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 I tell you the truth, the man who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber.

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 The man who enters by the gate is the shepherd of his sheep.

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 The watchman opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice.

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

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 When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.

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 But they will never follow a stranger.

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 In fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger's voice.

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 Jesus used this figure of speech, but they did not understand what he was telling them.

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 Therefore Jesus said again, I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep.

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 All who ever came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.

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 I am the gate.

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 Whoever enters through me will be saved.

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 He will come in and go out and find pasture.

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 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy.

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 I have come that they may have life and have it to the full.

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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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 The hired hand is not the shepherd who owns the sheep.

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 So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away.

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 Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it.

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 The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.

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 I am the good shepherd.

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 I know my sheep and my sheep know me, just as the father knows me and I know the father.

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 And I lay down my life for the sheep.

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 I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen.

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 I must bring them also.

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 They too will listen to my voice and there shall be one flock and one shepherd.

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 The reason my father loves me is that I lay down my life only to take it up again.

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 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord.

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 I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again.

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 This command I received from my father.

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 At these words, the Jews were again divided.

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 Many of them said, he is demon possessed and raving mad.

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 Why listen to him?

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 But others said, these are not the sayings of a man possessed by a demon.

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 Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?

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 Thanks, Chris.

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 Many of you will have noticed that I am not Johnny.

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 Johnny is away this weekend.

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 He is speaking in Dublin at a church weekend for Grosvenor Road Baptist Church,

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 the church that he served his apprenticeship in.

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 So we can be praying for Johnny as he is up there speaking to the church.

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 But in this place, we have Michael Grant.

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 The name is familiar.

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 Johnny's father.

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 It is great to have you with us this morning, Michael.

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 And if I can invite you up as you share God's word with us this morning.

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 I knew he wasn't Johnny.

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 He's got more hair than Johnny.

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 Anyway, it's good to be with you once again and to be able to share from God's word.

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 And as you've already heard, we're looking today at the good shepherd.

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 And I think last week you looked at I am the bread.

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 And we see in John chapter 10 and verse 11, the same thoughts on I am.

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 I am the bread of life.

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 And here in verse 11 of chapter 10 of John, we have I am the good shepherd.

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 Of course, there are lots of descriptions regarding the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And all of them describe something of his attributes, something of his character, if you like, something of his beauty.

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 And it's true of this particular description from the words of the Lord Jesus himself.

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 It's very beautiful.

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 I am the Lord's shepherd.

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 I am the Lord is my shepherd, says the psalmist.

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 And here it is.

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 I am the good shepherd.

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 There was a commentator by the name of John Brown who lived a number of years ago.

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 And he was studying these words.

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 And this is what he said about them.

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 They are at once transparently clear and unfathomably deep.

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 There is much important truth on the surface.

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 There is more, much more beneath it.

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 Much meaning meets the year, but more meets the mind.

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 The words express much.

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 They suggest more.

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 They are replete with emphasis.

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 And if you want that in everyday English, a child can understand these words.

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 I am the good shepherd and can gain much from it.

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 Some of us who were brought up through Sunday school, we heard the story of the good shepherd

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 and the seeking shepherd who went out to look for the lost sheep.

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 And we understood it.

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 And we gained something from it.

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 And yet there is something here.

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 If we have studied the scriptures for the whole of our lives, we can still learn more.

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 And I would suggest to you this morning that as we look at this subject of the Lord Jesus being a good shepherd,

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 that our minds are open to receive things that perhaps we have not heard before,

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 that will encourage us, not only now, but in the very day of our death also,

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 when we shall meet face to face with the good shepherd.

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 But to interpret this with these words of the Lord Jesus,

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 we need to see that the idea of the shepherd is firmly rooted in the Old Testament scriptures.

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 We tend to look at a shepherd through our Western eyes,

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 and we see, as I did when I was coming over from Killa today,

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 we look at fields, and we see sheep in them.

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 And there's all things that can go wrong with sheep.

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 And the shepherd has to go to the field and look out for things,

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 particularly this time of the year when there's lambing going on.

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 And we tend to think of a shepherd in those terms,

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 but we dare not think of a shepherd in those terms.

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 We think of an Eastern shepherd, and we think of one who,

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 in this particular title of the Lord Jesus,

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 a title that is firmly rooted in the Old Testament.

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 It reminds me of a story of somebody who was taking a group of young people

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 over to the Holy Land, so-called,

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 and he was taking them over,

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 and he was giving talks each day about various aspects of life in the Holy Land.

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 And one of the talks this particular morning was on the good shepherd

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 who goes before and calls his sheep by name,

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 and they follow him.

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 If you go out to Israel,

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 indeed I've seen it in Spain as well,

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 a shepherd going before,

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 and the sheep following after the shepherd,

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 leading them to the good pasture.

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 And the pastor who was leading this particular group said,

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 well, it's a good thing to do,

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 and it's a lovely story of the shepherd leading the sheep.

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 And he was telling the people about this.

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 Well, as they were going out on their coach tour that particular day

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 to one of the sites,

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 they saw some sheep going along the road,

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 but the man wasn't in front.

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 He was behind.

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 And they were saying,

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 I thought you said the shepherd goes ahead.

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 Well, he does, he said.

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 I can't understand this.

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 Stop the coach.

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 Stop the coach.

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 So he went back and spoke to this man.

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 And there was nodding and talking going on.

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 And eventually he comes back to the coach,

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 and he says,

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 well, I found out the secret.

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 That wasn't the shepherd.

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 That was the butcher.

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 The butcher drives his sheep.

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 The shepherd leads his sheep.

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 And thank God for a shepherd who leads his sheep.

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 So let's look at this story together.

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 Let's see that the title suggests the deity of the Lord Jesus.

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 I am the good shepherd.

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 Just a few chapters before in chapter 8 and verse 58,

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 Jesus says to the people,

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 before Abraham was born, I am.

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 And the people are ready to stone him because he said that.

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 They said, you're a man,

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 and yet you're making yourself equal with God.

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 That's not correct.

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 And they're ready to stone him.

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 I am was a title that spoke of deity.

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 So when we read these words,

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 I am the good shepherd,

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 it's saying that Jesus is truly God.

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 I am is rooted way back in Exodus chapter 3.

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 Remember that Moses was out in the desert.

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 He was watching sheep.

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 And he sees a bush that's burning with fire.

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 And yet it's not consumed.

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 And Moses goes over to look at this bush

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 to see exactly what is happening.

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 And God speaks to him from the bush.

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 He tells him to take his shoes off

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 because he's standing on holy ground.

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 And then in Exodus 3 and verse 6,

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 he says,

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 I am the God of Abraham,

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 the God of Isaac,

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 the God of Jacob.

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 And Moses is terrified

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 because he's face to face with the living God.

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 And God speaks to Moses and says,

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 I've chosen you

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 to lead my people

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 out of the land of bondage,

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 out of the land of slavery,

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 into the land of Egypt.

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 You're going to be the leader.

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 Now, Joseph,

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 Moses rather,

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 doesn't like the job description.

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 And he argues with God.

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 He doesn't want to go.

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 Let somebody else go.

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 I can't speak.

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 And he goes through all the arguments.

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 And then in verse 13 of that same passage,

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 he says,

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 Suppose I go to the Israelites

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 and say to them,

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 The God of our fathers has sent me to you.

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 And they ask me,

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 What is his name?

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 What shall I tell them?

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 And God says to Moses,

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 This is my name.

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 I am that I am.

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 Tell them,

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 I am has sent me to you.

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 What does it mean,

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 I am?

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 Well, God was making known to Moses

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 that he was unchanging.

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 That he was Yahweh, Jehovah,

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 the one who would be with him.

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 He would be with Moses.

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 His presence would go with Moses.

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 His power would be with Moses.

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 He would go with him

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 in order to accomplish the task

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 of bringing the people

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 out of the land of slavery

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 into the land of promise.

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 I am the ever-present one,

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 the unchanging one.

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 We, for ourselves,

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 are always changing.

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 We cannot be everywhere present.

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 I am here today.

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 I don't expect to be here tomorrow.

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 Because I'm here today,

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 I cannot be in my own local church

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 in Middleton.

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 And the day will come

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 when I will pass from the scene of time.

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 And they will speak of Michael Grant

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 in the past tense.

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 He was.

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 Etc.

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 But the God that we serve

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 and the God who reveals Himself to us

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 in the person of the Lord Jesus

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 is the I Am.

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 In the Lord Jesus,

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 we have One who is eternally present with us.

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 I am the Good Shepherds.

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 We have the eternal presence

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 of the eternal God

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 in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 So when Jesus says this,

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 I am the Good Shepherd,

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 He is making it clear

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 that He is the eternal,

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 ever-present One.

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 I am the bread of life,

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 always there to satisfy us.

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 I am the resurrection

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 and the life.

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 He is the eternal life.

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 And our life is in Him.

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 He is the bread.

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 He is the resurrection and the life.

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 He is the Good Shepherd,

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 the I Am.

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 I am the Good Shepherd.

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 And that again speaks to us

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 of the One who is eternal.

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 If you were listening to Jesus' words

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 for the first time

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 over there in the land of Israel

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 as it is today,

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 you would immediately go back

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 to the Old Testament Scriptures.

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 The New Testament

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 wouldn't have been available

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 for these people.

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 It was yet to be written.

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 So their Scriptures

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 were the Old Testament Scriptures.

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 What were the Scriptures

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 that they would think of

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 as Jesus says,

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 I am the Good Shepherd?

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 They would think

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 of Psalm 23 and verse 1.

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 The Lord, Yahweh, Jehovah,

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 is my shepherd.

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 And yet Jesus is saying,

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 I am the Good Shepherd.

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 He was saying that that shepherd

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 that David spoke of

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 in the 23rd Psalm,

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 that's me, I manifest in the flesh.

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 They would think of perhaps

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 Psalm 95 and verse 6.

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 Come, let us bow down in worship.

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 Let us kneel before the Lord,

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 our Maker,

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 for He is our God

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 and we are the people

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 of His pasture,

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 the flock under His care,

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 the concern of a shepherd

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 who's worthy of worship

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 and praise.

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 And the psalmist is thinking

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 of Him being not only

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 our Lord and Maker,

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 but the one who watches

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 over Him personally

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 and over His people.

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 Or maybe they would think

00:16:19.899 --> 00:16:22.399
 of the prophecy of Ezekiel,

00:16:22.539 --> 00:16:24.960
 chapter 34 and verse 15.

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 I myself will tend my sheep

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 and make them lie down,

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 declares the Sovereign Lord.

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 So thinking of this title

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 that the Lord Jesus gives to Himself,

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 He's clearly demonstrating

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 that He is the eternal I Am,

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 that He is the Good Shepherd,

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 that He is the shepherd

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 who was spoken of

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 in the New Testament,

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 who is now being manifest

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 in the flesh.

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 My friends,

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 when we think of this,

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 it should cause us

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 to praise and worship.

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 We are His people.

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 He has come down

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 to where we are

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 to bring deliverance for us,

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 to deliver us from the,

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 not only sin,

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 but the power of sin.

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 It should thrill our hearts.

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 It should cause us to wonder,

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 to stand in awe.

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 And if we are true Christians today,

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 we can say with Peter,

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 as he does in 1 Peter 2 and verse 25,

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 For you were like sheep

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 going astray,

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 but now you have returned

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 to the shepherd

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 and overseer of your souls.

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 You have been brought

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 into the fold of God

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 through the One

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 who was eternally God

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 who came down

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 to live among us.

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 The Lord reveals His deity

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 in these words.

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 But also in these words,

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 the Lord reveals His destiny.

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 And what was His destiny?

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 Well again,

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 if you go back to verse 11,

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 we see I am the good shepherd.

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 The good shepherd

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 lays down His life

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 for the sheep.

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 We have the same thought

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 in the latter part

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 of verse 14.

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 I lay down my life,

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 says the good shepherd.

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 We have the same thought

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 in verse 17.

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 The reason my Father loves me

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 is that I lay down my life.

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 Jesus is speaking

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 to His disciples

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 amongst others

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 and He's telling them

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 what is going to happen.

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 He will become

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 even more specific

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 later on

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 as He goes to Gethsemane.

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 And He says to His disciples

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 in Matthew 26 and verse 31,

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 This very night

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 you will all fall away

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 on account of Me,

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 for it is written,

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 I will strike the shepherd

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 and the sheep of the flock

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 will be scattered.

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 Which is a direct reference

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 to Zechariah 13 and verse 7.

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 So when we think

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 of this particular

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 I am of Jesus,

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 we have to associate it

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 with His death.

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 He is different to others

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 who came before Him.

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 Jesus refers to them

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 in this passage

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 as hirelings.

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 What happened

00:19:45.000 --> 00:19:46.879
 to the hired hand?

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 Well, Jesus contrasts Himself

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 with the hired hand.

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 In verse 12,

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 He says,

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 The hired hand

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 is not the shepherd

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 who owns the sheep.

