Friday | Week 9
Throughout this week we have been focusing on Jesus as our true Shepherd. Today I want to focus on one particular claim of Jesus. He says in John 10:25-30: “I did tell you, but you do not believe. The works I do in my Father’s name testify about me, but you do not believe because you are not my sheep. My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. I and the Father are one.”
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Thursday | Week 9
1 Corinthians 13 is one of the most beautiful chapters about love in the Bible. It tells us what love is. John 10 tells us who love is. Love is the Good Shepherd. Jesus says in John 10:14, “I am the Good Shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me.”
Probably no sheep knows its shepherd better than a bummer lamb…
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Wednesday | Week 9
Why Do Sheep Need a Good Shepherd?
A good shepherd takes care of his sheep. A good shepherd is responsible for the safety and welfare of his flock. A good shepherd is a protector.
Reading John 10, the word good immediately touched upon my heart and how it was attached to the word shepherd. My late husband would often say to me, “You always see the good in people first.” Therefore, I meditated on the word good because it touched my heart, and on the word shepherd because the Lord is our shepherd. So, what is good? Good has a few desirable words attached to it including “that which is morally right; righteousness.” Why? Because Jesus, the good shepherd, walked the earth as a righteous man.
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Tuesday | Week 9
Many Christians may or may not know this, but the English Bible we have in our houses or in our churches is a translation. The original books of the Bible were written in different languages—Hebrew and Aramaic for the Old Testament, Greek for the New Testament. Thankfully, men and women have devoted time to learning these languages and translating the Bible into English so that most people can read it.
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Monday | Week 9
In John’s tenth chapter, Jesus continues to converse with the Pharisees. They are skeptical of him and all the acts he has performed. It is at this point in Scripture that Jesus shares his third and fourth “I am” statements, given to better convey his character to those listening. He does so by setting the scene: a sheep pen with numerous flocks of sheep. Jesus parallels himself with two different aspects of his illustration.
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