My sheep hear My voice (John 10:27).
Jesus spoke, in Chapter 10 of the Book of John in the Bible, about being the Shepherd of His people. He explains the role of the shepherd and calls Himself both the “Shepherd” and the “Door” to the sheepfold. He says that anyone who attempts to get into the sheepfold any way but through the Door (Him) is a thief and a robber.
Sheep only listen to their shepherd. They “hear his voice and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out…he goes before them and they follow him because they know his voice” (and only respond to his voice). He says that they will “by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him because they do not know the voice of strangers.” (John 10:1-5)
In verse 14, He says that He is the good shepherd and “I know my sheep and am known by My own.” He mentions “other sheep” (Gentiles, etc.) that were not of this fold (Israel) and that He will bring all of them together as one flock with one shepherd.
He explains that, in the same way as a shepherd, He will lay down his life for his sheep, and he will do so (die for them) and then take His life back again (resurrect from the dead). [Which He did with his death on the cross and in His rising from the dead three days later].
He said that those who don’t believe are not “of My sheep”, because his sheep hear His voice and follow Him. He said, because of that (belief), He gives them eternal life and “they shall never perish, neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand”. He said the reason for this is that “My Father, who has given them to Me is greater than all (“all” means “all’) and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand. I and the Father are one.”
There is no doubt that we belong to Him when we can hear His voice. We have the inward assurance that we are His sheep. We just know!
So, my question is: Do you hear His voice?
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