They're Hiding God's Truth!

According to Gorden-Conwell evangelical seminary, there are now over 45,000 Christian denominations teaching their own version of Christianity.

But why are there so many versions of Christ's religion? The Lord gave us a parable that provides the answer:

“Truly, I tell all of you with certainty, the person who does not enter the sheepfold through the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a bandit. The one who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. It is to him the gatekeeper opens the gate, and it is his voice the sheep hear. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has driven out all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they recognize his voice. They will never follow a stranger, but will run away from him because they do not recognize the voice of strangers” (John 10:1-5 – ISV).

Throughout the area around 1st Century Jerusalem, sheep were kept in walled enclosures called “folds.” And whenever they needed to be taken out to graze for food, their shepherd would open the fold's gate and lead them to a pasture. But if a stranger were to open the gate, the sheep would run away from this person, because they did not recognize the stranger's voice.

In this parable the shepherd represents the Lord, sheep represent Christians, pasture represents the Lord's teachings and the stranger represents preachers. So the Lord's message was that His sheep (genuine Christians) will literally run away from preachers that try to take His place as their spiritual spiritual shepherd.

But Jesus wasn't finished. And just a few verses later He added this:

“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. The hired worker who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, deserts the sheep, and runs away. So the wolf snatches them and scatters them, because he is a hired worker, and the sheep don't matter to him (John 10:11-13 – ISV).

After reminding us that He is our spiritual Shepherd, Jesus warns us about the dangers of listening to salaried preachers. And especially notice how the wolf (Satan) can easily take advantage of these preachers, because they don't really care about the Lord's sheep.

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