TODAY IS THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER, "CALLED GOOD SHEPHERD SUNDAY". MY PASTOR PREACHED THAT CHRIST WAS NOT ONLY A GOOD SHEPHERD, BUT CHRIST IS THE GATE. SO JESUS SAID TO THEM, "VERY TRUELY, I TELL YOU, I AM THE GATE FOR THE SHEEP. ALL WHO CAME BEFORE ME ARE THIEVES AND BANDITS; BUT THE SHEEP DID NOT LISTEN TO THEM. I AM THE GATE. WHOEVER ENTERS BY ME WILL BE SAVED, AND WILL COME IN AND GO OUT AND FIND PASTURE. THE THEIF COMES ONLY TO STEAL AND KILL AND DESTROY. I CAME THAT THEY MAY HAVE LIFE, AND HAVE IT ABUNDANTLY." (John 10:7-10)
JESUS IS THE GATE TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD, JESUS SAID: "DO NOT LET YOUR HEARTS BE TROUBLED. TRUST IN GOD; TRUST ALSO IN ME. IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE ARE MANY ROOMS; IF IT WERE NOT SO, I WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU. I AM GOING THER TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU. AND IF I GO AND PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU, I WILL COME BACK AND TAKE YOU TO BE WITH ME THAT YOU ALSO MAY BE WHERE I AM. YOU KNOW THE WAY TO THE PLACE WHERE I AM GOING." THOMAS SAID TO CHRIST, "LORD, WE DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING, SO HOW CAN WE KNOW THE WAY? JESUS ANSWERED, "I AM THE WAY AND THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE. NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME." (John 14:1-6)
"IN CHRIST I WAS ALSO CHOSEN, HAVING BEEN PREDESTINED ACCORDING TO THE PLAN OF GOD WHO WORKS OUT EVERYTHING IN CONFORMITY WITH THE PURPOSE OF GOD'S WILL, IN ORDER THAT WE, WHO WERE THE FIRST TO HOPE IN CHRIST, MIGHT BE FOR THE PRAISE OF GOD'S GLORY. AND YOU ALSO WERE INCLUDED IN CHRIST WHEN YOU HEARD THE WORD OF TRUTH, THE GOSPEL OF YOUR SALVATION. HAVING BELIEVED, YOU WERE MARKED IN CHRIST WITH A SEAL, THE PROMISED HOLY SPIRIT, WHO IS A DEPOSIT GUARANTEEING OUR INHERITANCE UNTIL THE REDEMPTION OF THOSE WHO ARE GOD'S POSSESSION - TO THE PRAISE OF GOD'S GLORY." (Eph.1:11-14)
"WORDS MATTER" GOD'S WORDS ARE THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF THE SPIRITUAL LANGUAGE OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD. GOD TEACHES ME, GOD LEEDS ME, GOD GUIDES ME, GOD COVERS ME, GOD CARRIES ME, GOD INSTRUCTS ME, GOD PURIFIES ME WITH HIS WORDS!
THE SHEPHERD VOICE IS HEARD THROUGH THE WORD. WE ARE TO BECOME GATES IN CHRIST THROUGH THE WORD.
" I HAVE BECOME THE CHURCH'S SERVANT BY THE COMMISSION GOD GAVE ME TO PRESENT TO YOU THE WORD OF GOD IN ITS FULLNESS - THE MYSTERY THAT HAS BEEN KEPT HIDDEN FOR AGES AND GENERATIONS, BUT IS NOW DISCLOSED TO THE SAINTS. TO THEM GOD HAS CHOSEN TO MAKE KNOWN AMONG THE GENTILES THE GLORIOUS RICHES OF THIS MYSTERY, WHICH IS CHRIST IN YOU, THE HOPE OF GLORY." (Col.1:25-27)
"MAY THE GOD OF PEACE, WHO THROUGH THE BLOOD OF THE ETERNAL COVENANT BROUGHT BACK FROM THE DEAD OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THAT GREAT SHEPHERD OF THE SHEEP, EQUIP ME WITH EVERYTHING GOOD FOR DOING GOD'S WILL, AND MAY GOD WORK IN ME WHAT IS PLEASING TO GOD, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, TO WHOM BE GLORY FOR EVER AND EVER." AMEN! (Heb.13:20-21)
"CHRIST IS THE PATTERN FOR MY LIFE, AND GOD IS TRANSFORMING ME TO THE PATTERN. SO I SAY THANKS BE TO GOD." AMEN!
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