“Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted : But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.”
James Chapter 1 verses 9 and 10.
Do you read the Bible?
No! I don’t!
Could you tell me why?
Sure! Because I found it very hard to understand!
I have tried a couple of times, and I fell to sleep! I think is boring!
I read the part in which Jesus said He was the Door of the sheep!
Could Jesus be a Door? And then He said his sheep obey Him!
I am not an animal! Who wants to be a sheep?
Let me to explain you something: what you read is in John 10: 7:
“Jesus told them: Very verily I tell you: I am the door of the sheep”
“…..They shall go in and out and find pastures.” John 10:9
“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me”
I understand that these verses have a two fold meanings:
1.- On earth Jesus Christ is the Door to the Word of God: The Bible!
He is the Good Shepherd that allows his sheep to enter in and out and
find “Pastures” Sheep are very humble and obedient creatures!
The “Green pastures” Are food for the soul! The Word of God!
When we open the Bible, we enter God’s kingdom, we feed our souls
with the pastures of God and obtain by believing in Jesus: Life Eternal!
2.- The other meaning is the Door of heaven and it is going to be open
for the ones that persevere until the end! (According to the Bible.)
When you accept Christ as your Lord and Savior, you don’t care if
Salvation it is going to come in one minute or in one hundred years!
We feel we are all ready saved with Him in us!
As you can see there is no PRIDE involved in this commitment,
just FAITH! And Faith comes with the KNOWLEDGE of God!
“I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine”
John 10:14 Just imagine: A man all dressed up with a tuxedo, inside an
extra long limousine honking to saint Peter to open up the Pearly Gates!
Saint peter may tell him: I don’t know how you’ve got here, but if you
want to get in, you have to get out the car, and leave inside of it…
YOUR PRIDE! Then, very humble on your knees you have to repent
of all your sins, and ask God for forgiveness!
The man dominated by his PRIDE, very angry, turned around and left
at high speed on the highway that conduces to hell!
THAT IS PRIDE AT ITS MAXIMUM EXPONENT!
HUMBLENESS: Is to recognize we cannot be saved with our own efforts
and we need a Redeemer to bail us out from the penalties of our sins!
I heard that the devil also quoted verses from the Bible to Jesus when he
was tempting Him! Is that true? How come he did not believe?
The devil reads the Bible but does not believe it because of his PRIDE!
His pride makes him feel he is greater than his Creator!
PRIDE IS TO ELEVATE ONESELF TO THE HIGHTS!
HUMBLENESS IS TO LOW ONESELF TO THE GROUNDS!
“Humble yourself in the sight of the Lord and He shall lift you up!”
“But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord!” II Corinthians 10:17.
“Be clothed with humbleness for God resisteth the proud and giveth
Grace to the humble.” I Peter 5:5.
To read the Bible is not difficult if you ask God for understanding!
And understanding leads you to believe! That is called: Faith!
GO AHEAD! ENTER TO THE PASTURES OF GOD! AND THEN..
INVITE HIM TO COME INTO YOUR HEART!
GLORY TO OUR ETERNAL CREATOR!
José Salazar
S. de C.
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