Day 12
Read John Chapter 10
“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.  The hired hand is not the shepherd who owns the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it.The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. 
 “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me—   just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep.   I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd.  The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life—only to take it up again.  No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I 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? Is he your Lord and saviour? Do you know if you are going to heaven?

God’s Rules for Salvation
Jesus is not a respecter of persons. He dose not care who you are or were you are from. He doesn’t care about your ethnicity or lifestyle or anything about you.
He simply loves you for who you are. And he loves you so much he was willing to demonstrate it by giving the ultimate sacrifice in human terms.
Giving up his life.
However he did not stay in the grave but rather he arose to life going on to ascend into heaven. Leaving us with a simple road map to follow him and a free will to choose wether we do it or not.
The scriptures listed below are that road map. A map I leave for you to choose wether you follow or not.

1/God loves you and offers a wonderful plan for your life. (John 3:16, John 10:10)
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life”. John 3:16
“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” John 10:10

2/Man is sinful and separated from God. Therefore, he cannot know and experience God's love and plan for his life. (Romans 3:23, Romans 6:23)
“But now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference,  for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood. He did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished—  he did it to demonstrate his justice at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.” Romans 3:21-26

3/Jesus Christ is God's only provision for man's sin. Through Him you can know and experience God's love and plan for your life. (Romans 5:8, I Corinthians 15:3-6, John 14:6)
“You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.   Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:6-8

“For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance : that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures” 1 Corinthians 15:3

“Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” John 14:6

4/We must individually receive Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord; then we can know and experience God's love and plan for our lives. (John 1:12, Ephesians 2:8,9, John 3:1~8, Revelation 3:20)
“Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God” John 1:12

“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast” Ephesians 2:8,9

If you would like to accept Jesus into your life today why not say this simple prayer.
Dear Lord Jesus
I confess that I am a sinner.
I believe that you are the Christ God’s One and Only Son.
That You died for my sins, that rose again to life and then ascended to heaven.
Please forgive my sins and come into my life to day.
                                  Amen