THE GOOD SHEPHERD
Hi SHEEPY's in a world that
has no direction and no meaning
God has appointed some of
us to watch over His flock and help lead the WAY as He has given
us TRUTH and a brand new LIFE ...and how to SURVIVE and MAKE IT in
this grand crazy "PASTURE" we call WORLD!
I like to share with you a
story about a SHEEPHERD and His SHEEP.
One who protected His Sheep
and kept them safe and shared with us how to do so in a world
where we are totally surrounded by wolves ...
1
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door
into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a
thief and a robber.
2
But he that entereth in by the door is the
shepherd of the sheep.
3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep
hear his voice: and he calleth his own
sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep,
he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his
voice.
5 And a stranger will they not follow, but
will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
6 This parable spake Jesus unto them: but
they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
7
Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily,
verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the
sheep.
8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but
the sheep did not hear them.
9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in,
he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and
to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might
have it more abundantly.
11 I am the good shepherd: the good
shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
12 But he that is an hireling, and not the
shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and
leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and
scattereth the sheep.
13 The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth
not for the sheep.
14 I am the good shepherd, and know my
sheep, and am known of mine.
15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I
the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
16 And other sheep I have, which are not of
this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and
there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
1 Peter 5
1The elders
which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a
witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of
the glory that shall be revealed:
2Feed the flock
of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not
by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a
ready mind;
3Neither as
being lords over God's heritage, but being examples to the
flock.
4And when the
chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of
glory that fadeth not away.
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17 Therefore doth my Father love me,
because I lay down my life,
that I might take it again.
18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it
down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to
take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
19 There was a division therefore again
among the Jews for these sayings.
20 And many of them said, He hath a devil,
and is mad; why hear ye him?
21 Others said, These are not the words of
him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?
22 And it was at
Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was
winter.
23 And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.
24 Then came the Jews round about him, and
said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the
Christ, tell us plainly.
25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye
believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear
witness of me.
26 But ye believe not, because ye are not
of my sheep, as I said unto you.
27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them,
and they follow me:
28 And I give unto them eternal life; and
they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my
hand.
29 My Father, which gave them me, is
greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my
Father's hand.
30 I and my Father are one.
31 Then the Jews took up stones again to
stone him.
32 Jesus answered them, Many good works
have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye
stone me?
33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a
good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that
thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written
in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
35 If he called them gods, unto whom the
word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath
sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I
said, I am the Son of God?
37 If I do not the works of my Father,
believe me not.
38 But if I do, though ye believe not me,
believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is
in me, and I in him.
39 Therefore they sought again to take him:
but he escaped out of their hand,
40 And went away again beyond Jordan into
the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode.
41 And many resorted unto him, and said,
John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were
true.
42 And many believed on him there.
Hebrews
13:20-21
20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from
the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through
the blood of the everlasting covenant,
21. Make you perfect in every good work to
do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight,
through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
AMEN
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