Jesus and the Victim Mentality
Од стране Todd Beiswenger
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It can feel safe and comfortable to take the role of the victim, and at some point in life we've all done it. But this week we compare to stories in the Bible, that of 1 Samuel 15 where King Saul is answering to Samuel, and John 10 where Jesus talks about being a good shepherd, and we can see a big difference in power between the one who claims victim-hood and the one who doesn't.
(Референце: 1 Samuel 15:7-31; John 10:11-18)
John 10:11-18
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I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
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He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn't own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep, and scatters them.
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The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and doesn't care for the sheep.
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I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I'm known by my own;
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even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.
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I have other sheep, which are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd.
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Therefore the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.
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No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down by myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. I received this commandment from my Father."
