Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Jesus Christ, The True Shepherd



John 10:1-6

“Most assuredly, I (Jesus Christ) say to YOU, he (Unbelievers) who does NOT enter The Sheepfold, by The Door (Jesus Christ), but climbs up some other way, the same (Unbelievers) is a thief and a robber.  But He (Jesus Christ) who ENTERS by The Door is The Shepherd (Jesus Christ) of The Sheep (Jewish Believers).  To Him (Jesus Christ), The Doorkeeper (God Almighty) OPENS, and The Sheep (Jewish Believers) HEAR His (Jesus Christ’s) Voice; and He (Jesus Christ) CALLS His (Jesus Christ’s) Own Sheep (Jewish Believers), by Name, and LEADS Them (Jewish Believers) Out.  And when He (Jesus Christ) BRINGS OUT His (Jesus Christ’s) Own Sheep (Jewish Believers), He (Jesus Christ) goes BEFORE Them (Jewish Believers); and The Sheep (Jewish Believers) FOLLOW Him (Jesus Christ), for They (Jewish Believers) KNOW His (Jesus Christ’s) Voice.  Yet They (Jewish Believers) will by NO MEANS follow a stranger (Unbelievers), but will FLEE from him (Unbelievers), for They (Jewish Believers) do NOT know the voice of strangers (Unbelievers).”  Jesus (Jesus Christ) used this illustration, but they (Unbelievers) did NOT understand The Things, which He (Jesus Christ) spoke to them (Unbelievers).

John 10:7-21

Then Jesus (Jesus Christ) said to them (Unbelievers) again, “Most assuredly, I (Jesus Christ) say to YOU (Unbelievers), I (Jesus Christ) AM The Door of The Sheep (Believers).  All (Unbelievers) who EVER Came BEFORE Me (Jesus Christ), are thieves and robbers, but The Sheep (Jewish Believers) did NOT hear them (Unbelievers).  I (Jesus Christ) AM The Door.  If ANYONE (Believers) ENTERS by Me (Jesus Christ), He (Believers) Will Be SAVED, and will go in and out and find pasture.  The thief (Unbelievers) does NOT come, EXCEPT to steal, and to kill, and to destroy.  I (Jesus Christ) have COME, that They (Believers) may have Life (Everlasting Life), and that They (Believers) may have It (Everlasting Life) more abundantly.  “I (Jesus Christ) AM The Good Shepherd.  The Good Shepherd (Jesus Christ) GIVES His (Jesus Christ’s) Life for The Sheep (Believers).  But a hireling (Unbelievers), he (Unbelievers) who is NOT The Shepherd (Jesus Christ), one (Unbelievers) who does NOT own the sheep, sees the wolf (the devil) coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf (the devil) catches the sheep and scatters them.  The hireling (Unbelievers) flees because he (Unbelievers) is a hireling (Unbelievers) and does NOT care about the sheep.  I (Jesus Christ) AM The Good Shepherd; and I (Jesus Christ) KNOW My (Jesus Christ’s) Sheep (Believers), and AM KNOWN by My (Jesus Christ’s) Own (Believers).  As The Father (God Almighty) KNOWS Me (Jesus Christ), even so I (Jesus Christ) KNOW The Father (God Almighty); and I (Jesus Christ) LAY DOWN My (Jesus Christ’s) Life for The Sheep (Believers).  And Other Sheep (Gentile Believers) I (Jesus Christ) have, which are NOT of This Fold (Jewish Believers); Them (Gentile Believers) also I (Jesus Christ) MUST BRING, and They (Gentile Believers) will HEAR My (Jesus Christ’s) Voice; and there will be ONE FLOCK (Believers, Jew and Gentile) and ONE SHEPHERD (Jesus Christ).  “Therefore My Father (God Almighty) Loves Me (Jesus Christ), because I (Jesus Christ) LAY DOWN My (Jesus Christ’s) Life, that I (Jesus Christ) may TAKE IT (Jesus Christ’s Life) again.  NO ONE takes It (Jesus Christ’s Life) from Me (Jesus Christ), but I (Jesus Christ) LAY IT (Jesus Christ’s Life) DOWN of Myself (Jesus Christ). I (Jesus Christ) have POWER to lay It (Jesus Christ’s Life) down, and I (Jesus Christ) have POWER to take It (Jesus Christ’s Life) again.  This Command I (Jesus Christ) have RECEIVED from My (Jesus Christ’s) Father (God Almighty).”  Therefore there was a division again among the Jews, because of These Sayings.  And many of them (Unbelievers) said, “He (Jesus Christ) has a demon and is mad.  Why do YOU listen to Him (Jesus Christ)?”  Others said, “These are NOT The Words of one who has a demon.  Can a demon OPEN the eyes of the blind?”

John 10:22-30

Now it was The Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem, and it was Winter.  And Jesus (Jesus Christ) walked in The Temple, in Solomon’s Porch.  Then the Jews surrounded Him (Jesus Christ) and said to Him (Jesus Christ), “How long do YOU (Jesus Christ) keep us (Unbelievers) in doubt?  If YOU (Jesus Christ) are The Christ, tell us (Unbelievers) plainly.”  Jesus (Jesus Christ) answered them (Unbelievers), “I told YOU (Unbelievers), and YOU (Unbelievers) do NOT believe.  The Works (The Miracles) that I (Jesus Christ) DO, in My (Jesus Christ’s) Father’s (God Almighty’s) Name, They (The Works, The Miracles) BEAR WITNESS of Me (Jesus Christ).  But YOU (Unbelievers) do NOT believe, because YOU (Unbelievers) are NOT of My (Jesus Christ’s) Sheep (Believers), as I (Jesus Christ) said to YOU (Unbelievers).  My (Jesus Christ’s) Sheep (Believers) HEAR My (Jesus Christ’s) Voice, and I (Jesus Christ) KNOW Them (Believers), and They (Believers) FOLLOW Me (Jesus Christ).  And I (Jesus Christ) GIVE Them (Believers) Eternal Life, and They (Believers) shall NEVER Perish; neither shall anyone SNATCH Them (Believers) Out of My (Jesus Christ’s) Hand.  MY (Jesus Christ’s) FATHER (God Almighty), who has GIVEN Them (Believers) to Me (Jesus Christ), IS GREATER THAN ALL; and NO ONE is able to SNATCH Them (Believers) out of MY (Jesus Christ’s) FATHER’S (God Almighty’s) HAND.  I (Jesus Christ) and MY (Jesus Christ’s) FATHER (God Almighty) ARE ONE.”

Fellow Believers, this so clearly tells Us (Believers) how much We (Believers) NEED Jesus Christ.  The ONLY way for Us (Believers) to be in God Almighty’s Immediate Presence, is THROUGH Jesus Christ, period.  Jesus Christ IS The Good Shepherd AND Jesus Christ IS The Door, into God Almighty’s Immediate Presence.  We (Believers) ARE His (Jesus Christ’s) Sheep, We (Believers) HEAR His (Jesus Christ’s) Voice, and We (Believers) FOLLOW Him (Jesus Christ).  We (Believers) in turn, Share The Gospel of Jesus Christ, The Good Shepherd, with Others (Yet-To-Be-Believers) so that They (Yet-To-Be-Believers) may HEAR The Good Shepherd’s Voice, and FOLLOW Him (Jesus Christ), as well.

Please remember, when We (Believers) ACCEPT God’s Free Gift of Salvation and ASK Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, to come Abide within Us (Believers), through The Holy Spirit, We (Believers) DEDICATE Our (Believers) Lives to SERVING God Almighty.  This includes using Our Spiritual Gifts to Share The Gospel of Jesus Christ.  So, why does Jesus Christ say, whoever (Believers) loses His (Believers) Life will gain it (The Believer’s Life)?  Well, it means YOU (Believers) FREELY give up, living for Yourself (Believers), and start living for God Almighty.  It means, YOU (Believers) start walking God Almighty’s Path (The Path God Almighty Created just for YOU), instead of walking Your (Believers) Own Path, and living Your (Believers) Life, the way YOU (Believers) want, instead of The Way God Almighty wants YOU (Believers) to live it.

So, Fellow Believers, may I ask YOU (Believers) how are YOU (Believers) living Your (Believers) Life, is it for Yourself (Believers) OR for God Almighty?

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