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Jesus is the Shepherd of His Sheep
Describe the Palestinian Shepherd.
Leads His Sheep
His life was very hard.
No flock ever grazed without a shepherd, and he was never off duty.
There being little grass, the sheep were bound to wander; and since there were no protecting walls, the sheep had constantly to be watched.
On either side of the narrow plateau, the ground dipped sharply down to the craggy deserts, and the sheep were always liable to stray away and get lost.
The shepherd’s task was not only constant but also dangerous, for, in addition, he had to guard the flock against wild animals, especially against wolves, and there were always thieves and robbers ready to steal the sheep.
The shepherd knows His sheep and His sheep know Him.
The shepherd need only speak and His sheep know His voice.
They trust the shepherd to lead them.
Tirelessly vigilante
Jesus, The Way to Life
Description of the Sheepfold.
In the villages and towns themselves, there were communal sheepfolds where all the village flocks were sheltered when they returned home at night.
These folds were protected by a strong door of which only the guardian of the door held the key.
It was to that kind of fold Jesus referred in verses 2 and 3.
But when the sheep were out on the hills in the warm season and did not return at night to the village at all, they were collected into sheepfolds on the hillside.
These hillside sheepfolds were just open spaces enclosed by a wall.
In them, there was an opening by which the sheep came in and went out; but there was no door of any kind.
What happened was that at night the shepherd himself lay down across the opening, and no sheep could get out or in except over his body.
In the most literal sense, the shepherd was the door.
Through Christ alone, do we enter into life.
Christ lays down his life across the door so that we might enter.
Jesus is describing our access to God.
We are able to come and go as we please, a description of the kind of relationship we share with God now as a result of Christ, we are at peace with Him.
Those who had come before and claimed to be Messiah were thieves, but He is the good shepherd, the gate to a restored relationship with God.
Jesus the Good Shepherd
The true shepherd never hesitated to risk, and even to lay down, his life for his sheep.
The true shepherd would not hesitate to lay his life down for the sheep
The unfaithful shepherd would run and save himself over the sheep
This truth is not only for the Jew, but for us today.
Christ has bonded us into one flock for His glory
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