“My Father who has given them to me is greater than all, and no one can snatch them from my Father's hand'.

This security is made all the more certain because the One Who is Almighty, His Father, Who is ‘greater than all', has given them to Him and watches over them. No one  can  snatch them from  His hand. Those who are truly His and have been destined to receive life as a result of the Father's choice and gift, are eternally secure. But their certainty lies in the fact that they are hearing His voice and following Him. On the one hand He keeps them safely, but on the other their lives reveal that they are being kept. If the latter is not so, the former must be questioned.

Once again we see here that the Father and the Son act in parallel. He is holding His sheep safely in His hand, and His Father is holding His sheep safely in His hand. The two act as One.

‘Greater than all.' Whether Satan, the Roman authorities, the Jewish authorities, or whoever might attack His people. God is greater than all put together. (There are a number of minor variations in the ancient authorities on this verse but the general sense is clear).

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