Two Great Truths

John 10:22-42

As we look at this passage I would like to dwell on two great truths that are extremely critical to our faith. After Jesus tells the parable of the Good Shepherd the Pharisees continue to argue with Him. They wanted Jesus to relate to them on their terms, but He continues to assert His deity.

In v. 27 He speaks again of believers as sheep and explains that they listen to Him and follow Him. He also says that He knows them and in v. 28 asserts that He gives eternal life and the believer will never perish and also that no one can take the believer from Him. Notice as He continues that thought in v. 29 he also says that no one can take the believer from the Father either. That means that we are eternally secure in Him. Once we have trusted Him as our Savior we will not lose our relationship with Him.

Some believe that it is possible to lose our salvation, but that implies that they are depending on their works or their attitude to help get them to heaven. This passage repeats a teaching we notice in John 6:37-39 where Jesus says “the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out” and in v. 39 “all that He has give Me I lose nothing”. Satan will always try to put doubt into our minds regarding our relationship with our Savior, but we can resist that by recalling these Scriptures.

Verse 35 contains the second truth I would like to consider “the Scripture cannot be broken”. This statement supports our belief that the Bible is the inerrant word of God. We believe that the original text of Scripture contains no errors and is completely trustworthy. There is much internal evidence of this truth. II Tim. 3:16 assures us that “all Scripture is inspired by God” and II Peter 1:21 further explains that “men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God”.

This is another area that Satan loves to attack the Christian. If he can get us to doubt God’s Word then he has opened the door to further disbelief. As he attempts to place these doubts in our mind we must remember that inerrancy does not guarantee scientific exactness (but estimation), it is not exhaustive, but sufficient; and our lack of understanding does not reduce its credibility. We must keep in mind it is not a scientific book, but where it touches on science it is true; it is not a history book, but where it touches on history it is true.

We should be thankful to God for giving us His trustworthy Word and for the ministry of the Holy Spirit to help us understand the Scripture as it applies to our life.