Jesus Isn’t a Blasphemer; He’s God!

Rev. Jeff Hemmer, pastor at Bethany Lutheran Church in Fairview Heights, IL and assistant to the president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study John 10:31-42.

When the Jews are ready to stone Jesus for stating that He is one with the Father, Jesus calls attention to His works from the Father. He points out the way that the Psalms speak of those whom God appointed to offices of leadership in the Old Testament; so much more can Jesus, as the One consecrated by the Father, call Himself the true Son of God. Though they will not believe His words, they should be able to see from His works that He is in the Father and the Father is in Him. Though this deescalates the situation, Jesus leaves to the other side of the Jordan, where people believe in Him based on what John had said about Him before.

“The Word Made Flesh” is a series on Sharper Iron that goes through the Gospel according to St. John. The disciple whom Jesus loved wrote his Gospel account as an eyewitness to Jesus’ life and ministry. As we read the Word of God recorded by St. John, the Holy Spirit works in us so that we might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and so have life by faith in His name.