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 Amen. If you would, please take your Bibles and open them up to John chapter 10 this morning.

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 John chapter 10. This is one of the most beautiful pictures, I believe, in all of Scripture of who Jesus is and how He cares for His people.

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 John chapter 10. Our passage this morning will be John 10, 1 through 21.

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 And when you found that in your Bibles, if you would stand as I read the Word of God.

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 Amen.

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 He says,

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 I speak now, Lord, that your sheep would hear your voice in your Word. We pray in Christ's name. Amen.

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 I hope that you realize the depth and the richness of what we just sang together.

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 We were talking about it with the music team before the service started and some of them knew the song, some of them didn't.

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 And Miss Ann called it an oldie but a goodie.

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 There's a lot of rich truth there in that hymn, isn't there?

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 And we see all of it here in our passage this morning in John chapter 10.

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 The question we've been asking, who is Jesus?

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 And the answer that we've seen time and time and time again as we've walked through the Gospel of John,

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 Jesus is the Christ.

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 Jesus is the Messiah.

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 Jesus is the Son of God.

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 And here in our passage this morning, we see Jesus is the shepherd of his sheep.

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 He's the door of the sheep.

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 He's the owner and the Savior of his own.

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 Look there with me to chapter 10, verse 1.

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 And I want you to have your Bibles open.

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 I love that you might trust me, that what I'm telling you is God's Word.

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 I don't want you to trust me that much.

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 I want you to see it with your own eyes.

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 The Word of God, John 10, verse 1.

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 Jesus is continuing a conversation that he started last week.

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 You may remember last week that Jesus healed the man born blind.

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 He had mercy on him.

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 He saw him.

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 He opened up his eyes.

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 That man was then brought to the religious leaders, to the Pharisees.

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 And rather than glorifying God for this miraculous work that's been done in this man's life,

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 rather than receiving him and rejoicing in the work that's been done, what happened?

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 They interrogated him.

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 They ridiculed him.

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 They mocked him.

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 And then they rejected him.

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 They cast him out of the synagogue.

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 So the last thing that Jesus said to the Pharisees at the end of chapter 9 last week

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 was that they are spiritually blind

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 blind and that they are bearing their own guilt.

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 And it's in that context of that conversation that our passage this morning picks up.

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 Look there with me to verses 1 through 5.

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 1 through 5 set the stage for the rest of the chapter.

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 He says,

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 Truly, truly, I say to you,

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 he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way,

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 that man is a thief and a robber.

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

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 To him the gatekeeper opens.

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 The sheep hear his voice.

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

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 And when he has brought out all his own, he goes before them.

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 The sheep follow him for they know his voice.

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 A stranger they will not follow,

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 but they will flee from him for they do not know the voice of a stranger.

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 Clearly, Jesus is again, he's telling them a sort of parable.

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 John calls it a figure of speech.

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 He's drawing from everyday experiences, everyday knowledge,

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 in order to make a point, to give a lesson about who he is.

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 And so here he's drawing from their common understanding of shepherding.

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 I don't know how much shepherding you have done in your life.

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 I know several of you are animal people,

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 and maybe you have a little bit of knowledge of what shepherding looks like,

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 but shepherding in ancient Israel was done a little bit differently than it's done today.

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 And we need to understand the cultural context here

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 so that we understand the fullness of the picture that Jesus is giving us here.

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 So in this culture, oftentimes an entire town or an entire village would share one sheep pen.

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 And during the day, the owners of the sheep, they would bring their sheep,

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 if they had other business to attend to during the day,

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 they would bring their sheep into this sheep pen.

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 They would bring them in through the door.

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 They would pay a gatekeeper there who would open up the door.

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 He would know who came and who went.

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 And at the end of the day, whenever it's time to come and collect your sheep,

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 the shepherd would come in through the door.

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 The gatekeeper would recognize the shepherd.

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 He would know who the shepherd was.

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 He would open up the door for the shepherd.

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 And here's what's amazing.

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 The shepherd would look into that sheep pen,

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 and out of all the town's sheep,

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 out of all the many sheep that were gathered together in that sheep pen,

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 he would look out,

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 and he would know exactly which sheep were his.

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 I know that one there.

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 That one's mine.

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 That one there.

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 That one's mine.

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 That one there.

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 Those two, three scattered here, here, here.

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 Those are mine.

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 And then, what's even more remarkable,

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 is he would begin calling out to the sheep,

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 even by name.

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 He would call them by name.

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 Come on, Wooly.

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 Come on, little Bo.

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 Come on.

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 And his sheep, out of every noise that they heard throughout the day,

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 would recognize the voice of their shepherd,

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 and they would come to him.

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 Follow him.

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 Follow his voice.

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 Go to be with him.

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 It's a beautiful picture, isn't it?

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 It's a beautiful picture of salvation.

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 It's a beautiful picture of who Jesus is,

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 of who his people are,

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 of how anybody becomes his people,

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 of how he knows and loves and cares for his people.

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 But verse 6, it tells us that the Pharisees,

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 they hear this,

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 and they still didn't get the message.

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 You know, sometimes the Pharisees, bless them,

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 they're a little bit slow.

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 And so Jesus, here in verses 7 through 18,

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 almost the rest of the passage here,

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 he expands on the metaphor.

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 And he uses this shepherding imagery

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 to give us two more answers to the question,

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 who is Jesus?

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 This is our outline this morning.

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 If you're a note taker,

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 we're going to see two more answers to the question,

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 who is Jesus?

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 Jesus is the door of the sheep,

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 and Jesus is the shepherd of the sheep.

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 First, he says,

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 I am the door of the sheep.

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 Look there to verse 10 with me.

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 The Pharisees are confused,

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 and so Jesus again said to them,

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 truly, truly, I say to you,

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 I am the door of the sheep.

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 All who came before me are thieves and robbers,

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 but the sheep did not listen to them.

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 I am the door.

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 If anyone enters by me,

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 he will be saved,

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 and will go in and out,

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 and find pasture.

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 The thief comes only to steal,

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 and kill, and destroy.

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 I came that they may have life,

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 and have it abundantly.

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 This is yet another one of the I am statements

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 in the Gospel of John.

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 We've seen a few of these already.

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 We'll see several more.

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 We have two of them here in this passage.

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 I am the door.

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 I am the good shepherd.

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 This is intentional language by Jesus here

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 to tell us,

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 to tell the Pharisees,

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 to tell any who's listening to him,

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 that he is the I am.

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 He is God in the flesh.

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 Here he says,

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 I am the door of the sheep.

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 What does that teach us about Jesus?

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 Let's think about this for a minute.

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 For one,

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 this teaches us that

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 Jesus is the one way

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 into the one flock of God.

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 I am the door of the sheep.

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 Jesus is the one way

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 into the one flock of God.

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 Now place yourself

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 in the Pharisees' shoes here.

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 This is very, very different

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 from how the Jews understood

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 how they belonged to God.

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 They thought that they belonged to God

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 by virtue of their physical belonging,

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 their physical, natural birth.

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 They were born into the Jewish people of God,

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 so they thought that they belonged to God.

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 Well, Jesus says,

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 not so fast.

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 There's a door,

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 and you have to enter through the door.

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 This is also very different

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 from the modern conception,

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 modern understanding

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 of how anyone might belong to God.

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 First of all,

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 we don't want to think

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 that we're sheep, do we?

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 We think that we're independent.

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 We're self-sufficient.

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 We got this on our own.

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 We don't need anybody to own us,

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 to lead us,

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 to guide us.

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 If there's a shepherd,

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 the shepherd does our bidding.

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 The shepherd serves at our pleasure.

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 That's what the modern mind thinks.

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 And more than this,

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 in the modern mind,

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 if there is a people of God,

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 and if there is a fence

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 that marks off the boundaries

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 of the people of God

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 from the rest of the world,

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 then surely that fence

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 is filled with doors.

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 That fence is covered with doors.

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 And certainly,

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 we can come in and out

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 as we please on our own terms.

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 We can enter any which way we want.

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 Jesus says again,

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 not so fast,

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 there is one door.

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 I am the door,

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 not a door.

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 And you must enter through the door.

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 Enter by the narrow gate,

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 he says in Matthew.

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 Enter by the narrow gate,

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 for the gate is wide,

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 and the way is easy

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 that leads to destruction,

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 and those who enter by it are many.

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 For the gate is narrow,

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 and the way is hard

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 that leads to life,

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 and those who find it are few.

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 It is not hateful,

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 despite what you may hear.

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 It is not bigoted.

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 It is not narrow-minded

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 to say that there is one way

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 in to the people of God.

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 We ought to instead marvel

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 that there is a door.

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 Be in awe of the grace of God

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 that there is a door.

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 There is a path.

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 There is an open door

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 for sinners like us

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 to enter into the people of God.

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 We ought to be astounded

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 by the grace of God

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 that he has given us a door.

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 Instead, the modern mind scoffs

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 and rejects

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 and laughs at the door.

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 Not only this.

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 We see that this teaches us

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 that Jesus is the one path

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 to true life.

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 Jesus is the one path

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 to true life.

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 Look again what it says.

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 He says,

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 I am the door.

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 If anyone enters by me,

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 what happens?

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 He says,

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 He will be saved

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 and will go in and out

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 and find pasture.

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 And again,

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 in verse 10,

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 he says,

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 The thief comes only to steal

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 and to kill

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 and to destroy.

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 I came

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 that they may have life

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 and have it abundantly.

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 Do you see the picture

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 of what Jesus offers

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 to his people here?

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 Why do you come to Jesus?

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 Why do you come to God

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 through the door of Jesus Christ?

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 I hope it's not just

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 to escape the wrath of God.

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 Certainly, that's part of it.

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 What does it say again here?

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 He says,

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 If anyone enters by me,

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 he will be saved.

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 Saved from what?

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 Saved from the wrath of God

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 against our sin.

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 That's good reason

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 to turn to Jesus,

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 but there is so much more here.

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 He will be saved, yes,

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 and he will go in and out

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 and find pasture.

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 These are happy,

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 healthy,

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 well-fed,

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 joyful sheep here.

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 He will be saved, yes,

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 and he will have

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 abundance of life.

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 He will be saved,

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 and he will have

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 true freedom,

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 true blessing,

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 true and lasting peace,

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 fullness of life

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 here and now

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 and into eternity.

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 I don't want us

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 just to come to Christ

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 once out of fear,

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 but to come to him again

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 and again

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 and again

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 and again

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 out of love for him,

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 out of satisfaction

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 in him,

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 that we would come

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 to the door

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 and come through the door

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 into the pasture

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 of God's presence

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 daily,

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 come to him

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 out of love.

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 Everyone in the world

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 is looking for

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 peace like this,

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 aren't we?

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 Everyone in the world

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 is looking for blessing,

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 for satisfaction,

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 for pasture.

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 church,

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 they need to be led

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 to the door

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 and through the door

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 into the joy

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 of knowing God.

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 A good shepherd

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 will lead the sheep

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 through the door

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 into the blessing

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 of the flock.

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 This is exactly

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 what Jesus has

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 against the Pharisees

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 here,

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 isn't it?

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 Look there,

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 look there again.

