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I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD’’Read the section the verse refers to.
Today’s chapter is verse 23 where there is Jesus who is the good shepherd.
We are the sheep:
JESUS IS THE GOOD SHEPHERD.
The shepherd lives with his sheep. He gives them healthy and varied food, so that we can develop healthily and properly and Jesus provides protection and security.
We all need healthy, spiritual food, to develop well and properly. Sometimes we don’t like a varied diet, We prefer to eat what we know, but as children need a healthy and varied diet, vitamins, minerals, so we also need healthy varied spiritual food from the Word. The Word is Versus that became flesh John 1
The sheep cannot live without the Shepherd. Without the Shepherd, the sheep become a victim of wolves, wild dogs and thieves. We have many false shepherds also o day, they scold, chase the sheep as if they were the black sheep.
They are killed, perish, disappear, and are lost.
LET US SEEK CLOSE TO THE GOOD SHEPHERD
We often have the same characteristics as the sheep. The sheep easily forget the way and go astray. They can and will themselves and can be stubborn, rebellious, and even from the outside almost stupid. The Scripture says:
WE ALL LIKE SHEEP HAVE GONE AStray. WE HAVE TURNED EACH ONE TO OUR OWN WAY
When Jesus spoke of the sheep, He said. I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD. THE GOOD SHEPHERD WILL SACRIFICE HIS LIFE TO SAVE THE SHEEP
It was not just words,
JESUS GAVE HIS LIFE FOR YOU AND ME ON GOLGATHA, SO THAT WE COULD EXPERIENCE TRUE FREEDOM, SALVATION, FORGIVENESS, AND ETERNAL LIFE
Jesus also says:
I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD. I KNOW MY SHEEP AND THEY KNOW ME. JUST AS THE FATHER KNOWS ME AND I KNOW HIM. I SACRIFICE MY LIFE FOR THE SHEEP MY SHEEP HEAR MY VOICE, (KNOW MY VOICE) I KNOW THEM AND THEY FOLLOW ME.
Notice Jesus says many times I AM. This is because He is also God, the first born Son of the I AM, of course a son has the same name as His Father.
He knows and calls you by name:
It is God who through the choice of your earthly parents gave you your name dear friend.
YOU ARE KNOWN AND LOVED AND THEY FOLLOW ME
Rejoice not only that you know the Shepherd and He knows you but follow Him throughout your life. He knows best!
I GIVE THEM ETERNAL LIFE AND THEY SHALL NEVER PERISH NO ONE CAN Pluck THEM OUT OF MY HAND, BECAUSE MY FATHER HAS GIVEN THEM TO ME AND HE HAS GREATER POWER THAN ANYONE ELSE NO ONE CAN Pluck THEM
OUT OF MY FATHER'S HAND.
I AND THE FATHER ARE ONE
We are in the best of hands:
NO ONE NO NOTHING CAN Pluck US OUT OF GOD'S HAND
To those who followed Him then and NOW, the Shepherd says:
I AM WITH YOU ALL DAYS, (All kinds of days) UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD The end of the world is the end of earthly life, so is Jesus He carries us all the way Home to God a house not built with human hands.
Amen
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