April 23, 2023 ~ LKMilam April Devotions: "The Good Shepherd"

And so, I continue. . . That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving and tell of all thy wondrous works. Psalms 26:7

John 10:9-10 ~ 10 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. 10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. KJV 

Again, Jesus is making it plain that there is only ONE WAY into heaven and salvation. Shepherds were responsible for the sheep and out in the pasturelands to protect them particularly at night they would build pens that had one entrance. The door for those sheep pens was the shepherd himself. He laid his body across the entrance, to keep the sheep in and to keep the wolves out. The shepherd was in fact the door. And so is our Saviour, Jesus Christ. There is only one way into heaven people, through the shed blood of Jesus Christ on the cross of Calvary. You must be born again and believe that He is the Saviour of the World, the Son of God.

As Jesus speaks of those who attempt to come in as thieves and robbers, he tells us, "I am the door: . . . " He is the way and the only way!

The thief implies deception and trickery; and the robber implies violence and destruction. These take away life, but Jesus gives life, and He gives it abundantly. These are the con men and muggers of the spiritual world, the ones that were NOT GOD CALLED in pulpits all around the world. Jesus is the Sacrifice and the Saviour. It is as tragic as tragic can be that after all the shepherd did to protect his sheep, the wolf could still sneak in and fool the sheep.

May we keep our guards up, be prayed up, studied up, in communication with the Lord God always, asking for wisdom and discernment when it comes to our "spiritual leaders". 

HE CARES! Lost person, Do You Want to Know HIM?  Lord, help us to be wise, studied up, aware, and faithful to You. Amen.  With love and prayers, may we be your faithful Philippians 2:16 Missionaries?

Philippians 2:16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain. 

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In the name of Jesus, may we be HIS emissaries and used by Him to help others. 

Tom and Linda Milam

Missionaries to America and around the world! 

PRAY BIG FOR OTHERS AND YOURSELF! GOD WANTS TO ANSWER OUR PRAYERS!