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 It says,

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 Jesus says,

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 the leaders

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 of the people

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 of Israel

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 have not been

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 good shepherds.

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 There's a contrast

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 here in the passage,

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 isn't there?

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 Between Jesus Christ

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 who is the door

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 and all the thieves

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 and the robbers

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 who came before him.

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 That's the contrast

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 that we see.

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 Verse 8,

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 all who came before me

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 are thieves and robbers

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 but the sheep

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 did not listen

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 to them.

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 These thieves

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 and robbers,

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 they don't come

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 through the door.

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 They hop the fence,

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 they avoid the door,

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 they sneak in

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 any which way

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 they can,

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 and they try

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 to come in

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 undetected,

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 not to bless

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 the sheep,

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 not to love

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 the sheep,

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 but to steal

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 them away,

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 to harm the sheep,

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 to destroy the sheep.

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 Who's he talking

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 about here?

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 Who's he talking

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 about here?

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 There's a few options,

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 they're good options,

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 but I think he's

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 talking about

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 the religious leaders.

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 If you think

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 about the context

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 here again,

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 remember,

00:18:19.339 --> 00:18:20.059
 at chapter 9,

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 Jesus has just

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 healed this man

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 born blind,

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 called him

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 to faith in himself,

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 and how did

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 the religious leaders

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 respond?

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 Those who were

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 supposed to care

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 for the sheep,

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 how did they respond?

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 They brutalized

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 the sheep,

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 discarded him,

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 humiliated him.

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 We should know

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 that God does not

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 mess around

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 with this.

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 in every generation,

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 God has given

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 his people

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 leaders,

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 shepherds,

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 not the shepherd,

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 but under shepherds,

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 those who are stewards

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 to care for

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 the flock

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 of God,

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 and they are

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 accountable to God

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 for how they care

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 for God's sheep.

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 I want you

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 to flip over

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 to Ezekiel 34.

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 I want you

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 to actually go there.

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 because this is

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 a longer passage.

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 I want you to see it

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 with your eyes.

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 It's a longer passage.

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 I think that it would

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 help you to see it,

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 and when you get there,

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 if you mark in your Bibles,

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 in the margin there

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 beside Ezekiel 34,

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 I want you to

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 just write a note

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 that says John 10,

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 and then when you

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 get back to John 10,

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 I'd love for you

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 to write a note

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 that says Ezekiel 34.

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 I want you to see

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 the connection here

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 between these two passages,

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 and I'm rambling

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 so that you can find it

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 in your Bibles.

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 Have you got there yet?

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 All right.

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 Ezekiel 34.

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 The word of the Lord

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 came to me.

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 Son of man,

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 prophesy against

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 the shepherds

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 of Israel.

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 Prophesy and say to them,

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 even to the shepherds,

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 thus says the Lord God,

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 ah, shepherds of Israel

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 who have been feeding

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 yourselves,

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 should not shepherds

00:20:05.640 --> 00:20:06.580
 feed the sheep?

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 Do you see it?

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 You eat the fat,

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 you clothe yourselves

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 with the wool,

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 you slaughter the fat ones,

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 but you do not feed

00:20:14.879 --> 00:20:15.500
 the sheep.

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 The weak you have not

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 strengthened,

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 the sick you have not

00:20:19.059 --> 00:20:19.419
 healed,

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 the injured you have not

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 bound up,

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 the strayed you have not

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 brought back,

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 the lost you have not

00:20:24.319 --> 00:20:24.740
 sought,

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 and with force and harshness

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 you have ruled over them.

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 So they were scattered

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 because there was no shepherd,

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 and they became food

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 for all the wild beasts.

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 My sheep were scattered.

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 They wandered over all

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 the mountains and on

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 every high hill.

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 My sheep were scattered

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 over all the face of the

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 earth with none to search

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 or seek for them.

00:20:47.099 --> 00:20:47.599
 Verse 7,

00:20:48.439 --> 00:20:49.819
 Therefore you shepherds

00:20:49.819 --> 00:20:51.079
 hear the word of the Lord.

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 As I live,

00:20:53.119 --> 00:20:54.239
 declares the Lord God,

00:20:54.359 --> 00:20:55.919
 surely because my sheep

00:20:55.919 --> 00:20:56.879
 have become a prey,

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 and my sheep have become

00:20:58.359 --> 00:21:00.179
 food for all the wild beasts,

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 since there was no shepherd,

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 and because my shepherds

00:21:02.919 --> 00:21:04.579
 have not searched for my sheep,

00:21:04.619 --> 00:21:05.579
 but the shepherds

00:21:05.579 --> 00:21:06.579
 have fed themselves

00:21:06.579 --> 00:21:08.159
 and have not fed my sheep.

00:21:09.119 --> 00:21:10.199
 Therefore you shepherds

00:21:10.199 --> 00:21:11.419
 hear the word of the Lord.

00:21:12.319 --> 00:21:14.459
 Thus says the Lord God,

00:21:14.579 --> 00:21:15.099
 Behold,

00:21:15.619 --> 00:21:18.519
 I am against the shepherds,

00:21:18.939 --> 00:21:21.139
 and I will require my sheep

00:21:21.139 --> 00:21:22.099
 at their hand,

00:21:22.419 --> 00:21:23.399
 and put a stop

00:21:23.399 --> 00:21:24.659
 to their feeding the sheep.

00:21:25.399 --> 00:21:27.039
 No longer shall the shepherds

00:21:27.039 --> 00:21:27.879
 feed themselves.

00:21:27.879 --> 00:21:29.859
 I will rescue my sheep

00:21:29.859 --> 00:21:30.759
 from their mouths

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 that they may not be food

00:21:32.679 --> 00:21:33.839
 for them.

00:21:33.839 --> 00:21:35.619
 This is an indictment

00:21:35.619 --> 00:21:37.819
 on the bad shepherds

00:21:37.819 --> 00:21:38.720
 of Israel.

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 So what's the solution?

00:21:40.679 --> 00:21:41.579
 What's God's answer

00:21:41.579 --> 00:21:42.899
 to the bad shepherds?

00:21:42.959 --> 00:21:43.500
 Verse 11,

00:21:44.599 --> 00:21:46.339
 For thus says the Lord God,

00:21:46.439 --> 00:21:46.959
 Behold,

00:21:47.379 --> 00:21:47.879
 I,

00:21:48.379 --> 00:21:49.699
 I myself,

00:21:49.839 --> 00:21:51.199
 will search for my sheep

00:21:51.199 --> 00:21:52.679
 and will seek them out.

00:21:53.379 --> 00:21:54.639
 As a shepherd seeks out

00:21:54.639 --> 00:21:55.819
 his flock when he is among

00:21:55.819 --> 00:21:57.139
 his sheep that have been scattered,

00:21:57.439 --> 00:21:59.919
 so will I seek out my sheep,

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 and I will rescue them

00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:02.980
 from all places

00:22:02.980 --> 00:22:03.800
 where they've been scattered

00:22:03.800 --> 00:22:04.860
 on a day of clouds

00:22:04.860 --> 00:22:05.800
 and thick darkness,

00:22:05.800 --> 00:22:07.539
 and I will bring them out

00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:08.580
 from the peoples

00:22:08.580 --> 00:22:09.660
 and gather them

00:22:09.660 --> 00:22:10.360
 from the countries

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 and will bring them

00:22:11.340 --> 00:22:12.519
 into their own land,

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 and I will feed them

00:22:14.460 --> 00:22:15.720
 on the mountains of Israel

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 by the ravines

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 and in all the inhabited places

00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:18.700
 of the country.

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 I will feed them

00:22:20.380 --> 00:22:21.380
 with good pasture,

00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:22.779
 and on the mountain heights

00:22:22.779 --> 00:22:23.259
 of Israel

00:22:23.259 --> 00:22:24.720
 shall be their grazing land.

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 Then they shall lie down

00:22:27.120 --> 00:22:28.220
 in the good grazing land,

00:22:28.220 --> 00:22:29.180
 and on rich pasture

00:22:29.180 --> 00:22:29.860
 they shall feed

00:22:29.860 --> 00:22:31.000
 on the mountains of Israel.

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 I myself will be

00:22:33.400 --> 00:22:35.339
 the shepherd of my sheep,

00:22:36.019 --> 00:22:37.299
 and I will make them

00:22:37.299 --> 00:22:38.220
 lie down,

00:22:38.299 --> 00:22:39.360
 declares the Lord God.

00:22:39.480 --> 00:22:40.779
 I will seek the lost.

00:22:41.140 --> 00:22:42.779
 I will bring back the strayed.

00:22:42.920 --> 00:22:44.360
 I will bind up the injured.

00:22:44.640 --> 00:22:46.039
 I will strengthen the weak

00:22:46.039 --> 00:22:47.539
 and the fat and the strong.

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 I will destroy.

00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:52.240
 I will feed them in justice.

00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:57.599
 God says,

00:22:58.000 --> 00:22:59.859
 you religious leaders

00:22:59.859 --> 00:23:01.319
 who pride yourself

00:23:01.319 --> 00:23:02.759
 on being shepherds

00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:05.799
 have avoided the door,

00:23:05.920 --> 00:23:06.640
 have climbed in

00:23:06.640 --> 00:23:08.000
 every which way you could,

00:23:08.059 --> 00:23:09.039
 have failed to care

00:23:09.039 --> 00:23:09.720
 for my sheep.

00:23:09.819 --> 00:23:10.700
 You harm the sheep,

00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:12.480
 and you care for yourselves.

00:23:12.599 --> 00:23:13.640
 A good shepherd

00:23:13.640 --> 00:23:15.640
 would not do that.

00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:17.640
 A good shepherd

00:23:17.640 --> 00:23:19.059
 would lead the sheep,

00:23:19.400 --> 00:23:20.299
 love the sheep,

00:23:20.299 --> 00:23:21.220
 by leading them

00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:22.579
 through the one door

00:23:22.579 --> 00:23:24.259
 into the blessing

00:23:24.259 --> 00:23:25.779
 of God.

00:23:28.180 --> 00:23:29.599
 There's a lesson here,

00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:30.240
 isn't there?

00:23:31.619 --> 00:23:32.339
 For shepherds

00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:33.399
 and for sheep.

00:23:35.259 --> 00:23:36.259
 For shepherds,

00:23:36.899 --> 00:23:37.740
 you know that's the word

00:23:37.740 --> 00:23:38.279
 for pastor.

00:23:39.559 --> 00:23:40.119
 Shepherds.

00:23:41.379 --> 00:23:42.299
 Good shepherds

00:23:43.079 --> 00:23:44.500
 point the sheep

00:23:44.500 --> 00:23:45.440
 to Jesus.

00:23:45.440 --> 00:23:48.360
 every opportunity

00:23:48.360 --> 00:23:49.519
 that they have.

00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:50.700
 Good shepherds

00:23:50.700 --> 00:23:51.799
 feed the sheep

00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:52.559
 with the words

00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:53.440
 of Christ.

00:23:54.559 --> 00:23:55.340
 Direct them

00:23:55.340 --> 00:23:56.480
 to the blessing

00:23:56.480 --> 00:23:57.519
 of Christ.

00:23:57.700 --> 00:23:58.480
 Remind them

00:23:58.480 --> 00:23:59.500
 of their belonging

00:23:59.500 --> 00:24:00.519
 to Christ.

