John 10:26-30 (WEL) “But you do not believe because you are not my sheep, just like I said to you. 27 “My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me. 28 “I give eternal life to them. They will not perish, ever, nor will anyone seize them out of my hand.…
John 10:1-2 (WEL) “Very truly, I say to you, the one who does not enter the sheepfold through the door but climbs in some other way is a thief and a robber. 2 “But he who enters through the door is the shepherd of the sheep. Chapter summary: Joseph Benson: “In this chapter, (1)…
Calvinists believe this passage teaches that people are sheep before they believe. B1 John Piper, “We believe because we are God’s chosen sheep, not vice versa” (Piper, 5 Points, 54). B2 A. W. Pink, the elect “are ‘sheep’ before they believe, yea, before they are born” (Pink, Sovereignty of God, 338). Answer: B1 Passage with…