“Jesus answered, “I told you, but you don’t believe. Everything I have done has been authorized by my Father, actions that speak louder than words. You don’t believe because you’re not my sheep. My sheep recognize my voice. I know them, and they follow me. I give them real and eternal life. They are protected from the Destroyer for good. No one can steal them from out of my hand. The Father who put them under my care is so much greater than the Destroyer and Thief. No one could ever get them away from him. I and the Father are one heart and mind.”
John 10:28-30 MSG – A verse of the day from the Bible presented in Eugene Peterson’s contemporary version called The Message. Accompanied by a personal reflection below.
To the non-believer who has seen and heard and even experienced the mighty power of the changing grace of the Almighty God, there is nothing further to be said or done. Jesus is almost resigned to the choice of the non-believer. You believe, or you don’t believe. After all, “actions that speak louder than words” do not need words for an explanation, and yet, Jesus invites each one of us to come on in and examine for ourselves who he is, what he’s done, and what he offers to you. Will you believe?
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