00:24:00.720 --> 00:24:01.360
 Teach them

00:24:01.360 --> 00:24:02.140
 to live

00:24:02.140 --> 00:24:03.660
 as God's sheep.

00:24:04.400 --> 00:24:05.180
 Good shepherds

00:24:05.180 --> 00:24:06.100
 lead the sheep

00:24:06.100 --> 00:24:07.140
 through the door

00:24:07.140 --> 00:24:08.100
 to God

00:24:08.100 --> 00:24:08.700
 as often

00:24:08.700 --> 00:24:09.799
 as they can.

00:24:09.900 --> 00:24:10.660
 They point the sheep

00:24:10.660 --> 00:24:11.240
 to Jesus,

00:24:11.460 --> 00:24:12.440
 not to themselves,

00:24:12.840 --> 00:24:13.660
 because ultimately

00:24:13.660 --> 00:24:14.240
 shepherds

00:24:14.240 --> 00:24:14.960
 are sheep too.

00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:19.120
 And sheep,

00:24:19.600 --> 00:24:22.920
 those who belong

00:24:22.920 --> 00:24:24.100
 to Christ,

00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:25.340
 those who temporarily

00:24:25.340 --> 00:24:26.039
 are placed

00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:27.080
 under the care

00:24:27.080 --> 00:24:28.460
 of earthly

00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:29.940
 sheep shepherds,

00:24:30.900 --> 00:24:32.960
 fix your eyes

00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:33.640
 on Christ.

00:24:35.580 --> 00:24:37.299
 Listen for the voice

00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:38.500
 of Christ

00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:39.640
 through the voice

00:24:39.640 --> 00:24:40.580
 of your shepherds.

00:24:40.720 --> 00:24:41.820
 Listen to the voice

00:24:41.820 --> 00:24:42.820
 of Christ

00:24:42.820 --> 00:24:43.740
 and flee

00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:44.500
 as far

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:45.279
 and as fast

00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:46.059
 as you possibly

00:24:46.059 --> 00:24:46.440
 can

00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:47.079
 from any

00:24:47.079 --> 00:24:47.680
 shepherd

00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:48.299
 who would

00:24:48.299 --> 00:24:48.680
 lead you

00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:49.319
 away from him.

00:24:51.819 --> 00:24:52.539
 God says

00:24:52.539 --> 00:24:53.079
 to the leaders

00:24:53.079 --> 00:24:53.599
 of Israel,

00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:54.400
 you shepherds

00:24:54.400 --> 00:24:55.720
 have failed

00:24:55.720 --> 00:24:56.799
 miserably.

00:24:57.859 --> 00:24:58.559
 But you know what?

00:24:59.880 --> 00:25:00.880
 I'm going to do it

00:25:00.880 --> 00:25:01.359
 myself.

00:25:01.359 --> 00:25:04.139
 I'll do it

00:25:04.139 --> 00:25:05.299
 myself.

00:25:06.299 --> 00:25:07.740
 I will seek

00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:09.000
 out my sheep

00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:09.759
 and I

00:25:09.759 --> 00:25:10.699
 myself

00:25:10.699 --> 00:25:11.799
 will care

00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:12.740
 for them.

00:25:12.919 --> 00:25:14.219
 I will be

00:25:14.219 --> 00:25:15.259
 the shepherd.

00:25:15.459 --> 00:25:16.179
 And so Jesus

00:25:16.179 --> 00:25:17.039
 here in our

00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:17.699
 second point

00:25:17.699 --> 00:25:18.299
 this morning,

00:25:18.439 --> 00:25:19.139
 second answer

00:25:19.139 --> 00:25:19.859
 to the question,

00:25:19.959 --> 00:25:20.699
 who is Jesus?

00:25:21.159 --> 00:25:21.779
 He says,

00:25:22.099 --> 00:25:22.599
 I

00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:24.279
 am the good

00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:24.699
 shepherd.

00:25:24.700 --> 00:25:24.779
 shepherd.

00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:26.960
 I

00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:28.059
 am the

00:25:28.059 --> 00:25:28.380
 shepherd

00:25:28.380 --> 00:25:29.519
 of the

00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:29.819
 sheep.

00:25:30.860 --> 00:25:31.220
 Look there

00:25:31.220 --> 00:25:31.799
 to verse 11.

00:25:31.920 --> 00:25:32.240
 He says,

00:25:32.620 --> 00:25:33.519
 I am the good

00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:34.059
 shepherd.

00:25:34.160 --> 00:25:34.460
 The good

00:25:34.460 --> 00:25:35.400
 shepherd lays

00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:35.980
 down his

00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:36.940
 life for

00:25:36.940 --> 00:25:37.539
 the sheep.

00:25:38.559 --> 00:25:38.799
 And where

00:25:38.799 --> 00:25:39.319
 before the

00:25:39.319 --> 00:25:39.960
 contrast was

00:25:39.960 --> 00:25:40.539
 between the

00:25:40.539 --> 00:25:41.380
 door and

00:25:41.380 --> 00:25:41.920
 the thieves

00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:42.140
 and the

00:25:42.140 --> 00:25:42.680
 robbers who

00:25:42.680 --> 00:25:43.460
 attempt to

00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:44.140
 avoid the

00:25:44.140 --> 00:25:44.640
 door and

00:25:44.640 --> 00:25:45.039
 come in to

00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:45.480
 harm the

00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:45.700
 sheep,

00:25:45.840 --> 00:25:46.779
 here the

00:25:46.779 --> 00:25:47.500
 contrast is

00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:48.400
 between Jesus,

00:25:48.620 --> 00:25:49.120
 the good

00:25:49.120 --> 00:25:49.680
 shepherd,

00:25:50.220 --> 00:25:50.880
 and those

00:25:50.880 --> 00:25:51.200
 who he

00:25:51.200 --> 00:25:51.680
 calls a

00:25:51.680 --> 00:25:52.819
 hired hand.

00:25:53.299 --> 00:25:53.620
 So look

00:25:53.620 --> 00:25:53.980
 there at the

00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:54.680
 contrast here

00:25:54.680 --> 00:25:55.620
 in verse 12.

00:25:55.799 --> 00:25:56.120
 He says,

00:25:56.680 --> 00:25:57.279
 he who is a

00:25:57.279 --> 00:25:58.000
 hired hand

00:25:58.000 --> 00:25:58.980
 and not a

00:25:58.980 --> 00:25:59.360
 shepherd,

00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:00.940
 who does not

00:26:00.940 --> 00:26:01.720
 own the

00:26:01.720 --> 00:26:02.140
 sheep,

00:26:02.880 --> 00:26:03.559
 sees the

00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:04.220
 wolf coming

00:26:04.220 --> 00:26:04.660
 and what

00:26:04.660 --> 00:26:05.059
 happens?

00:26:06.660 --> 00:26:07.940
 He leaves

00:26:07.940 --> 00:26:08.500
 the sheep

00:26:08.500 --> 00:26:08.819
 and he

00:26:08.819 --> 00:26:09.420
 flees.

00:26:10.039 --> 00:26:10.480
 And the

00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:11.120
 wolf comes

00:26:11.120 --> 00:26:11.779
 and snatches

00:26:11.779 --> 00:26:12.319
 them up and

00:26:12.319 --> 00:26:13.079
 scatters them.

00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:14.160
 He flees.

00:26:14.259 --> 00:26:14.500
 Why?

00:26:14.620 --> 00:26:15.220
 Because he's a

00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:15.960
 hired hand and

00:26:15.960 --> 00:26:16.920
 he cares nothing

00:26:16.920 --> 00:26:18.579
 for the

00:26:18.579 --> 00:26:18.940
 sheep.

00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:20.839
 You realize

00:26:20.839 --> 00:26:21.860
 it's so hard

00:26:21.860 --> 00:26:22.360
 to find good

00:26:22.360 --> 00:26:22.660
 help?

00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:24.819
 Anybody

00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:25.220
 have that

00:26:25.220 --> 00:26:25.559
 problem?

00:26:26.599 --> 00:26:27.039
 Hard to

00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:27.460
 find good

00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:27.759
 help?

00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:29.180
 I was

00:26:29.180 --> 00:26:29.720
 talking with

00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:30.460
 Treg this

00:26:30.460 --> 00:26:31.180
 week about

00:26:31.180 --> 00:26:31.839
 his land.

00:26:32.160 --> 00:26:32.539
 We had

00:26:32.539 --> 00:26:32.960
 breakfast

00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:34.120
 Wednesday

00:26:34.120 --> 00:26:34.539
 morning.

00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:36.240
 He and

00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:36.740
 Regina bought

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:37.120
 some land

00:26:37.120 --> 00:26:37.460
 over here

00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:37.920
 planning on

00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:38.880
 building and

00:26:38.880 --> 00:26:39.440
 building a

00:26:39.440 --> 00:26:40.059
 house developing

00:26:40.059 --> 00:26:40.460
 over there.

00:26:40.539 --> 00:26:40.779
 They had

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:41.279
 their last

00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:42.420
 pre-construction

00:26:42.420 --> 00:26:43.079
 meeting this

00:26:43.079 --> 00:26:44.059
 week and

00:26:44.059 --> 00:26:44.720
 Treg said,

00:26:45.360 --> 00:26:46.559
 I am so

00:26:46.559 --> 00:26:47.259
 excited that I

00:26:47.259 --> 00:26:47.920
 have a rental

00:26:47.920 --> 00:26:48.579
 unit that's

00:26:48.579 --> 00:26:49.539
 close by my

00:26:49.539 --> 00:26:50.500
 land because I

00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:51.299
 cannot wait to

00:26:51.299 --> 00:26:51.860
 get over there

00:26:51.859 --> 00:26:52.659
 every single

00:26:52.659 --> 00:26:53.119
 day and

00:26:53.119 --> 00:26:53.579
 check in on

00:26:53.579 --> 00:26:54.240
 the contractors.

00:26:55.699 --> 00:26:56.219
 I was like,

00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:56.359
 man,

00:26:56.379 --> 00:26:56.599
 they're going

00:26:56.599 --> 00:26:57.039
 to hate

00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:57.399
 you.

00:26:58.599 --> 00:26:59.240
 But I

00:26:59.240 --> 00:26:59.919
 get it.

00:27:00.479 --> 00:27:00.859
 Right?

00:27:00.919 --> 00:27:01.259
 Because it's

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:02.019
 so easy for

00:27:02.019 --> 00:27:02.679
 the hired

00:27:02.679 --> 00:27:04.119
 hand to

00:27:04.119 --> 00:27:05.019
 cut corners,

00:27:05.979 --> 00:27:06.919
 to make

00:27:06.919 --> 00:27:07.579
 mistakes,

00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:08.359
 to cover it

00:27:08.359 --> 00:27:09.000
 up, to not

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:09.859
 care deeply

00:27:09.859 --> 00:27:10.539
 about what

00:27:10.539 --> 00:27:11.339
 ultimately does

00:27:11.339 --> 00:27:12.599
 not belong to

00:27:12.599 --> 00:27:12.959
 him.

00:27:13.039 --> 00:27:13.379
 But the

00:27:13.379 --> 00:27:14.439
 owner of the

00:27:14.439 --> 00:27:15.839
 land, he's

00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:16.099
 going to be

00:27:16.099 --> 00:27:16.879
 by there every

00:27:16.879 --> 00:27:17.339
 day.

00:27:17.979 --> 00:27:18.799
 Make sure

00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:19.519
 that what

00:27:19.519 --> 00:27:20.119
 belongs to

00:27:20.119 --> 00:27:20.759
 him is

00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:21.919
 taken care

00:27:21.919 --> 00:27:22.359
 of.

00:27:23.220 --> 00:27:23.700
 And so it

00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:24.259
 is here with

00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:24.839
 Jesus.

00:27:25.019 --> 00:27:25.700
 Jesus says he

00:27:25.700 --> 00:27:26.379
 is the good

00:27:26.379 --> 00:27:27.220
 shepherd of

00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:27.639
 the sheep.

00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:28.960
 He owns

00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:30.079
 the sheep.

00:27:31.200 --> 00:27:31.659
 The sheep

00:27:31.659 --> 00:27:33.059
 belong to

00:27:33.059 --> 00:27:33.379
 him.

00:27:33.539 --> 00:27:33.960
 God the

00:27:33.960 --> 00:27:35.079
 Father gave

00:27:35.079 --> 00:27:36.659
 them to

00:27:36.659 --> 00:27:38.159
 Jesus and

00:27:38.159 --> 00:27:39.240
 Jesus purchased

00:27:39.240 --> 00:27:40.240
 the sheep at

00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:42.019
 great price.

00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:44.019
 1 Corinthians

00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:45.039
 6 tells us

00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:46.000
 you are not

00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:46.639
 your own

00:27:46.639 --> 00:27:47.180
 Christian.

00:27:47.180 --> 00:27:47.720
 you were

00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:48.660
 bought at

00:27:48.660 --> 00:27:49.560
 a price.

00:27:50.660 --> 00:27:50.840
 And so

00:27:50.840 --> 00:27:51.580
 Paul tells

00:27:51.580 --> 00:27:52.180
 pastors,

00:27:52.580 --> 00:27:53.180
 shepherds in

00:27:53.180 --> 00:27:54.039
 Acts 20

00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:54.900
 28, be

00:27:54.900 --> 00:27:55.720
 careful, pay

00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:56.700
 careful attention

00:27:56.700 --> 00:27:57.480
 to yourselves

00:27:57.480 --> 00:27:58.380
 and to all

00:27:58.380 --> 00:27:59.560
 the flock in

00:27:59.560 --> 00:27:59.920
 which the

00:27:59.920 --> 00:28:00.580
 Holy Spirit

00:28:00.580 --> 00:28:01.039
 has made

00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:01.940
 you overseers

00:28:01.940 --> 00:28:03.039
 to care for

00:28:03.039 --> 00:28:03.600
 the church

00:28:03.600 --> 00:28:04.299
 of God

00:28:04.299 --> 00:28:04.820
 which he

00:28:04.820 --> 00:28:05.799
 obtained with

00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:06.580
 his own

00:28:06.580 --> 00:28:07.600
 blood.

00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:10.080
 Ephesians 5,

00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:10.620
 Paul tells

00:28:10.620 --> 00:28:11.180
 husbands in

00:28:11.180 --> 00:28:11.920
 Ephesians 5,

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:12.700
 husbands love

00:28:12.700 --> 00:28:13.880
 your wives as

00:28:13.880 --> 00:28:14.700
 Christ loved

00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:15.320
 the church and

00:28:15.320 --> 00:28:16.539
 gave himself

00:28:16.539 --> 00:28:17.500
 up for

00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:18.359
 her.

00:28:20.279 --> 00:28:21.279
 Christ Jesus

00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:22.119
 paid a

00:28:22.119 --> 00:28:24.319
 high price

00:28:24.319 --> 00:28:24.879
 for his

00:28:24.879 --> 00:28:25.720
 bride, the

00:28:25.720 --> 00:28:26.119
 church.

00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:28.000
 He gave

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:29.240
 his life to

00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:30.119
 purchase a

00:28:30.119 --> 00:28:30.920
 people for

00:28:30.920 --> 00:28:31.579
 himself.

00:28:32.859 --> 00:28:33.619
 Christ Jesus

00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:34.659
 loved the

00:28:34.659 --> 00:28:35.139
 church and

00:28:35.139 --> 00:28:35.740
 gave himself

00:28:35.740 --> 00:28:36.720
 up for the

00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:37.000
 church.

00:28:37.139 --> 00:28:37.659
 The good

00:28:37.659 --> 00:28:38.399
 shepherd laid

00:28:38.399 --> 00:28:39.039
 down his

00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:40.039
 life for the

00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:40.599
 sheep which

00:28:40.599 --> 00:28:41.700
 means believer

00:28:41.700 --> 00:28:44.119
 if you are in

00:28:44.119 --> 00:28:44.979
 Christ.

00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:47.119
 You are the

00:28:47.119 --> 00:28:48.919
 blood bought

00:28:48.919 --> 00:28:50.679
 possession of

00:28:50.679 --> 00:28:51.239
 God.

00:28:52.479 --> 00:28:53.439
 Christ Jesus

00:28:53.439 --> 00:28:54.599
 gave himself

00:28:54.599 --> 00:28:55.539
 for you,

00:28:55.979 --> 00:28:56.659
 for your

00:28:56.659 --> 00:28:57.279
 salvation,

00:28:57.859 --> 00:28:58.559
 for your

00:28:58.559 --> 00:28:58.979
 good.

00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:00.779
 And don't

00:29:00.779 --> 00:29:01.500
 you think

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:02.739
 that that

00:29:02.739 --> 00:29:03.139
 which he

00:29:03.139 --> 00:29:03.799
 paid such a

00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:04.779
 high price

00:29:04.779 --> 00:29:05.539
 for that he

00:29:05.539 --> 00:29:06.239
 is going to

00:29:06.239 --> 00:29:07.000
 care for?

00:29:08.359 --> 00:29:09.039
 Don't you

00:29:09.039 --> 00:29:09.599
 think that

00:29:09.599 --> 00:29:10.659
 what he paid

00:29:10.659 --> 00:29:11.179
 such a high

00:29:11.179 --> 00:29:11.899
 price for he's

00:29:11.899 --> 00:29:13.000
 going to protect

00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:13.960
 and to guard

00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:14.599
 and to love

00:29:14.599 --> 00:29:15.259
 and to cherish

00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:16.099
 and to make

00:29:16.099 --> 00:29:16.859
 sure that he

00:29:16.859 --> 00:29:17.799
 accomplishes what

00:29:17.799 --> 00:29:18.640
 he started in

00:29:18.640 --> 00:29:18.859
 you?

00:29:21.660 --> 00:29:22.400
 I'll tell you a

00:29:22.400 --> 00:29:22.960
 quick story.

00:29:24.180 --> 00:29:26.119
 I've not paid

00:29:26.119 --> 00:29:27.700
 much for just

00:29:27.700 --> 00:29:28.299
 about anything.

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:30.839
 But when I was

00:29:30.839 --> 00:29:31.619
 in high school I

00:29:31.619 --> 00:29:32.700
 wanted an electric

00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:34.259
 guitar more badly

00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:35.400
 than I could

00:29:35.400 --> 00:29:36.220
 possibly tell you.

00:29:36.880 --> 00:29:37.779
 And I spotted

00:29:37.779 --> 00:29:38.480
 it, I knew what

00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:40.160
 I wanted, I

00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:41.380
 identified it, I

00:29:41.380 --> 00:29:41.940
 had to have it

00:29:41.940 --> 00:29:42.940
 custom ordered, it

00:29:42.940 --> 00:29:43.640
 was not a

00:29:43.640 --> 00:29:44.539
 normal kind of

00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:45.480
 in stock guitar.

00:29:45.880 --> 00:29:47.620
 I worked extra

00:29:47.620 --> 00:29:48.440
 hours as much

00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:49.220
 and as often as I

00:29:49.220 --> 00:29:50.059
 could to save up

00:29:50.059 --> 00:29:51.120
 as much money as

00:29:51.120 --> 00:29:52.440
 I possibly could

00:29:52.440 --> 00:29:53.559
 to purchase that

00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:53.820
 guitar.

00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:54.480
 When I walked

00:29:54.480 --> 00:29:55.000
 into the music

00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:55.620
 store and looked

00:29:55.620 --> 00:29:56.180
 at all the

00:29:56.180 --> 00:29:56.920
 guitars that were

00:29:56.920 --> 00:29:57.340
 there, do you

00:29:57.340 --> 00:29:57.779
 think I could

00:29:57.779 --> 00:29:58.279
 pick out which

00:29:58.279 --> 00:29:58.779
 one was mine?

00:30:00.180 --> 00:30:00.580
 100%.

00:30:00.580 --> 00:30:01.700
 I knew which

00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:02.240
 one was mine.

00:30:02.299 --> 00:30:03.059
 I walked up to

00:30:03.059 --> 00:30:03.880
 it, I very

00:30:03.880 --> 00:30:05.140
 carefully grabbed

00:30:05.140 --> 00:30:05.960
 it, I put it

00:30:05.960 --> 00:30:06.940
 in the case, I

00:30:06.940 --> 00:30:08.299
 put the case over

00:30:08.299 --> 00:30:08.920
 the top, I

00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:09.960
 closed up the

00:30:09.960 --> 00:30:10.840
 case, I locked

00:30:10.840 --> 00:30:11.700
 the case with a

00:30:11.700 --> 00:30:13.680
 key, I carried

00:30:13.680 --> 00:30:14.120
 it with two

00:30:14.120 --> 00:30:14.740
 hands to my

00:30:14.740 --> 00:30:15.380
 car, I put it

00:30:15.380 --> 00:30:15.940
 in the back seat

00:30:15.940 --> 00:30:16.580
 of my car, I

00:30:16.580 --> 00:30:17.340
 put a seat belt

00:30:17.340 --> 00:30:18.259
 over the case

00:30:18.259 --> 00:30:20.299
 and very

00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:21.259
 carefully I

00:30:21.259 --> 00:30:21.900
 brought it

00:30:21.900 --> 00:30:22.940
 home.

00:30:23.100 --> 00:30:23.799
 I paid a high

00:30:23.799 --> 00:30:24.600
 price for that

00:30:24.600 --> 00:30:25.319
 guitar, but

00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:28.340
 church, Christ

00:30:28.340 --> 00:30:29.080
 Jesus bought you

00:30:29.080 --> 00:30:29.539
 with his own

00:30:29.539 --> 00:30:29.860
 blood.

00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:32.299
 Don't you

00:30:32.299 --> 00:30:33.799
 think he's

00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:34.500
 going to care

00:30:34.500 --> 00:30:35.080
 for you?

00:30:36.319 --> 00:30:36.920
 Don't you

00:30:36.920 --> 00:30:38.059
 think he's

00:30:38.059 --> 00:30:38.559
 going to bring

00:30:38.559 --> 00:30:39.419
 you safely

00:30:39.419 --> 00:30:39.980
 home?

