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 after I read these verses, I'll say,

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 this is the word of the Lord, and you can respond,

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 thanks be to God.

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 And as I read this and you follow along,

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 remember this is the inspired, inerrant, infallible,

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 clear and sufficient word of God himself.

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 John 10.

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 Truly, truly, I say to you,

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 he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door,

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 but climbs in by another way,

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 that man is a thief and a robber.

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 But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

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 To him, the gatekeeper opens.

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 The sheep hear his voice,

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 and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

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 When he has brought out all of his own,

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 he goes before them, and the sheep follow him,

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 for they know his voice.

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 A stranger they will not follow,

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 but they will flee from him,

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 for they do not know the voice of the strangers.

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 This figure of speech Jesus used with them,

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 but they did not understand what he was saying to them.

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 So, Jesus said again to them,

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 truly, truly, I say to you,

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 I am the door of the sheep.

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 All who come before me are thieves and robbers,

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 but the sheep did not listen to them.

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 I am the door.

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 If anyone enters by me,

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 he will be saved,

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 and will go in and out and find pasture.

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 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy.

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 I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

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 I am the good shepherd.

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 The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

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 He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd,

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 who does not own the sheep,

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 sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees.

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 The wolf snatches and scatters them.

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 He flees because he is a hired hand

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 and cares nothing for the sheep.

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 I am the good shepherd.

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 I know my own,

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 and my own know me.

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 Just as the Father knows me,

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 and I know the Father,

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 and I have laid down my life for the sheep.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 Thanks be to God.

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 Thanks be to God.

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 Indeed, you may be seated.

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 Let's pray.

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 Prepare our hearts, O God,

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 to accept your word.

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 Silence in us any voices but your own.

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 Cause us to hear your voice,

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 and as we hear,

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 help us to follow you.

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 For Christ's sake, amen.

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 Beloved congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 I need to ask you this question today.

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 Is the Lord your good shepherd?

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 Lord your good shepherd.

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 There was a tour guide in Israel

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 who had taken some people from churches like this one

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 to see the land

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 and to see these locations

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 that we read about in our Bibles.

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 The tour guide had just told them

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 how you can always tell in the pasture

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 who is the shepherd of each flock,

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 and it's because the shepherd will be out in front,

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 and the sheep will be following the call,

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 the voice of the shepherd.

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 And right as he said this,

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 the story goes,

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 he looked out,

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 and there was a pasture

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 and sheep running, scattering,

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 and the man chasing behind them.

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 So it seemed to not fit.

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 So the tour guide asked the translator

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 who was local,

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 he knew the farmers

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 and knew the shepherds

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 and knew the area,

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 said,

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 I thought the shepherd was always out in front.

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 Why is that man chasing that flock?

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 And the local guy just grinned and said,

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 that's not the shepherd,

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 that's the butcher.

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 Well, when you and I were little,

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 we knew that we needed shepherding.

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 We knew that we needed someone to care for us,

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 to feed us,

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 to protect us.

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 We were happy to admit that.

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 We would cry for it.

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 We would ask for that.

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 But as we grow older and older,

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 we learn to become more independent,

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 and that's good,

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 but we become self-reliant as well.

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 So we start to think we don't need

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 any kind of shepherding.

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 On top of that,

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 we have to go through hard things in life.

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 There's a loss of innocence.

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 There's pain.

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 There's injury.

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 And sometimes that even comes from

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 those who should be shepherds.

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 Maybe you're going through something like that right now,

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 even a boss or a teacher or a coach,

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 maybe even a relative.

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 Supposed to be in that role of caring

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 and shepherding and protecting,

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 but instead is hurting very deeply.

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 See, the people of Israel,

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 they were ready to be out from under Rome,

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 and they were sick of the religious leaders

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 who were abusing them.

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 They were greedy, these religious leaders.

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 They were tax collectors.

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 They were doing exchanging of money

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 and basically selling out

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 what God intended to be

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 a sacrificial system to minister grace

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 to those who have faith.

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 And they were ready to be independent,

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 to be out from under these bad leaders.

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 When our Lord Jesus took on the flesh

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 and walked throughout Israel,

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 He was coming to fulfill what God had promised all along.

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 I've come to the conclusion

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 that we will not get the full depth of meaning of John 10

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 unless we also have Ezekiel chapter 34 in mind.

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 And it's too much for me to exposit that chapter.

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 But I do encourage you,

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 if you've got a Bible,

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 turn to Ezekiel chapter 34,

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 keep your finger there,

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 and be ready to flip back and forth

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 as much as you would like.

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 See, in chapter 10 of John,

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 we read that

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 some who heard the teaching of Jesus,

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 giving this analogy,

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 this figure of speech

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 about the sheepfold and the shepherd,

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 some of them said,

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 a man that teaches like that

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 cannot be possessed by demons.

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 That's what it says in John 10, 24.

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 These words are from God.

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 We know that.

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 This is from the true God.

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 They said on top of that,

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 a man who can heal a man born blind from birth,

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 that has to be from God as well.

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 That can't be the work of a demon.

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 So by the end of this teaching in verse 21,

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 we know it's the same audience

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 as the chapter that came right before it.

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 So to really make sense,

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 I think as well,

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 we need to ramp into this text

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 that we just read

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 by doing a brief review

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 of the contrast from chapter 9

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 that we saw last time.

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 In chapter 9,

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 we saw how the religious elite

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 had cast out the man born blind.

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 They only gave that man the law.

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 He's unclean.

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 He's fit.

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 He's broken.

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 He's going to be in the dust as a beggar.

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 But Christ found that man.

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 Remember,

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 he went out and found him

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 after he had been excommunicated,

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 and Christ gave that man grace.

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 The religious elite

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 presumed to be God's spokesmen.

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 They presumed to rule over,

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 to rule above Christ and the people.

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 But when Christ showed up,

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 he spoke,

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 and God's people followed him.

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 The religious elite

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 pretended to be shepherds of God's sheep,

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 but they did not know their own need.

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 That wasn't a problem

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 for the blind man, was it?

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 He knew his need.

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 And the Lord met him.

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 The religious elite drove

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 that poor beggar away from God,

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 but Christ made that blind man close.

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 In Isaiah chapter 40, verse 11,

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 the promise comes of the Messiah.

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 When he shows up, the Savior,

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 he will tend his flock like a shepherd.

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 He will gather the lambs in his arms.

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 He will carry them in his bosom,

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 and he will gently lead them.

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 That's exactly what our Lord Jesus did

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 to that blind man.

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 And now with the same audience

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 gathering around him,

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 Jesus sets up this word picture.

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 If you look on chapter 10,

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 the first six verses,

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 it just tells us this familiar scene.

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 He's painting a picture with his words,

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 isn't he?

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 He says,

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 there's a sheepfold,

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 verse 1,

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 and that sheepfold has a door.

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 Let me describe what this would be.

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 To them, it's a very familiar image,

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 but we need to understand

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 what they were picturing.

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 A sheepfold was made

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 by collecting stones

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 of different sizes.

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 Those stones were cemented together

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 to form a wall,

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 and that wall would have come up

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 about waist high.

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 And the wall would form a circle.

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 Sometimes it was not too big,

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 but other times it could be pretty big

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 to the point where more than one flocks

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 and more than one shepherds

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 could bring their sheep into the fold.

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 And this wall didn't have any windows

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 or other doors except for one opening,

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 and that was called the door of the sheepfold.

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 So the purpose of the sheepfold

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 was to bring the flocks in

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 from the pastures at nighttime,

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 bring them all in here

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 so they're safe,

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 circled around this stone wall.

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 And then during the daytime

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 when the sun's out

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 and the predators have gone

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 to hibernate and nap,

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 then the sheep can come back out

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 through the door

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 and they can go and enjoy the grass.

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 So oftentimes the shepherds

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 would also hire someone

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 to watch over them

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 so that at nighttime

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 the shepherds could sleep

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 so that they could be alert

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 during the day

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 to watch them in the pasture.

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 And so then the person they hired,

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 that hired hand,

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 would be in charge of these flocks.

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 Here's these three shepherds

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 that brought their flocks to me.

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 They're going to pay me

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 to keep an eye

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 while they're not here.

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 So you see now,

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 in their context,

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 that's what our Lord Jesus set up.

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 Now, this wall is not very high.

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 Someone could jump over the fence

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 and then pretend

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 to be one of those shepherds.

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 You know, they could put something

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 over their head

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 and there was one way

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 that a hired hand could tell.

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 As that shepherd starts

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 calling out the sheep,

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 walking out through the door,

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 do any of the sheep

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 follow that shepherd?

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 See, sheep have a fear

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 built into them

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 and they would not follow

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 a shepherd they didn't know.

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 So this was their system.

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 And even as I'm describing this,

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 you might be thinking,

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 we're in 2023.

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 We go to the grocery store

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 and buy our food.

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 We don't keep our money in a herd.

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 We put our money in banks.

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 And so why is this figure of speech

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 relevant to us still today?

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 Well, Peter says to the church

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 that Jesus Christ

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 is the chief shepherd of your souls.

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 And he's writing to an urban church.

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 And the church of God

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 throughout all the generations,

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 ancient Israel,

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 has always,

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 you're going to see the language

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 we've always been referred to

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 as God's flock.

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 So our task today

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 is to try to take,

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 look, verse 6,

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 it's a figure of speech.

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 To take all that God intended

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 by this beautiful, rich,

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 humble figure of speech.

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 And ask for the Holy Spirit

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 to teach you,

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 teach me to receive

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 all the richness here for me.

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 from this.

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 So the first thing

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 I want to point out is this,

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 that you and I,

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 we need protection,

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 just like a sheep.

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 We need protection

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 from thieves

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 that act as shepherds.

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 That's what our Lord says

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 in verse 1.

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 Truly, truly,

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 I say to you,

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 he who does not enter

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 the sheepfold by the door

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 but climbs in

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 by another way,

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 that man is

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 a thief

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 and a robber.

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 So the sheepfold,

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 what is the sheepfold?

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 This analogy,

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 this figure of speech

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 is tricky, isn't it?

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 Well,

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 later on in the same chapter,

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 our Lord Jesus

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 is going to say,

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 I have other sheep

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 that are not of this fold.

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 And who is he talking about?

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 He's talking about

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 the Gentiles.

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 Yeah,

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 about those that are

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 not of Israel.

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 So the sheepfold,

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 he says in verse 1,

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 the sheepfold

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 that he's talking about,

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 this is Israel.

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 And what does it mean

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 to enter,

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 as part of God's people,

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 enter Israel

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 by another way

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 other than what God

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 has called for?

