When the religious leaders of Israel reject Jesus’s identity as the messiah, he tells them it’s because they don’t really want to be shepherded by God at all. Do you?
Jesus is the shepherd who has laid his life down for his sheep. He knew, owned, and loved you ahead of time, and he will never leave you or forsake you.
You don’t normally think about a door until it’s the only way to safety. Jesus explains how doors show us who to trust, and that in the end He himself is the door to eternal life.
In order for us to truly see and be made right, we must first humbly own that we are wrong, lost, and blind.
The varied responses to the miraculous healing cause us to consider what we are willing to lose in light of all we have to gain in Christ.
Everything in life, even the greatest suffering, is for the glory of God, that he might display his good works and that we might tell of what he has done.
If we focus on the wrong things, we may fail to see that Jesus truly is God. Would you have recognized his voice and his words?
Who your father is shapes your life in significant ways. But it’s possible to claim God as your father when he clearly is not.
Do we simply profess faith or do we possess true faith? If we abide in his word and receive true spiritual adoption, we will find that real faith leads to real freedom.
Death is inevitable for every person, and all are destined for hell. But the only way to die without fear is found in the cross of Christ.
Just as God once led Israel in a pillar of fire, Jesus is everything that Israel has been waiting for. But will they recognize that he is the light in their darkness?
Everyone is searching for what will truly satisfy. If Jesus is the answer to our greatest thirst, will you decide to go to him and drink?