Have you ever wondered what God is really like? Many people say they believe in God, but when you ask them to describe Him, the picture gets fuzzy. The good news is that God has not left us guessing. He has revealed Himself fully in His Son, Jesus Christ. And when we look carefully at the Gospel of John, we see both the unique sonship of Jesus and the beautiful reality of the Trinity—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—working together as one God.

Folks, after Storm Boelo the River Leven carried a lot of debris onto the shores around Dumbarton. Among all that wreckage were a striking number of empty Buckfast bottles. A friend who ran along the water noticed them and asked, almost in disbelief, how many bottles a river can wash up if they start further upstream or come in on the tide. The sight is hard to miss. Levengrove Park, the streets of Dumbarton, Renton and Balloch all tell the same story: people drinking in the open, bottles thrown into the water, lives being worn down by something cheap and hard-hitting.

Well, folks, it’s good to be with you on this Reformation Day. You know, every October 31 we remember when Martin Luther nailed those theses to the door in Wittenberg back in 1517. There was some real good that came out of that time. The Lord used ordinary men to stand up against the sale of indulgences and to insist that the Scriptures belong in the hands of ordinary people. Before then, most believers couldn’t even read the Word for themselves. Now we can open it up, study it verse by verse, and become Bible Strong. That’s what we want—>not system-strong, not tradition-strong, but Bible Strong.

A Study of John 10:14-16 and God’s Faithfulness to Israel

Introduction

Folks, in John 10 our Lord calls Himself the Good Shepherd. He knows His sheep. They know His voice. And He lays down His life for them. Then He says something wonderful: