Well today's readig is pretty amazing. It has one of my favorite verses in it. "The devil walks about like a roaring lion seeking those whom he may devour." jesus is speaking about sheep and their master to the Pharisees. He says there is a gate that enters into the sheep pasture. The Shepherd enters in through yhr far and the sheep follow him. He protects his sheep no matter what. He understands the importance of his sheep. We are the sheep and he is the gate is what he explains within the bible. The sheep and their pen symbolize Christians entering into Jesus's presence. Jesus said he is the gate and all that enter through him are saved. just as the gate offers entrance and protection once the sheep enter, Jesus does the same for us.
The chapter then goes on to discuss how once again, the Jews didn't believe him. So he tried to explain to them again. I think that they basically didn't want to accept that they were wrong and he was right. They thought that by killing him it would solve the problems. They attempted to seize an stone him in this chapter which I never knew happened. When Jesus told the Jews who he was, they became divided. He told them that he had already said and explained who he was and they didn't believe them. He then said IF you don't believe me, then look at the things I've done that SHOW YOU who I am. So he was offering concrete evidence to these people and they still didn't believe that he was the Messiah. This is an example of why works are so important. The bible says they will know me by my fruit. My fruit is what I'm going to bear which is exactly why it's so important. No they don't get us to heaven, but at the same time, it might convince someone else to be saved based off the things you do!
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