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 So when He sees

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 the wolf coming,

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 He abandons the sheep

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 and runs away.

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 He doesn't care

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 and He doesn't have

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 an interest

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 in the flock.

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 Soon,

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 not only the wolf

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 would attack,

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 but the pack of wolves

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 would attack

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 the Lord Jesus.

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 There would be

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 the chief priests,

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 the Pharisees,

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 Herod,

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 Pilate.

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 They would all

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 attack Him

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 in one way

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 or another.

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 But He doesn't run

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 because He cares

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 for the sheep.

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 The Good Shepherd

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 knew that He came,

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 yes,

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 eternally God,

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 but He becomes man

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 in order that He might

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 die there

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 upon the cross

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 of Calvary.

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 He becomes

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 obedient to death,

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 even death

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 upon the cross.

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 He lays down

00:20:58.219 --> 00:20:59.199
 His life

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 because He's not

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 the hired hand

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 and He lays down

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 His life gladly

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 and willingly.

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 Look at verse 18.

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 No one takes

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 my life from me,

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 but I lay it down

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 of my own accord.

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 I have authority

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 to lay it down

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 and authority

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 to take it again.

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 This command

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 have I received

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 from the Father.

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 Oh, there was

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 ample opportunity

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 for Jesus

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 to run away

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 as hired hands did.

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 But He didn't run.

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 He went all the way

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 to Calvary.

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 He lays down

00:21:50.939 --> 00:21:51.839
 His life

00:21:51.839 --> 00:21:55.259
 as the good shepherd.

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 No one

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 took His life

00:21:59.199 --> 00:22:00.359
 from Him.

00:22:00.879 --> 00:22:01.859
 He lay it down

00:22:01.859 --> 00:22:03.559
 of Himself.

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 Think of this

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 for a moment.

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 Jesus goes

00:22:09.959 --> 00:22:11.000
 to Gethsemane.

00:22:12.379 --> 00:22:13.059
 We know

00:22:13.059 --> 00:22:13.579
 that He could

00:22:13.579 --> 00:22:14.099
 have called

00:22:14.099 --> 00:22:14.919
 the legions

00:22:14.919 --> 00:22:15.599
 of angels

00:22:15.599 --> 00:22:16.339
 to come

00:22:16.339 --> 00:22:17.279
 to His aid,

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 but He does not.

00:22:18.759 --> 00:22:22.079
 He prays,

00:22:22.740 --> 00:22:23.079
 Father,

00:22:23.379 --> 00:22:24.640
 if You be willing,

00:22:24.839 --> 00:22:25.700
 take this cup

00:22:25.700 --> 00:22:26.299
 from Me,

00:22:26.379 --> 00:22:27.480
 this cup of suffering,

00:22:27.759 --> 00:22:28.859
 this cup of death.

00:22:29.319 --> 00:22:29.700
 Yet,

00:22:29.859 --> 00:22:30.940
 not My will,

00:22:31.259 --> 00:22:32.119
 but Yours

00:22:32.119 --> 00:22:33.039
 be done.

00:22:35.599 --> 00:22:37.039
 And as He prays,

00:22:37.099 --> 00:22:37.680
 we are told

00:22:37.680 --> 00:22:38.299
 His sweat

00:22:38.299 --> 00:22:39.019
 was as it were

00:22:39.019 --> 00:22:40.019
 drops of blood

00:22:40.019 --> 00:22:41.660
 falling to the ground.

00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:43.859
 He was in agony

00:22:43.859 --> 00:22:45.059
 as He faced

00:22:45.059 --> 00:22:45.619
 death

00:22:45.619 --> 00:22:46.859
 upon the cross

00:22:46.859 --> 00:22:48.419
 because He was going

00:22:48.419 --> 00:22:49.699
 to bear the sins

00:22:49.699 --> 00:22:50.559
 of many

00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:51.740
 there upon

00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:52.599
 the cross.

00:22:56.399 --> 00:22:57.819
 As He's in the garden,

00:22:59.399 --> 00:23:00.740
 we see Judas

00:23:00.740 --> 00:23:01.659
 approaching

00:23:01.659 --> 00:23:05.139
 with the officials

00:23:05.139 --> 00:23:06.539
 and the chief priests

00:23:06.539 --> 00:23:07.740
 and the Pharisees.

00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:09.140
 and they're all

00:23:09.140 --> 00:23:10.579
 armed to the teeth.

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 And John,

00:23:13.420 --> 00:23:14.460
 giving his account

00:23:14.460 --> 00:23:15.640
 of this particular

00:23:15.640 --> 00:23:16.140
 happening,

00:23:16.599 --> 00:23:17.859
 says in John 18

00:23:17.859 --> 00:23:18.839
 and verse 4

00:23:18.839 --> 00:23:20.359
 that Jesus

00:23:20.359 --> 00:23:21.579
 speaks to these

00:23:21.579 --> 00:23:22.220
 crowds

00:23:22.220 --> 00:23:23.180
 that are coming

00:23:23.180 --> 00:23:23.920
 to get Him.

00:23:24.859 --> 00:23:25.400
 Who is it

00:23:25.400 --> 00:23:26.220
 you want?

00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:30.160
 Jesus of Nazareth,

00:23:30.940 --> 00:23:31.720
 they reply.

00:23:33.259 --> 00:23:34.299
 And then Jesus

00:23:34.299 --> 00:23:34.799
 says,

00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:38.180
 I am He.

00:23:39.819 --> 00:23:41.079
 And we're told

00:23:41.079 --> 00:23:41.919
 that they fell

00:23:41.919 --> 00:23:42.559
 backwards.

00:23:44.359 --> 00:23:45.639
 Who's in charge

00:23:45.639 --> 00:23:46.619
 of the situation?

00:23:47.099 --> 00:23:47.940
 Is it those

00:23:47.940 --> 00:23:48.720
 that are armed

00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:49.539
 to the teeth?

00:23:52.379 --> 00:23:52.919
 No,

00:23:52.980 --> 00:23:54.079
 they're not in charge

00:23:54.079 --> 00:23:55.059
 of the situation.

00:23:56.339 --> 00:23:57.619
 When Jesus said,

00:23:57.859 --> 00:23:58.680
 I am He,

00:23:59.440 --> 00:24:00.680
 they drew back

00:24:00.680 --> 00:24:01.399
 and fell

00:24:01.399 --> 00:24:02.259
 to the ground.

00:24:02.259 --> 00:24:04.859
 And only then

00:24:04.859 --> 00:24:05.879
 does Jesus

00:24:05.879 --> 00:24:07.779
 allow them

00:24:07.779 --> 00:24:08.859
 to take Him

00:24:08.859 --> 00:24:09.220
 away

00:24:09.220 --> 00:24:10.940
 to be crucified.

00:24:11.660 --> 00:24:12.960
 He lays

00:24:12.960 --> 00:24:13.720
 down His

00:24:13.720 --> 00:24:14.240
 life

00:24:14.240 --> 00:24:16.099
 as the

00:24:16.099 --> 00:24:17.240
 Good Shepherd.

00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:19.400
 And He

00:24:19.400 --> 00:24:20.339
 lays down

00:24:20.339 --> 00:24:21.200
 His life

00:24:21.200 --> 00:24:22.879
 to bring

00:24:22.879 --> 00:24:23.940
 a people

00:24:23.940 --> 00:24:25.200
 to Himself.

00:24:26.420 --> 00:24:27.579
 It's not just

00:24:27.579 --> 00:24:28.319
 that He dies

00:24:28.319 --> 00:24:29.599
 a martyr's death

00:24:29.599 --> 00:24:30.200
 as others

00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:30.680
 have done

00:24:30.680 --> 00:24:31.400
 for various

00:24:31.400 --> 00:24:31.900
 religions

00:24:31.900 --> 00:24:32.560
 of the world.

00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:34.360
 But He lays

00:24:34.360 --> 00:24:35.080
 down His

00:24:35.080 --> 00:24:35.460
 life,

00:24:35.539 --> 00:24:36.160
 we are told,

00:24:36.700 --> 00:24:38.140
 for the sheep.

00:24:40.539 --> 00:24:41.180
 He says

00:24:41.180 --> 00:24:42.360
 it in verse 11

00:24:42.360 --> 00:24:43.140
 that He lays

00:24:43.140 --> 00:24:43.640
 down His

00:24:43.640 --> 00:24:44.480
 life for the sheep.

00:24:44.680 --> 00:24:45.060
 Again,

00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:45.640
 we have it

00:24:45.640 --> 00:24:46.100
 in the latter

00:24:46.100 --> 00:24:47.320
 part of verse 14.

00:24:47.720 --> 00:24:48.279
 I lay

00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:48.900
 down My

00:24:48.900 --> 00:24:49.299
 life

00:24:49.299 --> 00:24:50.560
 for the sheep.

00:24:51.660 --> 00:24:52.120
 Who were

00:24:52.120 --> 00:24:52.860
 these sheep?

00:24:54.539 --> 00:24:54.779
 Well,

00:24:54.820 --> 00:24:55.480
 they certainly

00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:56.880
 included Jews,

00:24:57.600 --> 00:24:58.980
 but they also

00:24:58.980 --> 00:25:00.700
 included Gentiles.

00:25:01.660 --> 00:25:02.660
 It included

00:25:02.660 --> 00:25:03.599
 people like

00:25:03.599 --> 00:25:04.480
 you and

00:25:04.480 --> 00:25:05.099
 I.

00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:07.319
 Verse 16

00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:07.740
 says,

00:25:07.860 --> 00:25:08.620
 I have other

00:25:08.620 --> 00:25:09.539
 sheep that

00:25:09.539 --> 00:25:10.099
 are not of

00:25:10.099 --> 00:25:10.880
 this sheep pen.

00:25:11.120 --> 00:25:11.960
 I must bring

00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:12.940
 them also.

00:25:13.319 --> 00:25:13.819
 They too

00:25:13.819 --> 00:25:14.380
 will listen

00:25:14.380 --> 00:25:15.160
 to My voice

00:25:15.160 --> 00:25:15.779
 and there

00:25:15.779 --> 00:25:16.099
 shall be

00:25:16.099 --> 00:25:17.079
 one fold

00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:18.380
 and one

00:25:18.380 --> 00:25:18.920
 shepherd.

00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:21.120
 So here

00:25:21.120 --> 00:25:22.140
 the Good Shepherd

00:25:22.140 --> 00:25:23.019
 lays down

00:25:23.019 --> 00:25:24.900
 for His sheep.

00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:26.440
 Elsewhere

00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:27.079
 they're referred

00:25:27.079 --> 00:25:27.779
 to as His

00:25:27.779 --> 00:25:28.279
 elect,

00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:29.399
 His chosen.

00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:30.779
 But He lays

00:25:30.779 --> 00:25:31.740
 down His life

00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:32.500
 and gives His

00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:33.639
 life a ransom

00:25:33.639 --> 00:25:34.299
 for many.

00:25:34.500 --> 00:25:35.199
 How many?

00:25:37.679 --> 00:25:38.899
 Revelation 7

00:25:38.899 --> 00:25:39.639
 and verse 9

00:25:39.639 --> 00:25:40.480
 tells us,

00:25:41.339 --> 00:25:41.939
 a great

00:25:41.939 --> 00:25:42.679
 multitude

00:25:42.679 --> 00:25:44.679
 that no man

00:25:44.679 --> 00:25:45.379
 could number

00:25:45.379 --> 00:25:47.019
 from every

00:25:47.019 --> 00:25:47.740
 nation

00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:49.279
 and tribe

00:25:49.279 --> 00:25:50.179
 and people

00:25:50.179 --> 00:25:51.980
 and language.

00:25:53.399 --> 00:25:54.000
 And I like

00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:54.919
 the certainty

00:25:54.920 --> 00:25:55.779
 of this.

00:25:56.440 --> 00:25:57.380
 The Good Shepherd

00:25:57.380 --> 00:25:58.420
 is going

00:25:58.420 --> 00:25:59.000
 to bring

00:25:59.000 --> 00:25:59.820
 a people

00:25:59.820 --> 00:26:01.480
 to Himself.

00:26:02.420 --> 00:26:03.000
 He came

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:03.960
 into the world

00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:04.800
 to seek

00:26:04.800 --> 00:26:05.620
 and to save

00:26:05.620 --> 00:26:06.800
 those that

00:26:06.800 --> 00:26:07.980
 were lost.

00:26:10.420 --> 00:26:10.940
 And those

00:26:10.940 --> 00:26:11.500
 of us who

00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:12.279
 knew the Good

00:26:12.279 --> 00:26:12.640
 Shepherd

00:26:12.640 --> 00:26:13.519
 this morning

00:26:13.519 --> 00:26:14.940
 could look

00:26:14.940 --> 00:26:15.620
 back to

00:26:15.620 --> 00:26:16.380
 a time

00:26:16.380 --> 00:26:18.000
 when they

00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:18.640
 heard the

00:26:18.640 --> 00:26:19.279
 Good Shepherd

00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:20.259
 calling them

00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:21.539
 out of

00:26:21.539 --> 00:26:22.019
 darkness

00:26:22.019 --> 00:26:23.259
 into light.

