Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name bear witness about me, but you do not believe because you are not part of my flock. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me,is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. I and the Father are one.”
The Jews picked up stones again to stone him. Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?” The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God.”” (John 10:25–33 ESV)

Jesus is in a heated discussion with the self righteous, religious elite in John 10.  In verse 24, they ask “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are ithe Christ, tell us plainly,” to which Jesus answered that He had told them, but they did not believe.  Why didn’t they believe since they were very religious men?  They did not believe because they were not sheep.  Don’t read past that.  Jesus said that His sheep, that God gave to Him, hear His voice and follow Him; furthermore, He knows His sheep and gives them eternal life.  There is not much mention of their choice; God had chosen them and given them to Jesus.  Jesus then goes on and provides GREAT comfort to the Christian when He says, “no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.”  This paints a portrait of God’s activity in the hearts of men, He is not distant or disconnected.  The religious elite’s response was to stone Him, not because of His good works, but because they knew what He was claiming.  He was claiming to be God, He was claiming that He was the messiah.
This section provides us with much encouragement to share our faith because sheep will hear the beautiful message of the Gospel and respond in God’s timing.  It does not depend upon our ability to articulate everything correctly, it depends upon God’s effectual call in the life of His sheep.  This is freeing and liberating!  Sheep hear His voice and follow Him and He knows them and gives them eternal life and “no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand!”  That is good news!