{"id":8306,"date":"2011-06-27T19:00:47","date_gmt":"2011-06-28T00:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/?p=8306"},"modified":"2011-06-27T10:07:04","modified_gmt":"2011-06-27T15:07:04","slug":"blogging-gospels-john-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/blogging-gospels-john-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogging Through the Gospels: Those who are His, hear His voice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guest SOAP post from Kimarie.<\/p>\n<p>The reading for <strong>Tuesday is John Chapter 10<\/strong><strong> <\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Scripture:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>John 10:24-27 <\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Then the Jews surrounded Him and said to Him, &#8216;How     long do You keep us in doubt?\u00a0 If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.&#8217;\u00a0 Jesus answered them, &#8216;I told you, and you do not     believe.\u00a0 The works that I do in My Father&#8217;s name, they bear witness of Me.\u00a0 But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as     I said to you.\u00a0 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.&#8217; &#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Observation:<\/h2>\n<p>When people are faced with the truth of God&#8217;s existence and His plan     for salvation through Jesus Christ, there are only two responses:     belief or unbelief.\u00a0 There is no middle ground.\u00a0 Jesus uses the     example of sheep hearing the voice of their own shepherd, to show     the difference between believers and unbelievers.\u00a0 He actually tells     the Jews who were questioning Him that they could not hear His voice     &#8211; could not understand all the works that proved He was God &#8211;     because they were not His sheep.\u00a0 In contrast, God&#8217;s people will <em>always<\/em> hear His voice and follow Him.<\/p>\n<h2>Application:<\/h2>\n<p>I must not become discouraged when people around me remain firm in     their unbelief, even when faced with all the evidence of God&#8217;s     truth.\u00a0\u00a0 My actions and words are to show God&#8217;s work in my life and     to speak of His truth.\u00a0 However, I should not fret and worry that     I&#8217;m not doing or saying enough to make people around me believe.\u00a0 I     can take great encouragement from this passage that it is not <em>my<\/em> voice that ultimately matters &#8211; only God&#8217;s     voice can save.<\/p>\n<h2>Prayer:<\/h2>\n<p>Dear Father, thank You for Your salvation and grace in My life.\u00a0     Thank You for making me Your sheep so I can hear Your voice.\u00a0\u00a0     Please work in the hearts of those I know who do not believe in     You.\u00a0 If it be Your will, cause them to hear Your voice so they can     follow You.\u00a0\u00a0 Help me to trust Your perfect plan.\u00a0 Give me the     strength to be an obedient, faithful witness of Your salvation in     word and deed.<\/p>\n<p><em>Kimarie blogs at <a href=\"http:\/\/thecardamomspod.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Cardamom&#8217;s Pod <\/a>about her large     family&#8217;s adventures in homeschooling, homesteading, and more.\u00a0 She     lives in the country with her husband, their 9 children, and an     ever-changing assortment of pets and farm animals.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>What about you? What did you see and hear in your reading   of John 10? <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Be sure to record your own <\/em><a href=\"..\/what-is-soap\/\" target=\"_blank\">SOAP observations<\/a> and feel free share your own thoughts or a link to your thoughts, here, too.<\/p>\n<p><em> <\/em><em>Didn&#8217;t start reading or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/29\/blogging-through-the-gospels-with-momstoolbox\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blogging Through\u00a0 the Gospels<\/a> with us? That&#8217;s okay, join in anytime. Each Sunday evening I post the    reading schedule for the week ahead and each evening I post the next    day&#8217;s reading assignment and devotional. Feel free to jump in where we    are anytime and blog or journal along using the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/what-is-soap\/\" target=\"_blank\">SOAP format<\/a><\/em><em>. <\/em><em> Feel free to share your thoughts on Twitter using the #Gospels hashtag, too.<\/em><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong><em>If  you would be interested in sharing your own SOAP observations on   MomsToolbox as a guest SOAP&#8217;er, please send me an email using the   contact button on the top right. I&#8217;ll be in touch soon to discuss the   details.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guest SOAP post from Kimarie. The reading for Tuesday is John Chapter 10 . 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