John 10:1-18 This reminder of Christ's Church and how Christ interacts with his faithful disciples has captivated my attentions these past several morning. There are several characters in the Savior's teachings about the sheep and the shepherd: the good shepherd - the Savior. the sheep - the disciples of Christ. the theif - opposite to the sheep, those that would not use the gate, but would try to come in some other way. the stranger - he who is not familiar to the disciples of Christ. the wolf - possibly the adversary, or others with destructive and malicious intentions. the hireling - paid supervisors or administrators. the porter - a gate keeper. The thief/robber is the first character introduced in this parable. The Savior introduces him as one who is trying to find admittance among the sheep by some other means other than using the door, and then calls him a thief and a robber. The shepherd is then introduced by stating he uses the door. (There i...
“Wherefore, I said unto you, feast upon the words of Christ; for behold, the words of Christ will tell you all things what ye should do.” – 2 Nephi 32:3, The Book of Mormon