What Think Ye of Christ?

Read John Chapter 10

“I am the good shepherd.  The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep.

“But a hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees;

 and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them.

“The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep.

“I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep,

 and am known by My own.

“As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; 

and I lay down My life for the sheep.

“And other sheep I have which are not of this fold;

 them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice;

 and there will be one flock and one shepherd.

“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."

                                                                                                              John 10:11-18                          
Throughout John chapter ten, Jesus makes it clear who He is, but, the people don’t believe Him.  They even accuse Him of blasphemy and want to stone Him.  They have been asking Jesus, if He is the Messiah, yet, when He answers, they turn against Him.
Many people today, are like this, they refuse to accept the evidence put before them.  They accept that Jesus is a good man, that He is an important historical figure, but, refuse to accept that He is LORD and God.
Jesus states clearly that He has the power to lay down His life, and to take it up again, something that was seen when He died and rose from the grave.  No other religion in the world claims resurrection from the dead.
Jesus is LORD and God, He has the power of life and death.  He has the power to forgive sin.  These things are the cornerstone of our beliefs as Christians.
As Christians, we may disagree on many things but on these things we cannot:
* Jesus is LORD and God
* Jesus died for our sin
* Jesus rose again from the dead conquering sin and death
* Jesus has the power to forgive sins
* It is by faith in Jesus Christ that we are saved through grace not our good works.
Something to think about:

The first church I ever attended had a large banner over the pulpit that read,

“What think Ye of Christ”

Question: What do you think of Christ?