Read Today's Passage
Jesus once again is bold, simple... and confusing. All at the same time. I sometimes wonder if He truly ever got tired of His disciples just not getting it? I know that at one point He kind of went off on them, asking them if they were really that slow (paraphrased), but think about it. Sharing earth-shattering Truth with them each and every day that they just don't get? That had to be frustrating! I especially love verse 10. Note that Jesus says that He came that we might have life to the full. Not the perfect life. Not so that we can have everything that we want. But to have life to the full. What do you suppose that means? And did you catch the subtle reference that the Jews were not the only people God cared about in verse 16? Such a powerful metaphor, using sheep. Even further on in the chapter when He talks about how God the Shepherd holds all the sheep in His and and no one can take them from Him. Are you a sheep? Or do you follow a thief?
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I find it interesting the Jesus calls Himself the gate and the shepherd. It's amazing how he can be both, and He describes it so well. I also caught a reference to the Trinity, at least two persons, when He says that He and the Father are one. It amazes me how their relationships and duties are One, yet distinct.
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