00:30:40.919 --> 00:30:41.399
 Don't you

00:30:41.399 --> 00:30:42.839
 think that he

00:30:42.839 --> 00:30:43.579
 loves you?

00:30:45.599 --> 00:30:46.299
 The good

00:30:46.299 --> 00:30:48.039
 shepherd owns

00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:48.779
 the sheep and

00:30:48.779 --> 00:30:49.500
 the good shepherd

00:30:49.500 --> 00:30:51.279
 cares for the

00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:51.639
 sheep.

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:52.659
 There's another

00:30:52.659 --> 00:30:53.759
 old song, oh

00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:54.759
 how he loves

00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:55.259
 you and me,

00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:56.960
 oh how he

00:30:56.960 --> 00:30:58.119
 loves you and

00:30:58.119 --> 00:30:58.419
 me.

00:30:58.980 --> 00:30:59.819
 He gave his

00:30:59.819 --> 00:31:00.440
 life, what

00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:01.279
 more could he

00:31:01.279 --> 00:31:01.720
 give?

00:31:01.839 --> 00:31:02.480
 Oh how he

00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:03.019
 loves you,

00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:04.440
 oh how he

00:31:04.440 --> 00:31:05.059
 loves me,

00:31:05.819 --> 00:31:06.440
 oh how he

00:31:06.440 --> 00:31:07.960
 loves you and

00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:08.240
 me.

00:31:08.420 --> 00:31:08.880
 It is

00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:10.519
 shockingly

00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:11.640
 easy to

00:31:11.640 --> 00:31:12.500
 forget, isn't

00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:12.700
 it?

00:31:14.100 --> 00:31:14.880
 When struggles

00:31:14.880 --> 00:31:16.100
 of this life,

00:31:16.240 --> 00:31:17.240
 when distractions

00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:18.120
 and difficulties

00:31:18.120 --> 00:31:18.940
 creep in and

00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:19.519
 weigh heavily

00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:20.440
 upon us, that

00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:21.900
 this is the

00:31:21.900 --> 00:31:23.500
 greatest news

00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:24.660
 in the

00:31:24.660 --> 00:31:25.120
 world.

00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:27.740
 God loves

00:31:27.740 --> 00:31:28.380
 you.

00:31:29.600 --> 00:31:31.160
 Christ gave

00:31:31.160 --> 00:31:32.620
 himself for

00:31:32.620 --> 00:31:33.019
 you.

00:31:34.100 --> 00:31:35.600
 You are his

00:31:35.600 --> 00:31:37.000
 blood-bought

00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:37.759
 possession.

00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:39.799
 God cares

00:31:39.799 --> 00:31:40.579
 for you.

00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:41.799
 We see how

00:31:41.799 --> 00:31:42.380
 deeply he

00:31:42.380 --> 00:31:43.500
 loves you because

00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:44.039
 he gave his

00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:45.220
 life for you on

00:31:45.220 --> 00:31:46.160
 the cross.

00:31:46.319 --> 00:31:47.779
 He owns you,

00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:48.740
 he cares for

00:31:48.740 --> 00:31:49.420
 you, not only

00:31:49.420 --> 00:31:51.160
 this, he knows

00:31:51.160 --> 00:31:51.620
 you.

00:31:51.740 --> 00:31:52.579
 The good shepherd

00:31:52.579 --> 00:31:54.559
 knows his

00:31:54.559 --> 00:31:54.900
 sheep.

00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:55.340
 Look at verse

00:31:55.340 --> 00:31:55.779
 14.

00:31:58.299 --> 00:31:59.319
 I am the good

00:31:59.319 --> 00:32:01.019
 shepherd, I know

00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:01.940
 my own and my

00:32:01.940 --> 00:32:03.259
 own know me.

00:32:03.360 --> 00:32:04.000
 Listen to this,

00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:05.119
 just as the

00:32:05.119 --> 00:32:06.660
 father knows me

00:32:06.660 --> 00:32:07.359
 and I know

00:32:07.359 --> 00:32:08.960
 the father and

00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:09.900
 I lay down my

00:32:09.900 --> 00:32:11.460
 life for the

00:32:11.460 --> 00:32:11.839
 sheep.

00:32:13.619 --> 00:32:14.779
 This isn't

00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:17.019
 general knowledge,

00:32:17.220 --> 00:32:17.660
 is it?

00:32:18.960 --> 00:32:19.799
 This isn't

00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:20.460
 hypothetical

00:32:20.460 --> 00:32:21.240
 knowledge.

00:32:21.460 --> 00:32:22.759
 How deep and

00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:23.660
 how personal and

00:32:23.660 --> 00:32:25.039
 how perfectly does

00:32:25.039 --> 00:32:25.900
 God know the

00:32:25.900 --> 00:32:26.160
 son?

00:32:27.220 --> 00:32:27.880
 He knows him

00:32:27.880 --> 00:32:28.859
 completely,

00:32:29.200 --> 00:32:29.920
 inside out,

00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:30.500
 totally,

00:32:30.839 --> 00:32:31.400
 perfectly.

00:32:31.400 --> 00:32:32.600
 This is

00:32:32.600 --> 00:32:33.700
 specific,

00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:34.980
 person by

00:32:34.980 --> 00:32:35.540
 person,

00:32:35.680 --> 00:32:36.259
 particular

00:32:36.259 --> 00:32:38.040
 knowledge of

00:32:38.040 --> 00:32:39.440
 his sheep.

00:32:39.620 --> 00:32:40.920
 Jesus knows

00:32:40.920 --> 00:32:42.040
 his sheep.

00:32:43.040 --> 00:32:44.060
 He looks out

00:32:44.060 --> 00:32:45.080
 into the

00:32:45.080 --> 00:32:46.040
 sheep pen of

00:32:46.040 --> 00:32:46.580
 the world,

00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:47.220
 filled with

00:32:47.220 --> 00:32:47.800
 people and

00:32:47.800 --> 00:32:48.140
 says,

00:32:48.400 --> 00:32:49.000
 Jonathan,

00:32:49.220 --> 00:32:49.600
 you're mine.

00:32:50.420 --> 00:32:50.880
 Come with

00:32:50.880 --> 00:32:51.100
 me.

00:32:52.300 --> 00:32:52.800
 Sally,

00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:53.380
 you're mine.

00:32:53.500 --> 00:32:54.580
 Come with

00:32:54.580 --> 00:32:54.780
 me.

00:32:54.880 --> 00:32:55.200
 Dick,

00:32:55.780 --> 00:32:56.380
 you're mine.

00:32:56.800 --> 00:32:57.259
 Come with

00:32:57.259 --> 00:32:57.400
 me.

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:57.820
 Randy,

00:32:57.960 --> 00:32:58.460
 you're mine.

00:32:58.860 --> 00:32:59.440
 Come with

00:32:59.440 --> 00:32:59.720
 me.

00:32:59.880 --> 00:33:00.540
 And there's

00:33:00.539 --> 00:33:01.599
 an intimate

00:33:01.599 --> 00:33:02.420
 knowledge here

00:33:02.420 --> 00:33:03.220
 between Jesus

00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:04.819
 and his

00:33:04.819 --> 00:33:05.180
 sheep.

00:33:05.299 --> 00:33:05.740
 He knows

00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:06.220
 his sheep

00:33:06.220 --> 00:33:06.539
 and his

00:33:06.539 --> 00:33:07.119
 sheep know

00:33:07.119 --> 00:33:07.980
 him.

00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:08.839
 And we're

00:33:08.839 --> 00:33:09.139
 going to get

00:33:09.139 --> 00:33:10.139
 here next

00:33:10.139 --> 00:33:10.440
 week.

00:33:10.559 --> 00:33:11.319
 I'm going to

00:33:11.319 --> 00:33:11.799
 rob from

00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:12.460
 Treg's sermon

00:33:12.460 --> 00:33:13.079
 next week,

00:33:13.119 --> 00:33:13.559
 just for a

00:33:13.559 --> 00:33:13.700
 minute.

00:33:13.920 --> 00:33:14.159
 Okay,

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:14.740
 maybe I'm

00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:14.920
 going to

00:33:14.920 --> 00:33:15.319
 prime the

00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:15.539
 pump,

00:33:15.619 --> 00:33:15.859
 get you

00:33:15.859 --> 00:33:16.039
 ready.

00:33:16.099 --> 00:33:16.279
 I don't

00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:16.440
 know.

00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:16.599
 We'll

00:33:16.599 --> 00:33:17.019
 find out.

00:33:18.940 --> 00:33:19.339
 But it

00:33:19.339 --> 00:33:20.579
 is the

00:33:20.579 --> 00:33:21.299
 shepherd's

00:33:21.299 --> 00:33:22.079
 perfect

00:33:22.079 --> 00:33:23.119
 knowledge of

00:33:23.119 --> 00:33:24.420
 his specific

00:33:24.420 --> 00:33:25.420
 sheep in

00:33:25.420 --> 00:33:26.319
 eternity

00:33:26.319 --> 00:33:29.059
 that precedes

00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:30.220
 and secures

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:31.940
 our hearing

00:33:31.940 --> 00:33:32.740
 his voice

00:33:32.740 --> 00:33:33.900
 and our

00:33:33.900 --> 00:33:35.059
 coming to

00:33:35.059 --> 00:33:35.620
 him and

00:33:35.620 --> 00:33:36.299
 our following

00:33:36.299 --> 00:33:37.000
 him and

00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:37.660
 our loving

00:33:37.660 --> 00:33:38.380
 him and

00:33:38.380 --> 00:33:38.960
 our trusting

00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:39.640
 him in

00:33:39.640 --> 00:33:39.960
 time.

00:33:42.299 --> 00:33:42.980
 God's

00:33:42.980 --> 00:33:43.440
 perfect

00:33:43.440 --> 00:33:44.100
 knowledge of

00:33:44.100 --> 00:33:44.860
 his sheep,

00:33:44.980 --> 00:33:46.220
 not generally,

00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:47.519
 not hypothetically,

00:33:47.700 --> 00:33:48.579
 not potentially,

00:33:48.819 --> 00:33:49.980
 God's specific

00:33:49.980 --> 00:33:51.059
 perfect knowledge of

00:33:51.059 --> 00:33:51.940
 his sheep

00:33:51.940 --> 00:33:54.339
 personally precedes

00:33:54.339 --> 00:33:55.420
 and secures the

00:33:55.420 --> 00:33:56.319
 sheep believing

00:33:56.319 --> 00:33:57.680
 and entering the

00:33:57.680 --> 00:33:59.360
 fold in time.

00:34:00.220 --> 00:34:01.380
 Look with me to

00:34:01.380 --> 00:34:02.220
 verse 26 real

00:34:02.220 --> 00:34:02.400
 quick.

00:34:02.500 --> 00:34:02.960
 We really are,

00:34:03.140 --> 00:34:03.460
 Treg, I'm

00:34:03.460 --> 00:34:03.900
 sorry, I'm

00:34:03.900 --> 00:34:04.279
 going to rob

00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:04.420
 you.

00:34:04.880 --> 00:34:05.299
 Look to

00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:05.960
 verse 26.

