Christ is the good Shepherd who came that we may have life and have it abundantly, and He is the great Shepherd of the sheep making sure we enjoy all the bequests of the new covenant. How we love our dear Lord Jesus, the Shepherd according to God’s heart, who is both the good Shepherd, […]
Shepherding others According to God – According to His Nature, Desire, Way, and Glory
As believers in Christ, we are under His tender care and shepherding, and we are commissioned by Him to shepherd His sheep and feed His lambs (see John 21); therefore, in order for us to shepherd according to God, we need to learn how to shepherd by being one with the Lord in His heavenly […]
Shepherding is the Key, so we need to Learn to Shepherd others According to God
The Gospel of John, a gospel focusing on God in Christ coming to be our life and meet our every need for God’s purpose, shows us how Christ came to shepherd us by cherishing and nourishing us; shepherding is the key to the Gospel of John. The Lord Jesus came not as a mighty king […]
Christ is the Good Shepherd, the great Shepherd, and the Shepherd of our Souls
The Lord Jesus is our Shepherd; according to the New Testament, Christ is the good Shepherd, the great Shepherd, the Chief Shepherd, and the Shepherd of our souls. In Ezekiel 34 in particular we see that the Lord Himself comes to shepherd His sheep, and He will take good care of them. We all can […]
Being those who Enjoy the All-inclusive Tender Care of our Good Shepherd Lord Jesus
How wonderful it is to see in Ezekiel 34 how our good Shepherd, Christ, is taking an all-inclusive tender care of us as His sheep! First He speaks to the shepherds, who did not take care of the sheep but rather fed themselves and caused the sheep to go astray and be scattered, and then […]
The Lord comes as the Shepherd to Search for His Sheep and Bring them to Himself
In Ezekiel 34 the Lord Himself comes as the Shepherd to search for His sheep and seek them out, bringing them back to Himself as the pasture, restoring them, recovering them, and healing them; to shepherd is to take all-inclusive tender care of the flock. This week in our Crystallization-study of the book of Ezekiel […]
Religion is Something for God and for the Benefit of People yet without Christ!
I am still prayerfully considering Gal. 1:4 where Paul said that Jesus Christ gave Himself so that we may be rescued, delivered, and plucked out of the present evil age, from the present degraded religious system in Christianity. The present evil age for Paul was Judaism, which was a religion based on the holy word […]