The good shepherd knows his sheep

"I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine" (John 10:14). Jesus is the good shepherd and as the good shepherd he gave his life for the sheep. All who trust the good shepherd as Lord and savior are given eternal life. But eternal life is more than just knowing that you're going to heaven when you die. Life eternal is knowing the Lord personally and being known of him. All of us know who the president of the USA is. But If you went to his house and tried to get in by saying, "I'm here to see President Obama", you would not be allowed in. If u didn't take no for an answer and insisted you would spend the night not in the white house but in a jail house. But if you knew the president intimately and he knew you intimately and you said, "I'm so and so and I'm here to see the president, you would be given access. Does Jesus know you? There is no greater joy in life than to know Jesus and grow in our relationship with. Trust him as savior and Lord and you will know him in this life and for all eternity.