00:34:08.260 --> 00:34:09.260
 He tells the

00:34:09.260 --> 00:34:10.300
 Jews, listen

00:34:10.300 --> 00:34:10.800
 to this,

00:34:11.840 --> 00:34:12.539
 you do not

00:34:12.539 --> 00:34:14.159
 believe because

00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:15.340
 you are not

00:34:15.340 --> 00:34:16.639
 among my

00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:16.980
 sheep.

00:34:17.380 --> 00:34:17.659
 You hear

00:34:17.659 --> 00:34:17.860
 that?

00:34:19.179 --> 00:34:20.260
 We sometimes

00:34:20.260 --> 00:34:20.920
 tend to want to

00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:21.679
 read that the

00:34:21.679 --> 00:34:22.940
 other way around

00:34:22.940 --> 00:34:23.940
 and there are

00:34:23.940 --> 00:34:24.599
 other verses,

00:34:24.740 --> 00:34:25.320
 other passages

00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:26.599
 that speak the

00:34:26.599 --> 00:34:27.360
 other direction

00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:28.179
 and that's true.

00:34:28.280 --> 00:34:29.000
 We want to read

00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:29.599
 that you're not

00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:30.440
 among my sheep

00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:31.119
 because you

00:34:31.119 --> 00:34:31.840
 don't believe.

00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:33.099
 That's a true

00:34:33.099 --> 00:34:33.639
 statement.

00:34:34.880 --> 00:34:35.480
 Again, other

00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:36.400
 passages speak

00:34:36.400 --> 00:34:37.079
 that way in

00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:37.599
 that order.

00:34:37.719 --> 00:34:38.360
 When we get

00:34:38.360 --> 00:34:38.860
 there, we'll

00:34:38.860 --> 00:34:39.539
 preach that.

00:34:40.300 --> 00:34:40.800
 But that's not

00:34:40.800 --> 00:34:41.320
 what it says

00:34:41.320 --> 00:34:41.900
 here, is it?

00:34:41.960 --> 00:34:42.699
 Again, it says

00:34:42.699 --> 00:34:43.719
 you do not

00:34:43.719 --> 00:34:45.579
 believe because

00:34:45.579 --> 00:34:46.619
 you are not

00:34:46.619 --> 00:34:47.780
 among my

00:34:47.780 --> 00:34:48.159
 sheep.

00:34:49.960 --> 00:34:50.519
 Belonging

00:34:50.519 --> 00:34:51.400
 precedes

00:34:51.400 --> 00:34:52.179
 believing,

00:34:52.719 --> 00:34:54.000
 not the other

00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:54.699
 way around.

00:34:54.699 --> 00:34:57.480
 here's where

00:34:57.480 --> 00:34:58.000
 this is good

00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:59.299
 news for us.

00:35:00.119 --> 00:35:00.599
 Believer,

00:35:02.019 --> 00:35:03.219
 you are

00:35:03.219 --> 00:35:03.980
 known

00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:05.279
 and you

00:35:05.279 --> 00:35:06.500
 are loved

00:35:06.500 --> 00:35:08.239
 by God

00:35:08.239 --> 00:35:09.799
 completely,

00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:11.539
 personally,

00:35:11.759 --> 00:35:12.219
 just as

00:35:12.219 --> 00:35:12.799
 personally,

00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:13.379
 just as

00:35:13.379 --> 00:35:14.139
 completely as

00:35:14.139 --> 00:35:14.699
 the knowledge

00:35:14.699 --> 00:35:15.539
 of God

00:35:15.539 --> 00:35:16.039
 the Father

00:35:16.039 --> 00:35:16.739
 and God

00:35:16.739 --> 00:35:17.639
 the Son.

00:35:18.439 --> 00:35:19.099
 For all

00:35:19.099 --> 00:35:19.519
 of your

00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:20.519
 sinfulness,

00:35:20.759 --> 00:35:21.059
 for all

00:35:21.059 --> 00:35:21.299
 of your

00:35:21.299 --> 00:35:21.799
 faults,

00:35:22.500 --> 00:35:23.500
 He chose

00:35:23.500 --> 00:35:24.320
 you and

00:35:24.320 --> 00:35:25.480
 loves you

00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:26.099
 and cares

00:35:26.099 --> 00:35:26.619
 for you

00:35:26.619 --> 00:35:27.139
 and gave

00:35:27.139 --> 00:35:27.800
 Himself to

00:35:27.800 --> 00:35:28.719
 redeem you

00:35:28.719 --> 00:35:28.980
 and to

00:35:28.980 --> 00:35:29.820
 welcome you

00:35:29.820 --> 00:35:30.619
 into that

00:35:30.619 --> 00:35:31.320
 knowledge of

00:35:31.320 --> 00:35:31.739
 God.

00:35:32.679 --> 00:35:33.420
 That's what

00:35:33.420 --> 00:35:33.800
 the Good

00:35:33.800 --> 00:35:34.519
 Shepherd has

00:35:34.519 --> 00:35:35.559
 done for

00:35:35.559 --> 00:35:36.159
 His sheep.

00:35:38.679 --> 00:35:39.619
 Jesus is

00:35:39.619 --> 00:35:40.139
 telling these

00:35:40.139 --> 00:35:40.900
 Jews that

00:35:40.900 --> 00:35:42.239
 He's making

00:35:42.239 --> 00:35:42.599
 His own

00:35:42.599 --> 00:35:43.179
 sheep pen.

00:35:44.639 --> 00:35:45.619
 He's going

00:35:45.619 --> 00:35:46.420
 to the

00:35:46.420 --> 00:35:47.260
 Jewish pen

00:35:47.260 --> 00:35:48.760
 and He's

00:35:48.760 --> 00:35:50.079
 calling out

00:35:50.079 --> 00:35:50.639
 of the

00:35:50.639 --> 00:35:51.440
 Jewish pen

00:35:51.440 --> 00:35:52.719
 all of

00:35:52.719 --> 00:35:53.439
 those sheep

00:35:53.439 --> 00:35:54.519
 that belong

00:35:54.519 --> 00:35:55.439
 to Him

00:35:55.439 --> 00:35:56.859
 and all

00:35:56.859 --> 00:35:57.239
 of those

00:35:57.239 --> 00:35:57.919
 Jewish sheep

00:35:57.919 --> 00:35:58.439
 that belong

00:35:58.439 --> 00:35:58.899
 to Him

00:35:58.899 --> 00:35:59.719
 are going

00:35:59.719 --> 00:36:00.299
 to hear

00:36:00.299 --> 00:36:00.919
 His voice

00:36:00.919 --> 00:36:01.299
 and will

00:36:01.299 --> 00:36:02.119
 follow Him

00:36:02.119 --> 00:36:02.599
 out,

00:36:03.399 --> 00:36:03.859
 but He

00:36:03.859 --> 00:36:04.579
 says His

00:36:04.579 --> 00:36:05.019
 flock

00:36:05.019 --> 00:36:06.579
 will not

00:36:06.579 --> 00:36:07.619
 be entirely

00:36:07.619 --> 00:36:08.459
 Jewish.

00:36:09.719 --> 00:36:10.599
 I have

00:36:10.599 --> 00:36:11.439
 other sheep,

00:36:11.679 --> 00:36:12.199
 He says

00:36:12.199 --> 00:36:12.659
 in verse

00:36:12.659 --> 00:36:13.159
 16,

00:36:14.119 --> 00:36:14.799
 other sheep

00:36:14.799 --> 00:36:15.539
 that are not

00:36:15.539 --> 00:36:16.359
 of this

00:36:16.359 --> 00:36:17.339
 fold.

00:36:17.539 --> 00:36:18.319
 I must

00:36:18.319 --> 00:36:19.099
 bring them

00:36:19.099 --> 00:36:20.739
 also and

00:36:20.739 --> 00:36:21.539
 they will

00:36:21.539 --> 00:36:22.659
 listen to

00:36:22.659 --> 00:36:23.359
 my voice.

00:36:24.199 --> 00:36:24.659
 So there

00:36:24.659 --> 00:36:24.939
 will be

00:36:24.939 --> 00:36:25.719
 one flock,

00:36:26.799 --> 00:36:27.139
 one

00:36:27.139 --> 00:36:28.339
 shepherd.

00:36:29.699 --> 00:36:30.559
 The Good

00:36:30.559 --> 00:36:31.939
 Shepherd owns

00:36:31.939 --> 00:36:32.699
 His sheep.

00:36:32.819 --> 00:36:33.099
 The Good

00:36:33.099 --> 00:36:34.500
 Shepherd purchased

00:36:34.500 --> 00:36:35.199
 the sheep.

00:36:35.299 --> 00:36:35.899
 He cares

00:36:35.899 --> 00:36:36.779
 for the sheep.

00:36:36.879 --> 00:36:37.679
 He knows

00:36:37.679 --> 00:36:38.299
 His sheep

00:36:38.299 --> 00:36:39.199
 and He

00:36:39.199 --> 00:36:40.559
 pursues

00:36:40.559 --> 00:36:42.019
 the sheep

00:36:42.019 --> 00:36:43.579
 and they

00:36:43.579 --> 00:36:45.019
 will listen

00:36:45.019 --> 00:36:46.379
 to His

00:36:46.379 --> 00:36:46.739
 voice.

00:36:46.819 --> 00:36:47.139
 What is He

00:36:47.139 --> 00:36:47.699
 talking about

00:36:47.699 --> 00:36:47.979
 here?

00:36:49.399 --> 00:36:49.839
 What is He

00:36:49.840 --> 00:36:50.400
 talking about?

00:36:52.019 --> 00:36:52.460
 He's

00:36:52.460 --> 00:36:53.700
 talking about

00:36:53.700 --> 00:36:54.800
 the spread

00:36:54.800 --> 00:36:55.440
 of the

00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:55.920
 gospel

00:36:55.920 --> 00:36:57.180
 through the

00:36:57.180 --> 00:36:57.940
 nations.

00:36:58.660 --> 00:36:59.280
 From

00:36:59.280 --> 00:37:00.260
 Jerusalem

00:37:00.260 --> 00:37:01.260
 to Judea

00:37:01.260 --> 00:37:01.980
 to Samaria

00:37:01.980 --> 00:37:02.440
 to the

00:37:02.440 --> 00:37:02.940
 uttermost

00:37:02.940 --> 00:37:03.760
 ends of

00:37:03.760 --> 00:37:04.360
 the world.

00:37:04.460 --> 00:37:04.940
 The plan

00:37:04.940 --> 00:37:05.600
 of God

00:37:05.600 --> 00:37:06.200
 from the

00:37:06.200 --> 00:37:06.640
 beginning

00:37:06.640 --> 00:37:07.420
 of time

00:37:07.420 --> 00:37:08.180
 was not

00:37:08.180 --> 00:37:09.200
 simply to

00:37:09.200 --> 00:37:09.920
 build a

00:37:09.920 --> 00:37:10.380
 physically

00:37:10.380 --> 00:37:10.960
 Jewish

00:37:10.960 --> 00:37:11.480
 people,

00:37:12.400 --> 00:37:13.039
 but from

00:37:13.039 --> 00:37:14.140
 the seed

00:37:14.140 --> 00:37:14.720
 of this

00:37:14.720 --> 00:37:15.440
 one Jewish

00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:16.059
 people to

00:37:16.059 --> 00:37:17.120
 grow one

00:37:17.120 --> 00:37:18.720
 multi-ethnic

00:37:18.719 --> 00:37:20.299
 global flock

00:37:20.299 --> 00:37:21.019
 of God

00:37:21.019 --> 00:37:22.219
 joined together

00:37:22.219 --> 00:37:22.939
 under one

00:37:22.939 --> 00:37:24.159
 good shepherd,

00:37:24.500 --> 00:37:25.259
 Jesus Christ.

