"Truly truly I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way. He is a thief and a robber.
But who enters by the door is a Shepherd(pastor) of the Sheep.
... the sheep hear his voice and he calls his own by name, leads them out.... when he puts forth own, he goes before them, and the Sheep follow him because they Knowles voice." John 10;1-4
So what does Jesus mean in all this?
THE GREEK WORD TRANSLATED "SHEPHERD" IS SAME GREEK WORD TRANSLATED "PASTOR".. ACTUALLY THE WORD PASTOR MEANS THE SAME AS THE WORD SHEPHERD IN ENGLISH.
Jesus tells us in the following verses in John 10: "Truly truly.. I am the door of the Sheep... (Verse 11)I am the Good Shepherd(pastor).
(Verse14) I am the Good Shepherd (pastor), and I know My own and My own know Me. ..(16)and I have other sheep, which are not of this fold. I bring them also , and they shall hear my voice and they shall become one flock, and shall have one shepherd(pastor)."
Who is the Leader?
Obviously, it must be Jesus Christ the Good Shepherd. There is another obvious thing--He DOES LEAD the flock..
But here the shepherd leads in a different way.
In the western world, the shepherd is actually a sheep herder. This means he is he is behind the flock and drives the Sheep, and usually with a sheep dog.
The flock hear the voice of Jesus Christ, This means that they recognize Jesus Christ in The Voice. If Jesus Christ is the Good Shepherd,
"THE ONE SHEPHERD"(pastor),
this is extremely important. If "His own know-recognize His voice", than it identifies "His own". "They(His own) flee from strangers"--not the good shepherd's voice.
The Good Shepherd leads the Flock from the front--not from behind, and (4)"the sheep follow him because they know his voice." Jesus Christ is the Good Shepherd--"the one shepherd".
Another very important point to be made here
Jesus Christ's or God's voice was or is not always a popular one. God's prophets were not always popular or what you want to hear--usually they were not.
But who enters by the door is a Shepherd(pastor) of the Sheep.
... the sheep hear his voice and he calls his own by name, leads them out.... when he puts forth own, he goes before them, and the Sheep follow him because they Knowles voice." John 10;1-4
So what does Jesus mean in all this?
THE GREEK WORD TRANSLATED "SHEPHERD" IS SAME GREEK WORD TRANSLATED "PASTOR".. ACTUALLY THE WORD PASTOR MEANS THE SAME AS THE WORD SHEPHERD IN ENGLISH.
Verse 11 I am the good shepherd (egw eimi o poimhn o kaloß). Note repetition of the article, "the shepherd the good one." Takes up the metaphor of verses Romans 2. Vulgate pastor bonus. Philo calls his good shepherd agaqoß, but kaloß calls attention to the beauty in character and service like "good stewards" (1 Peter 4:10), "a good minister of Christ Jesus" (1 Timothy
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Jesus tells us in the following verses in John 10: "Truly truly.. I am the door of the Sheep... (Verse 11)I am the Good Shepherd(pastor).
(Verse14) I am the Good Shepherd (pastor), and I know My own and My own know Me. ..(16)and I have other sheep, which are not of this fold. I bring them also , and they shall hear my voice and they shall become one flock, and shall have one shepherd(pastor)."
Who is the Leader?
Obviously, it must be Jesus Christ the Good Shepherd. There is another obvious thing--He DOES LEAD the flock..
But here the shepherd leads in a different way.
In the western world, the shepherd is actually a sheep herder. This means he is he is behind the flock and drives the Sheep, and usually with a sheep dog.
The flock hear the voice of Jesus Christ, This means that they recognize Jesus Christ in The Voice. If Jesus Christ is the Good Shepherd,
"THE ONE SHEPHERD"(pastor),
this is extremely important. If "His own know-recognize His voice", than it identifies "His own". "They(His own) flee from strangers"--not the good shepherd's voice.
The Good Shepherd leads the Flock from the front--not from behind, and (4)"the sheep follow him because they know his voice." Jesus Christ is the Good Shepherd--"the one shepherd".
Another very important point to be made here
Jesus Christ's or God's voice was or is not always a popular one. God's prophets were not always popular or what you want to hear--usually they were not.
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