TSK · John 10:27

Elijah approached all the people and said,“How long are you going to be paralyzed by indecision? If the LORD is the true God, then follow him, but if Baal is, follow him!” But the people did not say a word.

Then Jesus said to his disciples,“If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

But he replied,‘I tell you the truth, I do not know you!’

As Jesus looked at him, he felt love for him and said,“You lack one thing. Go, sell whatever you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

But he will reply,‘I don’t know where you come from! Go away from me, all you evildoers!’

Jesus as the Light of the World Then Jesus spoke out again,“I am the light of the world! The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

The doorkeeper opens the door for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

“I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me–

If anyone wants to serve me, he must follow me, and where I am, my servant will be too. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

Every person who does not obey that prophet will be destroyed and thus removed from the people.’

But now that you have come to know God(or rather to be known by God), how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless basic forces? Do you want to be enslaved to them all over again?

Exposition of Psalm 95: Hearing God’s Word in Faith Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says,“Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks!

These are the ones who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed from humanity as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb,