Other Sheep

Thanks to Al Parr, working with the Saline Church of Christ, for the content of this post.

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John 10:16 – “And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.”

It is sad that some people still, as they did in the days of Peter (2 Peter 3:15-16), pervert the scriptures. One religious group, very active in television advertising and door-to-door work all over the world, teaches that the “other sheep” of which Jesus spoke are Jewish descendants in North America. Don’t let such people lead you into their deception.

Writing what the Spirit told him to write (1 Corinthians 2:13), Paul explained to the Ephesian church that Jesus, in talking of the other sheep, was talking about the Gentiles (compare Ephesians 2:11-18). In speaking to the elders of that church (Acts 20:28-29) he referred to the mixed assembly of Jews and Gentiles as “the flock of God,” singular in number and equivalent to the “one fold” (the one church) under the “one shepherd” (Jesus).

God’s plan to unite Jew and Gentile (in the church) is not a mystery; it has now been made known (Colossians 1:27), and does not require the fanciful interpretation of uninspired men. Neither does it require even another book from God (Galatians 1:8-9).

Those who are wrongly “dividing the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15) are doing so “to their own destruction” (2 Peter 3:16).

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Al Parr works Confirming the Churches and preaches at the Saline Church of Christ
7300 East Michigan Avenue
Saline, MI 48176

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