“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep” (John 10:11).
The Lord Jesus referred to Himself as the Good Shepherd who gives His life to feed the sheep. That’s why Jesus says, “Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you” (John 6:53).
God foretold of this one true Shepherd who gives His life to feed the sheep, saying, “I will establish one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them—My servant David. He shall feed them and be their shepherd” (Ezekiel 34:23).
The sheep of God’s pasture are His people and Christ the Lord is their Shepherd: “Then they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them, and that they, the people of Israel, are My people, says the Lord God” (Ezekiel 34:30).
All believers in Christ are God’s people, and Christ the Word of God is their Shepherd. As shepherds tended to their livestock and brings them into one fold, so God gathers His people into the one house of the Bible.
Christ gave His life to all mankind, both Jews and Gentiles. Jesus says, “And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd” (John 10:16).
The “other sheep” clearly refers to the non-Jewish believers. Jesus is the Good Shepherd over all who believe in Him. The Word of God is that loving caretaker of God’s people, which is Christ, “that great Shepherd of the sheep” (Hebrews 13:20).
Every child of God hears the voice of Scripture. God offered Himself as the one true Shepherd by the Scripture. Whoever believes in Christ obeys the Scripture. Jesus says, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed” (John 8:31).
Anyone who returns to the Scripture will receive God’s life abundantly. Peter wrote, “For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls” (1 Peter 2:25).
Scripture is that Overseer of our souls, and He is superior to any human leader. Whoever believes in the Scripture shall never be disappointed: “For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you” (Hebrews 13:5).
God is not like humans that make empty promises: “God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?”(Numbers 23:19).
The Word of God is the restorer of our souls. The good news in Scripture comforts our mind in this violent and troubled world. God’s Word is the refuge and anchor to all who believes in Him (see Hebrews 6:17-19).
God loved us so much He gave us His life through the Scripture, which is Christ the Son of God. John wrote, “And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son” (1 John 5:11).
The Word of God is the Good Shepherd who gives His life to everyone that believes in Him. Scripture is that door into the sheepfold, if anyone enters by Him they will be saved, and will go in and out and find God’s life (see John 10:9).
PRAYER:
Dear Lord, thank you for your Word, my Good Shepherd, which leads me in the path of righteousness, in Jesus name. Amen.
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