The good shepherd. ( John 10 v 10 - 18 )

 A  group of people were dining together, after dinner it was agreed that each should recite something. A well known actor rose and,  with all the  resources  of elocution and  dramatic art, he declaimed the twenty  third psalm and sat down to tremendous applause. A quite man followed him. He to, began to recite the  twenty third psalm , and at first there was rather a titter. But before he had ended there was a stillness that was more eloquent than any applause. When he had spoken the last words there was silence, and then the actor leant across and said,'' Sir, I know the psalm, but you know the shepherd''. Who is shepherd the the psalm is speaking of ?.it is Jesus, who declared in John 10 v 11, ''I am the good shepherd''.  Often the shepherd would have to defend his sheep from wild animals, or even from thieves and robbers, at the cost of his own life. So Jesus said I lay down my life for the sheep, He done that on the cross ,his death on the cross, was the cost He had pay, to save us. To know him personally we must trust Him, then it can be said of us ,that we know the shepherd.