Though John never performed a sign, all that John said about this man was true

John 10:22-42

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. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. I and the Father are one.”

Again his Jewish opponents picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus said to them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?

Do not believe me unless I do the works of my Father. But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.” Again they tried to seize him, but he escaped their grasp.

Then Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing in the early days. There he stayed, and many people came to him. They said, “Though John never performed a sign, all that John said about this man was true.” And in that place many believed in Jesus.

Again, his claims divide his hearers. He has power to lay down his life and to take it up again. Everything rests on his special relationship with the Father.

Why?

The Jews rejected Jesus for he said he came from the Father, but they did not believe what Jesus did.

Others believed Jesus for John said about this man was true, Jesus performed signs and John never performed a sign.

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你們真有「誠實」的信靠神嗎？

我為審判到這世上來，叫不能看見的，可以看見；能看見的，反瞎了眼

你們若瞎了眼，就沒有罪了；但如今你們說我們能看見，所以你們的罪還在。

我實實在在的告訴你們

人進羊圈(教會)，不從門(明處)進去，倒從別處(暗處)爬進去，那人就是賊，就是強盜（披羊皮的狼）。從門(明處)進去的，才是羊的牧人

他按著名叫自己的羊（教會的DNA），把羊領出來

就在前頭（道路）走，羊也跟著他，因為認得他的聲音

迷途的羊（不想跟的羊）99隻羊的故事

假裝要引路的賊（披羊皮的狼），

耶穌要找回迷途的羊，自己不要變成那披羊皮的狼，即有名望的人。

我是好牧人（牧者）；好牧人為羊（教會）捨命。牧人要做榜樣給弟兄姊妹看。

若是雇工（來應徵上班），不是牧人，羊也不是他自己的，他看見狼來，就撇下羊逃走（他們不在乎羊死活）。狼抓住羊，趕散了羊群（教會的分裂）

雇工逃走，因他是雇工，並不顧念羊

我是好牧人（牧者）；我認識我的羊（教會），我的羊也認識我，正如父認識我，我也認識父一樣；並且我為羊（教會）捨命。

虛己： 沒有自己

講道就是要爭戰自己裏面的己，自己的力量。魔鬼用我們的最愛來打擊我們。真實的敬拜沒有自己。

我另外有羊（各地的教會），不是這圈裡的；我必須領他們來。他們也要聽我的聲音（同心合意），並且要合成一群，歸一個牧人了

生命中我們也很容易成為披羊皮的狼！

使20:28 聖靈立你們作全群的監督，你們就當為自己謹慎，也為全群謹慎，牧養神的教會，就是他用自己血所買來的. 

牧人不是做管教會的工作，而是照顧羊群。我只是羊，但是要起來成為牧人，我們才能更明白，否則可能成為迷失的羊。

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How?

Jesus is the Lord, he came from the Lord and I am the sheep who listen to His voice.