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ARE YOU A SHEEP IN THE SHEEPFOLD

INTRODUCTION:

TODAY IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE KNOW THE VOICE OF GOD.

SO MANY ARE MISLEAD BY TEACHINGS THAT CENTERED AROUND THINGS IN THE WORLD, INSTEAD OF OBEDIENCE TO GOD.

WHEN YOU’RE IN THE SHEEPFOLD OF THE SHEPHERD,

YOU ARE RECEPTIVE TO THE VOICE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD.

YOU ARE KNOWN BY THE GOOD SHEPHERD.

YOU ARE A FOLLOWER OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD.

A. SHEEP HEAR THE GOOD SHEPHERD VOICE.

John 10:3 “To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.”

SHEEP WHO ARE IN THE SHEEPFOLD OF CHRIST HEAR HIS VOICE AND RESPOND TO WHAT HE HEAR.

SHEEP KNOWS HOW TO COME IN FOR SAFETY.

THEY TRUST THE VOICE OF THE SHEPHERD WHO IS LEADING THEM.

BUT THOSE WHO ARE MEMBERS OF OTHER FLOCKS DO NOT KNOW CHRIST VOICE, AND WILL NOT RESPOND TO IT.

A STRANGER A REAL SHEEP WILL NOT FOLLOW.

WHAT IS A STRANGER, IT IS ANYONE OTHER THAN THEIR OWN SHEPHERD.

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT SHEEP BE UNDER SOUND DOCTRINE, SO THEY DON’T BE SWAYED AWAY BY FALSE TEACHING.

KNOW THIS THAT SHEEP KNOWS THE VOICE OF FALSE SHEPHERDS, BECAUSE THEY DON’T HAVE THE VOICE OR THE SOUND OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD.

John 18:37 “Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.”

B. SHEEP ARE KNOWN BY THEIR SHEPHERD.

JESUS SAID THAT HE CALLETH HIS OWN SHEEP BY NAME.

WHO ARE HIS SHEEP, THEY ARE THOSE WHO KNOW HIS VOICE AND OBEY.

A GOOD SHEPHERD CALLS HIS SHEEP INDIVIDUALLY , BECAUSE HE KNOWS EACH BY NAME.

BECAUSE A GOOD SHEPHERD HAS INDIVIDUAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH EACH OF HIS SHEEP.

WHEN YOU ARE KNOWN BY YOUR SHEPHERD, HE NOT ONLY KNOW YOU, BUT HE ALSO SEND YOU OUT TO FIND OTHER SHEEP OF HIS FOLD.

JESUS WANTS TO WORK IN YOU HIS LIFE, SO THAT OTHER’S WOULD SEE HIS LIFE IN YOU.

1 Corinthians 8:3 “But if any man love God, the same is known of him.”

C. SHEEP FOLLOW HIS SHEPHERD.

John 10:4 “And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.”

SHEEP FOLLOW HIS SHEPHERD, BECAUSE THE SHEPHERD GOETH BEFORE THEM.

MEANING HE IS WILLING TO LAY HIS LIFE ON THE LINE FOR HIS SHEEP.

SHEEP FOLLOW HIS SHEPHERD BECAUSE HE PROTECTS THEM FROM WOLVES WHO ARE OUT TO DESTROY THERE LIVES.

WHEN YOU ARE NOT A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST, YOU ARE OUTSIDE OF THE FOLD WHERE YOUR LIFE IS IN CONSTANT DANGER.

BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY WOLVES OUT THERE TRYING TO PERSUADE YOU TO BE A PART OF THERE FOLD.

THESE WOLVES ARE ONLY OUT THERE FOR THEMSELVES TO PROSPER FROM YOU.

A REAL SHEEP KNOWS HIS SHEPHERD VOICE AND STAY IN LINE .

WHEN A REAL SHEEP ARE OUT OF LINE , HE ACCEPT THE LORD’S CORRECTIONS.

John 12:26 “If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.”

SO MY FINAL QUESTION , ARE YOU A SHEEP OR A STRANGER.

ARE YOU ONE WHO FOLLOW OR THE ONE WHO STRAY AWAY FROM THE TRUTH.