The Good Shepherd!
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· John
10:7… Jesus said that He is the “gate of the sheep”. What did He mean? Well, a sheepfold during Jesus’ time had no
door which could be opened and closed. The door of the sheepfold was just an
opening. In this kind of sheepfold, after the sheep have entered it, the
shepherd would sleep at the entrance. The shepherd became, effectively, the
door of the sheepfold.
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· John 10:11… When Jesus says, “I am the good shepherd” He also
assures us that He is the “door of the sheep”.
He is telling us, “Inside My sheepfold, My sheep are always safe, completely
protected and kept close under My watchful eyes. And since I am just at the
entrance of the sheepfold, nothing evil
outside the sheepfold can enter and touch My sheep without first coming through
Me for I am the door of My sheep.”
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· So when the challenges of life comes knocking at
our door we MUST see ourselves perfectly protected! Jesus is both the good
shepherd and the door of His sheep. As our good shepherd, Jesus gave His life
for us to redeem us from poverty, sickness, financial lack and every curse.
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· Exodus 12:13, 23… As our door, He
keeps out everything evil that He has redeemed us from. Because He shed His
blood for us, we are covered and protected within the sheepfold by a
blood-stained door. Disaster, destruction and death must pass over us and our family
because of His blood on our door. On the night of the first Passover in
Egypt
,
the destroyer could not enter the homes of the Israelites because of the blood
of the lamb on their doorposts.
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· Today, we can live our life unafraid, knowing
that Jesus, our good shepherd and our door, protects and preserves us and our
family. No evil or disaster will befall us and our loved ones because Jesus is our
dwelling place and refuge!
