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John 10 — I Am the Good Shepherd: The Good Shepherd Giveth His Life for the Sheep
He that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. I am the door of the sheep. I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. Other sheep I have, which are not of this fold. I and my Father are one. Then the Jews took up stones again to stone Him. For which of those works do ye stone me? For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy. He withdraws beyond Jordan; many believed on Him there.
“I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.”
— John 10:11
- v.1-21 The door and the good shepherd
- v.22-39 I and my Father are one
- v.40-42 Many believe beyond Jordan
A mutual knowing. He knows His; His know Him. The relationship is personal and intimate, not statistical.
A comfort for the believer who fears being lost in the crowd. The Shepherd knows each one by name (v.3). You are not anonymous to Him.
The most secure verse for the believer. Eternal life given; never perish promised; no one can pluck. Triple security.
Out of my hand — the next verse adds my Father's hand. The Christian is held by two hands, in eternal grip.
The most concise statement of Christ's deity in the Gospels. Not one in purpose only — the Jews understood the claim of unity in essence (v.33).
One. The Father and the Son are one God in two persons. The verse is the seed of the doctrine of the Trinity.
Verse 28 is for the day you fear losing your salvation. They shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. You are not held by your own grip; you are held by His. The two-handed grip of the Father and the Son does not slip.
John 10 is the Good Shepherd discourse. Christ is the door, the shepherd, the One who knows His own, the One whose hand cannot be pried open. The chapter's ending — I and my Father are one — gives the deity behind the pastoral image. The Shepherd is God Himself, come to seek and save His sheep.
Good — kalos, beautiful, noble. Not merely competent; the shepherd whose character makes the office beautiful.
Giveth his life for the sheep. The defining act. Hirelings flee; the shepherd dies. The atonement's love is shaped here.