Laying Down His Life For the Sheep

“and I lay down my life for the sheep” John 10:15b Of course He does!  For many glorious reasons. “I am the good shepherd,” so He speaks in the preceding verse, “and know my sheep, and am known of mine.”  He knows, recognizes and acknowledges them as His own; and they know, recognize and acknowledge Him as their own. Jesus is not a thief and robber.  That’s a frightful thing:  a thief on the loose, amuck in a flock of sheep.  Such a thief comes only with evil intentions.  He doesn’t know...