JESUS IS
THE GOOD SHEPHERD
CHRISTIANITY
1“Truly, truly,
I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by
another way, that man is a thief and a robber. 2But he who enters by the door
is the shepherd of the sheep.
3To him the
gatekeeper opens.
The sheep hear
his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4When he has
brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for
they know his voice.
5A stranger they
will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of
strangers.”
6This figure of
speech Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to
them.
JOHN 10:1-6
COMMENTARY
Jesus here,
declares himself the Messenger of GOD to men, and compares his ministry with
all those who have come before Him or come after Him, posing as the Messiah, as
false (John 10:8; Matthew 24 :5).
The Lord Jesus,
when speaking that the others do not enter through the main door, refers to the
fact that no False Prophet does so through the channels destined by GOD.
No false divine
envoy comes through the Scriptures, the Prophets, and the supernatural signs of
GOD, but, regardless of them, that is, without a scriptural basis, but perhaps
distorted interpretations; without prophetic precedence; and without having any
miracle accompanying their message, they do it, but rather in an unusual way
and incompatible with GOD's way.
Although this
message was given by JESUS speaking of the false messiahs, before and after
Him; this is also the case of all those who have claimed to be messengers of
GOD, trying to take the place of JESUS on earth.
But our Lord
explains that He did enter through the main door, through the front door of
ISRAEL, that is, fulfilling in Himself all the prophecies given about the
Messiah, and supported by signs and miracles that by themselves spoke of divine
approval of his ministry and message.
And at the end
he gives us one last revelation. That 'his sheep', that is, all those open to
the TRUTH, when they find him and hear his message, recognize him as the
MESSIAH or Messenger of GOD (John 18:37).
Our JESUS ends
up teaching that all the sheep that 'know his voice' follow him, while they
flee in terror from everyone who falsely professes in the Name of GOD. With
this he lets us know that the conscience of every human being who honestly
seeks the Truth, has the capacity to be able to recognize the Truth when he is
in front of it, whatever it may be (Romans 2: 14-15).
Omar Flores.
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