The 9th chapter of the gospel of John ended with a once-blind man being kicked out of the Jewish religious system by blind religious leaders and being found and brought into a new relationship with Jesus. In the 10th chapter Jesus explains what has taken place by using a familiar parable of sheep and shepherds as He has taken in that which has been cast out. In response to the Pharisees’ words in 9:40, “Are we blind also”, Jesus first defined their blindness saying that it was based upon their arrogance not their ignorance. Now in chapter 10 He launches into three declarations about Himself which should leave no doubt as to who He is as well as who they were.
Doesn’t Jesus taking in this once blind man remind you of David the “Shepherd king,” who in 1 Samuel 22 was held up in the cave of Adullam (refuge), and all the “put out, bummed out and stressed out” came to him? Oh, my friends, I rather think that the “Good Shepherd” is always about gathering those who are in need of “Refuge.” The misfits of life who no one wants. I’m so grateful that our Lord gathers that which this world and religion discards.
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