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:25.519
 perhaps they

00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:25.799
 were in

00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:26.359
 a church

00:26:26.359 --> 00:26:26.980
 service.

00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:28.019
 Perhaps they

00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:28.379
 were in

00:26:28.379 --> 00:26:28.819
 their own

00:26:28.819 --> 00:26:29.180
 home

00:26:29.180 --> 00:26:29.859
 reading

00:26:29.859 --> 00:26:30.579
 their own

00:26:30.579 --> 00:26:31.140
 scriptures.

00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:32.859
 But they

00:26:32.859 --> 00:26:33.400
 heard the

00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:33.879
 voice,

00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:35.980
 I not

00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:36.879
 only died,

00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:38.359
 but I

00:26:38.359 --> 00:26:38.980
 died for

00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:39.460
 You.

00:26:41.339 --> 00:26:42.200
 And humbly

00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:42.799
 you said,

00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:43.240
 Lord,

00:26:43.359 --> 00:26:44.019
 I'm a

00:26:44.019 --> 00:26:44.279
 sinner.

00:26:45.119 --> 00:26:45.759
 I need

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:46.259
 the Good

00:26:46.259 --> 00:26:46.619
 Shepherd

00:26:46.619 --> 00:26:47.379
 as my

00:26:47.379 --> 00:26:48.079
 Savior.

00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:50.000
 He died

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:50.720
 for me.

00:26:50.720 --> 00:26:51.680
 And you

00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:52.220
 were able

00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:52.920
 to say

00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:53.420
 from your

00:26:53.420 --> 00:26:53.740
 heart,

00:26:54.059 --> 00:26:54.519
 Hallelujah!

00:26:55.120 --> 00:26:56.200
 What a

00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:56.980
 Savior!

00:26:59.440 --> 00:27:00.180
 The

00:27:00.180 --> 00:27:00.519
 Great

00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:01.180
 God,

00:27:01.819 --> 00:27:02.200
 the

00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:02.740
 Eternal

00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:03.420
 Shepherd,

00:27:04.140 --> 00:27:05.460
 became man

00:27:05.460 --> 00:27:06.200
 to die

00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:07.200
 in order

00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:07.819
 to bring

00:27:07.819 --> 00:27:08.539
 a people

00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:09.420
 to Himself.

00:27:09.900 --> 00:27:10.120
 Do you

00:27:10.120 --> 00:27:10.460
 know the

00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:10.680
 Good

00:27:10.680 --> 00:27:11.039
 Shepherd?

00:27:12.900 --> 00:27:13.240
 Are you

00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:13.720
 one of the

00:27:13.720 --> 00:27:14.620
 sheep today

00:27:14.620 --> 00:27:15.640
 that has

00:27:15.640 --> 00:27:16.200
 been brought

00:27:16.200 --> 00:27:17.259
 into the

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:17.660
 fold?

00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:19.559
 Let's

00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:20.140
 follow this

00:27:20.140 --> 00:27:20.640
 up.

00:27:21.320 --> 00:27:21.820
 Because

00:27:21.820 --> 00:27:22.180
 there's a

00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:22.759
 third thing

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:23.100
 I want

00:27:23.100 --> 00:27:23.440
 to bring

00:27:23.440 --> 00:27:24.000
 before you

00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:24.560
 this morning

00:27:24.560 --> 00:27:24.940
 and that

00:27:24.940 --> 00:27:25.520
 is this,

00:27:27.020 --> 00:27:27.520
 that the

00:27:27.520 --> 00:27:28.100
 Lord Jesus

00:27:28.100 --> 00:27:28.860
 in these

00:27:28.860 --> 00:27:29.980
 words reveals

00:27:29.980 --> 00:27:30.480
 His

00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:31.340
 uniqueness.

00:27:33.560 --> 00:27:34.500
 I am

00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:35.120
 the Good

00:27:35.120 --> 00:27:35.480
 Shepherd.

00:27:36.320 --> 00:27:36.860
 The Good

00:27:36.860 --> 00:27:37.700
 Shepherd lays

00:27:37.700 --> 00:27:38.560
 down His

00:27:38.560 --> 00:27:39.900
 life for

00:27:39.900 --> 00:27:40.420
 the sheep.

00:27:41.940 --> 00:27:42.840
 Go back

00:27:42.840 --> 00:27:43.520
 to verse

00:27:43.520 --> 00:27:44.100
 7.

00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:45.720
 Therefore

00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:47.180
 Jesus said

00:27:47.180 --> 00:27:47.860
 to them,

00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:48.640
 said again,

00:27:48.640 --> 00:27:50.460
 I tell

00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:51.020
 you the

00:27:51.020 --> 00:27:51.540
 truth.

00:27:52.580 --> 00:27:53.700
 I am

00:27:53.700 --> 00:27:54.980
 the gate

00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:56.380
 for the

00:27:56.380 --> 00:27:56.860
 sheep.

00:27:58.140 --> 00:27:58.720
 He's

00:27:58.720 --> 00:27:59.280
 making it

00:27:59.280 --> 00:28:00.220
 very clear

00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:01.740
 that there's

00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:02.360
 only one

00:28:02.360 --> 00:28:02.920
 way to

00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:03.740
 enter the

00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:04.980
 fold and

00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:05.880
 that is

00:28:05.880 --> 00:28:06.340
 through

00:28:06.340 --> 00:28:06.980
 Him.

00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:09.520
 I

00:28:09.520 --> 00:28:10.420
 alone

00:28:10.420 --> 00:28:13.060
 am the

00:28:13.060 --> 00:28:13.900
 door to

00:28:13.900 --> 00:28:14.540
 the sheep.

00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:14.599
 sheep.

00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:16.379
 There is

00:28:16.379 --> 00:28:17.139
 no other

00:28:17.139 --> 00:28:18.039
 entrance

00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:19.519
 into the

00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:20.440
 fold of

00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:21.279
 God's.

00:28:22.579 --> 00:28:23.259
 In verse

00:28:23.259 --> 00:28:24.139
 1, I

00:28:24.139 --> 00:28:25.019
 tell you the

00:28:25.019 --> 00:28:25.980
 truth, the

00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:26.720
 man who

00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:27.240
 does not

00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:27.819
 enter the

00:28:27.819 --> 00:28:28.500
 sheep pen

00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:29.159
 by the

00:28:29.159 --> 00:28:29.960
 gate but

00:28:29.960 --> 00:28:31.039
 climbs by

00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:32.039
 in some

00:28:32.039 --> 00:28:32.700
 other way

00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:33.920
 is a

00:28:33.920 --> 00:28:35.099
 thief and

00:28:35.099 --> 00:28:35.859
 a robber.

00:28:37.139 --> 00:28:37.899
 There's only

00:28:37.899 --> 00:28:39.039
 one way to

00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:40.619
 enter into

00:28:40.619 --> 00:28:41.339
 the sheep

00:28:41.339 --> 00:28:42.339
 fold and

00:28:42.339 --> 00:28:43.159
 that is

00:28:43.159 --> 00:28:43.839
 through the

00:28:43.839 --> 00:28:44.579
 Lord Jesus

00:28:44.579 --> 00:28:45.159
 Christ.

00:28:46.859 --> 00:28:47.579
 Let's

00:28:47.579 --> 00:28:48.459
 underline this

00:28:48.459 --> 00:28:48.899
 truth.

00:28:49.819 --> 00:28:50.359
 We always

00:28:50.359 --> 00:28:50.699
 have to

00:28:50.699 --> 00:28:51.339
 remember the

00:28:51.339 --> 00:28:52.240
 context of

00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:52.659
 Scripture.

00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:54.720
 The chapter

00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:55.399
 headings and

00:28:55.399 --> 00:28:56.099
 the verses are

00:28:56.099 --> 00:28:56.740
 there for

00:28:56.740 --> 00:28:58.419
 our convenience

00:28:58.419 --> 00:28:59.139
 and our

00:28:59.139 --> 00:28:59.639
 help.

00:29:01.019 --> 00:29:01.480
 But we

00:29:01.480 --> 00:29:02.319
 remember that

00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:03.299
 chapter 9

00:29:03.299 --> 00:29:04.279
 preceded

00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:05.359
 chapter 10.

00:29:06.419 --> 00:29:06.839
 And in

00:29:06.839 --> 00:29:07.639
 chapter 9,

00:29:07.640 --> 00:29:08.200
 you have

00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:08.920
 a blind

00:29:08.920 --> 00:29:10.280
 man who

00:29:10.280 --> 00:29:11.600
 comes to

00:29:11.600 --> 00:29:13.320
 know that

00:29:13.320 --> 00:29:13.820
 the Lord

00:29:13.820 --> 00:29:14.960
 Jesus Christ

00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:16.380
 is indeed

00:29:16.380 --> 00:29:16.960
 the one

00:29:16.960 --> 00:29:17.700
 who's healed

00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:18.680
 him, who's

00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:19.640
 also the

00:29:19.640 --> 00:29:20.360
 Messiah.

00:29:22.080 --> 00:29:22.500
 And

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:23.440
 eventually this

00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:24.300
 man, because

00:29:24.300 --> 00:29:25.120
 he puts his

00:29:25.120 --> 00:29:26.120
 trust in the

00:29:26.120 --> 00:29:26.660
 Lord Jesus

00:29:26.660 --> 00:29:27.640
 Christ, is

00:29:27.640 --> 00:29:28.500
 thrown out

00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:29.040
 of the

00:29:29.040 --> 00:29:29.460
 synagogue.

00:29:30.920 --> 00:29:32.040
 The Pharisees

00:29:32.040 --> 00:29:33.220
 were upset.

00:29:34.180 --> 00:29:34.700
 They didn't

00:29:34.700 --> 00:29:35.420
 like this

00:29:35.420 --> 00:29:36.340
 man coming

00:29:36.340 --> 00:29:36.800
 to the

00:29:36.800 --> 00:29:37.320
 Lord Jesus.

00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:38.259
 and putting

00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:40.759
 his trust

00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:41.119
 in the

00:29:41.119 --> 00:29:41.579
 Lord Jesus.

00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:42.599
 They wanted

00:29:42.599 --> 00:29:43.559
 to put him

00:29:43.559 --> 00:29:44.000
 from the

00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:44.740
 scene, as

00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:45.159
 it were,

00:29:45.500 --> 00:29:46.240
 this Jesus.

00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:49.099
 He's not

00:29:49.099 --> 00:29:49.619
 God.

00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:50.359
 He's not

00:29:50.359 --> 00:29:51.019
 a prophet,

00:29:51.379 --> 00:29:51.799
 as you're

00:29:51.799 --> 00:29:52.339
 making him

00:29:52.339 --> 00:29:52.919
 out to be,

00:29:53.019 --> 00:29:53.539
 they say.

00:29:55.619 --> 00:29:56.359
 Why were

00:29:56.359 --> 00:29:57.519
 the Pharisees

00:29:57.519 --> 00:29:58.319
 upset?

00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:00.599
 Well, they

00:30:00.599 --> 00:30:02.059
 thought that

00:30:02.059 --> 00:30:02.619
 the way of

00:30:02.619 --> 00:30:03.599
 salvation was

00:30:03.599 --> 00:30:04.079
 through the

00:30:04.079 --> 00:30:05.759
 law, through

00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:06.359
 what they

00:30:06.359 --> 00:30:07.200
 had to say.

00:30:07.319 --> 00:30:09.000
 they were

00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:09.839
 people who

00:30:09.839 --> 00:30:10.859
 were encouraging

00:30:10.859 --> 00:30:12.839
 others to

00:30:12.839 --> 00:30:13.879
 climb in

00:30:13.879 --> 00:30:14.619
 some other

00:30:14.619 --> 00:30:14.939
 way.

00:30:16.659 --> 00:30:17.019
 And maybe

00:30:17.019 --> 00:30:17.379
 there are

00:30:17.379 --> 00:30:17.879
 those here

00:30:17.879 --> 00:30:18.460
 this morning

00:30:18.460 --> 00:30:18.980
 who think

00:30:18.980 --> 00:30:19.339
 that they

00:30:19.339 --> 00:30:20.259
 can climb

00:30:20.259 --> 00:30:21.019
 into the

00:30:21.019 --> 00:30:21.579
 sheepfold

00:30:21.579 --> 00:30:22.259
 through their

00:30:22.259 --> 00:30:22.839
 own good

00:30:22.839 --> 00:30:23.700
 works, and

00:30:23.700 --> 00:30:24.119
 through their

00:30:24.119 --> 00:30:25.259
 own efforts,

00:30:25.839 --> 00:30:26.460
 through what

00:30:26.460 --> 00:30:27.279
 they do,

00:30:27.659 --> 00:30:28.579
 through their

00:30:28.579 --> 00:30:29.579
 supposed

00:30:29.579 --> 00:30:30.399
 obedience,

00:30:30.839 --> 00:30:31.339
 through their

00:30:31.339 --> 00:30:32.439
 own righteousness,

00:30:32.440 --> 00:30:32.500
 righteousness.

