2 Chronicles 7:14

"IF MY PEOPLE"

 

If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

 

BeyondTheVeilDaily; "My people", "My name".   Is there a greater reason you need to turn from your way?  The heart cry to His church is clear, "Seek My face."  What will be your response ? 

Jude 1

 

"MEN UNNOTICED"

 

 

 

Jude, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James,

To those who are called, sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ: Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.

Contend for the Faith

 Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. 

 For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ.

BeyondTheVeilDaily; The enemy of your story, your personal walk with Jesus rarely comes to you face to face. He will come to you in a subtle way. Appealing to your senses, emotions and most assuredly the flesh. Suggesting God has no plan for you, and even if He does, there will be a delay. Therefore, this enemy of your story will most certainly send you those who agree, and will execute his deceptive plan over you. ^"For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ."

Brothers and sisters; Look into the mirror of your salvation, this morning. You are called, sanctified by God The Father, preserved in Jesus Christ! Peace, mercy and His love multiplied awaits you now! "Be anxious for nothing,". contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. "You are bondservants of Jesus Christ!" Let no one creep in on your love story with the King!

Jeremiah 29:11-13
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.

3 John 1

"NO GREATER JOY"

Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers. 

For I rejoiced greatly when brethren came and testified of the truth that is in you, just as you walk in the truth. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

Beloved, you do faithfully whatever you do for the brethren and^[ for strangers,  who have borne witness of your love before the church.

If you send them forward on their journey in a manner worthy of God, you will do well,  because they went forth for His name’s sake, taking nothing from the Gentiles.   

We therefore ought to receive such, that we may become fellow workers for the truth.

2 John 1

 

"FACE TO FACE"

 Grace, mercy, and peace will be with you from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

Walk in Christ’s Commandments

⁴ I rejoiced greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, as we received commandment from the Father. 

 ⁵ And now I plead with you, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment to you, but that which we have had from the beginning: that we love one another. 

 ⁶ This is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, that as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it.

Beware of Antichrist Deceivers

⁷ For many deceivers have gone out into the world who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. 

 ⁸ Look to yourselves, that we do not lose those things we worked for, but that we may receive a full reward.


⁹ Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son. 

 ¹⁰ If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into your house nor greet him; ¹¹ for he who greets him shares in his evil deeds.

John’s Farewell Greeting

¹² Having many things to write to you, I did not wish to do so with paper and ink; but I hope to come to you and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.

BeyondTheVeilDail;  It is our morning prayer, that on this day you come "face to face," with truth.  Walk in truth in order that you may receive a full reward, for many deceivers come into your world. They do not make Jesus their home, those who make Jesus their home, have both the Son and the Father!   

“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. ¹² But a hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them. ¹³ The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep. ¹⁴ I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own. ¹⁵ As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. ¹⁶ And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd.

"DO YOU KNOW?"

1 JOHN 5:14-17

 Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 

 And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.

 If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin which does not lead to death, he will ask, and He will give him life for those who commit sin not leading to death.

There is sin leading to death. I do not say that he should pray about that. 

 All unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not leading to death.

"THE WITNESS OF THREE"

1 John 5

 This is He who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth. ⁷ For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. ⁸ And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one.


 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is the witness of God which He has testified of His Son. ¹⁰ He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son. ¹¹ And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.  

He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. ¹³ These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.

1 John 5

"BORN OF GOD"

 

 

 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves Him who begot also loves him who is begotten of Him. 

 

  By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments.   For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome. 

 

 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.  

 

 Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

1 John 4

"TEST THE SPIRITS"

 

 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. ² By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, ³ and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world.

⁴ You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. ⁵ They are of the world. Therefore they speak as of the world, and the world hears them. ⁶ We are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

"WHAT DO YOU PRACTICE ?"

1 John 3

 

 Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. ² Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. ³ And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.

Sin and the Child of God

 Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness. ⁵ And you know that He was manifested to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin. ⁶ Whoever abides in Him does not sin. Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him.

⁷ Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous. ⁸ He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. 

⁹ Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.

"I WRITE TO YOU"

1 JOHN 2

Your Spiritual State

¹² I write to you, little children,
    Because your sins are forgiven you for His name’s sake.

¹³ I write to you, fathers,
    Because you have known Him who is from the beginning.
I write to you, young men,
    Because you have overcome the wicked one.
I write to you, little children,
    Because you have known the Father.

¹⁴ I have written to you, fathers,
    Because you have known Him who is from the beginning.
I have written to you, young men,
    Because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you,
    And you have overcome the wicked one.

Do Not Love the World

¹⁵ Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. ¹⁶ For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. ¹⁷ And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.

Deceptions of the Last Hour

¹⁸ Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour. ¹⁹ They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.

²⁰ But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things.  ²¹ I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

²² Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son. ²³ Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.

Let Truth Abide in You

²⁴ Therefore let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father. ²⁵ And this is the promise that He has promised us—eternal life.

²⁶ These things I have written to you concerning those who try to deceive you. ²⁷ But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him.

The Children of God

²⁸ And now, little children, abide in Him, that when He appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming. ²⁹ If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him.

"WALK AS HE WALKED"

 

1 John 2

 

 My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 

 

 And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.

The Test of Knowing Him

Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. ⁴ He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 
 
 But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him.   He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.


 Brethren, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning.

 Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.

 He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now. 

 He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him. 

  But he who hates his brother is in darkness and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

BEYONDTHEVIELDAILY; HAS YOUR PRAYER LIFE HIT INTO A STONE WALL? TODAY, IF YOU WERE TO BE TRUE TO YOURSELF, AND TO GOD, AND HE WERE TO TELL YOU, "UNTIL THE HATE IN YOU IS SURRENDERED TO ME, YOU WILL WALK IN DARKNESS." "YOU WILL NOT KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING IN LIFE."

HAS THE DARKNESS OF HATE BLINDED YOUR EYES?  THERE IS GOODNEWS!

YOU HAVE AN ADVOCATE WITH THE FATHER, JESUS CHRIST THE RIGHTEOUS! HE IS THE LIGHT OUT OF THE DARKNESS OF HATE. WASTE NO TIME THIS MORNING, FALL ON YOUR FACE BEFORE THE LORD, AND ABIDE IN HIS LIGHT, AND THE DARKNESS OF HATE WILL BE BROKEN!!! "LIVE IN THE LIGHT AS HE IS IN THE LIGHT!'

He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.
 

<sup>1 JOHN 1

"LIAR, LIAR"

5</sup> This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. 

 ⁶ If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 

 ⁷ But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.

⁸ If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. ⁹ If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 

 ¹⁰ If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.

1 John 1  (Daily meditation)

WHAT WAS HEARD, SEEN AND TOUCHED

 

 

 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of life— ² the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare to you that eternal life which was with the Father and was manifested to us— ³ that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. ⁴ And these things we write to you that your joy may be full

"THE WITNESS OF GOD"

1 John 5

 

 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves Him who begot also loves him who is begotten of Him. ² By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments. ³ For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome. ⁴ For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. ⁵ Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

The Certainty of God’s Witness

⁶ This is He who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth. ⁷ For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. ⁸ And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one.
⁹ If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is the witness of God which He has testified of His Son. ¹⁰ He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son. ¹¹ And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. ¹² He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. ¹³ These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life,^[d] and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.

Confidence and Compassion in Prayer

¹⁴ Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. ¹⁵ And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.
¹⁶ If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin which does not lead to death, he will ask, and He will give him life for those who commit sin not leading to death. There is sin leading to death. I do not say that he should pray about that. ¹⁷ All unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not leading to death.

Knowing the True—Rejecting the False

¹⁸ We know that whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has been born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him.
¹⁹ We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one.
²⁰ And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
²¹ Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

Proverbs 27

"FAITHFUL WOUNDS"

 

³ A stone is heavy and sand is weighty,
But a fool’s wrath is heavier than both of them.

 

⁴ Wrath is cruel and anger a torrent,
But who is able to stand before jealousy?

 

⁵ Open rebuke is better
Than love carefully concealed.

 

⁶ Faithful are the wounds of a friend,
But the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

 

BEYONDTHEVEILDAILY;  "GOD IS JEALOUSY FOR YOU"

"CREATE IN ME"

Psalm 51
[ A Prayer of Repentance ] [ To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. ] Have mercy upon me, O God, According to Your lovingkindness; According to the multitude of Your tender mercies, Blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions, And my sin is always before me. ...

 

1. Psalm 51:10 

Create in me a clean heart, O God,
And renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Do not cast me away from Your presence,
And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.

 

Restore to me the joy of Your salvation,
And uphold me by Your generous Spirit.
 

Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,
And sinners shall be converted to You.

"LOSE YOUR LIFE"

In the Kingdom of God anyone who wants to save their life must first actively try to lose their life. This means that one has to closely examine and get rid of all the sin in their life. By doing this they will find a new life in Christ.                             

Matthew 16:24-25 (KJV)

Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

"AWAKE!"

Ephesians 5

 Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. ² And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.

³ But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints; ⁴ neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks. 

 ⁵ For this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. 

 ⁶ Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. ⁷ Therefore do not be partakers with them.

⁸ For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light ⁹ (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), ¹⁰ finding out what is acceptable to the Lord. ¹¹ 

And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. ¹² For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret.   

But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light. ¹⁴ Therefore He says:

“Awake, you who sleep,
Arise from the dead,
And Christ will give you light.”

 

EPHESIANS 2

 

"BUT GOD!"

 And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins,   in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, 

 

 ³ among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.

⁴ But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, ⁵ even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), ⁶ and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, ⁷ that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 

 ⁸ For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, ⁹ not of works, lest anyone should boast. 

