John 10:28-30 - I and the Father are one

10:28

The relationship is not one sided. It is not just a matter of our hearing His voice and our following Him. Jesus gives us eternal life, so we will not perish. Note that by implication physical death does not mean perishing. We will physically die, but we will not perish. Physical death is not the end (John 11:25). Furthermore, no one will snatch us out of Christ’s hand. We are completely secure in Christ.

10:29,30

Once again, these are audacious claims, but they are legitimate claims because it is the Father who has given us to Christ. So if God has decided that this is the way things are to be, then none of us, least of all the religious leaders, are in any position to argue! Too often we act as if it is us who decide how things should be. It is not, it is God who decides how things are. “I and the Father are one.” The Son and the Father are one in purpose and action. They are also distinct, but they are also one.