John 10: 7So Yeshua said again, “Amen, amen I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.
11“I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
14“I am the Good Shepherd. I know My own and My own know Me, 15 just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep. 16 I have other sheep that are not from this fold; those also I must lead, and they will listen to My voice. So there shall be one flock, one Shepherd. Source
Listening for The Shepherd ~ ~ ~ I’m one from the other fold.
John 8: 10Straightening up, Yeshua said to her, “Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?”
11 “No one, Sir,” she said.
“Then neither do I condemn you,” Yeshua said. “Go, and sin no more.”source
We know the story, right? The woman was brought to Jesus by the Pharisees; not because they cared about her or her sins; they were there on an entrapment mission. Read again what happened when they all dropped their stones, from the oldest to the youngest, and walked away.
I think she was scared. Don’t you? I think she was waiting for the stinging and the bleeding to begin. It didn’t. Can we imagine her relief? Can we imagine her breathless, barely audible voice as she said: “No one, Sir.”?
Can we identify?
Yeshua stood between she and the stones. Is Jesus standing between you and a stoning? He is willing to, you know.
Ps. 103:8 The Lord is compassionate and gracious, Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness.source
The LORD is compassionate and gracious.
That is just a fact. The Scripture says it. The LORD is compassionate and gracious. We either believe it or we don’t. Whether we do or not, it’s still so.
Slow to anger. GOD does get angry. It’s a fact. It is also a fact that even in anger He is still compassionate and gracious.
So why do we run from Him, ignore Him, shun Him and flat-out dis-believe Him? Good question.
Ps. 103: 11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, So great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear Him. 12 As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us. 13 Just as a father has compassion on his children, So the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him. 14 For He Himself knows our frame; He is mindful that we are but dust.source
Chazaq!
John 3:16(KJV) 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
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