I Am the Good Shepherd - "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is a 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.
When he brings all his own out, he goes ahead of. John 10 continues the rich metaphorical discourse of Jesus, presenting the compelling imagery of the shepherd and the sheep. Through His teachings, Jesus elucidates His unique roles as the Good Shepherd and the gate for the sheep, offering a deeper understanding of His divine mission, sacrificial love, and assurance of eternal life.
CHAPTER 10 The Good Shepherd. 1* "Amen, amen, I say to you,a whoever does not enter a sheepfold* through the gate but climbs over elsewhere is a thief and a robber. 2But whoever enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.
The passage from John 10:1-10 reveals Jesus Christ as the Good Shepherd and the Gate. Unlike those who seek to steal and destroy, Christ's ultimate purpose is to lead His followers to abundant life and safe pasture. "I am the good shepherd.
The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. Chapter 10 Jesus is the Good Shepherd-He gained power over death from His Father-He promises to visit His other sheep-He proclaims, I am the Son of God. In proclaiming that He is the Good Shepherd, Jesus speaks of "laying down" His life for His sheep (John 10:15, 17-18).
Jesus' death was divinely appointed. It is only through Him that we receive salvation. "I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own" (John 10:14).
The Good Shepherd Who Breaks All the Rules What's John 10 about? Jesus calls himself the Good Shepherd in one of his most beloved metaphors, but he's doing some. The Lord said, "I am the door; if any one enters by me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
12 The hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 13 The hired hand runs away because a hired hand does not care for the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd.