STUDIES FROM BRETHREN IN CHRIST

5/31/2020 ~ Sheep

🐑   SheepAM.mp3 (23m 05s)   Sheep.pptx Darkness' cover is the gloominess of blindness. God waits for all to return to His light of truth. No one is like anyone else. ... God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. ~ Psalms 100:3 Each of us, no matter who, battles with sin, and we all fail on a daily basis. All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. ~ Isaiah 53:6 We live in a world that lacks noble leadership with honor and truth. '... "So they were scattered because there was no shepherd; ..."' ~ Ezekiel 34:5-6 Evil feasts upon the meek and innocent, who are ignorant to their methods. "... there was no shepherd, nor did My shepherds search for My flock, but the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My flock" - ~ Ezekiel 34:7-8 What a shame when no one is purposed to help one another. '"... the shepherds shall feed themselves no more; for I will deliver My flock from their mouths, ..."' ~ Ezekiel 34:9-10 God will curse those who do not care for one another. ... says the Lord GOD: "Indeed I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out. As a shepherd seeks out his flock on the day he is among his scattered sheep, so will I seek out My sheep and deliver them ..."' ~ Ezekiel 34:11-12 Exasperated for lack of truth, God Himself proclaims He Himself will come to the earth to set truth as the foundation for soul salvation, on an individual basis. ... the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd. ~ Matthew 9:36 And so God came into the world, in the flesh, as proclaimed. Jesus is observing that no one is elevating the weary as they are trampled upon. God came to the earth to set straight a salvation plan no one could steal. And His love for life, that He created to live, did just that, delivered truth without dispute for all to know. "... for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost." ~ Luke 19:10 Christ came to explain those things we all need to know, how to see all as precious, including ourselves. "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep." ~ John 10:11 Commitment to death is such a proclamation that sculps an eternal gift, and a picture that cannot be painted, for its' obvious simple wonderfulness, beyond any measure that may be conceived by man. "I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture." ~ John 10:9 To find contentment has no comparison in life where hope rides the highest ideal strengthening the soul. ... "What man is there among you who has one sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not lay hold of it and lift it out? ..." ~ Matthew 12:11-12 And who would claim good is never good but those with agendas to advance personal wealth, over that of the souls who truly labor to no end. Enduring civilizations are built upon equability and fairness lifting souls to do more, and most importantly, to worship God thankfully. Without purpose of heart and unity of mind, chaos results. "... What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it? ..." ~ Luke 15:4-5 One link broken tears the whole chain apart. Would you turn someone looking for help, and a word of compassion, away? Revenge is the Lord’s, and He asks of us to gain souls bound for heaven. Love is the light no matter how dark the sinner. "... there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance." ~ Luke 15:6-7 Ruin has no glory for those without God. "... Jesus said to him, "Feed My sheep." ~ John 21:15-17 God calls for us to help one another, okay 🖜     👋   Feed My Lambs          👊   Tend My Sheep     👌   Feed My Sheep Side by side we live among each other, under God’s universal temporary shadow, where the veil is preparing to peel back; His truth shines forth as we approach our final awakening. It is God who watches to see, who will respond to this most urgent call to live as brothers and sisters. God’s family is just that; do you hear what the Spirit says to the churches? "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; ..." ~ John 10:27-28 Breathless, heaven holds unspeakable love not to be missed. ... who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. ~ 1st Timothy 2:4 The echo of truth cannot be silenced as God’s own voice trumpets over all to join. that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you complete in every good work to do His will, ... ~ Hebrews 13:20-21 Divine knowledge gives access to being holy   Now may the God of peace make you         ⮡  Complete in every good work                   ⮡  to do His will   Working in you         ⮡  What is well pleasing in His sight                       ⮡  Through Jesus Christ God wills that we be whole in ourselves with consciences of confidence, to change all relationships for the better, patiently, enduring through the enemy of temporal time, that divides souls to sinking in self-inflicted godless pits of such high importance. Logs in egos eyes rise establishing lies of prejudice to only pound one another with tweezers. Without the hand of God to light awareness, our walk is obscure at best. Hear now, take God at His word to find freedom the earth will never find, nor can it deliver. Belonging to God changes life forever. Love for one another is the hill we all must climb   ● God has made us, and not we ourselves   ● Like sheep we have all gone astray in self pursuits   ● All shepherds greedily turned feeding themselves   ● God himself would shepherd where none were   ● Jesus painfully saw no shepherds among the people      ● Jesus came to seek and save all the lost   ● It is through Jesus’ door, entrance to truth is had   ● Without continuous good conduct, truth is lost   ● God declares value in the whole of it all   ● Angles rejoice over one sinner who repents   ● Jesus wants us to feed each other in love   ● God desires all to be saved in knowledge of truth   ● Christ is the great shepherd who completes us The song is lost if all hear not, the cry to help one another. Darkness aches torn from the light.