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep…Jesus answered, “I did tell you, but you do not believe. The works I do in my Father’s name testify about me, but you do not believe because you are not my sheep. My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand.

John 6:39 – And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day.

John 3:16 – For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Application:

• ·         “I know…my sheep know” is a deep mutual knowledge, like that of the Father and the Son.
• ·         Eternal life is Christ’s gift.
• ·         The sheep’s security is in the power of the shepherd, who will let no one take them from Him.
• ·         True believers will persevere because of Christ’s firm hold on them.

All Scripture verses taken from NIV