00:30:32.799 --> 00:30:33.420
 But that is

00:30:33.420 --> 00:30:33.880
 not the

00:30:33.880 --> 00:30:34.460
 way into

00:30:34.460 --> 00:30:34.720
 the

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:35.240
 sheepfold.

00:30:35.539 --> 00:30:36.080
 Jesus says,

00:30:36.180 --> 00:30:36.700
 you must

00:30:36.700 --> 00:30:37.299
 come through

00:30:37.299 --> 00:30:37.600
 me.

00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:40.299
 You must

00:30:40.299 --> 00:30:40.880
 come through

00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:41.460
 my death

00:30:41.460 --> 00:30:42.200
 there upon

00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:42.940
 the cross

00:30:42.940 --> 00:30:43.920
 of Calvary.

00:30:44.400 --> 00:30:45.259
 I am

00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:45.900
 the way.

00:30:48.120 --> 00:30:48.900
 In John

00:30:48.900 --> 00:30:49.740
 14 and

00:30:49.740 --> 00:30:50.460
 verse 6,

00:30:51.340 --> 00:30:52.220
 he says,

00:30:52.380 --> 00:30:52.900
 I am

00:30:52.900 --> 00:30:53.360
 the way,

00:30:53.840 --> 00:30:55.000
 the truth

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:55.660
 and the

00:30:55.660 --> 00:30:55.940
 life.

00:30:55.940 --> 00:30:57.140
 no one

00:30:57.140 --> 00:30:59.039
 comes unto

00:30:59.039 --> 00:30:59.759
 the Father

00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:01.660
 but by

00:31:01.660 --> 00:31:02.320
 me.

00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:04.759
 But if we

00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:05.660
 come through

00:31:05.660 --> 00:31:06.080
 the Lord

00:31:06.080 --> 00:31:06.440
 Jesus,

00:31:07.200 --> 00:31:08.160
 if we come

00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:08.559
 to him

00:31:08.559 --> 00:31:09.200
 acknowledging

00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:09.860
 our sin

00:31:09.860 --> 00:31:10.680
 and come

00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:11.220
 through him,

00:31:11.360 --> 00:31:12.100
 we're told

00:31:12.100 --> 00:31:13.299
 in verse 9

00:31:13.299 --> 00:31:14.200
 that Jesus

00:31:14.200 --> 00:31:14.620
 says,

00:31:15.080 --> 00:31:15.720
 I am the

00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:16.000
 gate.

00:31:16.320 --> 00:31:16.559
 Whoever

00:31:16.559 --> 00:31:17.360
 enters

00:31:17.360 --> 00:31:18.039
 through me

00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:18.860
 will be

00:31:18.860 --> 00:31:19.500
 saved.

00:31:20.680 --> 00:31:21.279
 It's an

00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:22.019
 old-fashioned

00:31:22.019 --> 00:31:22.460
 word,

00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:24.539
 but it's

00:31:24.539 --> 00:31:25.440
 what needs

00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:26.200
 to happen,

00:31:27.259 --> 00:31:27.680
 that you

00:31:27.680 --> 00:31:28.059
 and I

00:31:28.059 --> 00:31:28.480
 need to

00:31:28.480 --> 00:31:29.320
 come to

00:31:29.320 --> 00:31:29.799
 the Lord

00:31:29.799 --> 00:31:30.100
 Jesus

00:31:30.100 --> 00:31:30.620
 Christ

00:31:30.620 --> 00:31:31.700
 if we

00:31:31.700 --> 00:31:32.779
 would be

00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:33.259
 saved.

00:31:35.180 --> 00:31:35.700
 Some

00:31:35.700 --> 00:31:36.360
 people say,

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:37.299
 and maybe

00:31:37.299 --> 00:31:38.200
 even thinking

00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:38.920
 in their own

00:31:38.920 --> 00:31:39.680
 hearts this

00:31:39.680 --> 00:31:39.940
 morning,

00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:40.340
 because I

00:31:40.340 --> 00:31:40.680
 don't know

00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:41.240
 what's going

00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:41.880
 on as you're

00:31:41.880 --> 00:31:42.400
 listening to

00:31:42.400 --> 00:31:42.559
 me,

00:31:43.600 --> 00:31:44.420
 you're very

00:31:44.420 --> 00:31:45.019
 dogmatic.

00:31:46.620 --> 00:31:47.380
 You're not

00:31:47.380 --> 00:31:48.000
 leaving any

00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:48.519
 other way.

00:31:48.740 --> 00:31:48.920
 No,

00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:49.600
 I'm not.

00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:51.960
 Because the

00:31:51.960 --> 00:31:52.680
 Bible doesn't

00:31:52.680 --> 00:31:53.220
 give any

00:31:53.220 --> 00:31:53.799
 other way.

00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:55.579
 there's not

00:31:55.579 --> 00:31:56.240
 so many

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:57.200
 ways into

00:31:57.200 --> 00:31:57.579
 this

00:31:57.579 --> 00:31:58.299
 sheepfold.

00:31:59.319 --> 00:31:59.879
 There's only

00:31:59.879 --> 00:32:00.539
 one way,

00:32:00.919 --> 00:32:01.480
 and that

00:32:01.480 --> 00:32:02.220
 is through

00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:02.899
 the Lord

00:32:02.899 --> 00:32:03.419
 Jesus

00:32:03.419 --> 00:32:03.919
 Christ.

00:32:05.899 --> 00:32:06.839
 The Lord

00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:07.159
 Jesus

00:32:07.159 --> 00:32:07.700
 Christ

00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:08.480
 himself

00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:10.059
 gave a

00:32:10.059 --> 00:32:10.539
 commission

00:32:10.539 --> 00:32:11.899
 to his

00:32:11.899 --> 00:32:12.599
 church

00:32:12.599 --> 00:32:14.220
 to go

00:32:14.220 --> 00:32:15.319
 into all

00:32:15.319 --> 00:32:15.819
 the world

00:32:15.819 --> 00:32:16.480
 and preach

00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:17.039
 the gospel,

00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:17.839
 to go

00:32:17.839 --> 00:32:18.759
 and make

00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:19.579
 disciples.

00:32:19.579 --> 00:32:22.119
 and he

00:32:22.119 --> 00:32:22.980
 promised to

00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:23.619
 those who

00:32:23.619 --> 00:32:24.159
 would go

00:32:24.159 --> 00:32:24.559
 that he

00:32:24.559 --> 00:32:24.960
 would be

00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:25.460
 with them

00:32:25.460 --> 00:32:25.879
 to the

00:32:25.879 --> 00:32:26.720
 end of

00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:27.460
 the age.

00:32:29.319 --> 00:32:29.699
 It is

00:32:29.699 --> 00:32:30.079
 Jesus

00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:31.119
 himself who

00:32:31.119 --> 00:32:31.679
 says that

00:32:31.679 --> 00:32:32.179
 there is

00:32:32.179 --> 00:32:32.659
 no

00:32:32.659 --> 00:32:33.740
 alternative.

00:32:35.319 --> 00:32:35.699
 It is

00:32:35.699 --> 00:32:36.059
 Jesus

00:32:36.059 --> 00:32:36.679
 himself

00:32:36.679 --> 00:32:37.359
 who says

00:32:37.359 --> 00:32:37.939
 there is

00:32:37.939 --> 00:32:39.220
 no other

00:32:39.220 --> 00:32:39.879
 way.

00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:42.179
 And

00:32:42.179 --> 00:32:42.659
 therefore,

00:32:42.919 --> 00:32:43.379
 the world

00:32:43.379 --> 00:32:44.139
 needs to

00:32:44.139 --> 00:32:45.859
 hear that

00:32:45.859 --> 00:32:46.199
 there is

00:32:46.199 --> 00:32:46.960
 only one

00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:47.619
 good shepherd

00:32:47.619 --> 00:32:49.759
 shepherd

00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:50.399
 who can save.

00:32:50.399 --> 00:32:50.439
 There is

00:32:50.439 --> 00:32:51.059
 only one

00:32:51.059 --> 00:32:51.739
 good shepherd

00:32:51.739 --> 00:32:52.539
 that can

00:32:52.539 --> 00:32:53.539
 bring people

00:32:53.539 --> 00:32:54.159
 into the

00:32:54.159 --> 00:32:55.079
 very fold

00:32:55.079 --> 00:32:55.799
 of God.

00:32:57.039 --> 00:32:57.859
 But that

00:32:57.859 --> 00:32:58.299
 was the

00:32:58.299 --> 00:32:59.000
 good shepherd

00:32:59.000 --> 00:33:00.219
 who laid

00:33:00.219 --> 00:33:00.859
 down his

00:33:00.859 --> 00:33:02.259
 life for

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:02.819
 the sheep.

00:33:04.399 --> 00:33:05.179
 So if

00:33:05.179 --> 00:33:05.739
 men and

00:33:05.739 --> 00:33:06.219
 women would

00:33:06.219 --> 00:33:06.879
 be saved,

00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:08.219
 they must

00:33:08.219 --> 00:33:08.959
 come through

00:33:08.959 --> 00:33:09.419
 the Lord

00:33:09.419 --> 00:33:10.339
 Jesus Christ,

00:33:11.419 --> 00:33:12.000
 the good

00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:12.539
 shepherd.

00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:15.059
 The final

00:33:15.059 --> 00:33:15.639
 thing I want

00:33:15.639 --> 00:33:16.259
 to say to

00:33:16.259 --> 00:33:16.679
 you this

00:33:16.679 --> 00:33:16.959
 morning,

00:33:17.079 --> 00:33:17.319
 and that

00:33:17.319 --> 00:33:17.939
 is this,

00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:20.439
 that this

00:33:20.439 --> 00:33:21.460
 Lord Jesus

00:33:21.460 --> 00:33:23.240
 reveals

00:33:23.240 --> 00:33:24.200
 himself to

00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:24.599
 us,

00:33:25.639 --> 00:33:26.419
 not only

00:33:26.419 --> 00:33:27.119
 as the

00:33:27.119 --> 00:33:27.740
 eternal

00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:28.480
 God who

00:33:28.480 --> 00:33:28.899
 entered

00:33:28.899 --> 00:33:29.740
 into time,

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:30.579
 not ceasing

00:33:30.579 --> 00:33:31.759
 for a moment

00:33:31.759 --> 00:33:32.399
 to be God,

00:33:32.500 --> 00:33:33.059
 but becoming

00:33:33.059 --> 00:33:33.720
 man and

00:33:33.720 --> 00:33:34.299
 dying a

00:33:34.299 --> 00:33:34.879
 death upon

00:33:34.879 --> 00:33:35.439
 the cross

00:33:35.439 --> 00:33:36.079
 of Calvary.

00:33:37.319 --> 00:33:38.000
 Not only

00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:38.399
 does he

00:33:38.399 --> 00:33:39.200
 show himself

00:33:39.200 --> 00:33:39.960
 to be

00:33:39.960 --> 00:33:40.579
 unique,

00:33:41.579 --> 00:33:42.379
 but he

00:33:42.379 --> 00:33:43.480
 shows himself

00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:44.159
 to us

00:33:44.159 --> 00:33:44.740
 as being

00:33:44.740 --> 00:33:45.539
 good.

00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:47.480
 let's

00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:48.139
 focus on

00:33:48.139 --> 00:33:48.740
 the wonderful

00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:50.339
 fact that

00:33:50.339 --> 00:33:50.980
 this one

00:33:50.980 --> 00:33:51.460
 who did

00:33:51.460 --> 00:33:52.420
 indeed enter

00:33:52.420 --> 00:33:53.359
 into time

00:33:53.359 --> 00:33:54.799
 is good.

00:33:56.339 --> 00:33:56.920
 He is

00:33:56.920 --> 00:33:58.279
 good in

00:33:58.279 --> 00:33:58.759
 the three

00:33:58.759 --> 00:33:59.519
 ways we've

00:33:59.519 --> 00:33:59.879
 already

00:33:59.879 --> 00:34:00.659
 mentioned.

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:02.639
 He's

00:34:02.639 --> 00:34:04.119
 good in

00:34:04.119 --> 00:34:04.659
 the fact

00:34:04.659 --> 00:34:05.200
 that he,

00:34:05.379 --> 00:34:05.859
 though he

00:34:05.859 --> 00:34:06.960
 was eternally

00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:07.440
 God,

00:34:07.920 --> 00:34:08.639
 that he was

00:34:08.639 --> 00:34:09.480
 ready to

00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:10.920
 enter into

00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:11.659
 time.

00:34:11.659 --> 00:34:14.019
 the word

00:34:14.019 --> 00:34:15.639
 became

00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:16.379
 flesh.

