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NASB | John 10:11 ¶ "I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 10:11 ¶ "I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down His [own] life for the sheep. [Ps 23; Is 40:11] |
Subject: Good Sheperd |
Bible Note: WHERE JUSTICE AND MERCY MEET Pastor Tom Carter told how, a day or two before he was to preach at the Crystal Palace, he went to decide where the pulpit should be placed. To test the acoustics of the building, he shouted with a loud voice, “Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!†A man who knew nothing of what he was doing was working in one of the balconies. He heard the words, and they were like a message from Heaven to him. He was overcome with conviction for his sin, laid down his tools, went home, and surrendered his life to Christ. He later, on his deathbed, told a friend of this incident. R. Whitson Seaman said, “It is at the cross where Justice and Mercy meet.†Such words as crux, crucial, and excruciating come from the Latin word for cross, expressing excruciating, terrible pain. In John 10:11, Jesus said, “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep.†The word “gives†is usually translated “lays down.†“For the sheep†signifies “on their behalf.†The good Shepherd gave His life freely, and voluntarily, that He might deliver them from death and have eternal life. The Ethiopic Version reads, “The good Shepherd gives His life for the redemption of the sheep.†“Down headlong from their native skies The rebel angels fell, And thunderbolts of flaming wrath Pursued them deep to hell. Down from the top of earthly bliss Rebellious man was hurled; And Jesus stooped beneath the grave To reach a sinking world.†It is twice blessed: It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. ‘Tis mightiest in the mightiest. It becomes The throned monarch better than his crown. His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings, But mercy is above this sceptered sway. It is enthroned in the hearts of kings. It is an attribute to God Himself, And earthly power doth then show likest God’s When mercy seasons justice.†“Who is a God like You, pardoning iniquity and passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in mercy†(Micah 7:18). Excerpt from David Arnold's Morning Muse |
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