John 10:7-13
Abundant Life
7 Therefore Jesus said again, “Very truly I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep. 8 All who have come before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep have not listened to them. 9 I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. 13 The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.
Jesus tells us He is our gate...His followers are His sheep...He is our Good Shepherd...The evil one wants to be in our lives to steal, destroy, and do bad things...Evil does not want us to seek and know God or His knowledge...But those who believe in the Father and Son, will have good things...He gives us free will...We can come in and go out of His pasture...And this pasture is full of everything...If we follow His ways and go into His pasture, we live...When we are in His pasture, He gives us direction...When we follow Him in His pasture, we have a better life ...He give us life in the full, an abundant life...
God is the source of life...He gives all men life and breath and everything else (Acts 17:25)...God did not just put us on earth, and then say good-by and good luck...He wants us to seek Him...He sent His Son to be the gate for us...He wants us to go in and out of His pasture and give us His direction (that) we need...He wants to be our Good Shepherd...He wants to protect us, from evil...He will not abandon us, when evil comes...He wants us to be successful and happy...This is why He sent His Son...He wants us to live a full life...He wants us to know Him, and when we do, we can live life abundantly...