"I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me," John 10:14, ESV
I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep. John 10:14-15
Here we see the mutual knowledge of Christ and his own sheep, together with the mutual knowledge of Christ and the Father. Christ's personal knowledge of his sheep is that which comes into their consciousness. Thus his sheep know him to be Who he is... their Lord God.
And the thief on the cross, "said unto Jesus, Lord remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom."— Luke 23: -I2.
And the Lord, knowing his conscious thoughts and his motives, that the thief feared Him and believed in Him, replied, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in paradise” Luke 23:43
A former Hindu god-man figures among the Good Shepherd’s sheep. When Christ called him he left everything behind for his Shepherd and entered into a faithful Protestant Evangelical church.
Who among us will chide our Lord, saying, You made a mistake Lord, that sheep is not one of Yours because he was not a member of our particular church, which is the only way of salvation?
From the RCC to the Orthodox, Anglican, and Protestant, all are experiencing a falling away. that began as far back as the last days of the Medieval era.
Today, just as faithful RCC and Orthodox are demonized by heretical Progressives as ‘traditionalists,’ Protestant Evangelicals are demonized as “fundamentalists.” While Progressive heretics stand united against the faithful, the faithful do not stand together but apart, fighting among themselves, each claiming to be the one true way while forgetting that only the Good Shepherd is the One True Way.
Meanwhile, the lost look upon this disunity, fighting, and finger-pointing and want nothing to do with it. As some of them have said to me, each church, RCC, Orthodox, and Protestant claim to be the only way of salvation and say you’ll surely end up in hell unless you join our particular church.
Thank the Lord that He is the Good Shepherd Who knows the conscious thoughts and motives of His sheep and calls them by name from out of paganism, Luciferianism, Hinduism, Islam, and elsewhere. Thank God that He is the Judge and not man who would consign everyone else to hell.
Thank you for finally clarifying what you mean by “the church”.
No sale, but at least now we have truth in advertising!