There is nothing in the explanation of this parable given by Christ, that directs to the sense of this clause the allusion cannot be, as some have thought, to great men, who have porters at their gates, to open them, and let in persons that come and knock since the parable is concerning the sheepfold, and the shepherd, and the sheep that go into it and therefore must refer to one that at least, at certain times, stood by the door of the sheepfold, and had the care of it, and opened it upon proper occasions: by whom is designed not Michael the Archangel, nor the Virgin Mary, nor Peter, the supposed doorkeeper of heaven, as say the Papists, nor Moses, as others, who wrote of Christ nor does it seem so well to understand it of the ministers of the Gospel, who preach Jesus Christ, and open the door of faith, or set open the door of the Gospel, whereby Christ comes into the souls of men, and they come to him though this is a sense not to be despised but rather this intends God the Father, from whom Christ, as man and Mediator, derives his authority, and by whom he is let into, and invested with his office, as the shepherd of the sheep or else the Holy Spirit, who opens the everlasting floors of the hearts of men, of Christ's sheep, and lets him in unto them.Īnd the sheep hear his voice not the porter's though they do hear the voice of Christ's ministers, and of God the Father, and of the Holy Ghost but the shepherd's, even the voice of Christ and which is no other than the Gospel, which is a voice of love, grace, and mercy which proclaims peace, pardon, liberty, life, righteousness, and salvation and which is a soul quickening, alluring, delighting, refreshing, and comforting voice: this the people of Christ are made to hear, not only externally, but internally so as to understand it, delight in it, and distinguish it from another: and these are called "sheep", and that before conversion not because they have the agreeable properties of sheep nor because predisposed unto, and unprejudiced against the Gospel of Christ, for they are the reverse of these nor can some things be said of them before, as after conversion, as that they hear the voice of Christ, and follow him nor merely by anticipation, but by reason of electing grace, and because given to Christ the great shepherd, under this character, to be kept and fed by him. Jesus, the Christ Jesus Continued Minister, Christian Sheep Shepherd Scofield Reference Index - Life Thompson Chain Reference - God's Knowledge Knowledge, Divine Knowledge-Ignorance Known, Saints Saints Sheep, God's The Topic Concordance - Following Hearing Jesus Christ Shepherds/pastors Torrey's Topical Textbook - Character of Saints Christ, the Shepherd Parables Titles and Names of Saints ĭictionaries: - American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Parable Porters Sheep Shepherd Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Pastor Shepherd Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Adam, the Second Lamb, Lamb of God Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Soul Easton Bible Dictionary - Parable Sheep Fausset Bible Dictionary - High Priest John, the Gospel According to Porter Sardis Shepherd Zacchaeus Holman Bible Dictionary - John, the Gospel of Names of God Pastor Porter Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Election Parable Porter Sheep Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Allegory Complacency Discourse Gate (2) House Leading Metaphors Nature and Natural Phenomena Parable Porter Quotations (2) Sheep, Shepherd Sympathy Voice (2) Morrish Bible Dictionary - Door Fold Porter Sheep Shepherd The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Flock Judah People's Dictionary of the Bible - Sheep Shepherd Smith Bible Dictionary - Sheep Shepherd Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Porter Įncyclopedias: - Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Doorkeeper Jesus Christ (Part 2 of 2) Shepherd ĭevotionals: - Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life - Devotion for April 21 Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for July 18 Every Day Light - Devotion for November 18 My Utmost for His Highest - Devotion for August 16 Concordances: - Nave's Topical Bible - Character God Continued.
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