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 I believe that there's

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 a couple layers here.

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 Let me see if I can

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 make this clear.

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 So the sheepfold,

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 God has hedged in.

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 He's given his law

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 and his commandments

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 and he's given the prophecies

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 that will make really clear

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 to Israel

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 who the Messiah is.

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 And the Messiah will meet

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 and surpass all of the promises

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 that national Israel

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 ever received.

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 So,

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 it would be impossible

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 for any other nation

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 that didn't have

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 the Old Testament,

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 the Old Covenant,

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 to recognize the Messiah.

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 He would come first

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 under the law

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 from Israel,

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 from the seed

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 of Abraham.

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 Not the seed of Adam,

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 generally like all the nations.

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 He would come

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 from the seed of Abraham.

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 Abraham.

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 And God himself

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 would take on flesh.

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 And he would come

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 from the seed of Abraham.

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 That's also then,

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 that picture,

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 it's amplified with David.

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 He would be a shepherd

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 and a king.

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 And he would rule

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 and God would speak

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 through him

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 the words of life

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 like David the great psalmist.

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 And so Jesus would come

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 from that line

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 through the sheepfold

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 in the right way.

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 But there's also

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 a contrast being set up.

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 Think about

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 those books of the Bible

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 that we've gone through

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 on Friday nights.

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 What is the purpose

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 of 1 and 2 Kings

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 and Chronicles?

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 What is the purpose

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 of those books?

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 It shows us that

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 God is lifting up

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 the ideal king.

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 And man,

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 after man in Israel,

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 falls short

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 of that ideal.

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 There is no king,

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 no man,

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 no mere man

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 can fulfill

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 all that God

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 requires

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 of the king of Israel.

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 But there will be one.

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 All the promises

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 and blessings

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 attached to Abraham,

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 to Isaac,

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 to Jacob,

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 to David,

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 fulfilling all

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 that God has promised

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 way back for me,

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 that will be fulfilled

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 in one great king,

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 the Messiah.

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 So when Jesus says,

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 all those who have

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 come before me

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 were thieves and robbers,

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 all those other kings

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 of Israel,

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 they were falling short

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 of that glorious standard.

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 They were incapable

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 of caring for the soul

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 of God's people

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 the way only God

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 himself could.

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 In Ezekiel 34,

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 verses 1-4,

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 we read this.

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 And if you want

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 to look there,

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 you can.

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 Ezekiel 34,

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 1-4.

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 Let me give you context.

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 Who is Ezekiel?

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 Ezekiel was a priest

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 of Israel,

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 and he was carried away

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 by Nebuchadnezzar,

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 same time as Daniel.

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 So you read of Daniel

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 and the Hebrews

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 being carried off.

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 Well, Ezekiel was a prophet

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 writing to Israel

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 from exile,

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 carried away.

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 And listen to what God said.

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 This is why judgment came.

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 This is why the people of God

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 were drug out of their land.

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 You shepherds

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 have been feeding yourselves.

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 You should,

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 should not shepherds

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 feed the sheep?

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 The weak,

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 you have not strengthened.

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 The sick,

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 you have not healed.

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 The injured,

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 you have not bound up.

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 The strayed,

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 you have not brought back.

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 The lost,

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 you have not sought.

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 And with force

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 and harshness,

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 you have ruled

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 over them.

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 Israel has failed.

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 The leaders of Israel

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 came short

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 of the glorious calling

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 that God gave them.

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 But the good news

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 is that from within Israel,

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 from that line of Abraham,

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 the line of David,

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 would come Jesus Christ,

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 the shepherd,

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 the king,

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 to rule over them.

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 See,

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 the contrast that

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 Ezekiel 34 is describing,

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 he's describing shepherds

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 that are using the sheep.

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 And to the Jewish here,

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 the shepherd,

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 it would have been a picture

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 of a warmth relationship.

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 They were not like,

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 like the chickens

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 that get sent

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 to Kentucky Fried Chicken today

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 where they're just on a,

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 you know,

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 assembly line

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 to be devoured.

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 No,

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 these sheep,

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 they would have lived

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 an entire lifetime

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 with the people,

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 with the shepherd.

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 You know,

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 the shepherd would have

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 milked them

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 every single day

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 to enjoy sheep

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 and goat milk.

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 They would have enjoyed

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 using the wool

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 for their own clothing.

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 Look how close

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 they're living.

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 We saw how the shepherds

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 would bring them in

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 in the winter.

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 They would actually

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 share the warmth

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 of a cave or a space

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 together like that.

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 You know,

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 as the shepherd's family grows,

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 they have their first child

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 and second child.

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 They need more money.

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 They need more food.

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 Well,

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 those lambs are giving birth

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 and they're raising up

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 other lambs

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 and their flock is growing

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 just as the shepherd's

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 own family is growing.

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 That would have been

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 the picture.

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 But yet,

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 Ezekiel said,

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 Israel,

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 your shepherds,

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 the leaders over God's people,

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 they've just been using

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 and abusing God's people.

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 So let me pause here

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 for us application as well.

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 It's that

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 the heart of God to you

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 is the heart

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 of a caring shepherd.

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 He brings you near him.

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 He brings you

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 into his family.

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 That's what Jesus is showing.

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 He says,

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 your soul needs

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 the shepherding care

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 of one who is with you.

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 He wants you to be

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 so close to him.

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 You need to be doing life

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 with your shepherd.

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 When you look to God,

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 he is not the shepherd

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 who will abuse you.

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 He is the shepherd

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 who will provide for you.

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 He will heal you

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 in every way

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 that you need it.

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 When the Lord

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 is your shepherd,

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 you will fear no evil.

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 He makes you to lie down

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 and to peace

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 and to sleep.

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 And this is true

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 no matter where you end up

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 in this world.

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 When I thought of

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 this wonderful promise

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 that when the true shepherd

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 is near you,

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 you can rest.

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 You will be safe.

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 I thought of this pastor,

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 a man who got saved

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 in Medellin, Colombia.

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 And he was living

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 in one of the most dangerous

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 prisons in Colombia.

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 But the Lord saved him.

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 He heard the gospel.

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 It was through

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 a missionary woman

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 who was there all alone,

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 very brave missionary.

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 And he would get

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 life threats

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 even while he was sleeping

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 in the cells at night.

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 He couldn't lay down

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 and sleep

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 because someone

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 might want to kill him

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 because of the drug cartels

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 and what he had done

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 in his life.

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 But when the Lord

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 saved him,

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 he said he had never

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 slept so well.

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 And he knew

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 the Lord was with him

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 because even in that prison,

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 they started a Bible study

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 and every Lord's Day

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 they would gather

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 a very small group of them

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 and they became

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 a little church.

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 You fast forward

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 several decades,

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 that man was there

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 lifetime sentence

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 but he was a pastor

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 of this little church

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 inside one of the most

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 dangerous prisons

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 of Medellin, Colombia

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 because the Lord

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 was his shepherd.

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 He didn't need to fear

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 the evil of man anymore.

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 So you need protection.

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 You need protection

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 from false shepherds

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 and the Lord's presence

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 is your protection.

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 I want to look at verse 12

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 because there's one other threat

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 that the Lord talks about

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 that we need to pay attention

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 to as well.

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 Look at verse 12.

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 Verse 12 he says,

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 he who is a hired hand

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 sees the wolf coming

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 and leaves the sheep

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 and flees

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 and the wolf snatches them

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 and scatters them.

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 Let me ask you this,

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 what time of the day

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 do you picture a wolf

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 attacking the sheep

00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:06.179
 in this sheepfold?

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 They go into the sheepfold

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 at night time, right?

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 And that's when predators

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 love to attack.

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 When all the animals are still,

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 the wolf would try

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 to sneak up.

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 But think about this,

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 the wolf in the sheepfold,

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 even if the wolf

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 could jump over this wall,

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 probably could,

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 and kill a lamb,

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 the wolf couldn't drag

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 that lamb out,

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 not up and over the wall.

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 They would have still had

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 to go through the door.

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 And if it's just a hired hand

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 sitting there

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 and he sees a wolf

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 coming up to intimidate him,

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 those eyes of the wolf

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 at night

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 and you're all alone,

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 the other shepherds

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 are all getting their sleep,

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 that hired hand

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 is out of there.

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 They're not paying me

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 near enough

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 to do this job.

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 So then picture the shepherd.

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 You show up on the scene

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 the next day,

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 there's blood

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 all over the sheepfold

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 and you can just tell

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 a wolf has been here.

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 And that hired hand

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 is nowhere to be found.

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 He collected maybe

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 half the money

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 and he's out of there.

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 Well, that would be

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 the scene that would be

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 very familiar

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 that our Lord

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 is warning against.

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 And Ezekiel 34

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 verses 5 and 7

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 say the same thing

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 that the sheep of God

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 were scattered

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 because there was no shepherd

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 and they became food

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 for all the wild beasts.

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 Remember,

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 Ezekiel is writing

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 because Israel

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 had been carried off

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 into Assyria and Babylon.

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 My sheep were scattered.

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 My sheep have become a prey

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 and my sheep have become food

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 for all the wild beasts

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 since there was no shepherd

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 and because my shepherds

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 have not searched

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 for my sheep

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 but the shepherds

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 have fed themselves

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 and have not fed

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 my sheep.

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 See, every other king

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 of Israel

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 was like a hired hand.

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 The people were not

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 their own.

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 They were abusing

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 the people

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 for their own gain.

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 But the Lord refers

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 to his people

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 as his own.

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 These are mine

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 and even though

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 they've been scattered

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 I will go gather

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 all of them

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 and I will bring them

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 back to me.

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 In verse 13

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 Jesus said

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 he flees

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 because he is

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 a hired hand.

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 He cares nothing

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 for the sheep.

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 Well, the stern warning

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 had been prophesied as well.

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 Zechariah 11, 17

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 says,

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 Woe to my worthless shepherd

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 who deserts the flock.

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 In Acts 7, 54

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 we get a picture

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 of what it was like

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 at the time of Christ.

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 These hired hands

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 who didn't really care

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 for the flock.

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 And listen to how similar

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 they're described

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 to a wolf.

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 Acts 7, 54

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 when these same

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 religious elite

00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:35.439
 standing there

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 heard Stephen's sermon.

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 Remember Stephen

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 the first martyr?

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 The Lord saved him.

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 He was serving

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 the Greek widows

00:22:43.240 --> 00:22:44.799
 serving as a deacon

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 a servant of the church

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 and he preached

00:22:46.919 --> 00:22:47.539
 the gospel

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 and he told them

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 Israel

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 you have lost sight

00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:51.659
 of the Messiah

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 who was to come.

