Welcome to the Reformed University Fellowship at UNCW Podcast! Each week, we will post the messages from our RUF Large Group meetings at UNCW. This year, we're examining the Gospel of John to learn about the words and work of Jesus.
In this passage, Jesus makes the case for his shepherding-- and he shows us that unlike the teachers who claim to speak for God, Jesus leads us with the perfect words and perfect power of God himself. He invites us to abandon our attempts at self-shepherding, to humbly listen to his voice and to rest in his keeping. Jesus shows us that He must be our all-or-nothing shepherd, because nothing and no one can keep us like he can. 
*This message contains a reading from "The Pirate Who Tried to Capture the Moon" by Dennis Haseley
*For more information on the Old Testament and Jewish background of John 10, we highly recommend these messages from the 2024 TGC Women’s Conference from ⁠Vanessa Hawkins on John 10:1-10⁠ and ⁠Courtney Doctor on John 10:11-18⁠. 
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QUOTES:
“We see that our whole salvation and all its parts are comprehended in Christ. We should therefore take care not to derive the least portion of it from anywhere else ... Since rich store of every kind of good abounds in him, let us drink our fill from this fountain, and from no other.” - John Calvin
“In reality, someone else is the center of the story. Nobody can make Jesus go away. The I AM was, is and will be, whether or not people acknowledge that. When you awaken, when you see who Jesus actually is, everything changes. You see the Person whose care and ability you can trust. You experience His care. You see the Person whose glory you are meant to worship. You love Him who loves you… Psalm 23 captures what life feels like and looks like when Jesus Christ puts his hand on your shoulder. — David Powlison
“This is the fundamental lie of modernity: that we are our own. Until we see this lie for what it is, until we work to uproot it from our culture and replant a conception of human persons as belonging to God and not ourselves, most of our efforts at improving the world will be glorified Band-Aids. … At our core, we belong to Christ. This doesn't just mean that we give mental allegiance to Christ or discover our true identity in Him. The truth is deeper and more beautiful than these phrases convey. For one thing, our understanding of identity tends to be distorted by modern conceptions of image and representation. To belong to Christ is to find our existence in His grace, to live transparently before God.” — Alan Noble

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