The Shepherd and Overseer of our Souls

What can we turn to ask her if she is now? And I want to read two passages of this morning. The first is from The Book of Psalms and very familiar passage. We read the 23rd song, the first one, The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want. He makes me lie down in Green Pastures Olivas on Stillwater's restores. My soul.

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for you are with me, your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil my comp overflowed, surely goodness, and mercy, shall follow me all the days of my life and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever. And then turn into the New Testament to John's gospel. Chapter 10 and I read from the swan, John 10, and verse 1. Truly truly, I say to you. he who does not end to the Sheepfold by the door because otherwise

But he who enters by the door, is The Shepherd of the she to hand the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice and he calls them his own Sheep by name and leads them when they just roll them out. When he Strode, how old is he goes before them and the Sheep follow him cuz I doubt he is a stranger, they will not follow, but I will free you from him. So I do not know the voice of strangers. This figure of speech Jesus use with him but they didn't understand what he was saying to them. I choose the guy said to them truly, truly, I say to you. I am the Jewel of the sheet. All who came before me. I'll cease and Robbers for the Sheep. Did not listen to them. I am the door and when I went into this blindly, you will be safe and we'll go in and out and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I kinda and I have life and have it abundantly. I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd, lays down his life, for the Sheep. He hasn't hired another Shepherd, who does not own. The Sheep sees the will come in and leaves the sheep and fleas and the wolf's not Jason. And he flees fixie is a high time. I can't do nothing for the sheet. I am the Good Ship. I know my own my own of me. Just as the father knows me and I know the father and I lay down my life for the Sheep. And I have other sheep that and also if this fellow must bring them also and I will listen to my voice so they'll be one flock. One Shepherd. For this reason. The father loves me because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. No one takes it from me, but all that down of my own accord. I was all ready to lay it down and I was all ready to take it up. Again, this charge I have received from my father I'm and we pray that God indeed would be pleased to bless his word to our hearts. As we turn now to the first letter of pizza, chapter 225 on Pizza 225. You Australian like sheep? Right now, return to the shepherd and overseer of your saw. She was straining like sheep. But now return to the shepherd, an overseer of your song. As we been studying, this first letter of pizza. We are seeing something of the wondrous and glorious throughs that he presents Glory. We take comfort in the, the pizza is a realist and he knows full well, the situation that those shut use to which he writes, those people to whom you draw lottery in a very difficult and a very trying situation. And he doesn't ignore. He says, what may seems to be strange to some, but even in those situations, they all remember the Lord and to give proper respect and honor to those who aren't that must be slaves to understand it. But those who are suffering through had great responsibility and so on. And let's practice, came very difficult for whom he was writing to already on the sky and he's of the Glorious work with our Lord Jesus Christ. But she bought icing and his own body on the tree and no doubt, there was still questions that would have been in that night. We know the reality we still have difficulty in dealing with the situation about in particular, we believe is because it is difficult for us to fully understand the circumstances were in true that we say, quite rightly, I must continue this lord. It's in it. The Lord is working. The Lord is asking the Lord is Blessing. But, He knows that we can get a bit too tied up with the problems. There might be enough. Personal lives. We are having difficulties with having a hardship and put pizza dough Salon in awareness of this, about the Lord dying for something. Or what is true? It's not just the objective fact of experience in wherever we, so he speaks particularly of the Lord of my soul. But before he has to take me to that he said for you straying like sheet, but I now return to the shepherd and you're so so really he knows what has happened. But we can understand what you're saying here in two different ways. The one that has no doubt, he is speaking conversion speaking of those of Taro from the Lord who know nothing of him and conviction. And if we brought, and this is what the Lord says the man who had the Sheep, it's in Luke 15 and verse is 399 sheep into the fold. There was one of the ship that went missing.

The thought has its people and he reaches out into the most extreme circumstances and he will not give up until he finds that one that he has lost his friends and neighbors against a choice for a found, my sheep that was lost in jumped and we right away, we have that glorious state. That he says in verse 16 on a little north of this phone, I must bring them also and I will listen to my voice.