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 And he tells them

00:22:53.819 --> 00:22:54.639
 the same message

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 but Jesus fulfills it

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 and by grace

00:22:57.039 --> 00:22:58.259
 he came to save you.

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 Well, when they heard this

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 they're described this way

00:23:02.440 --> 00:23:03.900
 they were enraged.

00:23:04.299 --> 00:23:04.779
 Enraged.

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 Picture that snarling wolf

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 and they ground

00:23:07.820 --> 00:23:09.120
 their teeth

00:23:09.120 --> 00:23:10.240
 at Stephen.

00:23:12.039 --> 00:23:13.060
 See, these wolves

00:23:13.060 --> 00:23:14.200
 these elite

00:23:14.200 --> 00:23:15.480
 would come to devour

00:23:15.480 --> 00:23:16.120
 the church.

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 The church would

00:23:16.799 --> 00:23:17.900
 undergo persecution

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 and Jesus is warning them

00:23:19.799 --> 00:23:21.420
 when this happens

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 I am still with you church.

00:23:23.380 --> 00:23:24.980
 I am with you spiritually.

00:23:25.120 --> 00:23:26.140
 I do not abandon

00:23:26.140 --> 00:23:27.220
 my own.

00:23:29.460 --> 00:23:30.600
 What does this look like

00:23:30.600 --> 00:23:31.600
 in our lives today?

00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:34.900
 Well, if you have a loved one

00:23:34.900 --> 00:23:36.480
 which we all do

00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:37.740
 and your loved one

00:23:37.740 --> 00:23:40.520
 suffers some great injustice

00:23:40.520 --> 00:23:43.000
 which we all go through

00:23:43.000 --> 00:23:45.560
 don't you want sometimes

00:23:45.560 --> 00:23:46.400
 just so badly

00:23:46.400 --> 00:23:48.340
 to try to get vengeance

00:23:48.340 --> 00:23:49.120
 or try to take

00:23:49.120 --> 00:23:50.460
 some measure of justice

00:23:50.460 --> 00:23:51.519
 into your own hands?

00:23:54.519 --> 00:23:55.420
 The encouragement

00:23:55.420 --> 00:23:56.200
 we have here

00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:56.640
 is that

00:23:56.640 --> 00:23:57.620
 the Lord

00:23:57.620 --> 00:23:58.799
 knows the wolf.

00:23:59.579 --> 00:24:00.140
 The Lord

00:24:00.140 --> 00:24:01.460
 sees the injustice

00:24:01.460 --> 00:24:02.860
 that's inflicted

00:24:02.860 --> 00:24:03.600
 on his sheep

00:24:03.600 --> 00:24:04.480
 his people

00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:07.059
 and he wants you

00:24:07.059 --> 00:24:08.140
 to look to him

00:24:08.140 --> 00:24:08.700
 the shepherd.

00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:10.259
 It's his rod

00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:11.920
 and it's his staff

00:24:11.920 --> 00:24:13.319
 that will enact

00:24:13.319 --> 00:24:14.039
 judgment

00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:15.740
 when the time is right.

00:24:16.880 --> 00:24:17.519
 His rod

00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:18.620
 and his staff

00:24:18.619 --> 00:24:20.899
 let them comfort you.

00:24:24.259 --> 00:24:25.179
 When the Lord

00:24:25.179 --> 00:24:25.919
 is your shepherd

00:24:25.919 --> 00:24:29.099
 he protects you.

00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:30.039
 He leads you

00:24:30.039 --> 00:24:31.259
 beside still waters

00:24:31.259 --> 00:24:32.979
 and he restores

00:24:32.979 --> 00:24:34.099
 your soul.

00:24:35.599 --> 00:24:36.879
 He puts balm

00:24:36.879 --> 00:24:37.639
 inside those

00:24:37.639 --> 00:24:38.459
 fang marks

00:24:38.459 --> 00:24:40.299
 those wounds

00:24:40.299 --> 00:24:41.039
 from a wolf

00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:42.579
 and he heals you.

00:24:43.579 --> 00:24:44.739
 He pours the gentle

00:24:44.739 --> 00:24:46.000
 water of his spirit

00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:47.039
 and his word

00:24:47.039 --> 00:24:48.000
 over your soul.

00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:49.579
 Have you experienced

00:24:49.579 --> 00:24:50.759
 that type of healing

00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:51.740
 from your shepherd?

00:24:53.059 --> 00:24:54.200
 Praise be to God.

00:24:56.140 --> 00:24:57.819
 But this is only true

00:24:57.819 --> 00:24:58.900
 if the Lord

00:24:58.900 --> 00:25:00.400
 is your good shepherd.

00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:01.299
 That type of

00:25:01.299 --> 00:25:02.059
 restoration

00:25:02.059 --> 00:25:03.440
 and abundant life

00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:04.480
 can only come

00:25:04.480 --> 00:25:05.839
 if he is your

00:25:05.839 --> 00:25:06.460
 good shepherd.

00:25:08.180 --> 00:25:09.660
 Look at verse 2.

00:25:10.460 --> 00:25:11.220
 He who enters

00:25:11.220 --> 00:25:12.119
 by the door

00:25:12.119 --> 00:25:13.700
 is the shepherd

00:25:13.700 --> 00:25:14.839
 of the sheep.

00:25:14.839 --> 00:25:17.899
 Jesus Christ

00:25:17.899 --> 00:25:18.839
 came fulfilling

00:25:18.839 --> 00:25:20.079
 all of the promises

00:25:20.079 --> 00:25:21.379
 given to Israel.

00:25:21.839 --> 00:25:22.759
 He fulfills

00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:24.159
 all of the promises

00:25:24.159 --> 00:25:24.779
 of scripture.

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:25.619
 They all find

00:25:25.619 --> 00:25:26.159
 their yes

00:25:26.159 --> 00:25:26.839
 and amen

00:25:26.839 --> 00:25:27.579
 in Jesus.

00:25:28.179 --> 00:25:28.879
 He came in

00:25:28.879 --> 00:25:30.099
 in the light of day

00:25:30.099 --> 00:25:31.559
 teaching openly

00:25:31.559 --> 00:25:32.240
 the gospel

00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:32.959
 of the kingdom

00:25:32.959 --> 00:25:33.480
 of heaven.

00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:34.359
 He came in

00:25:34.359 --> 00:25:35.419
 through the door

00:25:35.419 --> 00:25:37.099
 into the fold

00:25:37.099 --> 00:25:37.799
 to call

00:25:37.799 --> 00:25:38.500
 his own

00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:39.599
 and to call

00:25:39.599 --> 00:25:40.139
 all those

00:25:40.139 --> 00:25:41.079
 from other folds

00:25:41.079 --> 00:25:42.099
 so they would

00:25:42.099 --> 00:25:43.379
 follow him.

00:25:43.380 --> 00:25:45.020
 See the good shepherd

00:25:45.020 --> 00:25:45.600
 he says

00:25:45.600 --> 00:25:47.420
 he is the door.

00:25:47.800 --> 00:25:48.720
 He is the door

00:25:48.720 --> 00:25:49.500
 of your salvation.

00:25:49.660 --> 00:25:50.420
 Look at verse 3.

00:25:51.080 --> 00:25:51.700
 To him

00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:53.140
 the gatekeeper

00:25:53.140 --> 00:25:54.240
 opens.

00:25:55.700 --> 00:25:56.340
 He entered

00:25:56.340 --> 00:25:57.200
 redemptive history

00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:58.240
 according to scripture.

00:25:58.380 --> 00:25:59.220
 Now look at verse 7.

00:25:59.340 --> 00:26:00.280
 Jesus again said

00:26:00.280 --> 00:26:00.580
 to them

00:26:00.580 --> 00:26:01.360
 he's explaining

00:26:01.360 --> 00:26:02.140
 this analogy

00:26:02.140 --> 00:26:03.460
 truly truly

00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:04.420
 I say to you

00:26:04.420 --> 00:26:06.080
 I am

00:26:06.080 --> 00:26:07.120
 the door

00:26:07.120 --> 00:26:08.040
 of the sheep.

00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:09.980
 I was stumped

00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:10.420
 on this one.

00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:10.920
 I had to

00:26:10.920 --> 00:26:11.500
 dig

00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:12.480
 and get some help.

00:26:13.380 --> 00:26:14.200
 So you remember

00:26:14.200 --> 00:26:14.780
 I described

00:26:14.780 --> 00:26:15.400
 the sheep fold

00:26:15.400 --> 00:26:15.880
 as having

00:26:15.880 --> 00:26:16.940
 only one opening

00:26:16.940 --> 00:26:17.900
 just that

00:26:17.900 --> 00:26:18.800
 that continuous

00:26:18.800 --> 00:26:20.020
 wall in a circle.

00:26:21.080 --> 00:26:22.000
 When the shepherd

00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:22.800
 didn't hire

00:26:22.800 --> 00:26:23.680
 a hired hand

00:26:23.680 --> 00:26:24.500
 when it was

00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:25.360
 the shepherd himself

00:26:25.360 --> 00:26:26.140
 watching the flock

00:26:26.140 --> 00:26:26.620
 at night

00:26:26.620 --> 00:26:27.600
 where do you think

00:26:27.600 --> 00:26:28.120
 he would be?

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 He would sit

00:26:30.640 --> 00:26:31.080
 right there

00:26:31.080 --> 00:26:31.660
 at the opening

00:26:31.660 --> 00:26:31.980
 right?

00:26:32.660 --> 00:26:33.340
 He would sit

00:26:33.340 --> 00:26:34.020
 there at the opening

00:26:34.020 --> 00:26:34.980
 he could lean back

00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:35.700
 and he could keep

00:26:35.700 --> 00:26:36.500
 one eye on the sheep

00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:37.060
 one eye

00:26:37.060 --> 00:26:37.980
 for those

00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:39.080
 yellow eyes

00:26:39.080 --> 00:26:39.600
 of predators

00:26:39.600 --> 00:26:40.140
 that might be

00:26:40.140 --> 00:26:40.620
 creeping up

00:26:40.620 --> 00:26:41.200
 from the wilderness

00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:42.160
 and he would

00:26:42.160 --> 00:26:42.799
 watch over

00:26:42.799 --> 00:26:43.519
 his sheep.

00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:44.440
 The shepherd

00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:44.900
 himself

00:26:44.900 --> 00:26:46.039
 is the door.

00:26:46.580 --> 00:26:47.240
 There is no way

00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:47.860
 for a thief

00:26:47.860 --> 00:26:48.580
 or for a wolf

00:26:48.580 --> 00:26:49.700
 to get these sheep

00:26:49.700 --> 00:26:51.140
 if the shepherd

00:26:51.140 --> 00:26:51.900
 himself

00:26:51.900 --> 00:26:53.220
 is their door.

00:26:55.420 --> 00:26:55.940
 Jesus

00:26:55.940 --> 00:26:57.080
 is the door

00:26:57.080 --> 00:26:57.920
 of our

00:26:57.920 --> 00:26:58.880
 salvation.

00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:02.860
 I want to read

00:27:02.860 --> 00:27:03.180
 to you

00:27:03.180 --> 00:27:04.019
 how our

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:04.880
 confession of faith

00:27:04.880 --> 00:27:05.740
 the second London

00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:06.860
 puts this.

00:27:06.859 --> 00:27:09.219
 how does

00:27:09.219 --> 00:27:10.019
 this Holy Spirit

00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:10.879
 cause you

00:27:10.879 --> 00:27:12.799
 to enjoy

00:27:12.799 --> 00:27:13.299
 Jesus

00:27:13.299 --> 00:27:14.319
 as the door

00:27:14.319 --> 00:27:15.119
 of your salvation?

00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:17.879
 This is what we

00:27:17.879 --> 00:27:18.939
 call the effectual

00:27:18.939 --> 00:27:19.339
 call.

00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:20.240
 It's when the

00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:21.000
 shepherd's voice

00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:21.579
 goes out

00:27:21.579 --> 00:27:22.039
 the sheep

00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:23.500
 know that voice

00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:25.279
 and the shepherd

00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:26.359
 calling his sheep

00:27:26.359 --> 00:27:27.319
 all those that

00:27:27.319 --> 00:27:28.059
 belong to him

00:27:28.059 --> 00:27:29.439
 will follow him

00:27:29.439 --> 00:27:30.099
 through the door

00:27:30.099 --> 00:27:30.819
 of salvation.

00:27:31.439 --> 00:27:31.939
 Our confession

00:27:31.939 --> 00:27:32.339
 says

00:27:32.339 --> 00:27:34.059
 it's when you

00:27:34.059 --> 00:27:35.019
 savingly come

00:27:35.019 --> 00:27:35.919
 to understand

00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:37.259
 the things of God

00:27:37.259 --> 00:27:38.539
 by taking away

00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:39.519
 your heart of stone

00:27:39.519 --> 00:27:41.220
 and God gives you

00:27:41.220 --> 00:27:42.380
 a heart of flesh.

00:27:42.880 --> 00:27:43.620
 God renews

00:27:43.620 --> 00:27:44.080
 your will

00:27:44.080 --> 00:27:45.120
 and by his

00:27:45.120 --> 00:27:46.100
 almighty power

00:27:46.100 --> 00:27:47.220
 he effectually

00:27:47.220 --> 00:27:48.700
 draws you

00:27:48.700 --> 00:27:49.960
 to Jesus.

00:27:50.880 --> 00:27:51.620
 Yet so as

00:27:51.620 --> 00:27:52.660
 you come most

00:27:52.660 --> 00:27:53.100
 freely

00:27:53.100 --> 00:27:54.640
 being made

00:27:54.640 --> 00:27:55.380
 willing

00:27:55.380 --> 00:27:57.060
 by his grace.

00:27:57.920 --> 00:27:58.500
 See what a

00:27:58.500 --> 00:27:59.060
 kind shepherd

00:27:59.060 --> 00:27:59.539
 he is.

00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:01.000
 He gives the

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:01.820
 sheep a heart

00:28:01.820 --> 00:28:02.900
 to follow him

00:28:02.900 --> 00:28:04.100
 so that he

00:28:04.100 --> 00:28:05.060
 goes out in front

00:28:05.059 --> 00:28:05.879
 and they

00:28:05.879 --> 00:28:06.679
 willingly

00:28:06.679 --> 00:28:07.980
 follow the

00:28:07.980 --> 00:28:08.980
 sound of

00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:09.619
 his voice.

00:28:10.339 --> 00:28:10.740
 Look at verse

00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:10.960
 9.

00:28:11.059 --> 00:28:11.559
 Jesus says

00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:12.319
 if anyone

00:28:12.319 --> 00:28:13.419
 enters by me

00:28:13.419 --> 00:28:14.379
 he will be

00:28:14.379 --> 00:28:15.500
 saved and

00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:16.359
 will go in

00:28:16.359 --> 00:28:17.440
 and out

00:28:17.440 --> 00:28:18.559
 and find

00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:19.539
 pasture.

00:28:21.319 --> 00:28:22.079
 The sheep

00:28:22.079 --> 00:28:22.579
 fold is just

00:28:22.579 --> 00:28:23.099
 to keep you

00:28:23.099 --> 00:28:23.819
 safe from the

00:28:23.819 --> 00:28:24.619
 wolf at night

00:28:24.619 --> 00:28:25.440
 and from thieves

00:28:25.440 --> 00:28:26.379
 but during the

00:28:26.379 --> 00:28:26.740
 daytime

00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:28.259
 he doesn't

00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:29.119
 cage you in.

00:28:29.359 --> 00:28:29.679
 He says

00:28:29.679 --> 00:28:30.259
 here are my

00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:31.200
 green pastures.

00:28:31.720 --> 00:28:32.220
 Feast.

00:28:32.639 --> 00:28:33.259
 Go live

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:34.039
 abundantly.

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:35.180
 Enjoy.

00:28:35.700 --> 00:28:36.379
 Enjoy all

00:28:36.379 --> 00:28:36.859
 that I have

00:28:36.859 --> 00:28:37.220
 for you.

00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:37.839
 And I'll

00:28:37.839 --> 00:28:38.220
 call you.

00:28:38.400 --> 00:28:38.700
 You'll stay

00:28:38.700 --> 00:28:39.059
 near my

00:28:39.059 --> 00:28:39.339
 voice.

00:28:39.440 --> 00:28:39.779
 You'll hear

00:28:39.779 --> 00:28:39.980
 me.

00:28:40.339 --> 00:28:40.940
 You'll walk

00:28:40.940 --> 00:28:41.339
 with me.

00:28:41.579 --> 00:28:42.339
 I will lead

00:28:42.339 --> 00:28:43.140
 you in this

00:28:43.140 --> 00:28:44.019
 life abundant.

00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:44.539
 You will go

00:28:44.539 --> 00:28:45.900
 in and out

00:28:45.900 --> 00:28:46.640
 and you will

00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:47.299
 have life.

00:28:47.539 --> 00:28:47.819
 You will

00:28:47.819 --> 00:28:49.140
 thrive under

00:28:49.140 --> 00:28:49.839
 my shepherding

00:28:49.839 --> 00:28:50.220
 care.

00:28:51.099 --> 00:28:51.619
 See that's

00:28:51.619 --> 00:28:52.099
 the promise

00:28:52.099 --> 00:28:52.559
 that he's

00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:53.299
 fulfilling from

00:28:53.299 --> 00:28:54.279
 Ezekiel 34

00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:55.259
 verse 14.

00:28:56.400 --> 00:28:57.220
 God himself

00:28:57.220 --> 00:28:58.319
 said I will

00:28:58.319 --> 00:28:59.059
 feed them

00:28:59.059 --> 00:29:00.200
 with good

00:29:00.200 --> 00:29:01.039
 pasture.

00:29:01.039 --> 00:29:02.279
 and on

00:29:02.279 --> 00:29:02.779
 the mountain

00:29:02.779 --> 00:29:03.339
 heights of

00:29:03.339 --> 00:29:04.059
 Israel shall

00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:04.460
 be their

00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:05.319
 grazing land.

00:29:05.839 --> 00:29:06.220
 There they

00:29:06.220 --> 00:29:06.799
 shall lie

00:29:06.799 --> 00:29:07.599
 down in

00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:08.359
 good grazing

00:29:08.359 --> 00:29:09.460
 land and

00:29:09.460 --> 00:29:10.019
 on rich

00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:11.159
 pasture they

00:29:11.159 --> 00:29:11.899
 shall feed

00:29:11.899 --> 00:29:12.639
 on the

00:29:12.639 --> 00:29:12.980
 mountain.

00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:16.759
 You have

00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:17.639
 life abundant

00:29:17.639 --> 00:29:18.859
 when you're

00:29:18.859 --> 00:29:19.399
 following the

00:29:19.399 --> 00:29:20.000
 voice of your

00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:20.279
 shepherd.

00:29:21.480 --> 00:29:22.379
 He keeps

00:29:22.379 --> 00:29:23.079
 you safe

00:29:23.079 --> 00:29:25.299
 and he also

00:29:25.299 --> 00:29:25.960
 allows you to

00:29:25.960 --> 00:29:27.319
 thrive, to

00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:27.680
 grow.

00:29:27.680 --> 00:29:32.259
 on those

00:29:32.259 --> 00:29:32.960
 hardest moments

00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:33.640
 in life when

00:29:33.640 --> 00:29:34.799
 we need to

00:29:34.799 --> 00:29:35.580
 go in and

00:29:35.580 --> 00:29:36.100
 out of that

00:29:36.100 --> 00:29:36.640
 fold, don't

00:29:36.640 --> 00:29:36.799
 we?

00:29:38.380 --> 00:29:39.200
 When a loved

00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:39.820
 one has

00:29:39.820 --> 00:29:41.100
 cancer and

00:29:41.100 --> 00:29:41.660
 is going in

00:29:41.660 --> 00:29:42.240
 for a fourth

00:29:42.240 --> 00:29:42.700
 round of

00:29:42.700 --> 00:29:44.380
 chemo, we

00:29:44.380 --> 00:29:44.799
 want to come

00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:45.560
 back inside

00:29:45.560 --> 00:29:46.019
 the fold.

00:29:46.140 --> 00:29:46.519
 We want to

00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:46.980
 huddle up

00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:47.539
 close with

00:29:47.539 --> 00:29:48.080
 our shepherd,

00:29:48.920 --> 00:29:49.500
 know that

00:29:49.500 --> 00:29:50.100
 he's watching

00:29:50.100 --> 00:29:50.759
 over us.

00:29:51.140 --> 00:29:51.539
 You want to

00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:52.160
 know that all

00:29:52.160 --> 00:29:52.860
 those that

00:29:52.860 --> 00:29:53.539
 you love are

00:29:53.539 --> 00:29:54.860
 inside the

00:29:54.860 --> 00:29:55.900
 fold, belonging

00:29:55.900 --> 00:29:56.400
 to his

00:29:56.400 --> 00:29:56.880
 flock.

