Tuesday, January 18, 2011

The good shepherd

"The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep." John 10:11. When I read this I get visions of a shepherd in a beautiful green pasture with sheep all around him. It's peaceful and the shepherd loves his sheep and cares for them deeply. And now come the wolves. Wait a minute... just suppose that the sheep themselves are stupid enough to side with the wolves in putting the shepherd to death.

A line in the song In Christ Alone goes like this;

In Christ alone, who took on flesh
Fullness of God in helpless Babe
This gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones He came to save

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