CONTENTS
The Lord Jesus opens this Chapter with describing himself under the
Character of the Good Shepherd; and his Church as his Sheep. He
sweetly discourseth, and causeth a Division of Opinion thereby among
the Jews. Many are brought to believe on Him.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into
the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and
a robber. (2) But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of
the sheep. (3) To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his
voice: and he calleth his... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life that I
might take it again. (18) No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down
of myself, I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it
again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
Reader! make a long pause over these ble... [ Continue Reading ]
There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.
(20) And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye
him? (21) Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a
devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind? (22) And it was at
Jerusalem, the feast of the... [ Continue Reading ]
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: (28) And
I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither
shall any man pluck them out of my hand. (29) My Father which gave
them me, is greater than all: and no man is able to pluck them out of
my Father's hand. (30) I... [ Continue Reading ]
Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. (32) Jesus answered
them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father: for which of
those works do ye stone me? (33) The Jews answered him, saying, For a
good work we stone thee not: but for blasphemy; and because that thou,
being a man, makest t... [ Continue Reading ]
REFLECTIONS
Reader! you and I here plainly discover that Christ is the good
Shepherd. Both his office, relation, and character, under this sweet
figure, he is chosen into by God the Father, and all his sheep given
by the Father to him as his own. They were his, in this appointment,
from everlasting.... [ Continue Reading ]