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I Am The Good Shepherd...

Discussion in 'Baptist Theology & Bible Study' started by kyredneck, Aug 20, 2024.

  1. kyredneck

    kyredneck Well-Known Member
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    1 And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
    2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, even to the shepherds, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe unto the shepherds of Israel [see Matthew 23] that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the sheep?
    3 Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill the fatlings; but ye feed not the sheep.
    4 The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought back that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with rigor have ye ruled over them.
    5 And they were scattered, because there was no shepherd; and they became food to all the beasts of the field, and were scattered.
    6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my sheep were scattered upon all the face of the earth; and there was none that did search or seek after them.
    7 Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of Jehovah:
    8 As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, surely forasmuch as my sheep became a prey, and my sheep became food to all the beasts of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my sheep, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my sheep;
    9 therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of Jehovah:
    10 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my sheep at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the sheep; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; and I will deliver my sheep from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.
    11 For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out.
    12 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so will I seek out my sheep; and I will deliver them out of all places whither they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
    13 And I will bring them out from the peoples, and gather them from the countries [ see Matthew 10:16] and will bring them into their own land; and I will feed them upon the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
    14 I will feed them with good pasture; and upon the mountains of the height of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie down in a good fold; and on fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
    15 I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord Jehovah.
    16 I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in justice. Ezek 34
     
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  2. Van

    Van Well-Known Member
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    The Good Shepherd was sent to seek and to save that which was lost. Jews, and Gentiles, first to the Jews, then to the Gentiles.

    Why rejoice in Heaven if each and every person who puts their trust in and devotion upon Christ Jesus, was compelled by irresistible grace? It makes no sense.

    But if a person chooses to trust and love Christ with all their heart, that act (as discerned by God) glorifies God and is worthy of great joy.
     
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