April 25, 2021 -- John 10:4, 14-15 -- Jesus' Voice

The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.

John 10:4,14-15 ESV

Today is Sunday. Get to a Bible-teaching, Christ-exalting, church. If you are not able to attend church in person, make sure the sermons you are watching are spoken by credible ministers who preach the Good News of Jesus Christ. The goal of our lives is to know the voice of Jesus Christ. His Spirit, poured out at Pentecost, is given so that believers read the Word and listen to preaching, and know the voice of Jesus Christ—the same Jesus Who leads us in triumphal procession to the Father.

Assurance

Almighty God,

I  am loved with everlasting love,

clothed in eternal righteousness,

my peace flowing like a river,

my comforts many and large,

my joy and triumph unutterable,

my soul lively with a knowledge of salvation,

my sense of justification unclouded.

I have scarce anything to pray for;

Jesus smiles upon my soul as a ray of heaven and my supplications are swallowed up in praise.

How sweet is the glorious doctrine of election when based upon thy Word

and wrought inwardly within the soul!

I bless thee that thou wilt keep the sinner

thou hast loved,

and hast engaged that he will not forsake thee,

else I would never get to heaven.

I wrong the work of grace in my heart

if I deny my new nature and my eternal life.

If Jesus were not my righteousness and redemption,

I would sink into nethermost hell

by my misdoings, shortcomings, unbelief, unlove;

If Jesus were not by the power of his Spirit

my sanctification,

there is no sin I should not commit.

O when shall I have his mind!

when shall I be conformed to his image?

All the good things of life are less than nothing

when compared with his love,

and with one glimpse of thy electing favour.

All the treasures of a million worlds could not

make me richer, happier, more contented,

for his unsearchable riches are mine.

One moment of communion with him, one view of his grace,

is ineffable, inestimable.

But O God, I could not long after thy presence

if I did not know the sweetness of it;

And such I could not know except by thy Spirit in my heart, nor love thee at all unless

thou didst elect me,

call me,

adopt me,

save me.

I bless thee for the covenant  of grace.

Prayer: Assurance. "Valley of Vision: Puritan Prayers and Devotions”, page 92-93

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