Is Jesus your Shepherd?

Why Jesus Christ Is Your Shepherd

God, through Jesus Christ, made the way possible for you to be reconciled onto Him in a Father-son relationship (2 Cor. 5:18). You are a member of his family and you are His child if you have been saved from your sin by putting your faith in the work of salvation which Jesus Christ did, when he came to the earth humanly.

In the Lord’s best interest everyone who comes to Him and who has been saved by the blood of Jesus Christ receives the rights of the sons of God (God-sonship) (John 1:12).

Part of the blessings that has been deposited for all believers and followers of Jesus Christ [for all time] is that they now have a Shepherd over their lives. Jesus Christ becomes our common Shepherd because, he did what a real[good] Shepherd would do; he laid down his own life for the Sheep to live. Hear this testimony that Jesus gave concerning himself: He said,

“I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd risks and lays down His [own] life for the Sheep. I am the Good Shepherd; and I know and recognize My own, and My own know and recognize Me. Even as [truly as] the Father knows Me and I also know the Father — and I am giving My [very own] life and laying it down on behalf of the Sheep.”

John 10:11, 14, 15 AMP

Before moving on from here, it is good to be sure of this. Jesus says, he knows his own Sheep and they also know him. One can claim to know the Lord even when the Lord may not know him/her. So it is better to establish right here whether you truly know the Lord and that the Lord also truly knows you. If you do not truly know the Lord, pause reading and do that now.