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The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
- Understanding The Passage
- Steal, Kill, and Destroy
- What Does This Mean?
In John 10, Jesus is speaking to the Pharisees and to His disciples. He is making the analogy of connecting Himself to the Good Shepherd (John 10:1-21). Jesus is our Good Shepherd, and He is the fulfillment of Psalm 23. The Lord tells those around Him, “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me — just as the Father knows me, and ...
Satan wants to steal, kill, and destroy us. He steals our happiness by the unrealistic standards of the world, such as having the “right” degree, the “right” job, or the “right” appearance. Striving after the ideals of the world will leave us exhausted, empty, and crestfallen. Satan loves to steal our happiness and joy because he wants to see us sa...
When Jesus tells us that the thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy, he was not pulling punches, and he was not kidding. Satan truly wants to cause our downfalls, and he wants to prevent our own Christian growth. Jesus tells us this information about Satan in John 10:10because he wants to warn us. The Lord also tells us Satan is the thief bec...
Feb 3, 2021 · John Owen famously wrote, “Be killing sin, or sin will be killing you.” From his teaching series Assurance of Faith, Joel Beeke describes how the Holy Spirit empowers Christians to put sin to death and grow in righteousness throughout their lives.
The Apostle Paul says in 2 Corinthians 5:21 that Jesus was “made to be sin for us” even though he “knew no sin.” Jesus takes on the pain and death of corrupted flesh shared by all humanity, even though he never knows or chooses sin.
Sep 18, 2009 · Atonement (at-one-ment) is the reconciliation of men and women to God through the death of Jesus. But why was reconciliation needed? Christian theology suggests that although God's creation was...
12 Therefore sin is not to reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts, 13 and do not go on presenting [k]the parts of your body to sin as [l]instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves to God as those who are alive from the dead, and [m]your body’s parts as [n]instruments of righteousness for God. 14 For sin shall not be ...
One reason sin hasn’t yet died in us is that growth in grace is a necessary part of the Christian life. We can also say Christ has defeated Satan, and yet Satan still troubles us. Why does God allow this? He allows this because He wants to see us progress in grace because He is our Father.
