{"id":2981,"date":"2022-03-27T14:16:07","date_gmt":"2022-03-27T22:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=2981"},"modified":"2022-03-27T14:16:07","modified_gmt":"2022-03-27T22:16:07","slug":"devotion-john-107-18-the-one-door-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=2981","title":{"rendered":"Devotion John 10:7-18 The One Door Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"
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John 10:7-18\u00a0<\/b>–\u00a0<\/i>So Jesus again said to them,\u00a0\u201cTruly, truly, I say to you,\u00a0I am the door of the sheep.\u00a08\u00a0All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.\u00a09\u00a0I am the door. If anyone enters by me,\u00a0he will be saved and will go in and out and\u00a0find pasture.\u00a010\u00a0The thief comes only to steal and\u00a0kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.\u00a011\u00a0I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd\u00a0lays down his life for the sheep.\u00a012\u00a0He who is\u00a0a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and\u00a0leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and\u00a0scatters them.\u00a013\u00a0He flees because\u00a0he is a hired hand and\u00a0cares nothing for the sheep.\u00a014\u00a0I am the good shepherd.\u00a0I know my own and\u00a0my own know me,\u00a015\u00a0just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and\u00a0I lay down my life for the sheep.\u00a016\u00a0And\u00a0I have other sheep that are not of this fold.\u00a0I must bring them also, and\u00a0they will listen to my voice. So there will be\u00a0one flock,\u00a0one shepherd.\u00a017\u00a0For this reason the Father loves me,\u00a0because\u00a0I lay down my life that I may take it up again.\u00a018\u00a0No one takes it from me, but\u00a0I lay it down\u00a0of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and\u00a0I have authority to take it up again.\u00a0This charge I have received from my Father.\u201d<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cThe thief comes only to steal and\u00a0kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.\u201d<\/i>\u00a0\u00a0The thief doesn\u2019t love you, he only wants you.\u00a0\u00a0He only wants you to destroy you because Jesus loves you.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The thief is the devil and all his emissaries.\u00a0\u00a0The problem is not that in various ways the enemy overwhelms us with his strength, but that we open the door and welcome him in.\u00a0\u00a0We too often seek the enemy thinking that what he claims to offer will make us happy. (1 John 2:15<\/b>)\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Choosing money and the things we think it brings rather than choosing the Lord who does bring what our hearts and soul truly cry out for is a deadly poison. (Proverbs 14:12<\/b>)\u00a0\u00a0The enemy comes to steal what belongs to God.\u00a0\u00a0He is a murderer whose select prey is the one who loves the Lord, but who has wandered from true love.\u00a0\u00a0If he cannot steal away, he will try to destroy.\u00a0\u00a0Destroy the peace that was gifted to us by the one who loves us. The peace is a fruit from the love of God.\u00a0\u00a0Peace comes as part of God\u2019s love, but unlike the love of God which we cannot be separated from the peace of God we can be separated from.\u00a0\u00a0Not because He has stopped loving us and not because He has taken the dwelling of peace from us but because we have chosen other dwellings.\u00a0\u00a0The Lord has not evicted our souls from peace, we have decided to move it to what we think is an enticing place.\u00a0\u00a0We sometime think that another place, whatever it is, is more fun, more exciting or more fulfilling and we move away.\u00a0\u00a0Tragically sadness replaces peace.\u00a0\u00a0How sad to live without peace when His love surrounds us.\u00a0\u00a0It is not His desire for us.\u00a0\u00a0It is not His will. His peace and joy is our strength. (Nehemiah 8:10, John:15:10<\/b>)<\/p>\n

