{"id":1100,"date":"2025-01-25T11:50:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T11:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/?p=1100"},"modified":"2025-01-25T11:57:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T11:57:08","slug":"epistle-reading-2025-01-25-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/2025\/01\/25\/epistle-reading-2025-01-25-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Epistle Reading &#8211; 2025-01-25"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueletterbible.org\/nkjv\/jhn\/10\/9\/s_1007009\">JOHN 10:9-16<\/a><br>The Lord said, &#8220;I am the door; if any one enters by me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. He who is a hireling and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. He flees because he is a hireling and cares nothing for the sheep. I am the good shepherd; I know my own and my own know me, as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. And I have other sheep, that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will heed my voice. So there shall be one flock, one shepherd.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>.<strong>Early Images of Jesus as the Good Shepherd<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aleteia.org\/2019\/05\/12\/three-of-the-oldest-images-of-jesus-portrays-him-as-the-good-shepherd\">Three of the oldest images of Jesus portray him as the \u201cGood Shepherd\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-25.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-25.png 620w, https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-25-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Byzantine Icons of Jesus as the Good Shepherd<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"663\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-23-663x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-23-663x1024.png 663w, https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-23-194x300.png 194w, https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-23-768x1186.png 768w, https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-23.png 829w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JOHN 10:9-16The Lord said, &#8220;I am the door; if any one enters by me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. I am the good shepherd. 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