Hey person, I’ve been really good all week. I didn’t dig up any seeds, but no trees have grown for me to leave messages on.
Maybe some other dog dug up that mustard seed that Jesus planted when I wasn’t looking.
You’ve got a new story to tell me?
But I’m still waiting for that mustard seed to grow.
Okay, I’ll listen.
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The Feast of Dedication at Jerusalem had come and Jesus was in the temple area walking in Solomon’s Colonnade. The Jews gathered around him, saying, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
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They could have just read the Bible to find out.
I am listening.
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Jesus answered, “I did tell you, but you do not believe. The miracles I do in my Father’s name speak for me, but you do not believe because you are not my sheep.”
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Jesus has sheep? I didn’t know He was a shepherd. I thought He was a carpenter.
I’m listening, but I just want to know where the sheep come in.
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Jesus continued, “My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. I and the Father are one.”
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Okay, so Jesus’ Father got tired of being a carpenter and became a shepherd and then He gave the sheep to Jesus and went back to being a carpenter. I’m all confused.
What? Jesus had two fathers? I give up.
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The Jews picked up stones to stone Jesus, but Jesus said to them, “I have shown you many great miracles from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?”
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Oh, now I get it. I think. There’s the miracle Father and the carpenter father. But how come Jesus got so lucky to have two fathers?
If I listen will this make sense?
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“We are not stoning you for any of these,” replied the Jews, “but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God.”
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This story is really confusing. First there’s an extra father, and then the Jews want Jesus to tell them something and when He does they want to stone Him.
I don’t think I’d be telling the truth if it meant someone was going to stone me.
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Jesus answered the Jews, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I have said you are gods’? If he called them ‘gods,’ to whom the word of God came – and the Scripture cannot be broken – what about the one whom the Father set apart as His very own and sent into the world? Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, ‘I am God’s Son’? Do not believe me unless I do what my Father does. But if I do it, even though you do not believe me, believe the miracles, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.”
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That’s too many big words for me. I think I’ll just go chase the sheep.
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Again they tried to seize Jesus, but He escaped their grasp.
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Hey Jesus, wait for me! I think I found one of your sheep.
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