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The door is there for a reason. Some will always climb over the barriers, but God has the barriers and the door there for a reason. ii. “Whoever, therefore, enters not by Jesus Christ into the pastoral office, is no other than a thief and a robber in the sheepfold.
In all these places the word refers to future punishment, and the declaration of the Saviour is that his followers, his true disciples, shall never be cast away. The original is expressed with remarkable strength: "They shall not be destroyed forever." Syriac: "They shall not perish to eternity."
The eternal life granted by Jesus to His "sheep"—to true believers (John 3:16–18)—cannot and will not ever be stolen, revoked, or lost. This same Greek phrase also echoes Jesus' conversation with Nicodemus (John 3:16).
What does John 10:28 mean? Read commentary on this popular Bible verse and understand the real meaning behind God's Word using John Gill's Exposition of the Bible. God used a 24/7 prayer line to bring hope to thousands.
Jesus, perhaps because of mounting hostility, goes back to the place where the Baptist had baptized and borne witness to Jesus (John 1:28). If the Jerusalem Jews have rejected their Messiah, here in Transjordan, humble folk acknowledge the truth of what John had said and confess their faith in Jesus.
2 mar 2005 · Jesus speaks openly of his vicarious death twice in this section (10:11, 15). Note the contrast: the thief takes the life of the sheep (10:10), the good Shepherd lays down his own life for the sheep. Jesus is not speaking generally here, but specifically: he has his own substitutionary death on the cross in view.
17 maj 2011 · In John both "hear" (cf. John 4:42; 5:24,25,28 -29; 8:47; 10:16,27; 18:37) and "see" (cf. John 3:3; 12:40; 20:8) are used of believing/trusting in Jesus as the Christ. "he calls his own sheep by name" Jesus knows His own personally and individually (as YHWH does, cf. John 10:29-31).
