{"id":4125,"date":"2022-10-30T21:13:54","date_gmt":"2022-10-30T21:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=4125"},"modified":"2022-11-05T15:38:55","modified_gmt":"2022-11-05T15:38:55","slug":"i-am-the-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=4125","title":{"rendered":"I Am The Door"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Jesus speaking:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.  But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"> <em>To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.  And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.  And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Then said Jesus unto them again,&nbsp;Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.  All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.  I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have&nbsp;it&nbsp;more abundantly.  I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.  The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>I am the good shepherd, and know my&nbsp;sheep, and am known of mine.  As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.  And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold,&nbsp;and&nbsp;one shepherd.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.  No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.  And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?  Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.  And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon&#8217;s porch.  Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>Jesus answered them,&nbsp;I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father&#8217;s name, they bear witness of me.  But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any&nbsp;man&nbsp;pluck them out of my hand.  My Father, which gave&nbsp;them&nbsp;me, is greater than all; and no&nbsp;man&nbsp;is able to pluck&nbsp;them&nbsp;out of my Father&#8217;s hand.  I and&nbsp;my&nbsp;Father are one.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.  Jesus answered them,&nbsp;Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?  The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Jesus answered them,&nbsp;Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?  If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.  But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father&nbsp;is&nbsp;in me, and I in him.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,  And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode.  And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true.  And many believed on him there.  <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>John 10<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>&#8230;let the word of Christ dwell <\/em>(take up its life) <em>in you richly&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jesus speaking: Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 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