John
10:28 (NKJV) And
I give them eternal life, and they shall
never perish; |
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John
10:28 is a Bible
verse in the New Testament where Jesus
Christ describes the blessings
of His sheep who follow Him.
In
this
passage, Jesus is addressing the Jews who did not believe He was the
Christ.
They were skeptical, suspicious and jealous, afraid
of losing some of
their own
honor and authority among the people. Their jealousy and fear of losing
impeded their view of Jesus’ miraculous works.
In
John
10:25-30, Jesus says,
25 Jesus
answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. The
works that I do in My Father’s name, they bear witness of Me. 26 But
you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I said to
you, 27 My
sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. 28 And
I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall
anyone
snatch them out of My hand. 29 My
Father, who has
given them to
Me, is
greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s
hand. 30 I
and My Father
are
one.”
The
Jews
had a choice of what to believe, just like we do today. Jesus implored
them to
at least believe the
works that He did, which testified of the
Father.
If they
would come around to accepting the fact He did miracles for the good of
the
people, maybe they would then accept Him
and believe He was the Christ.
But
instead
of pursuing the
truth, which was the righteousness of Jesus’
works,
they chose a
path of pride and jealousy, selfishly clinging to their own little
world of
whatever status they had mustered up for themselves.
They
missed
it—what a pity! The things they so carefully
guarded in their lives
were
rubbish compared to what Jesus Christ offered them. Jesus said in John
10:28, “And
I give them eternal life, and they shall
never perish…”
If
you
study the Greek meanings of “life” you’ll see: breath, spirit, soul,
vitality.
This is not just for later when we’re in Heaven, but for here
and now.
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