Well, there are so many people but I'm not being cold, but we need to pray that God would intervene. And we now have friends around here though is who he live with? That was a family. We need to continually play with the Lord. That he will cause them to come to the Bronx more significantly within this context is tuition talkin about repentance repentance believes and loves you before the first. I know it's only 53 6, you said everyone to his wife and you're the history of the scriptures that history, the scriptures record for it and all the people I

I wasn't given to it once. It's gotten to mine to see if we're on for the very young age from his mid-teens or so. But it was the end of his life. He has or Wednesday and he had that relationship with her. What a difference that might have affected it, and it's saying it's all 51 and + 10, creating me a clean heart o, God is Spirit within me to meet restore to me the joy of your salvation. And uphold me with a willing spirit, I need a peatrice recognizing here and Branch Pizza of old people with one of the most qualified to do pizza on the night. That Jesus Christ was arrested. And there, he was being arranged by so many people in the ground bleeding and physical pain. And this young woman says to Peter,

3, *. He did no eyes knowing the Lord. I have graciously the Lord dealt with in when he appeared to be after the resurrection price. That is something that is the same as remembering. Do have doubts. We have truck is reading this. Just recently in one of the things that we should never really say why God, why are you doing this? Plus doubt he's doing it. Whatever It Is. But his purpose, after I go and one of the way you see, Justice is 3 is the ship. We thought I'd see how many references to the shepherd and the scripture found something out for you. There's so much more. That could be sad but we see Festival is one who cast glorious to the song of David. Psalm 23. The Lord is my shepherd. I know this. And now it very well. Every circumstance and he's like, when he's a 20-foot planxty, nice down in that Valley of the shadow of death is Lord, is that when he's hungry, spiritually hungry, the Lord, please. If that's what a wonderful Waianae. For 6, verse 11, he said he would attend this. Flock, Like a Shepherd, he will gather the Lambs

Listen and gently lead those off with your wonderful yesterday and just be sitting there with my arms in craley know that she seems quite like it. I love being that's why it keeps it and any leads he never lets us go and so he chose that other one. Such a wonderful. Why he he looks for it and see if it was that before about to let me read this for the hospital and says the Lord God himself with such were my sheep and will seek them out as a chef is speaks out his flock when he's among the Sheep, it having scattered. So, will I see count my sheep and I will rescue them from old places. What happened to scatter?

I might be far away when we when we seen when we re and I'm worthy. Because whenever what is Love, Shawn kisses and I will show him some of your might. And I just said, I am not the least of his favorite Jesus left heaven for me. This is true and he searches searches without, so he comes with protection. If he keeps us over, this is what is made so clear. In John 15, glorious. A good shepherd of passage in John's gospel against the chapter Vice. I'm truly, truly, I say to you. He who does not answer the Sheepfold by the door but climbs in, by another way, that man is a thief. But he rented by the drawer is The Shepherd of the, she to him. The gatekeeper open. The sheep hear his voice. And he calls his own Sheep by name and leave them out. And it's wrote them out household, his own, you guys before them and the Sheep follow him. But I know his voice. For the Lord has in mind. That is the every not just with the case when the love was born. If this on the Hills outside, if it's got a different blocks and no smokes would be put into a fall all together and toward happened in the morning to Shepherdsville, few of them. I know, they shape, I wish you'd be mixed up in something, but they would know, he said they will come to our attention so flying into the sentence. That's what we

Am I able to follow him? You guys this Sunday? Stan Shepherd, because not like the Westin Shepherd. Actually she said, she wasn't sure. If it goes behind, is she leaving the sun, many, many houses. Now, you leave the shape and just love the Lord. Strong's. Uncommon hate that says that she says from crying, but if it's locked, when is shape and sit at our own Folly and weakness, the only fact that gives him confidence isn't it? And it's guiding them. They believe in his strength roaring lion and in his wisdom and now in that particular State and their weakness weakness, and it is tender love and caring for them.

Far from SLS. But that's probably true nature of a person who really knows who really knows what we had likes the rating of knows, what it really knows what the situation, that's the law, that's the ship. And happy to sign these people who might, he might be facing death and certainly more and more evil in the persecution that it was bringing toward Christians and families were being split with people being killed or badly so easily.

Is there? And as logo showing. And that same chapter in John 10 soaking about the difference between the shepherd and the high iPad. If the wolf comes to attack the sheet and because I know he's on she he will he will just leave the shape that around devices for The Wanderers. The Good Shepherd does not do stuff and he goes or so because I lay down my life for the sheet and see what he's going to need his body on the tree and then lay down his life for us and he's going to do that. But not lead to Great. The cruelty of that, we know that we are secure. The launch of the Hebrews, especially his soul with these words in Hebrews 13, verse 20, and 21. Now may the God of Peace, I brought you a game from the lacrosse game from the dead, Lord Jesus Christ. The great Shepherd of the, she was everything good that you might do, his will was getting off, switch, is that which is pleasing in his sight through? Jesus Christ to him to whom be glory for ever and ever. That Chef that Shepherd, the great Shepherd of the she go billion over the next few weeks. Maybe looking another glass in one piece of chocolate. That's cool. But Peter says, when the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading Crown of Glory. Brush up on Tuesday. Just looking offers will reward us with that glorious Crown. But Peter says you're coming to the chef and the overseer of assholes of yourself and what is used for Elder in the scriptures with the word from the word Presbyterian. Indirect to teach his truck or Jesus himself is the Glorious of And he got sick of his feet when he gives it turned a lot. You know, that we are not familiar. John chapter 3 verse 16, my weary for God, so loved the world that he gave his only son, that whoever believes in him. Should not perish. But have eternal life, he oversees his people that they might know and rejoice in that eternal life. I'm sure the old believe, it will ensure. He says, John 6:39, I should lose nothing of all. He has given the raise it up on the last day and then a guy in in jumped and he says I give them And I will never perish. Another was a snatch them out of my house. My father was giving it to me is greater than all but no one is able to snatch them out of my father sign. I am the father of wine. I'm sure you're going to experience in different ways with children from the very moment of that and how we see them grow until we do. When she didn't, they do children get night not to be there in which we take them out on the street which we hold. That we have some free drawing around 3 and Jessica's lunch I will go and find her.

