Posted on 08/27/2003 6:00:07 AM PDT by 2timothy3.16
In the Bible, we often read about two different animals, sheep and goats. Both are compared to and used in reference to people. Jesus says in Matthew chapter twenty five that on the day of judgement He will separate the sheep from the goats.
When the Son of man shall come in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then shall He sit upon the throne of His glory, and before Him shall be gathered all nations: and He shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats.
And He shall set the sheep on His right hand,
but the goats on the left. (Matthew 25:31-33)
Jesus will set the sheep on His right hand and the goats He will place on His left. But how do we know that the sheep are the good guys and the goats the bad?
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers. This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which He spake unto them.
Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. All that ever came before Me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
I am the door: by Me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. 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.
I am the Good Shepherd: the Good Shepherd giveth His life for the sheep. (John 10:1-11)
Jesus is the door by which His sheep, Born Again Christians, enter. He is also the Good Shepherd that gave His life for Us, His sheep.
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Amen.
Does that help?
A clear denunciation of leftist liberalism!
Left in Latin is sinistris... 'sinister' "
"The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left."-------Ecclesiastes 10:2
Another good point is this: There was no transfer to the entire article at or around (10 posted on 08/30/2003 4:23 AM EDT by Aunt Enna )
In other words, this Aunt Emma person, did not read the entire artilcle, she is making a claim without having read the entire article.
I think she may be used to posting on the cnn site or one of the major media sites where no one traces or checks anything she says.
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