00:29:57.680 --> 00:29:58.720
 You want

00:29:58.720 --> 00:29:59.420
 to know that

00:29:59.420 --> 00:30:00.560
 once again,

00:30:01.080 --> 00:30:01.680
 he will give

00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:01.940
 you the

00:30:01.940 --> 00:30:02.720
 peace and

00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:03.340
 settle you.

00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:04.940
 He will

00:30:04.940 --> 00:30:05.400
 keep his

00:30:05.400 --> 00:30:06.000
 watchful,

00:30:06.180 --> 00:30:06.820
 compassionate,

00:30:07.500 --> 00:30:07.980
 and all

00:30:07.980 --> 00:30:09.960
 powerful rod

00:30:09.960 --> 00:30:10.440
 and staff

00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:11.320
 protecting you,

00:30:11.560 --> 00:30:12.080
 looking over

00:30:12.080 --> 00:30:12.420
 you.

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:15.000
 But again,

00:30:15.100 --> 00:30:15.940
 the safety of

00:30:15.940 --> 00:30:16.600
 going in and

00:30:16.600 --> 00:30:17.039
 out through

00:30:17.039 --> 00:30:17.600
 the door of

00:30:17.600 --> 00:30:18.259
 his salvation,

00:30:18.259 --> 00:30:19.220
 it's only good

00:30:19.220 --> 00:30:20.259
 for those who

00:30:20.259 --> 00:30:21.480
 follow his

00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:21.960
 voice.

00:30:23.380 --> 00:30:24.200
 See, Jesus

00:30:24.200 --> 00:30:24.980
 is the gate.

00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:26.400
 He is the

00:30:26.400 --> 00:30:27.019
 good shepherd.

00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:28.720
 Only for

00:30:28.720 --> 00:30:29.640
 those who

00:30:29.640 --> 00:30:30.900
 follow his

00:30:30.900 --> 00:30:31.420
 voice.

00:30:32.860 --> 00:30:33.440
 Look at

00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:33.920
 verse 3.

00:30:34.080 --> 00:30:34.259
 It says,

00:30:34.660 --> 00:30:34.900
 to the

00:30:34.900 --> 00:30:35.240
 shepherd,

00:30:35.340 --> 00:30:35.740
 the true

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.100
 shepherd,

00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:37.039
 the gatekeeper

00:30:37.039 --> 00:30:37.779
 opens.

00:30:38.660 --> 00:30:39.100
 So the

00:30:39.100 --> 00:30:39.640
 watchman is

00:30:39.640 --> 00:30:39.940
 there,

00:30:40.140 --> 00:30:40.480
 the true

00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:41.299
 shepherd arrives,

00:30:41.600 --> 00:30:42.000
 he's going to

00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:42.600
 call out his

00:30:42.600 --> 00:30:42.840
 own.

00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:43.240
 Look at

00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:43.700
 verse 4.

00:30:44.220 --> 00:30:44.539
 When he

00:30:44.539 --> 00:30:45.160
 has brought

00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:45.940
 out all

00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:46.279
 of his

00:30:46.279 --> 00:30:46.500
 own,

00:30:46.680 --> 00:30:47.240
 he goes

00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:48.000
 before them,

00:30:48.060 --> 00:30:48.440
 out in

00:30:48.440 --> 00:30:48.779
 front,

00:30:49.259 --> 00:30:49.640
 and the

00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:50.380
 sheep follow

00:30:50.380 --> 00:30:50.759
 him,

00:30:51.180 --> 00:30:51.620
 for they

00:30:51.620 --> 00:30:52.720
 know his

00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:53.240
 voice.

00:30:54.140 --> 00:30:54.820
 Verse 5,

00:30:54.819 --> 00:30:55.559
 a stranger

00:30:55.559 --> 00:30:56.019
 they will

00:30:56.019 --> 00:30:56.659
 not follow,

00:30:57.179 --> 00:30:57.559
 but they

00:30:57.559 --> 00:30:58.099
 will flee

00:30:58.099 --> 00:30:58.659
 from him,

00:30:58.759 --> 00:30:59.159
 for they

00:30:59.159 --> 00:30:59.599
 do not

00:30:59.599 --> 00:31:00.179
 know the

00:31:00.179 --> 00:31:00.799
 voice of

00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:01.339
 strangers.

00:31:02.720 --> 00:31:03.919
 Ezekiel 34,

00:31:04.139 --> 00:31:04.759
 verse 10,

00:31:04.839 --> 00:31:05.319
 Jesus said,

00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:05.779
 I will

00:31:05.779 --> 00:31:06.960
 rescue my

00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:07.480
 sheep from

00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:08.220
 the mouths

00:31:08.220 --> 00:31:09.339
 of the

00:31:09.339 --> 00:31:09.740
 greedy,

00:31:10.460 --> 00:31:10.839
 false

00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:12.000
 shepherds.

00:31:13.879 --> 00:31:14.559
 If you

00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:15.359
 follow Christ,

00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:15.859
 you know

00:31:15.859 --> 00:31:16.519
 his voice,

00:31:16.759 --> 00:31:17.099
 you know

00:31:17.099 --> 00:31:17.399
 when you

00:31:17.399 --> 00:31:18.099
 hear truth

00:31:18.099 --> 00:31:18.759
 from his

00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:19.139
 word,

00:31:19.819 --> 00:31:20.240
 and you

00:31:20.240 --> 00:31:20.559
 know when

00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:20.899
 you can

00:31:20.899 --> 00:31:22.259
 take the

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:22.779
 step of

00:31:22.779 --> 00:31:23.299
 obedience

00:31:23.299 --> 00:31:23.799
 that God

00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:24.279
 is calling

00:31:24.279 --> 00:31:24.599
 you to

00:31:24.599 --> 00:31:24.920
 take,

00:31:25.220 --> 00:31:25.899
 it's because

00:31:25.899 --> 00:31:26.579
 his spirit

00:31:26.579 --> 00:31:27.299
 is calling

00:31:27.299 --> 00:31:27.639
 you.

00:31:30.079 --> 00:31:30.700
 There will

00:31:30.700 --> 00:31:31.180
 be a moment

00:31:31.180 --> 00:31:31.480
 in your

00:31:31.480 --> 00:31:31.879
 life,

00:31:32.339 --> 00:31:32.579
 if you

00:31:32.579 --> 00:31:33.519
 are already

00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:33.859
 saved,

00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:34.119
 there will

00:31:34.119 --> 00:31:34.599
 be another

00:31:34.599 --> 00:31:35.279
 sweet moment

00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:35.799
 when you

00:31:35.799 --> 00:31:36.599
 receive a

00:31:36.599 --> 00:31:37.019
 gift from

00:31:37.019 --> 00:31:37.420
 the Lord,

00:31:37.619 --> 00:31:37.879
 and it's

00:31:37.879 --> 00:31:38.259
 the gift

00:31:38.259 --> 00:31:39.180
 of assurance.

00:31:40.420 --> 00:31:40.779
 And all

00:31:40.779 --> 00:31:41.079
 those who

00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:41.720
 are saved

00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:42.740
 ought to

00:31:42.740 --> 00:31:43.440
 desire to

00:31:43.440 --> 00:31:44.259
 have assurance

00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:44.619
 of your

00:31:44.619 --> 00:31:45.079
 salvation.

00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:46.700
 But our

00:31:46.700 --> 00:31:47.339
 temptation is

00:31:47.339 --> 00:31:47.639
 going to be

00:31:47.639 --> 00:31:48.059
 to look at

00:31:48.059 --> 00:31:48.460
 my own

00:31:48.460 --> 00:31:48.839
 life.

00:31:49.339 --> 00:31:50.220
 Am I a

00:31:50.220 --> 00:31:51.000
 sheep?

00:31:51.099 --> 00:31:51.639
 Do I belong

00:31:51.639 --> 00:31:52.420
 to Christ

00:31:52.420 --> 00:31:53.140
 because I'm

00:31:53.140 --> 00:31:53.420
 a good

00:31:53.420 --> 00:31:53.660
 enough

00:31:53.660 --> 00:31:53.980
 sheep?

00:31:54.480 --> 00:31:54.680
 Isn't

00:31:54.680 --> 00:31:54.900
 that how

00:31:54.900 --> 00:31:55.240
 we always

00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:55.500
 want to

00:31:55.500 --> 00:31:55.759
 think?

00:31:56.380 --> 00:31:57.019
 Maybe if I

00:31:57.019 --> 00:31:57.320
 could just

00:31:57.320 --> 00:31:57.779
 walk around

00:31:57.779 --> 00:31:58.220
 with a better

00:31:58.220 --> 00:31:58.700
 posture,

00:31:59.220 --> 00:31:59.960
 maybe if I

00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:00.279
 could perk

00:32:00.279 --> 00:32:00.920
 my ears up,

00:32:00.960 --> 00:32:01.220
 I'm trying

00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:01.519
 to think

00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:01.900
 what a

00:32:01.900 --> 00:32:02.200
 sheep would

00:32:02.200 --> 00:32:02.460
 want to

00:32:02.460 --> 00:32:03.120
 do to

00:32:03.120 --> 00:32:03.380
 impress

00:32:03.380 --> 00:32:03.860
 the shepherd.

00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:05.460
 Isn't

00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:05.660
 that how

00:32:05.660 --> 00:32:05.880
 we want

00:32:05.880 --> 00:32:06.120
 to live

00:32:06.120 --> 00:32:06.640
 our lives?

00:32:07.300 --> 00:32:07.779
 But here's

00:32:07.779 --> 00:32:08.080
 where your

00:32:08.080 --> 00:32:08.460
 assurance

00:32:08.460 --> 00:32:09.120
 comes from

00:32:09.120 --> 00:32:09.779
 according to

00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:10.120
 our Lord

00:32:10.120 --> 00:32:10.460
 in this

00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:10.800
 chapter.

00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:11.460
 And I

00:32:11.460 --> 00:32:11.720
 want you

00:32:11.720 --> 00:32:12.000
 to see

00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:12.279
 this for

00:32:12.279 --> 00:32:12.539
 yourselves.

00:32:12.660 --> 00:32:12.920
 So take

00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:13.380
 your finger

00:32:13.380 --> 00:32:14.259
 and touch

00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:14.940
 verse 3.

00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:16.560
 I'm going

00:32:16.560 --> 00:32:16.860
 to ask you

00:32:16.860 --> 00:32:17.539
 some questions.

00:32:19.140 --> 00:32:19.539
 First of

00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:19.740
 all,

00:32:19.740 --> 00:32:20.960
 which sheep

00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:22.880
 follow the

00:32:22.880 --> 00:32:23.220
 shepherd?