00:37:25.759 --> 00:37:26.139
 It's the

00:37:26.139 --> 00:37:26.599
 church.

00:37:28.719 --> 00:37:29.179
 Jesus

00:37:29.179 --> 00:37:30.459
 calls His

00:37:30.459 --> 00:37:31.019
 sheep from

00:37:31.019 --> 00:37:31.439
 the flock

00:37:31.439 --> 00:37:31.959
 of Israel.

00:37:32.139 --> 00:37:32.699
 They hear

00:37:32.699 --> 00:37:33.339
 His voice

00:37:33.339 --> 00:37:34.079
 and then He

00:37:34.079 --> 00:37:34.619
 looks out

00:37:34.619 --> 00:37:34.899
 to the

00:37:34.899 --> 00:37:35.279
 mountains

00:37:35.279 --> 00:37:35.699
 here,

00:37:35.899 --> 00:37:36.739
 to the

00:37:36.739 --> 00:37:37.119
 valleys

00:37:37.119 --> 00:37:37.439
 here,

00:37:37.519 --> 00:37:37.759
 to the

00:37:37.759 --> 00:37:38.099
 country

00:37:38.099 --> 00:37:38.439
 here,

00:37:38.519 --> 00:37:38.779
 to the

00:37:38.779 --> 00:37:39.119
 fields

00:37:39.119 --> 00:37:39.679
 here,

00:37:39.739 --> 00:37:39.980
 and He

00:37:39.980 --> 00:37:40.299
 says,

00:37:40.719 --> 00:37:41.019
 I have

00:37:41.019 --> 00:37:41.279
 other

00:37:41.279 --> 00:37:41.719
 sheep.

00:37:42.899 --> 00:37:43.759
 I must

00:37:43.759 --> 00:37:44.619
 bring them

00:37:44.619 --> 00:37:44.939
 in.

00:37:45.019 --> 00:37:45.179
 Do you

00:37:45.179 --> 00:37:45.459
 hear that

00:37:45.459 --> 00:37:45.859
 confidence?

00:37:46.739 --> 00:37:46.899
 Do you

00:37:46.899 --> 00:37:47.159
 hear that

00:37:47.159 --> 00:37:47.599
 determination?

00:37:47.599 --> 00:37:48.839
 I must

00:37:48.839 --> 00:37:49.980
 bring them

00:37:49.980 --> 00:37:50.380
 in,

00:37:50.599 --> 00:37:51.059
 and they

00:37:51.059 --> 00:37:51.679
 will

00:37:51.679 --> 00:37:52.920
 listen to

00:37:52.920 --> 00:37:54.119
 my voice.

00:37:55.920 --> 00:37:56.480
 This is

00:37:56.480 --> 00:37:58.619
 rock-solid

00:37:58.619 --> 00:37:59.579
 determination

00:37:59.579 --> 00:38:00.860
 to accomplish

00:38:00.860 --> 00:38:01.940
 the plan

00:38:01.940 --> 00:38:03.039
 of God,

00:38:03.119 --> 00:38:03.719
 the missionary

00:38:03.719 --> 00:38:04.799
 plan of God,

00:38:04.880 --> 00:38:05.099
 and He

00:38:05.099 --> 00:38:05.400
 says,

00:38:05.819 --> 00:38:06.159
 for this

00:38:06.159 --> 00:38:06.659
 reason,

00:38:07.259 --> 00:38:08.400
 for this

00:38:08.400 --> 00:38:08.799
 reason,

00:38:08.880 --> 00:38:09.239
 the Father

00:38:09.239 --> 00:38:09.819
 loves me.

00:38:09.920 --> 00:38:10.119
 Not,

00:38:10.579 --> 00:38:11.099
 of course,

00:38:11.199 --> 00:38:11.639
 that God

00:38:11.639 --> 00:38:12.279
 wouldn't love

00:38:12.279 --> 00:38:12.960
 Jesus apart

00:38:12.960 --> 00:38:13.739
 from this,

00:38:14.519 --> 00:38:15.119
 but that the

00:38:15.119 --> 00:38:15.719
 love of the

00:38:15.719 --> 00:38:17.319
 Father overflows

00:38:17.320 --> 00:38:18.140
 for the Son

00:38:18.140 --> 00:38:19.080
 because of

00:38:19.080 --> 00:38:19.940
 the deep

00:38:19.940 --> 00:38:21.340
 dependence of

00:38:21.340 --> 00:38:22.140
 Christ to

00:38:22.140 --> 00:38:22.980
 fulfill the

00:38:22.980 --> 00:38:24.059
 eternal plan

00:38:24.059 --> 00:38:24.860
 of God for

00:38:24.860 --> 00:38:25.500
 the redemption

00:38:25.500 --> 00:38:26.200
 of His

00:38:26.200 --> 00:38:27.300
 people to

00:38:27.300 --> 00:38:28.000
 the praise

00:38:28.000 --> 00:38:28.960
 of His

00:38:28.960 --> 00:38:30.100
 glorious grace.

00:38:30.480 --> 00:38:30.900
 So God

00:38:30.900 --> 00:38:31.160
 says,

00:38:31.360 --> 00:38:32.000
 this is my

00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:32.820
 beloved Son

00:38:32.820 --> 00:38:34.420
 with whom I'm

00:38:34.420 --> 00:38:35.200
 well pleased.

00:38:36.960 --> 00:38:37.900
 This plan,

00:38:38.000 --> 00:38:38.400
 He says,

00:38:38.440 --> 00:38:39.640
 will be

00:38:39.640 --> 00:38:40.760
 accomplished,

00:38:40.920 --> 00:38:41.440
 which means

00:38:41.440 --> 00:38:42.019
 Jews,

00:38:43.140 --> 00:38:43.880
 all you who

00:38:43.880 --> 00:38:45.080
 are about to

00:38:45.080 --> 00:38:45.800
 pick up rocks

00:38:45.800 --> 00:38:46.840
 to stone

00:38:46.840 --> 00:38:47.180
 me,

00:38:47.260 --> 00:38:47.760
 all you who

00:38:47.760 --> 00:38:48.440
 are trying

00:38:48.440 --> 00:38:48.880
 to kill

00:38:48.880 --> 00:38:49.160
 me,

00:38:49.300 --> 00:38:50.200
 you cannot

00:38:50.200 --> 00:38:51.140
 kill me.

00:38:52.800 --> 00:38:53.660
 I lay

00:38:53.660 --> 00:38:54.300
 down my

00:38:54.300 --> 00:38:55.620
 life that I

00:38:55.620 --> 00:38:56.300
 may take it

00:38:56.300 --> 00:38:56.760
 up again.

00:38:57.780 --> 00:38:58.480
 My death

00:38:58.480 --> 00:38:58.900
 and my

00:38:58.900 --> 00:38:59.539
 resurrection

00:38:59.539 --> 00:39:00.519
 are mine

00:39:00.519 --> 00:39:01.380
 to accomplish.

00:39:01.539 --> 00:39:01.960
 The Father

00:39:01.960 --> 00:39:02.700
 has given me

00:39:02.700 --> 00:39:03.380
 this charge.

00:39:03.539 --> 00:39:03.980
 No one

00:39:03.980 --> 00:39:04.420
 takes it

00:39:04.420 --> 00:39:04.880
 from me.

00:39:04.960 --> 00:39:05.420
 I lay it

00:39:05.420 --> 00:39:05.920
 down of my

00:39:05.920 --> 00:39:06.640
 own accord.

00:39:07.019 --> 00:39:07.680
 I have the

00:39:07.680 --> 00:39:08.260
 authority to

00:39:08.260 --> 00:39:08.900
 lay it down.

00:39:09.160 --> 00:39:09.620
 I have

00:39:09.620 --> 00:39:10.220
 authority to

00:39:10.220 --> 00:39:10.760
 take it up

00:39:10.760 --> 00:39:11.120
 again.

00:39:11.120 --> 00:39:11.620
 Why?

00:39:11.840 --> 00:39:12.680
 It's the plan.

00:39:13.680 --> 00:39:14.220
 I've come

00:39:14.219 --> 00:39:15.599
 to accomplish

00:39:15.599 --> 00:39:16.519
 the plan

00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:16.899
 for the

00:39:16.899 --> 00:39:17.679
 purchase of

00:39:17.679 --> 00:39:19.019
 all of

00:39:19.019 --> 00:39:19.779
 my sheep.

00:39:21.139 --> 00:39:21.759
 And the

00:39:21.759 --> 00:39:22.179
 reason why

00:39:22.179 --> 00:39:22.679
 we're gathered

00:39:22.679 --> 00:39:23.179
 here this

00:39:23.179 --> 00:39:23.480
 morning,

00:39:23.599 --> 00:39:23.959
 church,

00:39:24.419 --> 00:39:25.679
 not a

00:39:25.679 --> 00:39:25.980
 physically

00:39:25.980 --> 00:39:26.679
 Jewish

00:39:26.679 --> 00:39:27.500
 person in

00:39:27.500 --> 00:39:27.859
 the room,

00:39:28.859 --> 00:39:29.839
 it's because

00:39:29.839 --> 00:39:30.639
 Christ accomplished

00:39:30.639 --> 00:39:31.079
 the plan.

00:39:33.179 --> 00:39:34.299
 Christ lay

00:39:34.299 --> 00:39:34.939
 down His

00:39:34.939 --> 00:39:36.279
 life for

00:39:36.279 --> 00:39:36.779
 the sheep.

00:39:37.679 --> 00:39:38.699
 Christ rose

00:39:38.699 --> 00:39:39.399
 from the

00:39:39.399 --> 00:39:40.799
 grave for

00:39:40.799 --> 00:39:41.299
 the sheep,

00:39:41.379 --> 00:39:41.899
 and Christ's

00:39:41.899 --> 00:39:42.439
 voice has

00:39:42.439 --> 00:39:43.179
 gone out to

00:39:43.179 --> 00:39:44.019
 each one

00:39:44.019 --> 00:39:44.579
 of you,

00:39:44.659 --> 00:39:45.239
 and called

00:39:45.239 --> 00:39:46.079
 you in

00:39:46.079 --> 00:39:47.239
 to His

00:39:47.239 --> 00:39:48.239
 one flock,

00:39:48.359 --> 00:39:48.919
 the church.

00:39:51.159 --> 00:39:53.119
 Jesus is

00:39:53.119 --> 00:39:53.839
 talking about

00:39:53.839 --> 00:39:54.739
 the Gentiles

00:39:54.739 --> 00:39:55.919
 here, but I

00:39:55.919 --> 00:39:56.419
 have a question

00:39:56.419 --> 00:39:56.899
 for you.

