John 10:19–21
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
This sword is not made of steel, but of something far sharper and more decisive: the truth. Wherever the unadulterated truth of Jesus Christ is proclaimed, it does not broker a truce with falsehood. We see this principle on full display in our text today. Jesus has just made some of the most staggering claims in human history. These are the claims of God in the flesh. And such claims cannot be met with a shrug. You cannot be neutral about a man who claims to be the Creator of the universe, your Shepherd, and your God. The Greek word is schisma, from which we get our word schism. The audience is polarized into two distinct, irreconcilable camps. This is not an unfortunate byproduct of His ministry; it is the necessary result of it. This is the great antithesis that runs through all of human history.