Anglican Daily Fountain Devotional 18th April 2021 – The Great Claims of Jesus

Anglican Daily Fountain Devotional 18th April 2021 Sunday Message

TOPIC: The Great Claims of Jesus

TEXT: John 10:7-16(NKJV)
7. Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
8. “All who [ever] came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.
9. “I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.

10. “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have [it] more abundantly.
11. “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep.
12. “But a hireling, [he who is] not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them.

13. “The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep.
14. “I am the good shepherd; and I know My [sheep,] and am known by My own.
15. “As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.
16. “And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock [and] one shepherd.

STUDY: In our text, Jesus makes specific claims which require a closer look. He claims to be the only gate to salvation and is correct because salvation is found only in the name of Jesus Christ (Acts 4:12). He claims to give abundant life (v.10b) because Christ is the (v.10b) Only source of life (1 John 5:12). Christ is the good shepherd (v.11) because He died for man (Rom. 5:8). He knows His sheep (v. 14) This is correct because anyone who loves God is known by Him (1 Cor. 8:13). Christ also declared that He has other sheep that He needs to bring under His control because salvation is also for Gentiles (Acts 28:28).

Since the claims of Jesus are true, we need to take His word. seriously. Being the only gate to the sheep pen, we need to go through Jesus to enter into Heaven or for our salvation. Christ as the good shepherd, laid down His life for you. What have you done for Him? Good shepherds know their sheep. Does Christ know you as His sheep?

PRAYER: Father, I want Christ to come into my life and make me one of His sheep in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

Daily Fountain Quote of the Day

“The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.”— Mother Teresa

Anglican Daily Fountain Devotional 18th April 2021 Message. The Church of Nigeria is the Anglican church in Nigeria. It is the second-largest province in the Anglican Communion, as measured by baptized membership, after the Church of England