{"id":358,"date":"2024-07-17T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/?p=358&2024"},"modified":"2024-07-15T18:00:11","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T00:00:11","slug":"valued-by-god-john-10-1-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/valued-by-god-john-10-1-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Valued By God: 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\"><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><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>In this passage, Jesus gives one of His more profound and perplexing statements.<\/p>\r\n<p>It is our tendency when we read this that Jesus is talking to a select group of people, but this teaching was to a crowd where every group and class of people were represented.<\/p>\r\n<p>John 10, verse 10 is the verse that holds this statement: \u201c<strong>A thief comes only to rob, kill, and destroy. I came so that everyone would have life, and have it in its fullest.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>In this short verse, Jesus contrasts the mission of His ministry with all other \u201cministries\u201d that would come before and after. In this verse, Jesus challenges the notion that He came to \u201csteal\u201d people away from earth. That idea goes against what Jesus says here. A \u201cthief\u201d steals from the places they have targeted, and Jesus positions Himself on the opposite side of this idea.<\/p>\r\n<p>Jesus sets Himself on the platform that He came to help everyone have a full life.<\/p>\r\n<p>This is where things can get a little uncomfortable for some. Jesus clearly says \u201ceveryone\u201d. This is not Jesus saying, \u201cOnly those who follow Me can have the full life.\u201d That might make sense, but this is not Jesus\u2019 words. Jesus wanted everyone in the crowd to live a full life \u2013 regardless of their past, and regardless of where they were in the moment He spoke those words.<\/p>\r\n<p>The same is true today. Jesus wants you and I, regardless of our past or where we are in the present, to have a full life. His statement is 100% inclusive and not exclusive to anyone.<\/p>\r\n<p>However, not everyone wants a \u201cfull\u201d life. Not everyone believes the truth about what leads to a full life. There are billions of people running across the planet who might say they want a full life, but then they act in ways that cheapens their value to others and themselves. God\u2019s idea of a \u201cfull\u201d life does not lead to anyone feeling less than how God feels about them, and if you don\u2019t know what God thinks of you, simply look to the cross \u2013 the place where the Creator of the earth died. We see our value in how much God gave up to be with us.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>When we get a glimpse of how valuable we are to God, we can begin to live life to God\u2019s fullest!<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<div id=\"aj-wrap-up--358\" class=\"aj-wrap-up\"><p><em>This thought was inspired by studying the <strong>Walking With Jesus<\/strong> \u201cReflective Bible Study\u201d package. To discover insights like this in your own study time, <a class=\"underline\" href=\"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/\" title=\"Check out Reflective Bible Study!\">click here<\/a> and give Reflective Bible Study a try today!<\/em><\/p><p><em><a class=\"underline\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onClick=\"rbs_aj_inline_subscribe(this, '358');\">Subscribe<\/a> to this blog and never miss an insight.<\/em><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In this passage, Jesus gives one of His more profound and perplexing statements. 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