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John 10:18 · BSB
10:18 No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from My Father.”
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…him, and the crowd of Jews is there chanting for Barabbas instead. I mean, so you could say it was the Jews who killed him. But it wasn't. Back inJohn 10, verse 18, Jesus says, I'm doing this myself. I have authority to lay it down. See that phrase in the middle of 18? I have authority to lay it down. That's…
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…out the beard. This soldier seemingly court martialled for disobedience is actually the one handing Himself over to His torturers. The words ofJohn 10:18echo in Isaiah, where Jesus says to His disciples, no one takes My life from Me. I lay it down of My own accord. I have the authority to take it…
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…that Jesus gives His disciples, because Jesus is saying that He is a king who is more powerful than we dare to believe. We serve a king who says inJohn 10:18, of the work that He did on the cross, no one takes My life from Me. I am laying it down of My own accord. I have the power to take it back up…
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…And the Son goes because he loves the Father. Well, he doesn't just come on a mission, he comes with a specific mission, and his mission is to die.John 10, verse 18says, This is a Jesus. Not even around the time he's going to die, several days before. He says, No one takes my life from me. But I lay it down on…
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…He is the one who saves us, and then he's the one who keeps us and preserves us. And let's turn to John 10 briefly to see how Jesus does this.John 10, verses 14 to 18. It says, I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and my own know me. Just as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for…
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…true. Because even now it's not the wicked Jewish rulers who are in charge of Jesus' situation. But it's Jesus who is in charge. And so He says inJohn 10 verses 17 to 18, For this reason the Father loves me. Because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. No one takes it from me but I lay it down of my own…
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…Jesus has two levels here. The first is He says, I will raise up My body in the resurrection after three days. That is what Jesus means. Later inJohn 10:17-18, Jesus would say, I lay down My life for My sheep only to take it up again. No one takes My life from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord, and I…
Publisher transcript cited as “John 10:17-18” view source ↗
…hungry, stealed the waves, cast out demons, and forgave sinners. And then notice Christ's power, the fifth thing: power to die on earth. We see inJohn chapter 10, verses 17 through 18, listen to what Jesus said. He declared it. Therefore, my father loves me. Now watch, this is powerful. Because I lay down my life that I may take…
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…But here we see that Jesus declared His mission to be His own. He would give up His life on the cross voluntarily. In fact, let's have a look atJohn 10:14-18and we see exactly how Jesus saw His duty to go to the cross. He says in verse 14 of chapter 10, I am the good shepherd. I know my sheep and my…
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