In the face of death, in the struggles of life, our faith still seeks understanding when we cry: "Lord if only?" Go with your questions to the passionate, powerful Saviour, resting in the fact that even when it seems He doesn't answer, He is working for our good that the Father may be glorified.

Jesus knows His sheep. We're taken back to the image of the shepherd coming into the sheepfold early in the morning to rouse his sheep and lead them out to pasture. Immediately they know his voice, and he calls them all by name. Christ knows His sheep well. He knows their weaknesses, their struggles and their fears.

So it with Christ as our door. The blessing we enjoy is not such that we are now locked up in our little cor­ners, cramped and quartered, muttering "I can't do this, I can't do that..." Through Christ, our door, we go in, and we go out and we say this is the life! The life in Christ is the life of perfect freedom, life as it was meant to be lived, in fellowship with God in Him.

Jesus uses the occasion to, confront them about what it is they're looking for, and takes the opportunity to reveal more about Himself. Jesus wasn't into the numbers game. Think about it: He had them eating out of His hand, hanging on His every word, following Him from pulpit to pulpit, and then He scares them away by preaching a sermon about the cross and election.

This third of a three-part article considers the significance that the lordship of Christ over his church has for the future and victory of the church.

This article is about Jesus Christ as firstborn as we read about it in Colossians 1:15 and Colossians 1:18.

John in His gospel records the seven I am statements of Christ. These statements tell us something about the identity of Jesus. This article looks at the sixth one – I am the way the truth, and the life, based on John 14:6. 

John in His gospel records the seven I am statements of Christ. These statements tell us something about the identity of Jesus. This article looks at the seventh one – I am the true vine, based on John 15:1.

Jesus Christ is the Redeemer, and in the exercise of his sovereignty and future judgment reveals his lordship. Read how in this article.

This article is about Jesus Christ as the son of David and Jesus Christ as King. 2 Samuel 7:12-14, Matthew 1:18-25, and Matthew 21:5 are discussed in this article.

This article is about Jesus Christ as King and Jesus Christ as Servant.