• Devotions

    Sheep Gate

     Very truly I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.  John 10:7 Read John 10:1-10.  Jesus makes another I AM statement.  In the first verse, Jesus is warning the crowd that there is only one way to God the Father, and that is through him.  How does His tone sound to you?  Is it firm, angry, aloof?  Whatever his tone is, He is making a point by how he is talking of the thief and the bandit.  Let’s dig a little deeper into the sheep and shepherds of this time frame. In John 10, the setting is a little Jewish village.  Most families own sheep.  They would come…