John 10:22-38

Jesus was rejected by the Jews -- John 10:22-38: That winter, Jesus was in Jerusalem for the feast of the dedication. In Solomon's Porch the people gathered all around Him. They asked Jesus to tell them plainly if He was the Messiah. Jesus said, "I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me." The Jews did not believe Jesus because they were sheep who refused to accept Him as Shepherd. They were guilty of the sin of unbelief. On the other hand Jesus' sheep hear his voice and obey or follow Him. Based upon the fact that these hear and obey Jesus said, "I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand." "The utmost security of the saved in Christ lies in the fact that no external power shall ever be able to dislodge them from the Master's love and protection. Yet, it must be remembered that a believer himself may turn away from the truth, become entangled with sin and overcome. The sovereign right of choice is never taken away from any man." The Jewish leaders sought to kill Jesus because He said, "I and my Father are one." He refereed them to Psalms 82:1-8 where judges were called gods. "You are gods?" "The psalm is actually a condemnation of the judges for not exercising their responsibility faithfully, thus corresponding both to the condemnation of these Jewish leaders in John 10:1-42 and to Jesus as the true judge." Psalms 82:1-8 was scripture. God spoke to those people and called them gods and you cannot argue with Scripture. Jesus said He must do what the Father prepared Him to do and sent Him into the world to do. He said, "The Father is in me, and I in him."