Jesus came that we may have life and that abundantly.\u00a0\u00a0He wants it to overflow upon and from us. (Psalm 45:7<\/b>)\u00a0\u00a0He wants it to be overflowing upon us from head to foot.\u00a0\u00a0Jesus desires peace to be in our thoughts, in our feelings and in everything we eat, drink and do.\u00a0\u00a0How silly to turn one\u2019s back to Him who has done everything so that love and peace would reign in our lives.\u00a0\u00a0And where His love and peace are His joy also is.\u00a0\u00a0We want to be happy and we want to laugh. It starts with His love and peace where His joy becomes our strength. (Psalm 126:2-3<\/b>) Pure love, peace and joy is ours.\u00a0\u00a0Since these come from our God through Jesus Christ, nothing can come between these and us.\u00a0\u00a0Nothing can come between God and us and nothing comes between His love and its fruits and us.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Nothing, no not ever!\u00a0\u00a0It is only when the thief jumps the fence into our pasture because He cannot get by He who guards it, that we are vulnerable.\u00a0\u00a0When he jumps the fence we ought to be bleating \u201cJesus, help Jesus, help Jesus!\u201d\u00a0\u00a0If we know Him we know He loves us eternally and He will help us.\u00a0\u00a0Nothing comes between Him and us.\u00a0\u00a0Nothing. The eternal plan is and remains to be that God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son for us.\u00a0\u00a0Nothing can change that.\u00a0\u00a0Nothing can steal Jesus from us.\u00a0\u00a0But we can reject Him.\u00a0\u00a0Scripture says that no one can pluck us from the hand of God, but it does not say that we cannot walk away from it. (John 10:28-29<\/b>)\u00a0\u00a0Scripture is full of warnings to not wander away. (Hebrews 3:14, 1 Corinthians 15:1-2<\/b>) Like a foolish child who is warned not to climb a high tree but climbs it anyhow and falls to his extreme harm, or death.\u00a0\u00a0(2 Timothy 1:14-15<\/b>)\u00a0\u00a0Stay close to God who is close to us, who lives within His children. (Acts 17:27, 1 Corinthians 3:16<\/b>)\u00a0\u00a0Naturally, we all can never not have within us the evidence of our parents.\u00a0\u00a0God has created us and has put Himself inside of all who respond to His love.\u00a0\u00a0That remains, it is ours to remain with Him because He will never leave us.\u00a0\u00a0Never.<\/p>\n

Life with Jesus is overflowing with His love, peace and joy.\u00a0\u00a0Life in Him is inherently so.\u00a0\u00a0Family and Friends God has loved us before the foundations of the world. (Ephesians 1:4<\/b>) Let us enjoy that.<\/p>\n

Has the thief jumped any part of the fence to hurt you, to rip at you, to try to separate you from God?\u00a0\u00a0Cling to Jesus.\u00a0\u00a0He is holding you and He will not let go so don\u2019t you let go.\u00a0\u00a0He is the Treasure of treasures.\u00a0\u00a0Hold fast to Jesus and you will ever have Him.\u00a0\u00a0He is our Life.\u00a0\u00a0He loves us and we are a treasure to Him.\u00a0\u00a0Hold on to Jesus who holds onto us.\u00a0\u00a0Be grateful and thank Him continuously and you will know Him better and love Him more. Thank the Lord.\u00a0\u00a0Hold unto Jesus.\u00a0\u00a0Praise God always!\u00a0\u00a0Yes, praise God!<\/p>\n

Psalm 150:6<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.\u00a0 Praise the Lord!\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

Micah 7:7<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0But as for me, I watch\u00a0in hope\u00a0for the\u00a0Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will Hear\u00a0me.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

Micah 6:8<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0He has\u00a0shown you, Oh man, what\u00a0is\u00a0good; and what does the\u00a0Lord\u00a0require of you, but\u00a0to do justly, to love\u00a0mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.<\/i><\/p>\n

Numbers 6:24-26<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0The\u00a0Lord\u00a0bless you and keep you; 25\u00a0The\u00a0Lord\u00a0make His face shine on you and be gracious to you; 26\u00a0The\u00a0Lord\u00a0turn His face\u00a0toward you and give you peace.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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John 10:7-18\u00a0–\u00a0So Jesus again said to them,\u00a0\u201cTruly, truly, I say to you,\u00a0I am the door of the sheep.\u00a08\u00a0All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.\u00a09\u00a0I am the door. If anyone enters by me,\u00a0he will be saved and will go in and out and\u00a0find pasture.\u00a010\u00a0The thief comes…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1192],"tags":[129,1841,104,100,94,1873,1874,88,17,2036],"class_list":["post-2981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotion","tag-corinthians","tag-ephesians","tag-hebrews","tag-john","tag-micah","tag-nehemiah","tag-numbers","tag-proverbs","tag-psalm","tag-timothy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2981"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2982,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2981\/revisions\/2982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}