Truly, Truly He Protects

John 10:1-18 --
Jesus offers three similar illustrations to help us understand what it means that he is the Good Shepherd. In this we see that Jesus watches over us, promising abundant life. We can trust that Jesus is trustworthy in the fact that as the Good Shepherd, he laid down his life on the cross to secure our eternal future.

John 8:12-20
Rev. Joel St. Clair

Jesus offers three similar illustrations to help us understand what it means that he is the Good Shepherd. In this we see that Jesus watches over us, promising abundant life. We can trust that Jesus is trustworthy in the fact that as the Good Shepherd, he laid down his life on the cross to secure our eternal future.

Advent is rooted in the idea that we live between two arrivals – Jesus’s first advent in the incarnation and the second advent when he will return as King to bring about justice and restoration. The two arrivals (advents) mean that the Christian life plays out in the in-between. We may look back and learn from those who waited for the first advent as instructive for us today in waiting for His second advent.

Through this Advent series we will be working through just who we are waiting for - Jesus is the one. The “I am” statements provide Christians with a view of our Savior as we wait for his return.