http://www.bronxbiblechurch.com/blog/chatter-away/ Understanding the spiritual side of life Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:43:50 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.bronxbiblechurch.com/blog/chatter-away/comment-page-1/#comment-89 Daryl Thies Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:01:54 +0000 http://www.bronxbiblechurch.com/?p=187#comment-89 This role & movie of Anthony Hopkins reminds me of the ministry of the porter. All that is spoken of the porter in the great "Good Shepherd Parable" in John 10:3 are only five words: (TO HIM THE PORTER OPENETH) But oh, the depths of responsibility to his job, that even the Lord, Jesus Christ waited for him to bid entrance into the sheepfold! Even if the wolf attacks the sheepfold, by climbing up another way, his eyes are focused on the door & the door only. The sheep may shriek, the shepherd may attack the wolf with their rod, but this little known worker/shepherd of the sheep still remains steadfast to his post & duty. As mundane as it seems, his duty is to maintain the integrity of the spiritual door of the Lord’s Sheepfold. Yet the bible thread of the porter ministry begin with warring angels who kept the gates of the sides of the north; to Adam who kept the garden of Eden to his son Able, who was the first shepherd/keeper of sheep; to us who must porter/keep our own souls/hearts with fear & trembling; to the husband that must keep the his family & finally the modern shepherds of the modern-day church of the Living God who has the awesome responsibility to keep His Church! Pray for your Pastor & church laborers! "for the good of the church" (GW) Eph 1:22 This role & movie of Anthony Hopkins reminds me of the ministry of the porter. All that is spoken of the porter in the great “Good Shepherd Parable” in John 10:3 are only five words: (TO HIM THE PORTER OPENETH) But oh, the depths of responsibility to his job, that even the Lord, Jesus Christ waited for him to bid entrance into the sheepfold!
Even if the wolf attacks the sheepfold, by climbing up another way, his eyes are focused on the door & the door only. The sheep may shriek, the shepherd may attack the wolf with their rod, but this little known worker/shepherd of the sheep still remains steadfast to his post & duty. As mundane as it seems, his duty is to maintain the integrity of the spiritual door of the Lord’s Sheepfold. Yet the bible thread of the porter ministry begin with warring angels who kept the gates of the sides of the north; to Adam who kept the garden of Eden to his son Able, who was the first shepherd/keeper of sheep; to us who must porter/keep our own souls/hearts with fear & trembling; to the husband that must keep the his family & finally the modern shepherds of the modern-day church of the Living God who has the awesome responsibility to keep His Church!
Pray for your Pastor & church laborers! “for the good of the church” (GW) Eph 1:22

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