Thursday
Read John 10:11-18
11 “I am the good shepherd, who is willing
to die for the sheep. 12 When the hired man, who is not a shepherd and does not
own the sheep, sees a wolf coming, he leaves the sheep and runs away; so the
wolf snatches the sheep and scatters them. 13 The hired man runs away because
he is only a hired man and does not care about the sheep. 14-15 I am the good
shepherd. As the Father knows me and I know the Father, in the same way I know
my sheep and they know me. And I am willing to die for them. 16 There are other
sheep which belong to me that are not in this sheep pen. I must bring them,
too; they will listen to my voice, and they will become one flock with one
shepherd.
17 “The Father loves me because I am willing to give up my life, in order that I may receive it back again. 18 No one takes my life away from me. I give it up of my own free will. I have the right to give it up, and I have the right to take it back. This is what my Father has commanded me to do.”
Footnotes:
John 10:16 they will become; some manuscripts have there will be.
Good News Translation (GNT)
Copyright © 1992 by American Bible Society
17 “The Father loves me because I am willing to give up my life, in order that I may receive it back again. 18 No one takes my life away from me. I give it up of my own free will. I have the right to give it up, and I have the right to take it back. This is what my Father has commanded me to do.”
Footnotes:
John 10:16 they will become; some manuscripts have there will be.
Good News Translation (GNT)
Copyright © 1992 by American Bible Society
Think
Jesus illustrates the meaning of love as described
in 1 John 3:18; the owner of the sheep is invested so much in the sheep that he
can not just abandon them. His life is
bundled up with theirs. This is the way
we are meant to care for each other.
Pray
Lord I don't like to commit myself too much
to love others. But you show me the way
of offering my life - my self. Help me
to do so more and more each day.
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