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The Shepherd of Lost Sheep
-- John 10; Psalm 106:47-48; Proverbs 19:8
"Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by
the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a
robber. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To
him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls
his own sheep by name and leads them out. And when he brings out his
own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know
his voice. Yet they will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee
from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers." Jesus used this
illustration, but they did not understand the things which He spoke to
them.
Then Jesus said to them again, "Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the
door of the sheep. All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers,
but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door. If anyone enters by Me,
he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief
does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come
that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the
sheep. But a hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own
the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the
wolf catches the sheep and scatters them. The hireling flees because he
is a hireling and does not care about the sheep. I am the good
shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own. As the Father
knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the
sheep. And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I
must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock
and one shepherd.
"Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may
take it again. No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I
have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This
command I have received from My Father."
Therefore there was a division again among the Jews because of these
sayings. And many of them said, "He has a demon and is mad. Why do you
listen to Him?"
Others said, "These are not the words of one who has a demon. Can a
demon open the eyes of the blind?"
Now it was the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem, and it was winter. And
Jesus walked in the temple, in Solomon's porch. Then the Jews
surrounded Him and said to Him, "How long do You keep us in doubt? If
You are the Christ, tell us plainly."
Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you do not believe. The works
that I do in My Father's name, they bear witness of Me. But you do not
believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I said to you. My sheep
hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give them
eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone 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 My Father's hand. I
and My Father are one."
Then the Jews took up stones again to stone Him. Jesus answered them,
"Many good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of those
works do you stone Me?"
The Jews answered Him, saying, "For a good work we do not stone You,
but for blasphemy, and because You, being a Man, make Yourself God."
Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your law, 'I said, "You are
gods"'? If He called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the
Scripture cannot be broken), do you say of Him whom the Father
sanctified and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I
said, 'I am the Son of God'? If I do not do the works of My Father, do
not believe Me; but if I do, though you do not believe Me, believe the
works, that you may know and believe that the Father is in Me,and I in
Him." Therefore they sought again to seize Him, but He escaped out of
their hand.
And He went away again beyond the Jordan to the place where John was
baptizing at first, and there He stayed. Then many came to Him and
said, "John performed no sign, but all the things that John spoke about
this Man were true." And many believed in Him there.
John 10
WORSHIP:
Save us, O LORD our God,
And gather us from among the Gentiles,
To give thanks to Your holy name,
To triumph in Your praise.
Blessed be the LORD God of Israel
>From everlasting to everlasting!
And let all the people say, "Amen!"
Praise the LORD!
Psalm 106:47-48
WISDOM:
He who gets wisdom loves his own soul;
He who keeps understanding will find good.
Proverbs 19:8
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