![]() They will come and go freely and will find good pastures. Those who come in through me will be saved. But the true sheep did not listen to them. 8 All who came before me were thieves and robbers. 5 They won’t follow a stranger they will run from him because they don’t know his voice.”Ħ Those who heard Jesus use this illustration didn’t understand what he meant, 7 so he explained it to them: “I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep. 4 After he has gathered his own flock, he walks ahead of them, and they follow him because they know his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. Gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep recognize his voiceĪnd come to him. Rather than going through the gate, must surely be a thief and a robber! 2 But the one who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. Tell you the truth, anyone who sneaks over the wall of a sheepfold, GOD draws "word-pictures" that we might understand - that Jesus is the Good Shepherd.As we grow in GOD, we are protected by the Holy Spirit of GOD within us, to lead us, speak with us, guide us, protect us.He focused attention on the one sheep that was in trouble.The parable of the lost sheep teaches us that we as individuals count in GOD's eyes.
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