00:34:16.759 --> 00:34:17.319
 We think

00:34:17.319 --> 00:34:17.859
 about that

00:34:17.859 --> 00:34:18.480
 at Christmas

00:34:18.480 --> 00:34:18.940
 time,

00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:19.480
 don't we?

00:34:19.679 --> 00:34:20.559
 The word,

00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:21.539
 the eternal

00:34:21.539 --> 00:34:22.059
 God,

00:34:22.339 --> 00:34:23.440
 became flesh

00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:24.559
 and made

00:34:24.559 --> 00:34:25.339
 his dwelling

00:34:25.339 --> 00:34:26.420
 among us.

00:34:27.639 --> 00:34:28.119
 And we

00:34:28.119 --> 00:34:29.819
 have seen

00:34:29.819 --> 00:34:30.599
 his glory,

00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:31.599
 the glorious

00:34:31.599 --> 00:34:32.420
 of the one

00:34:32.420 --> 00:34:33.119
 and only

00:34:33.119 --> 00:34:33.839
 who came

00:34:33.839 --> 00:34:34.279
 from the

00:34:34.279 --> 00:34:34.639
 Father,

00:34:35.079 --> 00:34:36.000
 full of

00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:37.000
 grace and

00:34:37.000 --> 00:34:37.339
 truth.

00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:38.139
 Now isn't

00:34:38.139 --> 00:34:39.019
 that good?

00:34:40.299 --> 00:34:40.940
 That the

00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:42.159
 eternal God

00:34:42.159 --> 00:34:43.599
 didn't stay

00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:44.480
 up in

00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:45.000
 heaven,

00:34:45.139 --> 00:34:45.659
 as it were,

00:34:46.659 --> 00:34:47.359
 and look

00:34:47.359 --> 00:34:48.079
 down upon

00:34:48.079 --> 00:34:48.619
 us in

00:34:48.619 --> 00:34:49.159
 all our

00:34:49.159 --> 00:34:49.799
 sin and

00:34:49.799 --> 00:34:50.519
 degradation?

00:34:51.799 --> 00:34:52.539
 No,

00:34:52.679 --> 00:34:53.319
 he came

00:34:53.319 --> 00:34:53.859
 to where

00:34:53.859 --> 00:34:54.980
 we are,

00:34:56.039 --> 00:34:56.579
 and he

00:34:56.579 --> 00:34:57.400
 looked upon

00:34:57.400 --> 00:34:58.079
 us as

00:34:58.079 --> 00:34:58.539
 sheep

00:34:58.539 --> 00:34:59.739
 without a

00:34:59.739 --> 00:35:00.139
 shepherd,

00:35:01.139 --> 00:35:02.059
 and he

00:35:02.059 --> 00:35:03.159
 had compassion

00:35:03.159 --> 00:35:04.179
 upon us,

00:35:05.699 --> 00:35:06.599
 full of

00:35:06.599 --> 00:35:07.960
 grace and

00:35:07.960 --> 00:35:08.440
 truth.

00:35:09.440 --> 00:35:10.079
 God's

00:35:10.079 --> 00:35:11.360
 only begotten

00:35:11.360 --> 00:35:13.400
 Son should

00:35:13.400 --> 00:35:14.300
 come from

00:35:14.300 --> 00:35:15.059
 the glory

00:35:15.059 --> 00:35:15.740
 of heaven

00:35:15.740 --> 00:35:17.500
 to be

00:35:17.500 --> 00:35:18.659
 my shepherd.

00:35:19.619 --> 00:35:20.079
 Is that

00:35:20.079 --> 00:35:20.940
 good or

00:35:20.940 --> 00:35:21.639
 isn't it?

00:35:22.679 --> 00:35:23.699
 It's good

00:35:23.699 --> 00:35:25.940
 and calls

00:35:25.940 --> 00:35:26.360
 us to

00:35:26.360 --> 00:35:27.099
 worship and

00:35:27.099 --> 00:35:28.119
 to wonder

00:35:28.119 --> 00:35:29.059
 and to

00:35:29.059 --> 00:35:30.199
 marvel that

00:35:30.199 --> 00:35:30.760
 he should

00:35:30.760 --> 00:35:31.420
 not only be

00:35:31.420 --> 00:35:31.860
 good,

00:35:32.019 --> 00:35:32.740
 but good

00:35:32.740 --> 00:35:33.519
 to me.

00:35:35.960 --> 00:35:36.480
 Good

00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:37.840
 not only

00:35:37.840 --> 00:35:38.219
 in his

00:35:38.219 --> 00:35:38.719
 deity,

00:35:39.719 --> 00:35:41.039
 good in

00:35:41.039 --> 00:35:41.980
 his death.

00:35:43.320 --> 00:35:43.619
 Through

00:35:43.619 --> 00:35:44.380
 his death

00:35:44.380 --> 00:35:45.880
 he purchased

00:35:45.880 --> 00:35:46.500
 me.

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:48.340
 Through

00:35:48.340 --> 00:35:49.240
 his death,

00:35:49.699 --> 00:35:50.240
 we who

00:35:50.240 --> 00:35:51.019
 were dead

00:35:51.019 --> 00:35:52.000
 in trespasses

00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:52.639
 and sins

00:35:52.639 --> 00:35:53.840
 are brought

00:35:53.840 --> 00:35:55.179
 into the

00:35:55.179 --> 00:35:55.860
 fold.

00:35:57.219 --> 00:35:58.019
 Remember those

00:35:58.019 --> 00:35:58.840
 words of the

00:35:58.840 --> 00:35:59.639
 apostle Paul

00:35:59.639 --> 00:36:00.920
 as he writes

00:36:00.920 --> 00:36:01.260
 to the

00:36:01.260 --> 00:36:02.079
 Ephesians in

00:36:02.079 --> 00:36:02.880
 chapter 5

00:36:02.880 --> 00:36:03.400
 and verse

00:36:03.400 --> 00:36:04.179
 25.

00:36:04.920 --> 00:36:05.480
 Christ

00:36:05.480 --> 00:36:07.699
 loved the

00:36:07.699 --> 00:36:08.519
 church

00:36:08.519 --> 00:36:10.480
 and gave

00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:11.059
 himself

00:36:11.059 --> 00:36:12.639
 for us.

00:36:14.079 --> 00:36:15.199
 We're from

00:36:15.199 --> 00:36:16.619
 various nationalities

00:36:16.619 --> 00:36:17.159
 this morning,

00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:19.559
 various

00:36:19.559 --> 00:36:20.340
 backgrounds,

00:36:21.239 --> 00:36:22.099
 but we've

00:36:22.099 --> 00:36:23.000
 been brought

00:36:23.000 --> 00:36:23.719
 together

00:36:23.719 --> 00:36:25.500
 to worship

00:36:25.500 --> 00:36:26.259
 the King

00:36:26.259 --> 00:36:26.980
 of Kings,

00:36:27.440 --> 00:36:28.019
 the Lord

00:36:28.019 --> 00:36:28.679
 of Lords,

00:36:28.679 --> 00:36:29.679
 the great

00:36:29.679 --> 00:36:31.079
 shepherd of

00:36:31.079 --> 00:36:31.739
 the sheep.

00:36:32.219 --> 00:36:32.900
 We've been

00:36:32.900 --> 00:36:33.639
 brought

00:36:33.639 --> 00:36:34.239
 together.

00:36:34.539 --> 00:36:34.860
 Why?

00:36:36.900 --> 00:36:38.000
 Because Christ

00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:38.840
 has died

00:36:38.840 --> 00:36:39.639
 for us

00:36:39.639 --> 00:36:42.239
 and risen

00:36:42.239 --> 00:36:43.299
 again for

00:36:43.299 --> 00:36:43.900
 us.

00:36:44.940 --> 00:36:45.940
 We are the

00:36:45.940 --> 00:36:47.079
 other sheep

00:36:47.079 --> 00:36:49.400
 that have been

00:36:49.400 --> 00:36:50.659
 brought into

00:36:50.659 --> 00:36:51.659
 the fold.

00:36:52.159 --> 00:36:52.659
 What a

00:36:52.659 --> 00:36:54.099
 good shepherd

00:36:54.099 --> 00:36:56.639
 that he should

00:36:56.639 --> 00:36:57.619
 love miserable

00:36:57.619 --> 00:36:58.480
 sinners like

00:36:58.480 --> 00:36:59.059
 ourselves

00:36:59.059 --> 00:37:00.500
 and bring

00:37:00.500 --> 00:37:00.980
 us into

00:37:00.980 --> 00:37:01.880
 his fold.

00:37:03.299 --> 00:37:04.139
 He's good

00:37:04.139 --> 00:37:04.920
 in his

00:37:04.920 --> 00:37:05.539
 uniqueness.

00:37:07.199 --> 00:37:07.679
 Look at

00:37:07.679 --> 00:37:08.119
 all the

00:37:08.119 --> 00:37:09.079
 religions of

00:37:09.079 --> 00:37:09.539
 the world.

00:37:09.940 --> 00:37:10.219
 They can

00:37:10.219 --> 00:37:11.159
 all be put

00:37:11.159 --> 00:37:11.759
 together.

00:37:13.739 --> 00:37:14.460
 And all

00:37:14.460 --> 00:37:15.079
 of them say

00:37:15.079 --> 00:37:15.920
 something like

00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:16.400
 this,

00:37:17.039 --> 00:37:17.519
 oh yes,

00:37:17.619 --> 00:37:18.299
 you need

00:37:18.299 --> 00:37:18.799
 faith,

00:37:19.799 --> 00:37:20.759
 but you

00:37:20.759 --> 00:37:21.420
 also need

00:37:21.420 --> 00:37:22.079
 works.

00:37:22.880 --> 00:37:23.619
 And if you

00:37:23.619 --> 00:37:24.039
 have done

00:37:24.039 --> 00:37:25.179
 enough works,

00:37:26.279 --> 00:37:27.360
 you may

00:37:27.360 --> 00:37:28.559
 or may

00:37:28.559 --> 00:37:29.500
 not enter

00:37:29.500 --> 00:37:30.539
 into salvation

00:37:30.539 --> 00:37:31.220
 because you'll

00:37:31.220 --> 00:37:31.800
 never know

00:37:31.800 --> 00:37:32.280
 how many

00:37:32.280 --> 00:37:32.880
 works you

00:37:32.880 --> 00:37:33.260
 have to

00:37:33.260 --> 00:37:33.519
 do.

00:37:36.220 --> 00:37:37.079
 But our

00:37:37.079 --> 00:37:37.660
 good shepherd

00:37:37.660 --> 00:37:38.240
 went to

00:37:38.240 --> 00:37:38.840
 the cross

00:37:38.840 --> 00:37:40.579
 and he

00:37:40.579 --> 00:37:41.039
 died

00:37:41.039 --> 00:37:43.180
 and he

00:37:43.180 --> 00:37:43.800
 cried,

00:37:44.620 --> 00:37:45.980
 it is

00:37:45.980 --> 00:37:47.140
 finished.

00:37:48.220 --> 00:37:48.940
 I've

00:37:48.940 --> 00:37:49.519
 paid the

00:37:49.519 --> 00:37:50.780
 price once

00:37:50.780 --> 00:37:51.340
 and for

00:37:51.340 --> 00:37:51.720
 all.

00:37:53.260 --> 00:37:54.099
 He saves

00:37:54.099 --> 00:37:54.800
 us by

00:37:54.800 --> 00:37:55.400
 grace.

00:37:55.400 --> 00:37:56.960
 his free

00:37:56.960 --> 00:37:57.660
 favor

00:37:57.660 --> 00:37:58.440
 lavished

00:37:58.440 --> 00:37:59.519
 upon us.

00:38:00.900 --> 00:38:01.660
 No other

00:38:01.660 --> 00:38:02.360
 religion in

00:38:02.360 --> 00:38:02.780
 the world

00:38:02.780 --> 00:38:03.660
 says it's

00:38:03.660 --> 00:38:04.059
 free.

00:38:06.420 --> 00:38:06.760
 It's

00:38:06.760 --> 00:38:07.480
 faith plus

00:38:07.480 --> 00:38:08.099
 works.

00:38:09.420 --> 00:38:09.700
 But

00:38:09.700 --> 00:38:10.340
 Christianity

00:38:10.340 --> 00:38:11.079
 says,

00:38:11.480 --> 00:38:12.360
 trust in

00:38:12.360 --> 00:38:13.139
 this Jesus

00:38:13.139 --> 00:38:14.519
 who's paid

00:38:14.519 --> 00:38:15.119
 the price

00:38:15.119 --> 00:38:15.720
 once and

00:38:15.720 --> 00:38:16.220
 for all

00:38:16.220 --> 00:38:17.559
 and you

00:38:17.559 --> 00:38:18.019
 have the

00:38:18.019 --> 00:38:18.539
 gift of

00:38:18.539 --> 00:38:18.960
 eternal

00:38:18.960 --> 00:38:19.440
 life.

