John 10:1-21:
"I
tell you the truth anyone who sneaks over the wall of a sheepfold,
rather than going through the gate, must surely be a thief and a robber!
But the one who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.
The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep recognize his voice
and come to him. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
After he has gathered his own flock, he walks ahead of them, and they
follow him because they know his voice. They won't follow a stranger;
they will run from him because they don't know his voice."
Those
who heard Jesus use this illustration didn't understand what he meant,
so he explained it to them: "I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the
sheep. All who came before me were thieves and robbers. But the true
sheep did not listen to them. Yes, I am the gate. Those who come
through me will be saved. They will come and go freely and will find
good pastures. The thief's purpose is to steal and kill and destroy.
My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.
I
am the good shepherd. The good shepherd sacrifices his life for the
sheep. A hired hand will run when he sees a wolf coming. He will
abandon the sheep because they don't belong to him and he isn't their
shepherd. And so the wolf attacks them and scatters the flock. The
hired hand runs away because he's working only for the money and doesn't
really care about the sheep.
I
am the good shepherd; I know my own sheep, and they know me. Just as
my Father knows me and I know the Father. So I sacrifice my life for
the sheep. I have other sheep, too, that are not in this sheepfold. I
must bring them also. They will listen to my voice, and there will be
one flock with one shepherd.
The
Father loves me because I sacrifice my life so I may take it back
again. No one can take my life from me. I sacrifice it voluntarily.
For I have the authority to lay it down when I want to and also to take
it up again. For this is what the Father has commanded."
When he said these things, "the people were again divided in their opinions about him.
Some said, "He's demon possessed and out of his mind. Why listen to a man like that?"
Others said, ""This doesn't sound like a man possessed by a demon! Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?"
Thursday, 19 September 2019
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