- AS JESUS STOOD ON THE LARGE CROWD, HE FELT LOVE AND KINDNESS TOWARD THEM, THEY WERE LIKE SHEEP WITHOUT A SHEPHERD LOST AND ALONE. LONG AGO, GOD HAS PROMISED TO RESCUE THEM FROM THE CURSE OF SIN AND FREE THEM FROM ABUSE AND NEGLECT OF FALSE SHEPHERD. “I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD” JESUS SAID, THE SHEPEHERD THAT CARES ABOUT HIS SHEEP AND KNOW EACH ONE BY NAME. THE SHEPHERD LOVE HIS SHEEP AND WILLING TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR THEM, THE HIRELING IS THE FALSE SHEPEHERD WHO CARES ONLY ABOUT THE MONEY HE EARNED BY WATCHING OVER SOMEONE ELSE SHEEPS. IT’S JUST A JOB TO HIM SO WHEN DANGER COMES HE RUNS AWAY LEAVING THE FLOCKS BEHIND. WHY HE PUT HIMSELF AT RISK FOR A BUNCH OF NAMELESS ANIMALS THAT NOT EVEN BELONG TO HIM? HE VIEWS HIS LIFE AS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THAN THERES, EVEN A SMALL SACRIFICE IS TO MUCH FOR HIM TO MAKE, FOR A FLOCK OF HELPLESS SHEEP HE VIEWS, AS WORTHLESS. THE HIRELING IS OFTEN SEEN COUNTING HIS MONEY WHILE THE SHEEP WANDER HELPLESS THROUGH THE FIELDS. IF ANY OF THE SHEEP IS IN DANGER HE WOULD NOT NOTICE UNTIL IT WOULD HAVE TOO LATE FOR HIM TO HELP HIM. THE HIRELING IS COWARD WHO RUNS FROM ANY THREAT, HE WOULD LEAVE THE HELPLESS SHEEP UNPROTECTED FROM PEOPLE OR ANIMAL THAT WANT TO CAUSE THEM HARM, BUT THE GOOD SHEPHERD NEVER LEAVE HIS SHEEP OUT OF HIS SIGHT, HE IS THEIRS AND THEY ARE HIS, THERE WERE NO PAIN OR SADNESS THAT THEY WERE BEAR ALONE. THE ENEMY MAY HARM AND TAKE ACTION TO DESTROY THEM, BUT THE GOOD SHEPHERD WILL ALWASYS STAND IN FRONT OF THE SHEEP AS PROTECTIVE SHIELD AGAINST ANY ENEMY. HE IS THERE SO DEFENCE, THE GOOD SHEPHERD CONSIDER THE LIFE OF HIS SHEEP TO BE MORE PRECIOUS THAN HIS OWN, HE WILL NOT HESITATE TO GIVE UP HIS POWER AND POSITION, EVEN HIS LIFE IN ORDER TO SAVE THEM, THAT THEY MIGHT GAIN EVERYTHING. THE GOOD SHEPHERD LOVE THE SHEEP MORE THAN HE LOVE HIS OWN LIFE. JESUS CALLED UP THE PEOPLE IN HIS AUDIENCE, “I AM THE GOOD SHEPEHERD”. HIS LOVE FOR THEM WAS ETERNAL, HIS CARE FOR THEM WAS UNENDING. SOON HE WOULD LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR THE SHEEP HE LOVE. THOSE WHO HEAR HIS VOICE AND FOLLOW HIM. JESUS DIED FOR ALL THE SINNERS, HE WAS WILLING TO GIVE HIS LIFE AS PAYMENT FOR THE SINS OF THE WORLD. JESUS SAID “I HAVE COME THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE LIFE AND LIFE MORE ABUNDANTLY”, JESUS LOVE US MORE THAN HE LOVES HIS OWN LIFE, AND HE HAS COME TO SEEK AND SAVE ALL WHO ARE LOST, CALL ON THE NAME OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD THE NAME OF JESUS AND YOU WILL BE SAVE.
