The Voice of the True Shepherd
Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? John 10:32. Jesus declared Himself to be the true shepherd, because He gave His life for the sheep. He says: “Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take […]
In Meekness Feed the Lambs
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace. James 3:18. The true minister of Christ should be encircled by an atmosphere of spiritual light, because he is connected with the world of light, and walks with Christ, who is the light of the world. Arguments may be resisted, persuasion […]
The Converted Peter, an Undershepherd
When thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren. Luke 22:32. Three times Peter had openly denied his Lord, and three times Jesus drew from him the assurance of his love and loyalty, pressing home that pointed question, like a barbed arrow to his wounded heart. Before the assembled disciples Jesus revealed the depth of Peter’s repentance, […]
Undershepherds
Feed the flock of God, … taking the oversight thereof. 1 Peter 5:2. The Great Shepherd has undershepherds, to whom He delegates the care of His sheep and lambs. The first work that Christ entrusted to Peter, on restoring him to the ministry, was to feed the lambs. This was a work in which Peter […]
The Shepherd Calls His Sheep by Name
He that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep…. The sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. John 10:2, 3. The path of the upright is the path of peace. It is so plain that the humble, God-fearing man can walk in […]
Christ Is Everything to Those Who Receive Him
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. John 10:27. The transformation of the human character makes the yoke of Christ easy, and His burden light. Through faith everyone can, if he will become one with Christ in his obedience and his service. It is God’s prerogative to command; it […]