00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:23.880
 According to

00:32:23.880 --> 00:32:24.500
 verse 3,

00:32:24.900 --> 00:32:25.500
 which sheep

00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:26.079
 follow the

00:32:26.079 --> 00:32:26.380
 shepherd?

00:32:29.160 --> 00:32:30.039
 The ones

00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:30.640
 he calls

00:32:30.640 --> 00:32:31.859
 by name.

00:32:32.039 --> 00:32:32.380
 Do you see

00:32:32.380 --> 00:32:32.620
 that?

00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:34.279
 The ones

00:32:34.279 --> 00:32:34.759
 he calls

00:32:34.759 --> 00:32:35.319
 by name.

00:32:37.500 --> 00:32:38.180
 And so

00:32:38.180 --> 00:32:38.640
 then the next

00:32:38.640 --> 00:32:39.140
 question is,

00:32:39.240 --> 00:32:39.279
 well,

00:32:39.339 --> 00:32:39.799
 which sheep

00:32:39.799 --> 00:32:40.180
 does the

00:32:40.180 --> 00:32:40.660
 Lord call

00:32:40.660 --> 00:32:41.259
 by name?

00:32:42.140 --> 00:32:42.420
 Yeah,

00:32:42.680 --> 00:32:43.180
 you had it,

00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:43.319
 Ken.

00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:43.859
 Look at

00:32:43.859 --> 00:32:44.220
 verse 3.

00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:44.819
 Which ones

00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:45.180
 does he

00:32:45.180 --> 00:32:45.779
 call by name?

00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:47.380
 His own

00:32:47.380 --> 00:32:47.759
 sheep.

00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:49.119
 his own

00:32:49.119 --> 00:32:49.900
 sheep he

00:32:49.900 --> 00:32:50.339
 calls

00:32:50.339 --> 00:32:51.440
 by name.

00:32:52.819 --> 00:32:53.359
 Now,

00:32:53.480 --> 00:32:53.879
 let's try

00:32:53.879 --> 00:32:54.339
 to catch

00:32:54.339 --> 00:32:54.660
 up,

00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:55.000
 okay?

00:32:55.379 --> 00:32:56.000
 What we've

00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:56.460
 seen in

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:57.359
 John so

00:32:57.359 --> 00:32:58.059
 far is

00:32:58.059 --> 00:32:58.500
 this.

00:32:59.740 --> 00:32:59.980
 In

00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:00.259
 John

00:33:00.259 --> 00:33:01.059
 chapter 6,

00:33:01.140 --> 00:33:01.879
 verse 37,

00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:02.799
 Jesus said,

00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:03.720
 all that the

00:33:03.720 --> 00:33:05.200
 Father gives

00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:05.559
 me,

00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:06.500
 all that the

00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:07.220
 Father gives

00:33:07.220 --> 00:33:08.099
 me will

00:33:08.099 --> 00:33:08.680
 come to

00:33:08.680 --> 00:33:08.920
 me.

00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:09.700
 And whoever

00:33:09.700 --> 00:33:10.440
 comes to

00:33:10.440 --> 00:33:10.680
 me,

00:33:10.799 --> 00:33:11.160
 I will

00:33:11.160 --> 00:33:11.559
 never

00:33:11.559 --> 00:33:12.740
 cast out.

00:33:13.379 --> 00:33:13.779
 In

00:33:13.779 --> 00:33:14.319
 John 6,

00:33:14.400 --> 00:33:14.920
 39,

00:33:15.400 --> 00:33:15.940
 Jesus says,

00:33:16.099 --> 00:33:17.099
 it is God's

00:33:17.099 --> 00:33:17.879
 will that

00:33:17.879 --> 00:33:18.240
 I should

00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:18.759
 lose

00:33:18.759 --> 00:33:20.019
 nothing of

00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:20.579
 all that

00:33:20.579 --> 00:33:21.219
 he has

00:33:21.219 --> 00:33:22.199
 given me,

00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:23.639
 but raise

00:33:23.639 --> 00:33:24.079
 it up on

00:33:24.079 --> 00:33:24.459
 the last

00:33:24.459 --> 00:33:24.779
 day.

00:33:26.579 --> 00:33:27.179
 Do you

00:33:27.179 --> 00:33:27.519
 see what

00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:28.000
 Jesus is

00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:28.279
 saying?

00:33:29.379 --> 00:33:29.719
 And in

00:33:29.719 --> 00:33:30.119
 verse 6,

00:33:30.179 --> 00:33:30.619
 this is a

00:33:30.619 --> 00:33:31.059
 figure of

00:33:31.059 --> 00:33:31.299
 speech.

00:33:31.399 --> 00:33:31.719
 They did

00:33:31.719 --> 00:33:32.379
 not understand

00:33:32.379 --> 00:33:32.799
 him.

00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:34.199
 But let

00:33:34.199 --> 00:33:34.659
 the word

00:33:34.659 --> 00:33:35.159
 of God

00:33:35.159 --> 00:33:36.679
 clear up

00:33:36.679 --> 00:33:37.199
 your thinking

00:33:37.199 --> 00:33:37.919
 about God.

00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:39.619
 If the

00:33:39.619 --> 00:33:40.639
 Father has

00:33:40.639 --> 00:33:41.279
 given your

00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:41.980
 soul to

00:33:41.980 --> 00:33:42.559
 the Son,

00:33:44.099 --> 00:33:44.480
 he will

00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:45.119
 not cast

00:33:45.119 --> 00:33:45.539
 you out.

00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:46.659
 he will

00:33:46.659 --> 00:33:47.099
 go and

00:33:47.099 --> 00:33:47.799
 find you

00:33:47.799 --> 00:33:48.359
 like you

00:33:48.359 --> 00:33:48.779
 found that

00:33:48.779 --> 00:33:49.480
 blind man.

00:33:50.319 --> 00:33:50.960
 He will

00:33:50.960 --> 00:33:51.519
 call you

00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:52.019
 by his

00:33:52.019 --> 00:33:52.559
 voice,

00:33:53.099 --> 00:33:54.240
 by name.

00:33:55.559 --> 00:33:56.299
 Say your

00:33:56.299 --> 00:33:56.839
 first name

00:33:56.839 --> 00:33:57.139
 in your

00:33:57.139 --> 00:33:57.460
 mind.

00:33:58.720 --> 00:33:59.139
 He will

00:33:59.139 --> 00:33:59.899
 call you

00:33:59.899 --> 00:34:02.200
 by name

00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:04.139
 and you

00:34:04.139 --> 00:34:04.799
 will follow

00:34:04.799 --> 00:34:06.759
 him because

00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:07.420
 you are

00:34:07.420 --> 00:34:08.159
 his.

00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:09.079
 The

00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:10.179
 Father gave

00:34:10.179 --> 00:34:11.019
 you to

00:34:11.019 --> 00:34:11.340
 him.

00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:12.159
 Isn't

00:34:12.159 --> 00:34:12.500
 that good

00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:12.840
 news?

00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:14.600
 he will

00:34:14.600 --> 00:34:16.059
 not lose

00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:17.100
 his own.

00:34:18.260 --> 00:34:18.680
 So where

00:34:18.680 --> 00:34:19.019
 do you get

00:34:19.019 --> 00:34:19.620
 your assurance

00:34:19.620 --> 00:34:20.000
 from?

00:34:21.100 --> 00:34:21.740
 You get

00:34:21.740 --> 00:34:22.440
 your assurance

00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:24.000
 if you know

00:34:24.000 --> 00:34:24.680
 the voice

00:34:24.680 --> 00:34:25.019
 of your

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:26.300
 shepherd and

00:34:26.300 --> 00:34:26.640
 if you're

00:34:26.640 --> 00:34:27.380
 following him.

00:34:27.960 --> 00:34:28.579
 That's where

00:34:28.579 --> 00:34:29.100
 our assurance

00:34:29.100 --> 00:34:29.780
 comes from.

00:34:31.740 --> 00:34:32.200
 Well,

00:34:32.260 --> 00:34:32.680
 what does it

00:34:32.680 --> 00:34:33.280
 look like

00:34:33.280 --> 00:34:33.780
 then for

00:34:33.780 --> 00:34:34.220
 those who

00:34:34.220 --> 00:34:34.880
 belong to

00:34:34.880 --> 00:34:35.880
 Christ to

00:34:35.880 --> 00:34:36.480
 follow his

00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:36.900
 voice?

00:34:37.700 --> 00:34:38.260
 I've

00:34:38.260 --> 00:34:38.800
 encouraged us

00:34:38.800 --> 00:34:39.280
 to try to

00:34:39.280 --> 00:34:39.960
 meditate upon

00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:40.340
 and even

00:34:40.340 --> 00:34:40.760
 memorize

00:34:40.760 --> 00:34:41.660
 Ephesians 1.

00:34:41.659 --> 00:34:42.199
 What does

00:34:42.199 --> 00:34:42.579
 it look

00:34:42.579 --> 00:34:43.719
 like to

00:34:43.719 --> 00:34:44.139
 follow

00:34:44.139 --> 00:34:44.739
 Jesus?

00:34:45.279 --> 00:34:46.119
 Ephesians 1.

00:34:47.839 --> 00:34:48.579
 He chose

00:34:48.579 --> 00:34:49.219
 us in

00:34:49.219 --> 00:34:50.339
 Christ before

00:34:50.339 --> 00:34:51.139
 the foundation

00:34:51.139 --> 00:34:51.579
 of the

00:34:51.579 --> 00:34:51.920
 world.

00:34:52.279 --> 00:34:52.639
 Why?

00:34:52.839 --> 00:34:53.059
 What does

00:34:53.059 --> 00:34:53.339
 it look

00:34:53.339 --> 00:34:53.619
 like?

00:34:54.179 --> 00:34:54.899
 That we

00:34:54.899 --> 00:34:55.399
 should be

00:34:55.399 --> 00:34:56.480
 holy and

00:34:56.480 --> 00:34:57.139
 blameless

00:34:57.139 --> 00:34:58.059
 before him.

00:34:59.779 --> 00:35:00.119
 So you

00:35:00.119 --> 00:35:00.599
 remember those

00:35:00.599 --> 00:35:01.420
 religious elite

00:35:01.420 --> 00:35:01.839
 who were there

00:35:01.839 --> 00:35:02.659
 grinding their

00:35:02.659 --> 00:35:03.819
 teeth enraged

00:35:03.819 --> 00:35:04.420
 at Stephen?

00:35:04.920 --> 00:35:05.639
 One of those

00:35:05.639 --> 00:35:06.199
 was Saul.

