John 10:3 NASB
To him the doorkeeper opens, and the
sheep hear his voice, and he calls his
own sheep by name and leads them out.
Ok, this is sort of funny to me. I know
it isn't a hilarious story, but yet another
little sense of humor that I see from the
LORD.
The English words listed as 'voice' and also
'he calls' in the gospel of John, chapter 10
and verse 3 have the Greek words:
(a) Voice = Strong's G5456 - Phone
(b) He Calls = Strong's G5455 - Phoneo [phrase]
Next, I see how the English "... leads them out"
is an implied phrase that literally means, 'outs
them out' from one place to another.
In other words, the sheep hear his phone[call]
and he phoning his own sheep by name outs them
out.
This made me laugh. I get the picture of a mom
calling her child's cell phone even while the
child is still in school. When the student's
phone rings during class, teachers are suppose
to then write up a referral for a cell-phone
violation.
Isaiah 45:4 YLT
For the sake of my servant Jacob, and
of Israel My chosen, I call also thee
by thy name, I surname thee, And thou
hast not known Me.
We believers who follow our Master have received
a unique caller i.d. name, or surname, that best
fits us as his disciples.
We can see this in action when Jesus called out
His disciples from the family of Zebedee.
Mark 3:17
And James the [son] of Zebedee, and John
the brother of James; and he surnamed them
Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder.
The brothers demonstrated a type of destructive
zeal that was aggressive and powerful as though
they were catching lightening in a bottle. They
had a lust for power in a place of control.
Mark 10:35
And James and John, the sons of Zebedee,
come unto him, saying, Master, we would
that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever
we shall desire.
They seem to have gotten it from their mother.
Matthew 20:20
Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's
children with her sons, worshipping [him],
and desiring a certain thing of him.
One brother ended up cut-short in a pointless
murder when Herod killed James just to please
the Jews. (see Acts 12:1-3) The other brother
lived on until he outlived all his peer group.
