"Finally, be strong in the Lord and the strength of His might." Ephesians 6:10
"The works that I do in My Father's name testify about Me. But you don't believe because you are not My sheep. My sheep hear My voice, I know them, and they follow Me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish--ever! No one will snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of My Father's hand. The Father and I are one." (John 10:25-30)This is a response that Jesus gave to a crowd of Jews who surrounded Him at the temple complex in Solomon's colonnade. The Jews were wanting to know if He was the Messiah. If He was, they wanted Him to show them plainly. When one spoke like one who had authority(Matt 7:29) and healed different kinds of afflictions in people, how much plainer could Jesus have been? The reason that the Jews were unable to believe that Jesus was the Messiah was that they did not have ears to hear. They only wanted to hear the words from a Messiah that sounded like what they thought he should sound like.
When I was a children's pastor, I sometimes took the kids on different kinds of outings. One outing that we took was to a skating rink. An event that stuck in my mind, happened near the time we were about to leave. A couple of boys had taken off their skates and were resting on the side of the rink. Unfortunately, at this place they did not play Christian music but instead a bunch of secular-style music. The song that started playing was a rap hip-hop style song. All of a sudden, one of the boys jumped up and started dancing and singing every word of the song. He sounded like a miniature rapper. This is the same boy that during children's church talked during worship, did not know the words of the songs, and constantly created distractions. In that moment, the Lord told me why. He couldn't hear Jesus. The boy was not one of His sheep.
The fifth ability that I am going to focus on of Jesus for us to be strong in the strength of His might is Jesus' ability to heal the ears of the deaf. Although at this time this boy is deaf to Jesus' voice, the saints cannot be weary(Gal 6:9), but must focus on continually giving the Word. For faith comes from hearing and hearing by the Word of God(Rom 10:17). For God's Word says that, "For the Word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword,piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account."(Heb 4:12-13). For Jesus is the Word of God (John 1:1-15). We must be encouraged by His ability to heal the ears of the deaf and never become weary. We must never stop ministering God's Word to the "little boy" that we may have in our lives. One day, they may hear the true savior's voice.
"The works that I do in My Father's name testify about Me. But you don't believe because you are not My sheep. My sheep hear My voice, I know them, and they follow Me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish--ever! No one will snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of My Father's hand. The Father and I are one." (John 10:25-30)When I was a children's pastor, I sometimes took the kids on different kinds of outings. One outing that we took was to a skating rink. An event that stuck in my mind, happened near the time we were about to leave. A couple of boys had taken off their skates and were resting on the side of the rink. Unfortunately, at this place they did not play Christian music but instead a bunch of secular-style music. The song that started playing was a rap hip-hop style song. All of a sudden, one of the boys jumped up and started dancing and singing every word of the song. He sounded like a miniature rapper. This is the same boy that during children's church talked during worship, did not know the words of the songs, and constantly created distractions. In that moment, the Lord told me why. He couldn't hear Jesus. The boy was not one of His sheep.
The fifth ability that I am going to focus on of Jesus for us to be strong in the strength of His might is Jesus' ability to heal the ears of the deaf. Although at this time this boy is deaf to Jesus' voice, the saints cannot be weary(Gal 6:9), but must focus on continually giving the Word. For faith comes from hearing and hearing by the Word of God(Rom 10:17). For God's Word says that, "For the Word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword,piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account."(Heb 4:12-13). For Jesus is the Word of God (John 1:1-15). We must be encouraged by His ability to heal the ears of the deaf and never become weary. We must never stop ministering God's Word to the "little boy" that we may have in our lives. One day, they may hear the true savior's voice.
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