John chapter 10, verses 22through 30 -At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, (23) and Jesus waswalking in the temple, in the colonnade of Solomon. (24) So the Jews gathered around him and said tohim, "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly." (25) Jesus answeredthem, "I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father's name bear witness aboutme, (26) but you do not believe because you are not part of my flock. (27) My sheep hear my voice, andI know them, and they follow me. (28) I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no onewill snatch them out of my hand. (29) My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and noone is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. (30) I and the Father are one." (ESV)

Text:(2 Tim. 2:8, 11 ESV) “Remember Jesus Christ,risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel… 11 The saying is trustworthy, for:If we have died with him, we will also live with him;"

Text: (Joshua 3:9-17 ESV) And Joshua said to the people of Israel,“Come here and listen to the words of the Lord your God.” AndJoshua said, “Here is how you shall know that the living God is among youand that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites,the Hittites, the Hivites, the Perizzites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, andthe Jebusites. Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all theearth is passing over before you into the Jordan. Nowtherefore take twelve men from the tribes of Israel, from each tribea man. And when the soles of the feet of the priests bearing the arkof the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters ofthe Jordan, the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off from flowing, and thewaters coming down from above shall stand in one heap.” So when the peopleset out from their tents to pass over the Jordan with the priestsbearing the ark of the covenant before the people, and as soon asthose bearing the ark had come as far as the Jordan, and the feet of thepriests bearing the ark were dipped in the brink of the water (now theJordan overflows all its banks throughout the time of harvest), the waterscoming down from above stood and rose up in a heap very far away, at Adam, thecity that is beside Zarethan, and those flowing down toward the Seaof the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were completely cut off. And the peoplepassed over opposite Jericho. Now the priests bearing the arkof the covenant of the Lord stood firmly on dry ground in the midstof the Jordan, and all Israel was passing over on dry ground until all thenation finished passing over the Jordan.