00:38:20.660 --> 00:38:21.260
 And it

00:38:21.260 --> 00:38:21.720
 will show

00:38:21.720 --> 00:38:22.260
 itself

00:38:22.260 --> 00:38:23.780
 in a

00:38:23.780 --> 00:38:24.660
 life of

00:38:24.660 --> 00:38:25.540
 good works.

00:38:27.740 --> 00:38:28.500
 But not

00:38:28.500 --> 00:38:29.040
 only is he

00:38:29.040 --> 00:38:29.740
 good in

00:38:29.740 --> 00:38:30.600
 these ways,

00:38:31.460 --> 00:38:31.920
 he's

00:38:31.920 --> 00:38:33.020
 pastorally

00:38:33.020 --> 00:38:33.380
 good.

00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:35.620
 He's

00:38:35.620 --> 00:38:36.360
 pastorally

00:38:36.360 --> 00:38:36.680
 good.

00:38:37.720 --> 00:38:38.300
 In order

00:38:38.300 --> 00:38:38.760
 to get a

00:38:38.760 --> 00:38:39.660
 reflection of

00:38:39.660 --> 00:38:40.180
 this, look

00:38:40.180 --> 00:38:40.840
 at chapter

00:38:40.840 --> 00:38:41.880
 40 of

00:38:41.880 --> 00:38:42.360
 Isaiah

00:38:42.360 --> 00:38:43.480
 and verse

00:38:43.480 --> 00:38:44.100
 11.

00:38:45.180 --> 00:38:45.580
 There's a

00:38:45.580 --> 00:38:45.920
 beautiful

00:38:45.920 --> 00:38:46.680
 description

00:38:46.680 --> 00:38:48.080
 of the

00:38:48.080 --> 00:38:48.700
 good shepherd

00:38:48.700 --> 00:38:49.100
 there.

00:38:49.099 --> 00:38:51.460
 Isaiah

00:38:51.460 --> 00:38:52.179
 40 and

00:38:52.179 --> 00:38:52.819
 verse 11.

00:38:53.279 --> 00:38:54.019
 He tends

00:38:54.019 --> 00:38:54.860
 his flock

00:38:54.860 --> 00:38:55.579
 like a

00:38:55.579 --> 00:38:55.940
 shepherd.

00:38:57.099 --> 00:38:57.779
 He gathers

00:38:57.779 --> 00:38:58.659
 the lambs

00:38:58.659 --> 00:38:59.299
 in his

00:38:59.299 --> 00:39:00.920
 arms and

00:39:00.920 --> 00:39:01.779
 carries them

00:39:01.779 --> 00:39:02.699
 close to

00:39:02.699 --> 00:39:03.539
 his heart.

00:39:04.739 --> 00:39:05.539
 He gently

00:39:05.539 --> 00:39:06.860
 leads those

00:39:06.860 --> 00:39:07.579
 that have

00:39:07.579 --> 00:39:08.059
 young.

00:39:09.139 --> 00:39:09.679
 What a

00:39:09.679 --> 00:39:10.019
 tender

00:39:10.019 --> 00:39:10.719
 description

00:39:10.719 --> 00:39:12.179
 of the

00:39:12.179 --> 00:39:12.880
 good shepherd.

00:39:14.739 --> 00:39:15.539
 There's a

00:39:15.539 --> 00:39:16.579
 caring here.

00:39:16.719 --> 00:39:17.319
 There's a

00:39:17.319 --> 00:39:18.079
 pastoral

00:39:18.079 --> 00:39:18.840
 concern

00:39:18.840 --> 00:39:19.259
 here.

00:39:21.259 --> 00:39:22.179
 How can

00:39:22.179 --> 00:39:23.279
 a shepherd

00:39:23.279 --> 00:39:24.779
 care for

00:39:24.779 --> 00:39:25.279
 us?

00:39:26.139 --> 00:39:26.599
 Does he

00:39:26.599 --> 00:39:27.159
 have that

00:39:27.159 --> 00:39:27.679
 power?

00:39:27.980 --> 00:39:28.319
 Does he

00:39:28.319 --> 00:39:28.840
 have that

00:39:28.840 --> 00:39:29.639
 authority?

00:39:30.039 --> 00:39:30.400
 Is he

00:39:30.400 --> 00:39:31.099
 able to

00:39:31.099 --> 00:39:31.759
 do it?

00:39:33.960 --> 00:39:34.539
 Well, look

00:39:34.539 --> 00:39:34.840
 at the

00:39:34.840 --> 00:39:35.599
 context of

00:39:35.599 --> 00:39:36.199
 those words

00:39:36.199 --> 00:39:36.900
 in Isaiah

00:39:36.900 --> 00:39:38.779
 and you

00:39:38.779 --> 00:39:39.099
 will come

00:39:39.099 --> 00:39:39.579
 to these

00:39:39.579 --> 00:39:40.099
 words.

00:39:41.019 --> 00:39:41.840
 Who has

00:39:41.840 --> 00:39:42.579
 measured the

00:39:42.579 --> 00:39:44.179
 waters in

00:39:44.179 --> 00:39:44.679
 the hollow

00:39:44.679 --> 00:39:45.119
 of his

00:39:45.119 --> 00:39:45.619
 hand?

00:39:45.980 --> 00:39:46.539
 Or with

00:39:46.539 --> 00:39:47.139
 the breadth

00:39:47.139 --> 00:39:47.539
 of his

00:39:47.539 --> 00:39:48.219
 hand marked

00:39:48.219 --> 00:39:48.779
 off the

00:39:48.779 --> 00:39:49.079
 heavens?

00:39:49.719 --> 00:39:50.219
 Who has

00:39:50.219 --> 00:39:50.719
 held the

00:39:50.719 --> 00:39:51.219
 dust of

00:39:51.219 --> 00:39:51.719
 the earth

00:39:51.719 --> 00:39:52.000
 in a

00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:52.639
 basket or

00:39:52.639 --> 00:39:53.079
 weighed the

00:39:53.079 --> 00:39:53.859
 mountains on

00:39:53.859 --> 00:39:54.460
 the scales

00:39:54.460 --> 00:39:54.839
 and the

00:39:54.839 --> 00:39:55.980
 hills in

00:39:55.980 --> 00:39:56.659
 a balance?

00:39:59.179 --> 00:39:59.859
 Think of

00:39:59.859 --> 00:40:00.559
 the creation

00:40:00.559 --> 00:40:01.039
 of the

00:40:01.039 --> 00:40:01.420
 world.

00:40:03.319 --> 00:40:04.639
 That God

00:40:04.639 --> 00:40:06.359
 flung stars

00:40:06.359 --> 00:40:07.699
 into space.

00:40:09.460 --> 00:40:10.279
 That he

00:40:10.279 --> 00:40:11.379
 measured the

00:40:11.379 --> 00:40:13.119
 waters in

00:40:13.119 --> 00:40:13.539
 the hollow

00:40:13.539 --> 00:40:14.000
 of his

00:40:14.000 --> 00:40:14.679
 hand.

00:40:16.519 --> 00:40:17.119
 My friends,

00:40:17.340 --> 00:40:17.880
 that's the

00:40:17.880 --> 00:40:18.519
 good shepherd

00:40:18.519 --> 00:40:20.699
 who holds

00:40:20.699 --> 00:40:21.159
 you and

00:40:21.159 --> 00:40:21.440
 I.

00:40:22.779 --> 00:40:23.539
 He holds

00:40:23.539 --> 00:40:24.179
 the world,

00:40:24.340 --> 00:40:25.440
 yes, in

00:40:25.440 --> 00:40:26.000
 all its

00:40:26.000 --> 00:40:26.659
 trouble and

00:40:26.659 --> 00:40:27.340
 all its

00:40:27.340 --> 00:40:27.880
 anguish,

00:40:28.300 --> 00:40:28.860
 but he

00:40:28.860 --> 00:40:29.920
 holds you

00:40:29.920 --> 00:40:30.840
 and I.

00:40:31.599 --> 00:40:32.380
 He tends

00:40:32.380 --> 00:40:33.099
 his flock

00:40:33.099 --> 00:40:33.619
 like a

00:40:33.619 --> 00:40:33.920
 shepherd.

00:40:34.480 --> 00:40:35.139
 He gathers

00:40:35.139 --> 00:40:35.980
 the lambs in

00:40:35.980 --> 00:40:36.759
 his arms and

00:40:36.759 --> 00:40:37.559
 claries them

00:40:37.559 --> 00:40:38.759
 close to

00:40:38.759 --> 00:40:40.360
 his heart.

00:40:40.360 --> 00:40:41.680
 He gently

00:40:41.680 --> 00:40:43.400
 leads those

00:40:43.400 --> 00:40:44.519
 that have

00:40:44.519 --> 00:40:44.860
 young.

00:40:46.380 --> 00:40:47.019
 And this

00:40:47.019 --> 00:40:47.800
 good shepherd

00:40:47.800 --> 00:40:48.300
 that is

00:40:48.300 --> 00:40:50.180
 described by

00:40:50.180 --> 00:40:52.360
 Isaiah is

00:40:52.360 --> 00:40:52.880
 the same

00:40:52.880 --> 00:40:53.820
 one that is

00:40:53.820 --> 00:40:55.000
 brought before

00:40:55.000 --> 00:40:55.599
 us in the

00:40:55.599 --> 00:40:56.460
 person of the

00:40:56.460 --> 00:40:57.000
 Lord Jesus

00:40:57.000 --> 00:40:58.099
 Christ who

00:40:58.099 --> 00:40:59.180
 speaks to

00:40:59.180 --> 00:40:59.980
 his sheep.

00:41:01.099 --> 00:41:02.200
 John 10

00:41:02.200 --> 00:41:02.660
 and verse

00:41:02.660 --> 00:41:03.880
 3, the

00:41:03.880 --> 00:41:05.079
 sheep listen

00:41:05.079 --> 00:41:06.360
 to his

00:41:06.360 --> 00:41:06.900
 voice.

00:41:07.760 --> 00:41:08.840
 Verse 16,

00:41:08.980 --> 00:41:09.800
 other sheep,

00:41:09.800 --> 00:41:10.820
 they too

00:41:10.820 --> 00:41:11.620
 will listen

00:41:11.620 --> 00:41:12.720
 to my

00:41:12.720 --> 00:41:13.539
 voice.

00:41:14.280 --> 00:41:15.560
 He speaks

00:41:15.560 --> 00:41:16.260
 to his

00:41:16.260 --> 00:41:16.680
 people

00:41:16.680 --> 00:41:17.920
 pastorally

00:41:17.920 --> 00:41:18.840
 through his

00:41:18.840 --> 00:41:19.420
 word.

00:41:20.920 --> 00:41:21.500
 He may be

00:41:21.500 --> 00:41:22.180
 speaking to

00:41:22.180 --> 00:41:22.680
 you and

00:41:22.680 --> 00:41:23.720
 reminding you

00:41:23.720 --> 00:41:24.660
 of the fact

00:41:24.660 --> 00:41:25.640
 that he is

00:41:25.640 --> 00:41:26.080
 the good

00:41:26.080 --> 00:41:26.880
 shepherd this

00:41:26.880 --> 00:41:27.240
 morning.

00:41:27.760 --> 00:41:28.660
 He comes

00:41:28.660 --> 00:41:29.160
 to you.

00:41:30.300 --> 00:41:30.920
 It may be

00:41:30.920 --> 00:41:31.360
 through your

00:41:31.360 --> 00:41:32.480
 private reading.

00:41:32.740 --> 00:41:33.320
 It may be

00:41:33.320 --> 00:41:33.820
 through your

00:41:33.820 --> 00:41:34.400
 friends.

00:41:34.660 --> 00:41:35.280
 It may be

00:41:35.280 --> 00:41:35.720
 through the

00:41:35.720 --> 00:41:36.640
 promptings of

00:41:36.640 --> 00:41:37.380
 his Holy

00:41:37.380 --> 00:41:37.940
 Spirit.

00:41:38.320 --> 00:41:38.700
 But he

00:41:38.700 --> 00:41:39.620
 comes whether

00:41:39.619 --> 00:41:40.159
 it be in

00:41:40.159 --> 00:41:40.900
 the storms

00:41:40.900 --> 00:41:41.559
 of life.

00:41:41.880 --> 00:41:42.119
 And he

00:41:42.119 --> 00:41:42.679
 says to

00:41:42.679 --> 00:41:43.219
 us, I

00:41:43.219 --> 00:41:43.880
 am your

00:41:43.880 --> 00:41:44.559
 good shepherd.

00:41:44.940 --> 00:41:45.400
 Fear

00:41:45.400 --> 00:41:46.239
 not.

00:41:48.900 --> 00:41:49.659
 And as

00:41:49.659 --> 00:41:50.079
 the good

00:41:50.079 --> 00:41:50.579
 shepherd,

00:41:51.079 --> 00:41:51.839
 he speaks

00:41:51.839 --> 00:41:52.279
 to us

00:41:52.279 --> 00:41:53.159
 sometimes to

00:41:53.159 --> 00:41:54.079
 rebuke us

00:41:54.079 --> 00:41:55.380
 because we're

00:41:55.380 --> 00:41:56.059
 apt to

00:41:56.059 --> 00:41:56.500
 stray.

