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Acts 1:1-8
John 10:9-12
Acts 1:1 The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, 1:2 Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen: 1:3 To whom also he showed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God: 1:4 And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. 1:5 For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. 1:6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? 1:7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. (KJV - sent from CadreBible)
John 10:9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. 10:10 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. 10:11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. 10:12 But he that is a 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. (KJV - sent from CadreBible)
Anthromorphic terms to illustrate...
I am the door.
- Gives entry to the promise. So you can go in and out and find green pastures. When you know that you are his child, you don't have to stand outside and look at the promise. The spirit of God is a window into the kingdom.
- We would have fainted had we not seen the promise. The vision. Where I am will not last.
- Take a moment to praise God for his accessibility. Christ is my high preist. Anywhere I am, I can access the door. 'I can go in.'
- It is by will that you access the spirit. 'I'm going through the door.'
I love you but you can't block the door.
- Pastures in the anointing, and pastures outside. Thank him for green pastures. What good is a pasture that isn't green? Cannot be nourished by dead things. I can get a sermon anywhere. Shame on you if you don't go through the door.
An alien factor is introduced into the text. The Thief.
- The fact that you have access to the door does not mean that the theif will not come. No matter how much you pray, the theif cometh.
- If you knew a thief was coming, how would you prepare yourself? You don't have time to fight others. You better get over it - the theif cometh.
- Praise is a weapon. You better praise him!
- The theif cometh to kill, steal, and destroy. Even if it comes in the costume of a person... it is still the theif.
- The sheep are ill-suited to fight with the theif. Small teeth, small head, small brain. Heavy, slow. The wolf is agile, fast, vicious. Shrewd, relentless, powerful. The sheep wanders into the presence of the wolf unaware.
But I come that you might have life and have it more abundantly.
- The shepherd is coming.
- Why have a shepherd that cannot fight. God comes against anything that forms against us. He protects what he started in us.
The Good Shepherd
- Not a hireling to run from the fight.
- The wolf will try to scatter the sheep. Forsake not the assembling of yourselves. The vulnerability of aloneless makes you open for attack. The enemy wants to scatter so that he can destroy.
- The Good Shepherd left the 99 to go after the 1 because isolation is the last step before destruction. People leave before they leave.
- Acts 1: The devil tried to kill the shepherd to destroy the sheep. They got the shepherd and the sheep scattered. Thomas, Peter... But early Sunday morning he rose.
- In the book of Acts, He brought them all back together again. When they are all assembled, they made it back just in time. When the day of Pentecost had fully come, and they were all in one accord, suddenly there came a sound from heaven like a mighty rushing wind.
- The sheep was the only thing that was trapped. The son was lost, but not trapped. The difference between pigs and sheep is that the pig wallows when falls into mud, but the sheep cries out. The sheep is caught up in something he really doesn't want to be in.
The Good Shepherd is calling for his sheep
- My sheep know my voice.
John 10:9-12
Acts 1:1 The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, 1:2 Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen: 1:3 To whom also he showed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God: 1:4 And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. 1:5 For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. 1:6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? 1:7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. (KJV - sent from CadreBible)
John 10:9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. 10:10 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. 10:11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. 10:12 But he that is a 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. (KJV - sent from CadreBible)
Anthromorphic terms to illustrate...
I am the door.
- Gives entry to the promise. So you can go in and out and find green pastures. When you know that you are his child, you don't have to stand outside and look at the promise. The spirit of God is a window into the kingdom.
- We would have fainted had we not seen the promise. The vision. Where I am will not last.
- Take a moment to praise God for his accessibility. Christ is my high preist. Anywhere I am, I can access the door. 'I can go in.'
- It is by will that you access the spirit. 'I'm going through the door.'
I love you but you can't block the door.
- Pastures in the anointing, and pastures outside. Thank him for green pastures. What good is a pasture that isn't green? Cannot be nourished by dead things. I can get a sermon anywhere. Shame on you if you don't go through the door.
An alien factor is introduced into the text. The Thief.
- The fact that you have access to the door does not mean that the theif will not come. No matter how much you pray, the theif cometh.
- If you knew a thief was coming, how would you prepare yourself? You don't have time to fight others. You better get over it - the theif cometh.
- Praise is a weapon. You better praise him!
- The theif cometh to kill, steal, and destroy. Even if it comes in the costume of a person... it is still the theif.
- The sheep are ill-suited to fight with the theif. Small teeth, small head, small brain. Heavy, slow. The wolf is agile, fast, vicious. Shrewd, relentless, powerful. The sheep wanders into the presence of the wolf unaware.
But I come that you might have life and have it more abundantly.
- The shepherd is coming.
- Why have a shepherd that cannot fight. God comes against anything that forms against us. He protects what he started in us.
The Good Shepherd
- Not a hireling to run from the fight.
- The wolf will try to scatter the sheep. Forsake not the assembling of yourselves. The vulnerability of aloneless makes you open for attack. The enemy wants to scatter so that he can destroy.
- The Good Shepherd left the 99 to go after the 1 because isolation is the last step before destruction. People leave before they leave.
- Acts 1: The devil tried to kill the shepherd to destroy the sheep. They got the shepherd and the sheep scattered. Thomas, Peter... But early Sunday morning he rose.
- In the book of Acts, He brought them all back together again. When they are all assembled, they made it back just in time. When the day of Pentecost had fully come, and they were all in one accord, suddenly there came a sound from heaven like a mighty rushing wind.
- The sheep was the only thing that was trapped. The son was lost, but not trapped. The difference between pigs and sheep is that the pig wallows when falls into mud, but the sheep cries out. The sheep is caught up in something he really doesn't want to be in.
The Good Shepherd is calling for his sheep
- My sheep know my voice.
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