{"id":1253,"date":"2024-10-29T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/?p=1253&2024"},"modified":"2024-10-24T18:00:10","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T00:00:10","slug":"naming-sheep-john-10-1-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/naming-sheep-john-10-1-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Naming Sheep: John 10:1-21"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"spoiler spoiler-style-2\"><div class=\"spoiler-title\">Focus Passage: John 10:1-21 (CEV)<\/div><div class=\"spoiler-content\">\r\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <sup class=\"versenum\">1<\/sup> Jesus said: <\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I tell you for certain that only thieves and robbers climb over the fence instead of going in through the gate to the sheep pen.   <sup class=\"versenum\">2-3<\/sup> But the gatekeeper opens the gate for the shepherd, and he goes in through it. The sheep know their shepherd\u2019s voice. He calls each of them by name and leads them out. <\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0  <sup class=\"versenum\">4<\/sup> When he has led out all of his sheep, he walks in front of them, and they follow, because they know his voice.   <sup class=\"versenum\">5<\/sup> The sheep will not follow strangers. They don\u2019t recognize a stranger\u2019s voice, and they run away. <\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0  <sup class=\"versenum\">6<\/sup> Jesus told the people this story. But they did not understand what he was talking about. <\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <sup class=\"versenum\">7<\/sup> Jesus said: <\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I tell you for certain that I am the gate for the sheep.   <sup class=\"versenum\">8<\/sup> Everyone who came before me was a thief or a robber, and the sheep did not listen to any of them.   <sup class=\"versenum\">9<\/sup> I am the gate. All who come in through me will be saved. Through me they will come and go and find pasture. <\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0  <sup class=\"versenum\">10<\/sup> A thief comes only to rob, kill, and destroy. I came so that everyone would have life, and have it in its fullest.   <sup class=\"versenum\">11<\/sup> I am the good shepherd, and the good shepherd gives up his life for his sheep.   <sup class=\"versenum\">12<\/sup> Hired workers are not like the shepherd. They don\u2019t own the sheep, and when they see a wolf coming, they run off and leave the sheep. Then the wolf attacks and scatters the flock.   <sup class=\"versenum\">13<\/sup> Hired workers run away because they don\u2019t care about the sheep. <\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0  <sup class=\"versenum\">14<\/sup> I am the good shepherd. I know my sheep, and they know me.   <sup class=\"versenum\">15<\/sup> Just as the Father knows me, I know the Father, and I give up my life for my sheep.   <sup class=\"versenum\">16<\/sup> I have other sheep that are not in this sheep pen. I must bring them together too, when they hear my voice. Then there will be one flock of sheep and one shepherd. <\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0  <sup class=\"versenum\">17<\/sup> The Father loves me, because I give up my life, so that I may receive it back again.   <sup class=\"versenum\">18<\/sup> No one takes my life from me. I give it up willingly! I have the power to give it up and the power to receive it back again, just as my Father commanded me to do. <\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0  <sup class=\"versenum\">19<\/sup> The people took sides because of what Jesus had told them.   <sup class=\"versenum\">20<\/sup> Many of them said, \u201cHe has a demon in him! He is crazy! Why listen to him?\u201d <\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0  <sup class=\"versenum\">21<\/sup> But others said, \u201cHow could anyone with a demon in him say these things? No one like that could give sight to a blind person!\u201d <\/p>\r\n<p class=\"passage-read-more\">Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John 10:1-21&amp;version=cev\" title=\"Read the passage on BibleGateway.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"hyperlink-underlined\">John 10:1-21<\/a> in context and\/or in other translations on BibleGateway.com!<\/p><\/div><\/div>\r\n<p>During one of the times Jesus was preaching the crowds, He uses an illustration that contrasts thieves\/robbers and the good shepherd. While reading this illustration, a powerful idea is hinted at early on while Jesus is describing the shepherd.<\/p>\r\n<p>One of the first distinctive ideas Jesus shares about the good shepherd is that \u201c<strong>The sheep know their shepherd\u2019s voice. He calls each of them by name and leads them out.<\/strong>\u201d (v. 3b)<\/p>\r\n<p>This phrase stands out to me because in it I see a description of a very personal relationship being described. Regardless of the size of the flock of sheep, each sheep has a name, the shepherd uses this name to refer to that sheep, and there has been enough time spent with the shepherd and each sheep that each sheep is able to recognize the shepherd\u2019s voice.<\/p>\r\n<p>Jesus ultimately explains how He is the \u201cGood Shepherd\u201d, and that He wants to have a personal relationship with each of His sheep. While Jesus does imply that there are those who are not part of His flock of sheep, He doesn\u2019t dwell on them or focus on them at all. Jesus is interested most in loving, caring for, and protecting His sheep, and He even goes as far as giving each sheep a name.<\/p>\r\n<p>This is amazing in my mind, because as a member of God\u2019s family, <strong>God wants to be so close to me that He can give me a new name.<\/strong> We could call this a nickname, or we could adopt God\u2019s name for us as our true name. <strong>When God names us, He names us based on how He sees each of us, and at the foundation of each new name is the truth that we have been redeemed\/saved through what Jesus did for us on the cross.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<div id=\"aj-wrap-up--1253\" class=\"aj-wrap-up\"><p><em>This thought was inspired by studying the <strong>Walking With Jesus<\/strong> \u201cReflective Bible Study\u201d package. 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