If you know anything about shepherds and the sheep they guard and protect, you would see the reason God uses them to illustrate how he cares for us. Sheep are not the brightest animals in the world and they really do need a keeper. Shepherds are trained to guard and protect their charges. They care about them and seek them out when they wander off.
Can you see the parallel here? Can you tell where I am going with this train of thought? There have been so many times in my life when I was just plain stupid. My actions would indicate that I had no common sense and lacked personal pride. But, God still sought me out; He chased me down until I gave Him my life. Similar to the sheep that get themselves caught in the most dangerous situations and the shepherd who rescues them from themselves, God does that for me and for you too.
Unlike sheep that need to be guided all their life, I will learn from my mistakes, and eventually submit to my Shepherd's embrace. I know there is only one way to be safe and have a future and that is through Jesus. Jesus, the Good Shepherd, is the only way into the heavenly fold. And he stands at the gate, not as a barrier but as a passage way.
"Therefore Jesus said again, “Very truly I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep. All who have come before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep have not listened to them. I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture." (John 10:7-9)
John 10:1-10
"Therefore Jesus said again, “Very truly I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep. All who have come before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep have not listened to them. I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture." (John 10:7-9)
John 10:1-10
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