church how we doing everybody good uh i don't believe you all right we'll see about that

hey you're going to need to grab your bible head to john chapter 10 john chapter 10 we have a

whole chapter 42 verses to cover so you're going to have to listen really fast

this morning. And as you're finding your way there, a couple things that kind of be helpful,

I think, to set the stage, give you some context. And the first one is this, is that John chapter

10, at least the first half, is a continuation. John chapter 7, 8, 9, and the first half of 10, all happen at the same time.

So when Jesus had his encounter with the woman who was caught in adultery, and then the man

who was born blind, Jesus spits in the ground, mixes the dirt up, makes mud, packs it on her

eyes.

All of that all happens together with John chapter 10. And the whole gospel of

John is all about believing. That's what John is driving at through the whole thing. And actually in

John chapter 20, verse 31, he says, I wrote all these things that you would believe that Jesus is the Christ, he's the

son of God, and that in believing you would have life in him. And so as he gets to the beginning

of John chapter 10 and all through 10, what we're going to find is this is the end of Jesus'

public ministry. After this, he goes, kind of goes dark, goes back

with his friends. The next time we see him after this publicly will be his entry into Jerusalem on

what we call Palm Sunday and then his crucifixion. And at the end of John chapter 9, Jesus has been

asked 14 questions around the healing of the blind man.

And so when he steps up and he begins to speak in John chapter 10, in essence, he's answering

all 14 of those questions. And all 14 of those questions all boil down to, Jesus, who are you? Just tell us straight. Just tell us exactly

who you are and then we can decide whether we're going to follow you or not. Now the other thing

you need to know about John chapter 10 is that it happens in the context of one of the Jewish

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