 ¹⁰ For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

BEYONDTHEVEILDAILY; WHATEVER YOUR TRIAL,WHATEVER YOUR BACKSLIDEN STATE,KNOW YOU ARE NOT OUT OF THE REACH FOR GOD TO SAVE. TODAY CONSIDER TWO WORDS, THAT WILL BREAK ALL CHAINS, ALL SHACKLES AND BREAK DOWN DOORS OF BRONZE. "BUT GOD!"

"TENDER HEARTS"


God the Grand Weaver seeks those with tender hearts so that he can put his imprint on them. Your hurts and your disappointments are part of that design, to shape your heart and the way you feel about reality. The hurts you live through will always shape you. There is no other way.”
― Ravi Zacharias, The Grand Weaver: How God Shapes Us Through the Events of Our Lives

"LIVING HOPE"

1Peter 1

³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, ⁴ to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, ⁵ who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.


⁶ In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, ⁷ that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ, ⁸ whom having not seen you love. Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, ⁹ receiving the end of your faith—the salvation of your souls.

"SEA OF TROUBLE"
“Put the ballast of biblical truth
in the belly of our little boats,
lest the crashing waves of calamity
of these changing times
cause us to capsize in the sea of trouble”
― John Piper, Spectacular Sins: And Their Global Purpose in the Glory of Christ

"FORTITUDE"

“True Christian fortitude consists in strength of mind, through grace, exerted in two things; in ruling and suppressing the evil and unruly passions and affections of the mind; and in steadfastly and freely exerting and following good affections and dispositions, without being hindered by sinful fear or the opposition of enemies... Though Christian fortitude appears in withstanding and counteracting the enemies that are without us; yet it much more appears in resisting and suppressing the enemies that are within us; because they are our worst and strongest enemies and have greatest advantage against us. The strength of the good soldier of Jesus Christ appears in nothing more than in steadfastly maintaining the holy calm, meekness, sweetness, and benevolence of his mind, amidst all the storms, injuries, strange behaviour, and surprising acts and events of this evil and unreasonable world.”  

"STRONG IN THE LORD"

Abraham's faith was so severely tested, by God (Gen22:1) that the great angel of the Lord could say to him, "Now I know that you fear God,"(Gen22:2). Through His omniscience, God already knew this, but He would know it practically by testing Abraham. Thus we have trials.

There are no fair weathered soldiers in God's army. all must endure difficulty. our courage must be tried and proven. God's ships never go to sea without being tested, and only when their seaworthiness is proven do they go on longer voyages. Unless you have been through a great trial , you cannot help those who are in great difficulty.

If we were placed in a glass case, we would not grow. If we were never injured, there would be no forgiven grace. Without suffering we would have no patience. We grow in grace when the stormy winds of trials blow. It is through harsh experiences that believers grow, "strong in the Lord, and the power of His might."(Eph.6:10) Christian, when Satan tests and tries you, hold the world loose but firmly grip the invisible things of God.

It is possible that God will use you to scatter His seed with a hand that was never wounded, but he will not use you to minister to the broken until trials have made you tender and sensitive. Your present painful experience is a necessary preparation for something that will give you tenfold joy. If we are tested, we cannot be victorious. The rule of the kingdom is: no battle, no crowns; no conflict, no conquest.

"In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ." (1Pet.1:6-8)

C.H Spurgeon

John 10

 

"THE VOICE OF THE STRANGER"

“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. ² But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. ³ To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. ⁴ And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. 

⁵ Yet they will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” ⁶ Jesus used this illustration, but they did not understand the things which He spoke to them.

 ⁷ Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. ⁸ All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. ⁹ I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. ¹⁰ The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

BeyondTheVeilDaily; This morning let us listen with our spiritual ears, to the words of Jesus in this chapter. Our emphasis will not be the voice of the shepherd only, but the voice of the stranger.

 To understand this voice, and those he employs, is first to understand the character of the one behind the voice. His motive, and strategy to lead many to obey his voice astray.
 
In this chapter Jesus flips the on the switch of His heavenly x-ray, for nothing  is hidden from His sight.  He without hesitation  identifies  the character behind the voice of the stranger.

Let us together take a good look, at what Jesus clearly exposes about this man. "He is prideful, and disobedient." "He does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way."

He and his cohorts are "thieves and robbers," they look to get around the doorkeepers, that the Shepherd has placed at the door.

Now fully exposed,  on the viewing screen for all to see and understand.  The stranger's  character revealed, his voice and motive. Jesus declares; The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy.

BeyondTheVeilDaily; If the x-ray of Jesus was turned on you this morning, what will it expose in you? The voice of the Shepherd, or the voice of the stranger? If it is the latter, undoubtedly you are in a place that is full of the deceptive voice of the stranger. He has achieved, climbing over the wall of your faith. Only to steal, kill and destroy the voice of the Shepard in you. No more going in and out, finding green pastures, but rather parched land. Confusion, disappointments and discouragement await you there.

Jesus says to you this morning;  "I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly." What are we to do? "RUN!"  but my sheep will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.”

Have you lost the door in this room? Jesus declares to you again; "I am the door of the sheep." Run to Him, and find green pastures once again!