Gods way verses the popular way

When I read my verse of the day, I had to drop everything I was doing and write this.

In John chapter 10, Jesus references a good shepherd and entering the sheepfold. If you have read this then I invite you to take a look at it and apply it to current life. Here is my understanding of its meaning.

Jesus is the door and the good shepherd. Those seeking God are the sheepfold. There are those that choose other ways besides Jesus, like morality, and other religions to try to get to God, but Jesus is the door and those people will be counted as thieves for they are led by a Hireling or have rejected Christ as the only way.

A hireling by definition based on Vines Greek/hebrew translation is hired servant, but in this contents would be a false prophets like Muhammad or Budah, whom we can assume were led by/hired by satan to deter people from true salvation. The wolf is the second death. Jesus the Good shepherd saves us from the second death, but the Hireling, flees which is the contents of the false religions and their false promises.

Are you being led by a hireling by falling victim to all these New Age ideas endorsed by Hollywood to get to God through spirituality and morality? Or are you knocking at Jesus, the only true door. Remember the word and test all the fruits if it be of God. This is how we know when the good shepherd is calling us because it will line up with His word. Hear Gods voice by way of Jesus and reject the Hireling.

I have listed the parable of the good shepherd below.

John 10King James Version (KJV)

10 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.

2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.

4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.

5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.

6 This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.

7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.

8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.

9 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.

11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.

13 The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.

15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.

16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.

17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.

18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.

19 There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.

20 And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?

21 Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?

22 And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.

23 And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.

24 Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.

25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.

26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.

27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.

30 I and my Father are one.