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No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for John 10:7.
John 10:7
Excerpted from: Don't Leave the House!You might ask, how is it that somebody other than someone placed there by God can get in there? But, there are other places in the Bible that show there are people that steal their way in. Remember the Parable of the Wheat and the Tares? You see, there is another who is capable of putting people seemingly as though they are part of the house but in reality, they are not part of the house, they have not gone through the door, they have sneaked in through a window somewhere and planted inside there.
Now, a sheepfold is what? It is a receptacle, it is a shelter. In this case, it is a receptacle or a shelter for sheep. It is a holding place, and for the sheep, it is a place of refuge and security.
It is very interesting that in Israel, a sheepfold customarily only had one entrance to it. That is why it was such a vivid lesson to these people. All of the community's sheep were only kept in one sheepfold and they could only get in by this one place. Now, there was a reason for that and it is because each true shepherd felt it was his responsibility to evaluate each sheep as it came by him. Having only one door or only one way to get in enabled him to evaluate the sheep after they had been out in the pasture. He could look them over to see if there were any sores, any insects, infection, contamination, or things that needed to be taken care of. Did they need to be dipped or whatever. It gave him an opportunity to do that.
In addition to that, it made it a much safer place since there was only one door and usually what happened was one of the shepherds would sleep every night with his body right across the door. Now, it did not mean that in the actual situation that the same shepherd was there every night but in our situation, the same Shepherd is there all the time. But in theirs, they would rotate the job and make sure that in order for a thief to get in there, he actually had to go right past the shepherd if he was going to get at the sheep. So, he laid down his life and that indicates protection and care.
John 10:7-16
Excerpted from: Peace, Peace (Part Three): ContentmentNow Jesus here provides us a taste of what His job as the great Shepherd entails. He leads them, protects them, maintains their lives with feeding and care, and not just maintains their lives but provides for them so much that they end up living abundant lives—more than they need for life, with a lot of extras too.
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