John 10:22-42

“At its briefest, the gospel is a discourse about Christ, that he is the Son of God and became man for us, that he died and was raised, and that he has been established as Lord over all things.”  

- Martin Luther 

“Here’s the gospel in a phrase. Because Christ died for us, those who trust in him may know that their guilt has been pardoned once and for all. What will we have to say before the bar of God’s judgment? Only one thing. Christ died in my place. That’s the gospel.”  

- Alister Begg 

“but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.” 

 - John 20:31

I. The Confrontation vv 24-30

1. He is the Son of God   John 5:17-18

2. God has sent Him  John 7:28-29

3. He is God  John 8:19, 58 

“John says in the first chapter: we beheld His glory, and it was the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.  He was he very essence of God, the writers of the epistles picked this up.  The writer of Hebrews says He’s the exact representation of God, the express image of God.  The apostle Paul says all the fullness of deity dwells in Him.  John says if you deny His deity and His humanity, you’re cursed.  This is Christianity.  He is introduced by Matthew, as Emmanuel, God with us.  He’s introduced by Mark as God the Son.  He’s introduced by Luke as the Holy One who is born as a child.  This is the heart of the Christian gospel.  He is not a noble teacher only.  He is not a religious leader only.  He is not a highly moral man.  He’s not someone with unusual wisdom alone, although all of those things are true.  He is God, and anything less than that is blasphemy against Him, against Him.” 

- John MacArthur 

- Philippians 2:12-13 

II. The Response  V31

1. By not denying to be God, Jesus is telling the Jews that He is God.  

2. Jesus meets an angry rock-holding crowd with the intent of stoning Him, right where they are 

3. Jesus loves second chances