00:39:58.359 --> 00:39:59.940
 How does

00:39:59.940 --> 00:40:01.519
 Christ plan

00:40:01.519 --> 00:40:02.579
 to bring

00:40:02.579 --> 00:40:03.259
 in His

00:40:03.259 --> 00:40:03.799
 sheep from

00:40:03.799 --> 00:40:04.319
 every corner

00:40:04.319 --> 00:40:04.799
 of the earth?

00:40:04.980 --> 00:40:05.299
 What's the

00:40:05.299 --> 00:40:05.519
 plan?

00:40:06.659 --> 00:40:07.119
 How does

00:40:07.119 --> 00:40:07.819
 Christ plan

00:40:07.819 --> 00:40:08.739
 to call

00:40:08.739 --> 00:40:09.619
 into His

00:40:09.619 --> 00:40:10.599
 flock all

00:40:10.599 --> 00:40:11.519
 of His

00:40:11.519 --> 00:40:11.839
 sheep?

00:40:11.840 --> 00:40:12.420
 Christ

00:40:12.420 --> 00:40:13.380
 builds

00:40:13.380 --> 00:40:13.800
 His

00:40:13.800 --> 00:40:14.380
 church

00:40:14.380 --> 00:40:15.300
 through

00:40:15.300 --> 00:40:15.940
 His

00:40:15.940 --> 00:40:16.400
 church.

00:40:18.220 --> 00:40:18.980
 Christ

00:40:18.980 --> 00:40:20.079
 builds

00:40:20.079 --> 00:40:20.480
 His

00:40:20.480 --> 00:40:21.000
 people

00:40:21.000 --> 00:40:21.940
 through

00:40:21.940 --> 00:40:22.780
 His

00:40:22.780 --> 00:40:23.260
 people.

00:40:23.960 --> 00:40:24.519
 It's

00:40:24.519 --> 00:40:24.900
 through

00:40:24.900 --> 00:40:25.720
 us.

00:40:27.320 --> 00:40:27.579
 You want

00:40:27.579 --> 00:40:27.740
 to know

00:40:27.740 --> 00:40:28.460
 our brilliant

00:40:28.460 --> 00:40:29.039
 plan for

00:40:29.039 --> 00:40:29.620
 reaching all

00:40:29.620 --> 00:40:29.900
 in all

00:40:29.900 --> 00:40:30.260
 with the

00:40:30.260 --> 00:40:30.519
 gospel?

00:40:31.400 --> 00:40:32.079
 Our

00:40:32.079 --> 00:40:32.360
 brilliant

00:40:32.360 --> 00:40:32.800
 plan for

00:40:32.800 --> 00:40:33.260
 reaching Mount

00:40:33.260 --> 00:40:33.700
 Pleasant

00:40:33.700 --> 00:40:34.940
 and Hugee

00:40:34.940 --> 00:40:35.780
 and McClellanville?

00:40:36.820 --> 00:40:37.620
 Preach the

00:40:37.620 --> 00:40:38.280
 gospel of

00:40:38.280 --> 00:40:39.100
 Jesus Christ.

00:40:41.420 --> 00:40:42.280
 Share the

00:40:42.280 --> 00:40:43.019
 gospel of

00:40:43.019 --> 00:40:43.860
 Jesus Christ.

00:40:44.060 --> 00:40:44.580
 Proclaim it

00:40:44.580 --> 00:40:45.700
 here behind

00:40:45.700 --> 00:40:46.600
 a pulpit and

00:40:46.600 --> 00:40:47.660
 there in the

00:40:47.660 --> 00:40:48.280
 streets and in

00:40:48.280 --> 00:40:48.880
 our neighborhoods.

00:40:49.280 --> 00:40:49.740
 Tell our

00:40:49.740 --> 00:40:50.519
 friends about

00:40:50.519 --> 00:40:51.280
 Jesus with

00:40:51.280 --> 00:40:52.320
 confidence and

00:40:52.320 --> 00:40:53.560
 joy that His

00:40:53.560 --> 00:40:54.480
 sheep will hear

00:40:54.480 --> 00:40:55.400
 His voice and

00:40:55.400 --> 00:40:56.320
 enter the fold

00:40:56.320 --> 00:40:57.500
 and the plan

00:40:57.500 --> 00:40:57.760
 will be

00:40:57.760 --> 00:40:58.500
 accomplished and

00:40:58.500 --> 00:40:59.140
 God will be

00:40:59.140 --> 00:41:00.880
 glorified as

00:41:00.880 --> 00:41:01.500
 His church is

00:41:01.500 --> 00:41:01.800
 built.

00:41:01.800 --> 00:41:04.960
 Our passage

00:41:04.960 --> 00:41:05.420
 this morning

00:41:05.420 --> 00:41:06.820
 ends yet

00:41:06.820 --> 00:41:07.860
 again with

00:41:07.860 --> 00:41:09.019
 a division,

00:41:09.480 --> 00:41:09.960
 doesn't it?

00:41:11.320 --> 00:41:12.100
 Some say

00:41:12.100 --> 00:41:12.760
 He has a

00:41:12.760 --> 00:41:13.019
 demon.

00:41:13.320 --> 00:41:14.100
 It is insane.

00:41:14.200 --> 00:41:14.840
 Why listen to

00:41:14.840 --> 00:41:14.960
 Him?

00:41:15.000 --> 00:41:15.560
 Others say

00:41:15.560 --> 00:41:16.200
 these are not

00:41:16.200 --> 00:41:16.820
 the words of

00:41:16.820 --> 00:41:17.280
 one who is

00:41:17.280 --> 00:41:17.820
 oppressed by

00:41:17.820 --> 00:41:18.200
 a demon.

00:41:18.320 --> 00:41:18.740
 Can a demon

00:41:18.740 --> 00:41:19.360
 open up the

00:41:19.360 --> 00:41:19.820
 eyes of a

00:41:19.820 --> 00:41:20.120
 blind?

00:41:20.360 --> 00:41:21.440
 They're torn

00:41:21.440 --> 00:41:21.840
 in their

00:41:21.840 --> 00:41:22.240
 opinion.

00:41:22.420 --> 00:41:22.660
 Again,

00:41:22.740 --> 00:41:23.400
 the question

00:41:23.400 --> 00:41:24.820
 who is

00:41:24.820 --> 00:41:25.740
 Jesus?

00:41:27.660 --> 00:41:28.260
 That same

00:41:28.260 --> 00:41:28.900
 question

00:41:28.900 --> 00:41:31.400
 again is

00:41:31.400 --> 00:41:31.760
 put to

00:41:31.760 --> 00:41:33.119
 us this

00:41:33.119 --> 00:41:33.400
 morning.

00:41:34.280 --> 00:41:35.000
 Who is

00:41:35.000 --> 00:41:35.320
 Jesus?

00:41:36.660 --> 00:41:37.420
 Is He the

00:41:37.420 --> 00:41:38.599
 door through

00:41:38.599 --> 00:41:39.180
 whom you

00:41:39.180 --> 00:41:39.900
 have entered

00:41:39.900 --> 00:41:41.099
 into salvation?

00:41:42.360 --> 00:41:43.400
 Into the

00:41:43.400 --> 00:41:44.160
 peace and the

00:41:44.160 --> 00:41:44.800
 blessing and

00:41:44.800 --> 00:41:45.660
 the presence

00:41:45.660 --> 00:41:46.019
 and the

00:41:46.019 --> 00:41:46.579
 knowledge of

00:41:46.579 --> 00:41:46.880
 God?

00:41:46.960 --> 00:41:47.440
 Is He your

00:41:47.440 --> 00:41:48.960
 shepherd who

00:41:48.960 --> 00:41:49.800
 loves you and

00:41:49.800 --> 00:41:51.039
 leads you and

00:41:51.039 --> 00:41:51.900
 guides you and

00:41:51.900 --> 00:41:52.800
 cares for you and

00:41:52.800 --> 00:41:53.579
 lay down His

00:41:53.579 --> 00:41:54.559
 life for you,

00:41:54.639 --> 00:41:55.200
 who purchased

00:41:55.200 --> 00:41:55.820
 you with His

00:41:55.820 --> 00:41:56.400
 own blood?

00:41:57.700 --> 00:41:58.400
 Are you

00:41:58.400 --> 00:41:59.139
 resting and

00:41:59.139 --> 00:42:00.559
 rejoicing in

00:42:00.559 --> 00:42:01.380
 the joy of

00:42:01.380 --> 00:42:03.160
 being Christ's

00:42:03.160 --> 00:42:03.460
 sheep?

00:42:05.500 --> 00:42:06.579
 Savior, like a

00:42:06.579 --> 00:42:07.180
 shepherd, lead

00:42:07.180 --> 00:42:07.920
 us much we

00:42:07.920 --> 00:42:08.380
 need, thy

00:42:08.380 --> 00:42:09.039
 tender care.

00:42:10.119 --> 00:42:10.640
 In thy

00:42:10.640 --> 00:42:11.640
 pleasant pastures

00:42:11.640 --> 00:42:12.500
 feed us for

00:42:12.500 --> 00:42:13.320
 our use, thy

00:42:13.320 --> 00:42:14.079
 folds prepare.

00:42:14.240 --> 00:42:15.500
 Blessed Jesus,

00:42:15.680 --> 00:42:16.660
 blessed Jesus,

00:42:16.860 --> 00:42:17.780
 thou has bought

00:42:17.780 --> 00:42:19.980
 us, thine we

00:42:19.980 --> 00:42:20.240
 are.

00:42:21.340 --> 00:42:21.880
 Let's pray.

00:42:21.880 --> 00:42:29.500
 Lord Jesus, we

00:42:29.500 --> 00:42:30.920
 praise You.

00:42:31.559 --> 00:42:32.740
 We thank You.

00:42:33.019 --> 00:42:34.920
 We rejoice that

00:42:34.920 --> 00:42:35.660
 You are our

00:42:35.660 --> 00:42:36.140
 shepherd.

00:42:38.140 --> 00:42:39.300
 That You have

00:42:39.300 --> 00:42:40.740
 led us through

00:42:40.740 --> 00:42:41.460
 the door

00:42:41.460 --> 00:42:44.619
 into the

00:42:44.619 --> 00:42:45.180
 pasture

00:42:45.180 --> 00:42:46.880
 of knowing

00:42:46.880 --> 00:42:47.320
 God.

00:42:48.320 --> 00:42:49.140
 We thank You for

00:42:49.139 --> 00:42:49.719
 the forgiveness

00:42:49.719 --> 00:42:51.119
 and the peace

00:42:51.119 --> 00:42:51.920
 and the joy

00:42:51.920 --> 00:42:52.920
 as found

00:42:52.920 --> 00:42:54.239
 only in You

00:42:54.239 --> 00:42:54.759
 and that You

00:42:54.759 --> 00:42:56.119
 offer up freely

00:42:56.119 --> 00:42:56.719
 to any who

00:42:56.719 --> 00:42:57.019
 believe.

00:42:58.319 --> 00:42:59.119
 We love You

00:42:59.119 --> 00:42:59.639
 and we praise

00:42:59.639 --> 00:43:00.139
 You for this

00:43:00.139 --> 00:43:00.839
 in Christ's name.

00:43:01.960 --> 00:43:02.239
 Amen.

00:43:02.239 --> 00:43:02.339
 Amen.