00:35:07.239 --> 00:35:08.019
 Saul was a

00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:08.299
 wolf.

00:35:09.219 --> 00:35:09.920
 He was the

00:35:09.920 --> 00:35:10.639
 best wolf.

00:35:10.639 --> 00:35:11.079
 He was

00:35:11.079 --> 00:35:11.799
 tearing

00:35:11.799 --> 00:35:12.219
 Christians

00:35:12.219 --> 00:35:12.519
 out of

00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:13.139
 their homes,

00:35:13.759 --> 00:35:14.219
 throwing them

00:35:14.219 --> 00:35:14.719
 in prison.

00:35:15.739 --> 00:35:16.019
 Saul was

00:35:16.019 --> 00:35:16.699
 grinding their

00:35:16.699 --> 00:35:17.980
 teeth enraged

00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:18.400
 like a

00:35:18.400 --> 00:35:18.719
 wolf.

00:35:20.079 --> 00:35:20.319
 And our

00:35:20.319 --> 00:35:20.839
 Lord Jesus

00:35:20.839 --> 00:35:21.839
 called Saul

00:35:21.839 --> 00:35:22.940
 by name,

00:35:23.839 --> 00:35:24.199
 gave him

00:35:24.199 --> 00:35:24.599
 a new

00:35:24.599 --> 00:35:24.920
 name.

00:35:26.319 --> 00:35:26.739
 And Saul

00:35:26.739 --> 00:35:27.759
 followed our

00:35:27.759 --> 00:35:28.400
 Lord as a

00:35:28.400 --> 00:35:28.859
 missionary,

00:35:30.179 --> 00:35:30.500
 walking

00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:31.819
 holy and

00:35:31.819 --> 00:35:32.679
 blamelessly

00:35:32.679 --> 00:35:33.579
 before the

00:35:33.579 --> 00:35:34.139
 Lord Jesus

00:35:34.139 --> 00:35:34.599
 Christ.

00:35:34.719 --> 00:35:35.059
 That's what

00:35:35.059 --> 00:35:35.420
 it looks

00:35:35.420 --> 00:35:35.739
 like.

00:35:37.359 --> 00:35:37.879
 And this

00:35:37.879 --> 00:35:38.279
 is where

00:35:38.279 --> 00:35:39.039
 in our

00:35:39.039 --> 00:35:39.839
 human minds

00:35:39.840 --> 00:35:40.140
 we want

00:35:40.140 --> 00:35:40.400
 to start

00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:40.680
 breaking

00:35:40.680 --> 00:35:40.940
 it down.

00:35:40.980 --> 00:35:41.500
 Why?

00:35:41.680 --> 00:35:42.039
 Why did

00:35:42.039 --> 00:35:42.400
 God do

00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:42.600
 this?

00:35:42.640 --> 00:35:42.840
 We want

00:35:42.840 --> 00:35:43.059
 to try

00:35:43.059 --> 00:35:44.140
 to figure

00:35:44.140 --> 00:35:44.420
 it all

00:35:44.420 --> 00:35:44.780
 out and

00:35:44.780 --> 00:35:45.200
 put our

00:35:45.200 --> 00:35:45.800
 human words

00:35:45.800 --> 00:35:46.200
 to it.

00:35:47.280 --> 00:35:47.760
 Well,

00:35:47.880 --> 00:35:48.260
 let's stick

00:35:48.260 --> 00:35:48.900
 with Ephesians

00:35:48.900 --> 00:35:49.480
 a bit more.

00:35:50.100 --> 00:35:50.579
 We've

00:35:50.579 --> 00:35:51.140
 reviewed how

00:35:51.140 --> 00:35:52.100
 he predestined

00:35:52.100 --> 00:35:52.940
 us for

00:35:52.940 --> 00:35:54.320
 adoption to

00:35:54.320 --> 00:35:55.660
 himself through

00:35:55.660 --> 00:35:56.600
 Jesus Christ.

00:35:57.200 --> 00:35:57.660
 And if you

00:35:57.660 --> 00:35:58.019
 want to ask

00:35:58.019 --> 00:35:58.360
 the why

00:35:58.360 --> 00:35:58.760
 question,

00:35:58.880 --> 00:35:59.140
 he gives

00:35:59.140 --> 00:35:59.500
 you three

00:35:59.500 --> 00:36:00.120
 answers right

00:36:00.120 --> 00:36:00.519
 here in

00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:01.180
 verses 5 and

00:36:01.180 --> 00:36:01.680
 6 of

00:36:01.680 --> 00:36:02.640
 Ephesians 1.

00:36:03.579 --> 00:36:03.920
 Why?

00:36:04.559 --> 00:36:05.220
 In love.

00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:06.680
 Because God

00:36:06.680 --> 00:36:07.700
 is love.

00:36:08.360 --> 00:36:08.940
 Why else?

00:36:08.940 --> 00:36:10.039
 Number two,

00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:11.260
 according to

00:36:11.260 --> 00:36:11.960
 the purpose

00:36:11.960 --> 00:36:12.519
 of his

00:36:12.519 --> 00:36:12.840
 will.

00:36:13.840 --> 00:36:14.260
 He is

00:36:14.260 --> 00:36:14.619
 God.

00:36:14.980 --> 00:36:15.300
 This is

00:36:15.300 --> 00:36:15.760
 his will

00:36:15.760 --> 00:36:16.300
 to save

00:36:16.300 --> 00:36:17.039
 you in

00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:17.400
 love.

00:36:18.200 --> 00:36:18.860
 Number three,

00:36:18.960 --> 00:36:19.159
 why?

00:36:19.760 --> 00:36:20.320
 To the

00:36:20.320 --> 00:36:21.079
 praise of

00:36:21.079 --> 00:36:22.700
 his glorious

00:36:22.700 --> 00:36:23.519
 grace.

00:36:24.800 --> 00:36:25.519
 God gets

00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:26.099
 all the glory

00:36:26.099 --> 00:36:26.440
 in our

00:36:26.440 --> 00:36:26.900
 salvation.

00:36:27.099 --> 00:36:27.559
 He is the

00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:27.940
 door of

00:36:27.940 --> 00:36:28.579
 our salvation.

00:36:30.880 --> 00:36:31.559
 So my

00:36:31.559 --> 00:36:32.360
 encouragement to

00:36:32.360 --> 00:36:32.960
 you is to

00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:35.099
 follow the

00:36:35.099 --> 00:36:35.740
 good shepherd.

00:36:35.739 --> 00:36:35.819
 shepherd.

00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:37.679
 You can

00:36:37.679 --> 00:36:39.019
 enjoy abundant

00:36:39.019 --> 00:36:40.679
 life in

00:36:40.679 --> 00:36:41.019
 him.

00:36:42.819 --> 00:36:43.819
 Verse 11,

00:36:43.939 --> 00:36:44.359
 he says

00:36:44.359 --> 00:36:44.679
 that.

00:36:46.359 --> 00:36:47.239
 The good

00:36:47.239 --> 00:36:48.639
 shepherd lays

00:36:48.639 --> 00:36:49.859
 down his

00:36:49.859 --> 00:36:51.239
 life for

00:36:51.239 --> 00:36:51.819
 his sheep.

00:36:56.059 --> 00:36:57.000
 The wolf

00:36:57.000 --> 00:36:57.500
 comes at

00:36:57.500 --> 00:36:57.799
 night.

00:36:59.500 --> 00:37:00.439
 The shepherd

00:37:00.439 --> 00:37:00.939
 says,

00:37:01.359 --> 00:37:02.019
 over my dead

00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:02.459
 body,

00:37:02.599 --> 00:37:03.139
 will you get

00:37:03.139 --> 00:37:03.719
 anyone of

00:37:03.719 --> 00:37:04.199
 my own?

00:37:04.199 --> 00:37:06.319
 our Lord

00:37:06.319 --> 00:37:07.159
 Jesus Christ

00:37:07.159 --> 00:37:08.699
 lays down

00:37:08.699 --> 00:37:09.399
 his life.

00:37:10.639 --> 00:37:11.719
 The wolf

00:37:11.719 --> 00:37:12.539
 of sin,

00:37:13.379 --> 00:37:13.719
 Satan,

00:37:14.519 --> 00:37:14.879
 death,

00:37:16.399 --> 00:37:17.239
 the wrath

00:37:17.239 --> 00:37:17.799
 of God,

00:37:19.659 --> 00:37:20.219
 he lays

00:37:20.219 --> 00:37:20.739
 down his

00:37:20.739 --> 00:37:21.279
 life as

00:37:21.279 --> 00:37:21.639
 the good

00:37:21.639 --> 00:37:23.519
 shepherd so

00:37:23.519 --> 00:37:24.079
 that his

00:37:24.079 --> 00:37:25.219
 sheep can

00:37:25.219 --> 00:37:26.599
 enjoy life

00:37:26.599 --> 00:37:27.460
 abundant

00:37:27.460 --> 00:37:28.839
 through him,

00:37:29.439 --> 00:37:29.939
 through the

00:37:29.939 --> 00:37:30.219
 door.

00:37:30.219 --> 00:37:30.339
 father.

00:37:32.739 --> 00:37:33.439
 So whether

00:37:33.439 --> 00:37:34.000
 we like it

00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:34.279
 or not,

00:37:34.359 --> 00:37:34.679
 the Bible

00:37:34.679 --> 00:37:35.199
 says that

00:37:35.199 --> 00:37:35.539
 you and

00:37:35.539 --> 00:37:35.819
 I are

00:37:35.819 --> 00:37:36.379
 like sheep

00:37:36.379 --> 00:37:36.799
 in more

00:37:36.799 --> 00:37:37.319
 ways than

00:37:37.319 --> 00:37:37.659
 we want

00:37:37.659 --> 00:37:38.339
 to admit.

00:37:40.619 --> 00:37:41.099
 Isn't

00:37:41.099 --> 00:37:41.539
 your heart

00:37:41.539 --> 00:37:42.079
 so prone

00:37:42.079 --> 00:37:42.699
 to wonder,

00:37:43.019 --> 00:37:43.419
 to be

00:37:43.419 --> 00:37:43.779
 scattered

00:37:43.779 --> 00:37:44.219
 like a

00:37:44.219 --> 00:37:44.459
 sheep?

