Your unoffended reception of the Lord Jesus by faith brings blessing. These blessed ones find great privilege in the kingdom of God.

As the sheep of Jesus’ pasture, to find your life is to lose it, but to lose your life for Jesus’ sake is to find it. Those who lose everything to gain Christ, gain everything.

As the sheep of Jesus’ pasture, to find your life is to lose it, but to lose your life for Jesus’ sake is to find it.

As the sheep of Jesus’ pasture, we must fear God, not man.

As the sheep of Jesus’ pasture we must expect persecution, we must trust His purposes in persecution, we must rely upon the Spirit to endure persecution; as it goes with the Shepherd, so it goes with the sheep.

Our compassionate Lord’s mission expansion through the disciples extends to the lost sheep, depends upon His Father’s provision, and results in division.

Our Lord is compassionate toward the helpless; thus, His compassion compels us to a life on mission.

The resurrection of Jesus Christ is fundamental to the gospel; its fact guarantees life, and its function gives significance to all that the Christian does in faith.