Lesson 39

Lesson Text: John 10:17-30

“Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again. No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This command I have received from My Father.” Therefore there was a division again among the Jews because of these sayings. And many of them said, “He has a demon and is mad. Why do you listen to Him?” Others said, “These are not the words of one who has a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”

Now it was the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem, and it was winter. And Jesus walked in the temple, in Solomon’s porch. Then the Jews surrounded Him and said to Him, “How long do You keep us in doubt? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.” Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in My Father’s name, they bear witness of Me. But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I said to you.

My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.  And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand.  I and My Father are one.” (John 10:17-30)

Fill in the Blanks

There was division amongst the Jew concerning Jesus.  Some believed and some did not.  His enemies spoke out against Jesus. 

To the believing Jews they said:

1.  He has a ____ and is _____ .

2.  Why do you _____ to Him?”

To Jesus His enemies said:

3.  How long do You keep us in _____?

4.  If You are the Christ, tell us _______ .”

Those who believed in Jesus said:

5.  These are not the _____ of one who has a demon.

6.  Can a _____ open the eyes of the blind?”

Jesus defended himself by saying:

7.  I told you, and you do not _______ .

8.  The ______ that I do in My Father’s name, they bear ______ of Me.

9.  But you do not believe, because you are not of My ______ , as I said to you. 

10. My sheep hear My _____ , and I know them, and they follow Me. 

11. And I give them _____ _____ , and they shall never perish;

12. Neither shall anyone ________ them out of My hand.

13.  My Father, who has given them to Me, is ________  than all;

14.  And no one is able to ______  them out of My Father’s hand. 

15.  I and My Father are _____.

CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER

16.  Found among the Jews:

A) Samaritans

B) Bears

C) Division

17.  The Jews said that Jesus had:

A) Leprosy

B) A demon

C) A house for sale

18.  The Jews said that Jesus was:

A) Mad

B) Happy

C) Sad

19.  The name of the feast mentioned in our lesson:

A) Dedication

B) Passover

C) Of Unleavened Bread

20. The feast was in:

A) Bethlehem

B)  Galilee 

C) Jerusalem

21.  The feast was in the:

A) Winter

B) Spring

C)  Fall

22.  Jesus walked in the Temple, in:

A) The Courtyard

B)  Solomon’s porch

C)  The Holiest of Holies

23.  Jesus said that His sheep hear his:

A) Voice

B) Music

C) Bells

24.  Jesus said that He and His Father:

A)  Took turns counting the sheep

B)   Built a sheep pen

C)   Are one

CRACK THE CODE

25.  Use the clues given below to decipher the hidden message:

E=M   B=Y    T=S    U=H   R=E   G=P    N=A   Q=N    S=O

EB   TURRG   URNK   EB   LSZAR,  NQC   Z   JQSY  FURE,  NQC    FURB    PSDDSY    ER  .