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Monday, May 5, 2014

The Fourth Sunday of Easter (GA)

John 10:11-18
11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 13 He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd. 17 For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.”

Jesus is the Good Shepherd, what more you want to know. Jesus lays down his life for you. You still need some more. You are a member of his flock. The Father loves you, and sacrificed your shepherd to save you from certain (eternal) death.

I don't know what else to really tell you. I guess we could talk about whether you are a sheep or a wolf. Maybe we could talk about how sometimes wolves act like sheep, and sheep act like wolves. Sheep are joined together as they follow their one shepherd. That shepherd is Jesus Christ. We hear his voice and we follow.

There are times when we follow the voices of wolves. They tell us all about who is doing what with, or to, whom. These wolves remind us of all the bad things going on in the Church. Likewise, wolves can remind us of all the bad things going on in our homes.

The Shepherd does not point to these things. The Shepherd points you to his voice, his word, his sacrifice, and his forgiveness. He is the one who claims you as part of his sheep fold. He is the one who seeks to protect you from the wolves, and even the wolf within you. He does this by speaking to you constantly, how we should live our life, and how you have been made pure.


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