00:37:47.159 --> 00:37:47.859
 But don't

00:37:47.859 --> 00:37:48.379
 go out

00:37:48.379 --> 00:37:49.719
 again this

00:37:49.719 --> 00:37:50.239
 week into

00:37:50.239 --> 00:37:50.839
 this world

00:37:50.839 --> 00:37:51.759
 thinking that

00:37:51.759 --> 00:37:52.259
 you're

00:37:52.259 --> 00:37:52.779
 invincible,

00:37:53.659 --> 00:37:54.919
 you can do

00:37:54.919 --> 00:37:55.279
 it all by

00:37:55.279 --> 00:37:55.579
 your own

00:37:55.579 --> 00:37:56.039
 strength,

00:37:56.139 --> 00:37:56.679
 because you

00:37:56.679 --> 00:37:57.179
 will be

00:37:57.179 --> 00:37:57.739
 devoured.

00:37:57.739 --> 00:37:58.859
 I want

00:37:58.859 --> 00:37:59.119
 us to

00:37:59.119 --> 00:37:59.739
 all picture

00:37:59.739 --> 00:38:00.479
 in the

00:38:00.479 --> 00:38:00.979
 dark of

00:38:00.979 --> 00:38:01.279
 night,

00:38:01.839 --> 00:38:03.099
 those yellow

00:38:03.099 --> 00:38:03.579
 eyes of

00:38:03.579 --> 00:38:04.079
 the wolf

00:38:04.079 --> 00:38:04.799
 that Christ

00:38:04.799 --> 00:38:05.679
 warns against,

00:38:06.259 --> 00:38:06.779
 but you

00:38:06.779 --> 00:38:07.239
 find your

00:38:07.239 --> 00:38:07.739
 comfort in

00:38:07.739 --> 00:38:08.359
 his rod,

00:38:08.639 --> 00:38:09.319
 in his

00:38:09.319 --> 00:38:09.799
 staff,

00:38:10.139 --> 00:38:10.739
 and you

00:38:10.739 --> 00:38:11.319
 listen to

00:38:11.319 --> 00:38:12.000
 his voice.

00:38:12.779 --> 00:38:13.059
 Go to

00:38:13.059 --> 00:38:13.459
 the Lord,

00:38:13.599 --> 00:38:13.979
 hear him

00:38:13.979 --> 00:38:14.539
 speak to

00:38:14.539 --> 00:38:14.799
 you.

00:38:17.759 --> 00:38:18.519
 Has God

00:38:18.519 --> 00:38:19.019
 taught you

00:38:19.019 --> 00:38:19.379
 that your

00:38:19.379 --> 00:38:20.179
 soul needs

00:38:20.179 --> 00:38:20.579
 to be

00:38:20.579 --> 00:38:21.019
 shepherded

00:38:21.019 --> 00:38:21.619
 by God

00:38:21.619 --> 00:38:22.099
 himself,

00:38:22.219 --> 00:38:22.500
 by the

00:38:22.500 --> 00:38:22.659
 Lord

00:38:22.659 --> 00:38:23.039
 Jesus?

00:38:25.359 --> 00:38:26.019
 I hope

00:38:26.019 --> 00:38:26.279
 you can

00:38:26.279 --> 00:38:26.779
 look to a

00:38:26.779 --> 00:38:27.119
 point in

00:38:27.119 --> 00:38:27.539
 your life

00:38:27.539 --> 00:38:27.900
 where you

00:38:27.900 --> 00:38:28.440
 finally were

00:38:28.440 --> 00:38:28.860
 ready to

00:38:28.860 --> 00:38:29.619
 confess that.

00:38:30.159 --> 00:38:31.000
 I, my

00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:31.639
 soul, I

00:38:31.639 --> 00:38:32.079
 need a

00:38:32.079 --> 00:38:32.900
 shepherd, and

00:38:32.900 --> 00:38:33.320
 it needs to

00:38:33.320 --> 00:38:33.840
 be God.

00:38:34.259 --> 00:38:34.820
 Anyone else

00:38:34.820 --> 00:38:35.579
 will disappoint,

00:38:36.139 --> 00:38:36.840
 will fall

00:38:36.840 --> 00:38:37.199
 short.

00:38:38.219 --> 00:38:38.579
 And if

00:38:38.579 --> 00:38:38.940
 you've not

00:38:38.940 --> 00:38:39.400
 reached that

00:38:39.400 --> 00:38:39.900
 point yet,

00:38:41.019 --> 00:38:41.719
 what's it

00:38:41.719 --> 00:38:41.940
 going to

00:38:41.940 --> 00:38:42.239
 take?

00:38:43.719 --> 00:38:44.480
 Because if

00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:44.900
 you're one

00:38:44.900 --> 00:38:45.860
 of God's,

00:38:46.239 --> 00:38:46.619
 he will

00:38:46.619 --> 00:38:47.380
 use whatever

00:38:47.380 --> 00:38:48.219
 it will

00:38:48.219 --> 00:38:48.759
 take to

00:38:48.759 --> 00:38:49.279
 bring you

00:38:49.279 --> 00:38:49.820
 to the

00:38:49.820 --> 00:38:50.840
 point of

00:38:50.840 --> 00:38:51.480
 confessing

00:38:51.480 --> 00:38:51.840
 that your

00:38:51.840 --> 00:38:52.920
 soul needs

00:38:52.920 --> 00:38:53.559
 his

00:38:53.559 --> 00:38:54.119
 shepherding

00:38:54.119 --> 00:38:54.900
 care.

00:38:54.900 --> 00:38:56.900
 God's

00:38:56.900 --> 00:38:57.260
 love to

00:38:57.260 --> 00:38:57.400
 hear.

00:38:57.400 --> 00:38:57.639
 And don't

00:38:57.639 --> 00:38:57.980
 let the

00:38:57.980 --> 00:38:58.559
 injuries you

00:38:58.559 --> 00:38:59.160
 suffered at

00:38:59.160 --> 00:38:59.559
 the hands

00:38:59.559 --> 00:39:00.139
 of false

00:39:00.139 --> 00:39:00.840
 shepherds,

00:39:00.980 --> 00:39:01.480
 don't let

00:39:01.480 --> 00:39:02.500
 those injuries

00:39:02.500 --> 00:39:03.619
 put up a

00:39:03.619 --> 00:39:04.220
 guard to the

00:39:04.220 --> 00:39:04.820
 good shepherd,

00:39:04.940 --> 00:39:05.260
 the Lord

00:39:05.260 --> 00:39:05.800
 himself.

00:39:07.940 --> 00:39:08.840
 Jesus wants

00:39:08.840 --> 00:39:09.160
 you to

00:39:09.160 --> 00:39:09.840
 confess that

00:39:09.840 --> 00:39:10.539
 he is the

00:39:10.539 --> 00:39:11.260
 good shepherd.

00:39:11.720 --> 00:39:12.260
 He is

00:39:12.260 --> 00:39:13.440
 God himself,

00:39:14.139 --> 00:39:16.039
 but also to

00:39:16.039 --> 00:39:17.200
 trust that

00:39:17.200 --> 00:39:18.099
 he is your

00:39:18.099 --> 00:39:19.500
 good shepherd.

00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:19.579
 shepherd.

00:39:20.719 --> 00:39:21.500
 He calls

00:39:21.500 --> 00:39:21.980
 you by

00:39:21.980 --> 00:39:22.340
 name.

00:39:23.820 --> 00:39:24.280
 And it's

00:39:24.280 --> 00:39:24.860
 only when the

00:39:24.860 --> 00:39:25.579
 Lord is your

00:39:25.579 --> 00:39:26.119
 good shepherd

00:39:26.119 --> 00:39:27.599
 that you can

00:39:27.599 --> 00:39:28.480
 enjoy abundant

00:39:28.480 --> 00:39:29.360
 life in

00:39:29.360 --> 00:39:29.579
 him.

00:39:30.619 --> 00:39:31.360
 Let's pray.

00:39:32.219 --> 00:39:33.059
 From Psalm

00:39:33.059 --> 00:39:33.920
 79,

00:39:34.119 --> 00:39:34.880
 verse 13.

00:39:40.320 --> 00:39:41.000
 From

00:39:41.000 --> 00:39:41.900
 generation to

00:39:41.900 --> 00:39:42.500
 generation,

00:39:42.900 --> 00:39:43.579
 we recount

00:39:43.579 --> 00:39:44.539
 your praise.

00:39:44.840 --> 00:39:45.380
 We do that

00:39:45.380 --> 00:39:45.980
 again today,

00:39:46.119 --> 00:39:46.360
 Father.

00:39:47.719 --> 00:39:48.679
 We are your

00:39:48.679 --> 00:39:49.319
 people by

00:39:49.319 --> 00:39:50.000
 your grace.

00:39:50.539 --> 00:39:51.159
 We are the

00:39:51.159 --> 00:39:51.579
 sheep of

00:39:51.579 --> 00:39:52.299
 your pasture.

00:39:53.460 --> 00:39:54.199
 You are

00:39:54.199 --> 00:39:54.859
 our good

00:39:54.859 --> 00:39:55.219
 shepherd.

00:39:56.259 --> 00:39:56.940
 You are

00:39:56.940 --> 00:39:57.419
 with us

00:39:57.419 --> 00:39:57.859
 forever.

00:39:59.179 --> 00:39:59.899
 We will

00:39:59.899 --> 00:40:00.419
 give thanks

00:40:00.419 --> 00:40:00.759
 to you

00:40:00.759 --> 00:40:01.460
 forever and

00:40:01.460 --> 00:40:01.679
 ever.

00:40:03.739 --> 00:40:04.460
 And if

00:40:04.460 --> 00:40:05.219
 anyone hears

00:40:05.219 --> 00:40:05.679
 your voice

00:40:05.679 --> 00:40:06.139
 today,

00:40:06.819 --> 00:40:07.599
 I ask that

00:40:07.599 --> 00:40:08.019
 your Holy

00:40:08.019 --> 00:40:08.579
 Spirit will

00:40:08.579 --> 00:40:09.239
 cause them

00:40:09.239 --> 00:40:09.899
 to not

00:40:09.899 --> 00:40:10.480
 harden their

00:40:10.480 --> 00:40:10.879
 hearts,

00:40:11.619 --> 00:40:12.419
 but to

00:40:12.419 --> 00:40:13.000
 follow you

00:40:13.000 --> 00:40:13.719
 in obedience

00:40:13.719 --> 00:40:14.799
 for the

00:40:14.799 --> 00:40:15.579
 glory of

00:40:15.579 --> 00:40:16.019
 your name.

00:40:16.940 --> 00:40:17.199
 Amen.

00:40:18.679 --> 00:40:35.960
 I

00:40:36.679 --> 00:40:37.440
 have

00:40:37.440 --> 00:40:39.379
 made

00:40:39.500 --> 00:40:39.980
 sour

00:40:39.980 --> 00:40:40.399
 you