← A Year in the Bible with Daily Grace
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Welcome to A Year in the Bible with daily grace. This year we want to spend a few minutes with you every day walking through our study Christ in All of Scripture. Each week we will dive deeply into two passages of Scripture, one from the Old Testament and one from the New, seeing how they connect and point to Jesus.
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Whether you are doing the study yourself or just following along with us here, we are hopeful that through studying these passages each week, you will see how Christ is not only present throughout the entire Biblical story, but but the center of it. Hey friends. Welcome back to Year in the Bible. My name is Alexa and I'm here with my co host Beth.
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Hey everyone. We were in Ezekiel 34:16 at the start of this week and now we are studying our New Testament passage for the week. John 10, 11, 15. So today we're going to be sharing our annotation takeaways from this passage. So to start us off, let me read this passage for us. So this is John 10, 11, 15. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. The hired hand, since he is not the shepherd and doesn't own the sheep, leaves them and runs away when he sees a wolf coming. The wolf then snatches and scatters them. This happens because he is a hired hand and doesn't care about the sheep. I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and my own know me. Just as the Father knows me and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep. So Alexa, how did this annotation day go for you?
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Yeah, it was good. I've always enjoyed John 10 and considering what it means that Jesus is our good shepherd. A couple things that stood out to me in this passage. The first has to do with God's attributes. While Jesus is the one talking in this passage and sharing about how he is the good shepherd, he also brings up the Father. He says in verses 14 through 15, I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father. So here we are reminded of the trinitarian relationship that Jesus shares with the Father and also the Spirit. Though we don't see the Spirit mentioned here explicitly, Jesus and the Father know each other intimately because of the trinitarian relationship that they share with one another. But what I also love is that Jesus makes a way for people to share in the relationship that he has with the Father. This language reminds me of Jesus's high priestly prayer in John 17 as Jesus prays, this is eternal life. That they may know you but the only true God and the one you have sent, Jesus Christ. So John 10, 11, 16 shows us the trinitarian relationship that Jesus has with the Father, but also shows us that we are able to know Jesus intimately, and therefore the Father intimately, because Jesus is the good shepherd. And they're going to talk about that a little bit more tomorrow.
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That's really cool. I can't wait to talk about what that means in a little bit more detail tomorrow. So is there anything else that you wanted to talk about regarding the annotations for today?
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Yeah, the only other thing that I wanted to point out is what Jesus says about laying down his life for the sheep. A shepherd would certainly protect his sheep, but he would most likely not die for them. But Jesus protects his sheep and he goes one step further by laying his life down for his sheep. Which just points us to Jesus's crucifixion. That's also something we're going to talk about tomorrow, but I just wanted to speak to that important part of the passage.
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Yeah, I think that is so important. Jesus love is so deep for us that there's nothing he wouldn't do. And yeah, we're going to be saying more about that tomorrow, as Alexa said. So be sure that you come back tomorrow as we talk about how this passage connects to what we read in Ezekiel and how they both deepen our knowledge of who Christ is.
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Thank you for listening to today's episode of A Year in the Bible with Daily Grace. Be sure to check out our show notes for some helpful links and resources related to today's episode. And make sure you're following a Daily Grace podcast and hedaily Grace Co on Instagram for more Bible study resources and encouragement. We're looking forward to studying God's Word with you again tomorrow. Bye friends.