The proof is in the pudding.

I. Introduction

1. Feast of Dedication (Hanukkah or Festival of Lights) v. 22-23

2. “Are you the Messiah?” v. 24

II. The position of the people v. 25-29

v. 25 - They have unbelief

v. 26 - They are not His sheep “God Saves”

The rich man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31)

vv. 27-29 - No one can “snatch” His sheep (eternal security/perseverance of the saints)

III. The proclamation of Jesus v. 30-38

vv. 30; 38b - “one”

vv. 32-38 - “good works”

Exalting Jesus in John (Jesus Exposes the Reasons for Unbelief (John 10:22–26))

Chapter 2—Jesus turned water into wine. After that, he went into Jerusalem and kicked the extortionists out of the temple, embodying the OT prophecies regarding the Messiah’s zeal for the temple.

Chapter 3—John the Baptist testified that Jesus is the Messiah, and John’s ministry is simply to point others to him. “He must increase,” John said, “but I must decrease” (v. 30).

Chapter 4—Jesus healed the son of a royal official without ever taking a step in the direction of the child, who was sick and dying in another town.

Chapter 5—Jesus healed a man who had been lame for thirty-eight years. He then called God his Father and called himself both the Son of God and the Son of Man, the latter being a title for the Messiah found in the book of Daniel.

Chapter 6—Jesus miraculously fed five thousand men plus women and children. He then miraculously crossed a sea. The chapter ends with him calling himself the bread of life and the Son of Man.

Chapter 7—Jesus stood up at the Festival of Shelters and applied a messianic passage from Isaiah 55 to himself. He begged the watching crowds to come to him and receive the gift of the Spirit—a gift only the Messiah could give.

Chapter 8—Jesus continued to preach to those at the Festival of Shelters. This time he applied a messianic passage from Isaiah 4 to himself, promising the light of life to all those who walk in darkness. He also called God his Father and referred to himself as the Son of Man and I AM—the name of deity.

Chapter 9—Jesus healed a man born blind.

Chapter 10—Jesus applied the messianic promises about the coming of a good shepherd to himself, making clear that he fulfills them.

“You are Gods” v. 34-36 (Psalm 82:6-7)

Psalm 82:6–7 NASB95

6 I said, “You are gods, And all of you are sons of the Most High. 7 “Nevertheless you will die like men And fall like any one of the princes.”

Exalting Jesus in John (Jesus Exposes the Folly of Unbelief (John 10:32–42))

They think Jesus is a man who is making himself God (v. 33). They’ve tragically reversed the truth. He’s God who made himself a man.

“If i do or do not” vv. 37-38

IV. Conclusion

Believing in the “Big Man upstairs” is not the same as being saved by the gospel of Jesus Christ, and having the Holy Spirit of God living inside of you. “even the demons believe and tremble…(James 2:19)” - Shane Pruitt