00:41:57.940 --> 00:41:58.559
 But he

00:41:58.559 --> 00:41:58.940
 does it

00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:59.579
 with love

00:41:59.579 --> 00:42:00.119
 and great

00:42:00.119 --> 00:42:00.839
 tenderness.

00:42:01.599 --> 00:42:01.980
 Why?

00:42:02.980 --> 00:42:03.639
 Because he

00:42:03.639 --> 00:42:04.039
 is the

00:42:04.039 --> 00:42:06.359
 good shepherd.

00:42:07.000 --> 00:42:07.440
 He's

00:42:07.440 --> 00:42:08.480
 pastorally

00:42:08.480 --> 00:42:08.760
 good.

00:42:08.760 --> 00:42:09.920
 He speaks

00:42:09.920 --> 00:42:10.619
 to us.

00:42:13.079 --> 00:42:13.760
 But also

00:42:13.760 --> 00:42:14.740
 this good

00:42:14.740 --> 00:42:16.019
 shepherd leads

00:42:16.019 --> 00:42:16.720
 his sheep.

00:42:17.420 --> 00:42:17.860
 Again,

00:42:17.980 --> 00:42:18.440
 verse 3,

00:42:18.599 --> 00:42:19.380
 he calls

00:42:19.380 --> 00:42:19.980
 his own

00:42:19.980 --> 00:42:20.659
 sheep by

00:42:20.659 --> 00:42:21.599
 name and

00:42:21.599 --> 00:42:22.559
 leads them

00:42:22.559 --> 00:42:23.059
 out.

00:42:23.920 --> 00:42:24.420
 When he

00:42:24.420 --> 00:42:24.860
 has brought

00:42:24.860 --> 00:42:25.500
 out all

00:42:25.500 --> 00:42:26.019
 his own,

00:42:26.119 --> 00:42:26.579
 he goes

00:42:26.579 --> 00:42:27.579
 on ahead

00:42:27.579 --> 00:42:28.220
 of them.

00:42:31.619 --> 00:42:31.960
 Was

00:42:31.960 --> 00:42:32.300
 Jesus

00:42:32.300 --> 00:42:32.820
 himself

00:42:32.820 --> 00:42:33.480
 thinking of

00:42:33.480 --> 00:42:34.480
 the 23rd

00:42:34.480 --> 00:42:34.960
 psalm,

00:42:36.360 --> 00:42:37.240
 he leads

00:42:37.240 --> 00:42:38.760
 me beside

00:42:38.760 --> 00:42:40.179
 still waters.

00:42:41.240 --> 00:42:42.420
 He restores

00:42:42.420 --> 00:42:43.579
 my soul.

00:42:44.559 --> 00:42:45.240
 He guides

00:42:45.240 --> 00:42:45.880
 me in

00:42:45.880 --> 00:42:46.780
 paths of

00:42:46.780 --> 00:42:47.539
 righteousness

00:42:47.539 --> 00:42:49.079
 for his

00:42:49.079 --> 00:42:50.539
 name's sake.

00:42:52.079 --> 00:42:52.559
 Even

00:42:52.559 --> 00:42:53.320
 though I

00:42:53.320 --> 00:42:54.000
 walk

00:42:54.000 --> 00:42:55.440
 through the

00:42:55.440 --> 00:42:56.639
 valley of

00:42:56.639 --> 00:42:57.380
 the shadow

00:42:57.380 --> 00:42:58.760
 of death.

00:42:59.800 --> 00:43:00.400
 And that's

00:43:00.400 --> 00:43:00.880
 a walk

00:43:00.880 --> 00:43:01.400
 that all

00:43:01.400 --> 00:43:01.740
 of us

00:43:01.740 --> 00:43:02.159
 will have

00:43:02.159 --> 00:43:02.659
 to take

00:43:02.659 --> 00:43:03.199
 one day

00:43:03.199 --> 00:43:03.500
 and we

00:43:03.500 --> 00:43:03.879
 do not

00:43:03.879 --> 00:43:04.299
 know when

00:43:04.299 --> 00:43:04.579
 it will

00:43:04.579 --> 00:43:04.940
 come.

00:43:06.379 --> 00:43:07.099
 But he

00:43:07.099 --> 00:43:07.799
 leads us

00:43:07.799 --> 00:43:09.019
 through the

00:43:09.019 --> 00:43:09.539
 valley of

00:43:09.539 --> 00:43:10.119
 the shadow

00:43:10.119 --> 00:43:11.139
 of death.

00:43:11.920 --> 00:43:12.259
 Why?

00:43:13.359 --> 00:43:14.259
 Because he's

00:43:14.259 --> 00:43:15.679
 a good

00:43:15.679 --> 00:43:16.319
 shepherd.

00:43:17.460 --> 00:43:17.699
 He

00:43:17.699 --> 00:43:18.759
 pastorally

00:43:18.759 --> 00:43:20.000
 cares for

00:43:20.000 --> 00:43:20.460
 us.

00:43:21.980 --> 00:43:22.279
 Philip

00:43:22.279 --> 00:43:22.719
 Henry,

00:43:23.719 --> 00:43:24.519
 who was

00:43:24.519 --> 00:43:25.239
 the father

00:43:25.239 --> 00:43:26.139
 of Matthew

00:43:26.139 --> 00:43:26.519
 Henry,

00:43:26.659 --> 00:43:27.079
 the great

00:43:27.079 --> 00:43:27.899
 commentator,

00:43:28.899 --> 00:43:29.839
 fell in

00:43:29.839 --> 00:43:30.319
 love with

00:43:30.319 --> 00:43:31.000
 a young

00:43:31.000 --> 00:43:31.399
 lady.

00:43:32.159 --> 00:43:32.839
 And she

00:43:32.839 --> 00:43:33.379
 came from

00:43:33.379 --> 00:43:33.779
 a very

00:43:33.779 --> 00:43:34.739
 aristocratic

00:43:34.739 --> 00:43:35.480
 family.

00:43:36.839 --> 00:43:37.399
 And her

00:43:37.399 --> 00:43:38.579
 family were

00:43:38.579 --> 00:43:40.460
 objecting to

00:43:40.460 --> 00:43:41.500
 her going

00:43:41.500 --> 00:43:42.179
 with this

00:43:42.179 --> 00:43:43.259
 nobody,

00:43:43.579 --> 00:43:43.839
 as it

00:43:43.839 --> 00:43:44.059
 were,

00:43:44.879 --> 00:43:45.179
 this

00:43:45.179 --> 00:43:45.980
 nobody

00:43:45.980 --> 00:43:46.739
 pastor.

00:43:49.739 --> 00:43:50.599
 But what

00:43:50.599 --> 00:43:50.920
 did she

00:43:50.920 --> 00:43:51.420
 say to

00:43:51.420 --> 00:43:52.139
 her parents

00:43:52.139 --> 00:43:52.899
 who objected

00:43:52.899 --> 00:43:53.199
 to the

00:43:53.199 --> 00:43:53.559
 romance?

00:43:54.699 --> 00:43:55.299
 She

00:43:55.299 --> 00:43:55.639
 said,

00:43:56.179 --> 00:43:58.119
 he knows

00:43:58.119 --> 00:43:59.279
 where he's

00:43:59.280 --> 00:44:01.740
 going and

00:44:01.740 --> 00:44:02.300
 I want

00:44:02.300 --> 00:44:02.640
 to go

00:44:02.640 --> 00:44:03.400
 with him.

00:44:06.080 --> 00:44:06.760
 In other

00:44:06.760 --> 00:44:07.140
 words, she

00:44:07.140 --> 00:44:07.620
 was saying

00:44:07.620 --> 00:44:07.980
 that he

00:44:07.980 --> 00:44:08.780
 knows that

00:44:08.780 --> 00:44:09.180
 he's going

00:44:09.180 --> 00:44:09.800
 to heaven

00:44:09.800 --> 00:44:11.580
 and I

00:44:11.580 --> 00:44:12.019
 want to

00:44:12.019 --> 00:44:12.480
 go with

00:44:12.480 --> 00:44:12.760
 him.

00:44:14.040 --> 00:44:14.840
 The Lord

00:44:14.840 --> 00:44:15.540
 Jesus has

00:44:15.540 --> 00:44:16.260
 gone to

00:44:16.260 --> 00:44:16.980
 prepare a

00:44:16.980 --> 00:44:17.580
 place for

00:44:17.580 --> 00:44:18.060
 you and

00:44:18.060 --> 00:44:18.880
 me, our

00:44:18.880 --> 00:44:19.700
 bridegroom.

00:44:20.620 --> 00:44:21.300
 We are

00:44:21.300 --> 00:44:22.120
 his bride.

00:44:22.480 --> 00:44:23.240
 We want

00:44:23.240 --> 00:44:23.640
 to go

00:44:23.640 --> 00:44:24.540
 with him.

00:44:24.860 --> 00:44:25.840
 He leads

00:44:25.840 --> 00:44:26.440
 us

00:44:26.440 --> 00:44:28.740
 because he

00:44:28.740 --> 00:44:30.480
 is the

00:44:30.480 --> 00:44:31.039
 good

00:44:31.039 --> 00:44:32.260
 shepherd.

00:44:33.180 --> 00:44:34.340
 I am

00:44:34.340 --> 00:44:34.900
 the good

00:44:34.900 --> 00:44:35.380
 shepherd.

00:44:37.380 --> 00:44:38.120
 And the

00:44:38.120 --> 00:44:38.720
 final thing

00:44:38.720 --> 00:44:39.340
 is this,

00:44:40.260 --> 00:44:40.640
 that he

00:44:40.640 --> 00:44:41.600
 gives us

00:44:41.600 --> 00:44:43.340
 fullness of

00:44:43.340 --> 00:44:44.300
 life because

00:44:44.300 --> 00:44:45.940
 he is the

00:44:45.940 --> 00:44:46.620
 good shepherd.

00:44:48.100 --> 00:44:48.940
 I have

00:44:48.940 --> 00:44:49.440
 come,

00:44:49.960 --> 00:44:50.420
 the latter

00:44:50.420 --> 00:44:50.980
 part of

00:44:50.980 --> 00:44:51.600
 verse 10,

00:44:52.400 --> 00:44:52.840
 that they

00:44:52.840 --> 00:44:53.660
 might have

00:44:53.660 --> 00:44:54.420
 life.

00:44:54.420 --> 00:44:56.079
 and that

00:44:56.079 --> 00:44:56.639
 they might

00:44:56.639 --> 00:44:57.400
 have it

00:44:57.400 --> 00:44:58.720
 to the

00:44:58.720 --> 00:44:59.200
 full.

00:45:01.320 --> 00:45:01.880
 The

00:45:01.880 --> 00:45:02.500
 Lord Jesus

00:45:02.500 --> 00:45:03.260
 gives us

00:45:03.260 --> 00:45:04.500
 security of

00:45:04.500 --> 00:45:05.900
 life in

00:45:05.900 --> 00:45:06.460
 the here

00:45:06.460 --> 00:45:07.659
 and now.

00:45:08.860 --> 00:45:09.139
 My

00:45:09.139 --> 00:45:09.579
 sheep,

00:45:09.800 --> 00:45:10.700
 verse 27,

00:45:10.900 --> 00:45:11.360
 listen to

00:45:11.360 --> 00:45:11.960
 my voice.

00:45:12.559 --> 00:45:13.139
 I know

00:45:13.139 --> 00:45:13.539
 them and

00:45:13.539 --> 00:45:14.079
 they follow

00:45:14.079 --> 00:45:14.340
 me.

00:45:14.760 --> 00:45:15.420
 I give

00:45:15.420 --> 00:45:16.539
 them eternal

00:45:16.539 --> 00:45:17.940
 life and

00:45:17.940 --> 00:45:18.360
 they shall

00:45:18.360 --> 00:45:19.500
 never perish.

00:45:19.920 --> 00:45:20.420
 No one

00:45:20.420 --> 00:45:21.180
 can snatch

00:45:21.180 --> 00:45:21.760
 them out

00:45:21.760 --> 00:45:22.400
 of my

00:45:22.400 --> 00:45:22.980
 hand.

00:45:23.340 --> 00:45:23.480
 My

00:45:23.480 --> 00:45:24.220
 father who

00:45:24.219 --> 00:45:24.619
 has given

00:45:24.619 --> 00:45:25.099
 them to

00:45:25.099 --> 00:45:25.799
 me is

00:45:25.799 --> 00:45:26.639
 greater than

00:45:26.639 --> 00:45:26.879
 all.

