September 12
John 10:15
As the Father knoweth me,
even so know I the
Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
Jesus has a flock peculiarly His own;
His Father
chose them and gave them to Him;
He received them and became their Shepherd;
they wandered and were doomed to die, but He interfered and died for them.
Oh, what an infinite love was the love of
Jesus!
He left His Father’s bosom, left the songs of
angels, left the throne of glory; and became a man, that He might become a Substitute.
He offered Himself for them.
His blood for theirs.
His life for theirs.
The offer accepted, and He redeemed them to
God by His blood out of every nation, country, people, and tongue.
They are doubly His, for He bought them when
they had sold themselves, though before they were given Him by His Father in
love.
Herein is love; not that we love Jesus, but
that He loved us and gave Himself to be the propitiation for our sins.
Are we among His sheep?
Are we like them?
Do we love them, cleaved of them, and walk
with them?
His sheep are gentle, harmless, peaceful,
humble, depending upon Him, and devoted to Him.
They hear His voice, love his ways, and
follow Him whithersoever He goeth.
When the Shepherd’s life was needful
To redeem the sheep from death,
Of their safety ever heedful,
Jesus yielded up His breath,.
Faithful Shepherd!
Love like Thine no other hath.
James Smith
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