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John - Life's Shepherding Outside of Religion
Submitted by jesuslover on Thu, 02/21/2008 - 04:06.
Life's Shepherding Outside of Religion
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- Within the Veil
- Let us come forward to the Holy of Holies with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water (Heb.10:22).
- Outside the Camp
- Let us therefore go forth unto Him outside the camp, bearing His reproach (v.13:13).
- Truly, truly, I say to you, He who does not enter through the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up from somewhere else, he is a thief and a robber; But he who enters through 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 (John10:1-3)
- When he puts forth all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice. But they will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers (vv.4-5).
- Jesus therefore said to them again, Truly, truly, I say to you that I am the door of the sheep. All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he shall be saved and shall go in and go out and shall find pasture (vv.7-9).
- The thief does not come except to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life and may have it abundantly (v.10).
- I
- am the good Shepherd; the good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. He who is a hireling and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. He flees because he is a hireling and it does not matter to him concerning the sheep (vv. 11-13).
- I am the good Shepherd, and I know My own, and My own know Me, …And I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must lead them also, and they shall hear My voice, and there shall be one flock, one Shepherd (vv.14-16).