00:45:27.219 --> 00:45:27.879
 No one

00:45:27.879 --> 00:45:28.639
 can snatch

00:45:28.639 --> 00:45:29.119
 them out

00:45:29.119 --> 00:45:29.459
 of my

00:45:29.459 --> 00:45:30.159
 father's

00:45:30.159 --> 00:45:30.500
 hand.

00:45:31.519 --> 00:45:32.480
 I and

00:45:32.480 --> 00:45:33.159
 my father

00:45:33.159 --> 00:45:34.719
 are one.

00:45:36.059 --> 00:45:36.839
 I'm not a

00:45:36.839 --> 00:45:37.339
 carpenter.

00:45:37.500 --> 00:45:38.000
 I'm not very

00:45:38.000 --> 00:45:38.519
 good at

00:45:38.519 --> 00:45:39.519
 do-it-yourself.

00:45:41.079 --> 00:45:41.759
 But I'm

00:45:41.759 --> 00:45:42.519
 told that

00:45:42.519 --> 00:45:43.559
 sometimes

00:45:43.559 --> 00:45:44.439
 carpenters,

00:45:44.599 --> 00:45:45.359
 when they're

00:45:45.359 --> 00:45:45.980
 hammering in

00:45:45.980 --> 00:45:46.399
 the nail,

00:45:46.539 --> 00:45:47.019
 maybe in

00:45:47.019 --> 00:45:48.019
 a roof

00:45:48.019 --> 00:45:48.459
 joist,

00:45:49.379 --> 00:45:49.679
 that they

00:45:49.679 --> 00:45:50.079
 will knock

00:45:50.079 --> 00:45:50.519
 the nail

00:45:50.519 --> 00:45:50.959
 through.

00:45:52.339 --> 00:45:52.679
 And there

00:45:52.679 --> 00:45:53.339
 may be a

00:45:53.340 --> 00:45:54.079
 few inches

00:45:54.079 --> 00:45:56.120
 exposed at

00:45:56.120 --> 00:45:56.600
 the other

00:45:56.600 --> 00:45:57.059
 end.

00:45:58.059 --> 00:45:58.480
 What they

00:45:58.480 --> 00:45:59.360
 do then is

00:45:59.360 --> 00:46:00.059
 bang that

00:46:00.059 --> 00:46:00.660
 nail into

00:46:00.660 --> 00:46:01.140
 the wood.

00:46:02.300 --> 00:46:02.640
 They

00:46:02.640 --> 00:46:03.480
 clinch it.

00:46:06.680 --> 00:46:07.280
 Jesus

00:46:07.280 --> 00:46:08.980
 says he's

00:46:08.980 --> 00:46:09.500
 laying down

00:46:09.500 --> 00:46:10.480
 his life for

00:46:10.480 --> 00:46:11.059
 the sheep.

00:46:11.960 --> 00:46:12.440
 They will

00:46:12.440 --> 00:46:13.519
 never perish

00:46:13.519 --> 00:46:16.340
 and no one

00:46:16.340 --> 00:46:17.500
 is able to

00:46:17.500 --> 00:46:18.160
 pluck them

00:46:18.160 --> 00:46:18.920
 out of my

00:46:18.920 --> 00:46:19.160
 hand.

00:46:19.260 --> 00:46:19.880
 He clinches

00:46:19.880 --> 00:46:20.200
 it.

00:46:20.200 --> 00:46:21.300
 He

00:46:21.300 --> 00:46:22.260
 clinches it.

00:46:22.260 --> 00:46:22.559
 You see that?

00:46:23.340 --> 00:46:24.140
 He holds us

00:46:24.140 --> 00:46:25.200
 secure and

00:46:25.200 --> 00:46:26.260
 firm.

00:46:27.160 --> 00:46:27.619
 But there's

00:46:27.619 --> 00:46:27.960
 more.

00:46:29.059 --> 00:46:29.700
 The father

00:46:29.700 --> 00:46:30.720
 that has given

00:46:30.720 --> 00:46:31.599
 them to me

00:46:31.599 --> 00:46:32.420
 is greater

00:46:32.420 --> 00:46:33.059
 than all.

00:46:34.039 --> 00:46:34.440
 There's a

00:46:34.440 --> 00:46:35.000
 nail going

00:46:35.000 --> 00:46:35.260
 in.

00:46:36.360 --> 00:46:36.579
 He

00:46:36.579 --> 00:46:37.480
 clinches it

00:46:37.480 --> 00:46:38.800
 and no one

00:46:38.800 --> 00:46:39.440
 is able to

00:46:39.440 --> 00:46:39.920
 pluck them

00:46:39.920 --> 00:46:40.360
 out of my

00:46:40.360 --> 00:46:41.000
 father's hand.

00:46:41.320 --> 00:46:41.660
 It's though

00:46:41.660 --> 00:46:42.400
 we're held

00:46:42.400 --> 00:46:43.559
 in a double

00:46:43.559 --> 00:46:43.960
 grip.

00:46:44.140 --> 00:46:44.700
 The father

00:46:44.700 --> 00:46:45.740
 and the son

00:46:45.739 --> 00:46:47.419
 who Jesus

00:46:47.419 --> 00:46:47.939
 says are

00:46:47.939 --> 00:46:48.419
 one.

00:46:50.299 --> 00:46:51.000
 He's good

00:46:51.000 --> 00:46:52.399
 and we

00:46:52.399 --> 00:46:52.919
 should be

00:46:52.919 --> 00:46:53.779
 rejoicing.

00:46:54.199 --> 00:46:54.699
 He's given

00:46:54.699 --> 00:46:55.619
 us fullness

00:46:55.619 --> 00:46:56.939
 of life

00:46:56.939 --> 00:46:59.299
 and that

00:46:59.299 --> 00:47:00.599
 life that

00:47:00.599 --> 00:47:01.039
 he gives

00:47:01.039 --> 00:47:02.659
 us is

00:47:02.659 --> 00:47:03.379
 resurrection

00:47:03.379 --> 00:47:04.219
 life.

00:47:05.659 --> 00:47:06.579
 He lays

00:47:06.579 --> 00:47:07.159
 down his

00:47:07.159 --> 00:47:08.559
 life that

00:47:08.559 --> 00:47:08.899
 he might

00:47:08.899 --> 00:47:09.359
 take it

00:47:09.359 --> 00:47:10.959
 again and

00:47:10.959 --> 00:47:11.479
 he takes

00:47:11.479 --> 00:47:12.039
 it again

00:47:12.039 --> 00:47:13.500
 that we

00:47:13.500 --> 00:47:14.459
 might enjoy

00:47:14.459 --> 00:47:15.679
 his life

00:47:15.679 --> 00:47:17.460
 in us.

00:47:18.539 --> 00:47:19.699
 I am

00:47:19.699 --> 00:47:22.519
 the good

00:47:22.519 --> 00:47:22.980
 shepherd.

00:47:23.879 --> 00:47:24.219
 Do you

00:47:24.219 --> 00:47:24.719
 know him?

00:47:25.399 --> 00:47:25.719
 Do you

00:47:25.719 --> 00:47:26.179
 love him?

00:47:26.960 --> 00:47:27.259
 Are you

00:47:27.259 --> 00:47:27.799
 listening to

00:47:27.799 --> 00:47:28.440
 his voice?

00:47:29.339 --> 00:47:29.699
 Are you

00:47:29.699 --> 00:47:30.519
 following him?

00:47:32.799 --> 00:47:33.440
 Or will

00:47:33.440 --> 00:47:33.839
 you forget

00:47:33.839 --> 00:47:34.379
 all about

00:47:34.379 --> 00:47:35.039
 it tomorrow?

00:47:36.559 --> 00:47:37.359
 My friends,

00:47:38.279 --> 00:47:39.099
 I trust

00:47:39.099 --> 00:47:39.359
 that you

00:47:39.359 --> 00:47:39.859
 know what

00:47:39.859 --> 00:47:40.399
 it is

00:47:40.399 --> 00:47:41.839
 to be

00:47:41.839 --> 00:47:42.299
 in the

00:47:42.299 --> 00:47:42.739
 fold.

00:47:43.779 --> 00:47:44.179
 But I

00:47:44.179 --> 00:47:45.139
 plead with

00:47:45.139 --> 00:47:45.639
 you this

00:47:45.639 --> 00:47:46.000
 morning.

00:47:47.699 --> 00:47:48.420
 If you're

00:47:48.420 --> 00:47:48.879
 not in

00:47:48.879 --> 00:47:49.379
 the fold,

00:47:51.199 --> 00:47:52.019
 then humble

00:47:52.019 --> 00:47:52.699
 yourself

00:47:52.699 --> 00:47:55.059
 and bow

00:47:55.059 --> 00:47:55.559
 the knee

00:47:55.559 --> 00:47:56.319
 before the

00:47:56.319 --> 00:47:57.539
 good shepherd

00:47:57.539 --> 00:47:59.980
 and take

00:47:59.980 --> 00:48:00.299
 him as

00:48:00.299 --> 00:48:00.559
 your

00:48:00.559 --> 00:48:00.920
 savior.

00:48:02.920 --> 00:48:03.759
 Let's

00:48:03.759 --> 00:48:04.460
 pray together.

00:48:04.460 --> 00:48:07.079
 father,

00:48:07.079 --> 00:48:08.019
 you know

00:48:08.019 --> 00:48:08.559
 all our

00:48:08.559 --> 00:48:09.099
 hearts.

00:48:10.740 --> 00:48:11.380
 You know

00:48:11.380 --> 00:48:11.860
 where each

00:48:11.860 --> 00:48:12.179
 of us

00:48:12.179 --> 00:48:12.880
 stand here

00:48:12.880 --> 00:48:13.220
 this

00:48:13.220 --> 00:48:13.559
 morning.

00:48:16.579 --> 00:48:17.159
 If we

00:48:17.159 --> 00:48:17.579
 know the

00:48:17.579 --> 00:48:17.900
 shepherd,

00:48:18.099 --> 00:48:18.519
 we pray,

00:48:18.699 --> 00:48:18.900
 oh lord,

00:48:18.960 --> 00:48:19.199
 that we

00:48:19.199 --> 00:48:19.900
 might rejoice

00:48:19.900 --> 00:48:20.340
 that we

00:48:20.340 --> 00:48:20.820
 know him

00:48:20.820 --> 00:48:24.220
 and recognize,

00:48:24.460 --> 00:48:24.720
 oh lord,

00:48:24.800 --> 00:48:25.599
 our standing

00:48:25.599 --> 00:48:26.659
 in him.

00:48:26.659 --> 00:48:29.239
 thank you

00:48:29.239 --> 00:48:29.659
 for who

00:48:29.659 --> 00:48:30.179
 he is.

00:48:30.819 --> 00:48:31.179
 Thank you

00:48:31.179 --> 00:48:31.519
 for what

00:48:31.519 --> 00:48:32.000
 he came

00:48:32.000 --> 00:48:32.420
 to do.

00:48:32.559 --> 00:48:32.839
 Thank you

00:48:32.839 --> 00:48:33.179
 for his

00:48:33.179 --> 00:48:33.639
 uniqueness.

00:48:34.099 --> 00:48:34.379
 Thank you

00:48:34.379 --> 00:48:34.759
 for his

00:48:34.759 --> 00:48:35.440
 pastoral

00:48:35.440 --> 00:48:35.779
 care.

00:48:38.719 --> 00:48:39.239
 If we

00:48:39.239 --> 00:48:39.679
 don't know

00:48:39.679 --> 00:48:39.980
 him,

00:48:41.879 --> 00:48:42.199
 we pray,

00:48:42.399 --> 00:48:42.659
 oh lord,

00:48:42.739 --> 00:48:43.019
 that you

00:48:43.019 --> 00:48:43.420
 will speak

00:48:43.420 --> 00:48:43.819
 to us

00:48:43.819 --> 00:48:44.119
 in the

00:48:44.119 --> 00:48:44.519
 power of

00:48:44.519 --> 00:48:44.679
 your

00:48:44.679 --> 00:48:44.960
 holy

00:48:44.960 --> 00:48:45.440
 spirit,

00:48:45.440 --> 00:48:49.260
 that we

00:48:49.260 --> 00:48:49.760
 might hear

00:48:49.760 --> 00:48:50.300
 his voice

00:48:50.300 --> 00:48:50.880
 speaking to

00:48:50.880 --> 00:48:51.280
 us for

00:48:51.280 --> 00:48:51.700
 the first

00:48:51.700 --> 00:48:52.079
 time,

00:48:53.099 --> 00:48:53.539
 saying,

00:48:53.880 --> 00:48:54.420
 I am

00:48:54.420 --> 00:48:54.900
 the good

00:48:54.900 --> 00:48:55.320
 shepherd,

00:48:56.519 --> 00:48:58.460
 and I

00:48:58.460 --> 00:48:58.880
 lay down

00:48:58.880 --> 00:48:59.480
 my life

00:48:59.480 --> 00:49:01.119
 for the

00:49:01.119 --> 00:49:01.440
 sheep.

00:49:03.280 --> 00:49:03.760
 Amen.