But yeah, we watch them behold. We don't let me get into danger and it's holding her hand and keeping it totally enjoying that life that he has given to the meat guy in that glorious prayer in John 17:12 while I was with him, like, at them in your name. But you have given me has been lost ever. See him with every second of every day. He's the one of the sea. All that happens to it. I need help in this. He's a tenant in it.

That goes, I'm just happen to for a moment. You have pulled something is up. So powerfully and right into the Roman Romans chapter 8, the neither nor life nor angels nor rollers, do things present those things to come, no power, no hide, no debt, know, anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus.

No matter what, no matter what the devil does, not matter what the cause is Right problems? Whatever it is. We will never ever be separated from that it's ever lost in love of this method would have found this to be a

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I knew that help for the overseer is always there for the game says, the Philippians verse 4 chapter, one of the best sex he says, I know, I'm sure it was, he who began a good work in, you will bring it to completion at the Diary of Jesus Christ, their generation that that bring it will never stop, we can't lose. Sounds like he was trying to tell us we can. But it's based on what God and Christ has done in this one is actually already taught these people to do me wrong. It's in the first chapter verse 3. He said, blessed, be the father of our Lord Jesus Christ. According to be born again, to a living hope so, the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead to an inheritance. Perishable and I'm fading kept in heaven, for you, who by God's will being God. You through faith for salvation, ready to be revealed that the Lost. This is a situation we're eating. You throw me. Fussy and the glory is yours, wedding place. And underneath the Everlasting.

And the first thing that Jesus said to his disciples, before he ascended into Glory was and behold, I Am With You Always to the end of the eye. Proactive in the upper room, he says I go to prepare a place for you. And for you and I will, guy and will take you to be to myself that way. I am you maybe. That place is prepared for a glorious. I want to say yes and he says he decided to use the shepherd and overseer about. So I don't mean just a soul that means I hope I'll be all about because the evil wicked things over the years, even though I like

I joined a gang to us all and we will worship God in the fullness of when God created together. He made that very informed at him out of the Dust for the ground and he breathed his life-giving. Fred and Man, became a living. I mean, we living in glory and our bodies after the final Resurrection Church forest soil, that that is upon us. And in chapter 6 Rodger, he resides there since last night, We have this. As a sure and steadfast anchor of the Soul behind the cut where Jesus is gone as a foreigner on. I have become a high priest Forever After the order of Melchizedek.

We have such a glorious future. We have such a glorious victory in our Lord, Jesus Christ. In the name of song today will be reading. Now is one that is well known to us. It is Before the Throne of God.

Triton. Got to be still my soul. The Lord is on your side patiently, the weight of grief and pain. Leave your God to order and provide for every change. The faithful will remain be still your gracious. Heavenly friend 340 ways, leads to a joyful. And Glorious thing we can know that competence Be Still My Soul. Your God would undertake the guy the future as he has the post. You'll have your confidence and Shake will now mysterious shall be bright-eyed lost. Be Still My Soul the winds and waves still know the voice of Christ, the rule them all.

You still in my song, but I guess I used to knowing, when should we shall be forever with the Lord and disappointment, grief, and fear of y'all. Sorry. I forgotten last part of your jaw's Rejoice. Restore Be Still My Soul. When changing tee is up in his safe, presents. We shall meet pass laws. Well, you be still in here? I'll be resting. Whenever I can say whatever I just always in then repeat those words from Hebrews chapter 16, verse 19. We have this. At the shore and steadfast anchor of the Soul enters into the inner place behind the curtain. But Jesus has gone the 4Runner on alcohol. I mean, a high priest Forever After the order of Melchizedek.

Grace of God. We thank you. You are indeed the shepherd and the overseer of us.

You'll be off. All that we face. Oh. Is in your hand. And you'll control. Or help us to not. The glory and the insurance in the comfort of this. We do pry.