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

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

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

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

And when he has found [the sheep], he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. Luke 15:5, RSV. In the commission to His disciples, Christ not

He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom. Isaiah 40:11. True