1. How long will youkeep us inJohn 10:22-39Maud church of ChristBy Jim BradshawNovember 2, 2014

2. Mat 16:16 ESV Simon Peterreplied, "You are the Christ, the Sonof the living God." 3. Tell Us PlainlyJoh 10:22-24 ESV At that time the Feast of Dedication took place atJerusalem. It was winter, (23) and Jesus was walking in the temple, inthe colonnade of Solomon. (24) So the Jews gathered around him andsaid to him, "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are theChrist, tell us plainly." 4. Feast of Dedication (or Hanukah)Hanukkah (sometimes transliterated Chanukkah) is a Jewish holidaycelebrated for eight days and nights. It starts on the 25th of the Jewishmonth of Kislev, which coincides with late November-late December onthe secular calendar.In Hebrew, the word "hanukkah" means "dedication." The name remindsus that this holiday commemorates the re-dedication of the holy Templein Jerusalem following the Jewish victory over the Syrian-Greeks in 165B.C.E. (http://judaism.about.com/od/holidays/a/hanukkah.htm) 5. How LongJoh 10:22-24 ESV At that time the Feast of Dedication took place atJerusalem. It was winter, (23) and Jesus was walking in the temple, inthe colonnade of Solomon. (24) So the Jews gathered around him andsaid to him, "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are theChrist, tell us plainly." 6. My Sheep Hear My VoiceJoh 10:25-30 ESV Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you do notbelieve. The works that I do in my Father's name bear witness about me,(26) but you do not believe because you are not part of my flock. (27)My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. (28) Igive them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatchthem out of my hand. (29) My Father, who has given them to me, isgreater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father'shand. (30) I and the Father are one."Read John 5:39-47; 8:28-29, 56-59 7. My Sheep Hear My VoiceJoh 10:25-30 ESV Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you do notbelieve. The works that I do in my Father's name bear witness about me,(26) but you do not believe because you are not part of my flock. (27)My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. (28) Igive them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatchthem out of my hand. (29) My Father, who has given them to me, isgreater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father'shand. (30) I and the Father are one."Mat 7:21-23 ESV "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' willenter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Fatherwho is in heaven. (22) On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord,did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name,and do many mighty works in your name?' (23) And then will I declareto them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.' 8. My Sheep Hear My VoiceJoh 10:27-30 ESV (27) My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, andthey follow me. (28) I give them eternal life, and they will never perish,and no one will snatch them out of my hand. (29) My Father, who hasgiven them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch themout of the Father's hand. (30) I and the Father are one."Mat 7:24-27 ESV "Everyone then who hears these words of mine anddoes them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. (25)And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat onthat house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.(26) And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do themwill be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. (27) And therain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against thathouse, and it fell, and great was the fall of it." 9. My Sheep Hear My VoiceJoh 10:27-30 ESV (27) My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, andthey follow me. (28) I give them eternal life, and they will never perish,and no one will snatch them out of my hand. (29) My Father, who hasgiven them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch themout of the Father's hand. (30) I and the Father are one."Joh 14:15 ESV "If you love me, you will keep my commandments.Joh 15:14 ESV You are my friends if you do what I command you.2Ti 2:19 ESV But God's firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: "TheLord knows those who are his," and, "Let everyone who names the nameof the Lord depart from iniquity." 10. Joh 10:31-39 ESV The Jews picked up stones again to stone him.(32) Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good worksfrom the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?"(33) The Jews answered him, "It is not for a good work that we aregoing to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man,make yourself God." (34) Jesus answered them, "Is it not writtenin your Law, 'I said, you are gods'? (35) If he called them gods towhom the word of God came--and Scripture cannot be broken--(36) do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent intothe world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son ofGod'? (37) If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do notbelieve me; (38) but if I do them, even though you do not believeme, believe the works, that you may know and understand that theFather is in me and I am in the Father." (39) Again they sought toarrest him, but he escaped from their hands. 11. Mar 9:20-27 ESV And they brought the boy to him. And when thespirit saw him, immediately it convulsed the boy, and he fell on theground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth. (21) And Jesusasked his father, "How long has this been happening to him?" Andhe said, "From childhood. (22) And it has often cast him into fireand into water, to destroy him. But if you can do anything, havecompassion on us and help us." (23) And Jesus said to him, "'Ifyou can'! All things are possible for one who believes." (24)Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, "I believe;help my unbelief!" (25) And when Jesus saw that a crowd camerunning together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "Youmute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and neverenter him again." (26) And after crying out and convulsing himterribly, it came out, and the boy was like a corpse, so that most ofthem said, "He is dead." (27) But Jesus took him by the hand andlifted him up, and he arose. 12. Joh 10:34-36 ESV Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in yourLaw, 'I said, you are gods'? [from Psalms 82:6] (35) If he called themgods to whom the word of God came--and Scripture cannot bebroken-- (36) do you say of him whom the Father consecrated andsent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I amthe Son of God'?Mat 11:28-30 ESV Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden,and I will give you rest. (29) Take my yoke upon you, and learnfrom me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find restfor your souls. (30) For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."Act 4:12 ESV And there is salvation in no one else, for there isno other name under heaven given among men by which we mustbe saved."