If we do not keep people’s eternal plight in mind, then immediate needs will force their way to the top of our agenda, and we will betray the gospel and the people we profess to love. The most loving thing we can do for the poor is to proclaim the good news of eternal salvation through Christ (Tim Chester).
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SHEPHERDS

SHEPHERDS

SHEPHERDS

  1. Early mention of # Ge 4:2
  2. Usually carried a scrip or bag # 1Sa 17:40
  3. Carried a staff or rod # Le 27:32 Ps 23:4
  4. Dwelt in tents while tending their flocks # So 1:8 Isa 38:12
  5. Members of the family both male and female acted as # Ge 29:6 1Sa 16:11 17:15
  6. Had hired keepers under them # 1Sa 17:20
  7. The unfaithfulness of hireling, alluded to # Joh 10:12
  8. CARE OF THE SHEEP BY, EXHIBITED IN 8a) Knowing them

    # Joh 10:14

8b) Going before and leading them # Ps 77:20 78:52 80:1 8c) Seeking out good pasture for them # 1Ch 4:39-41 Ps 23:2 8d) Numbering them when they return from pasture # Jer 33:13 8e) Watching over them by night # Lu 2:8 8f) Tenderness to the ewes in lamb, and to the young # Ge 33:13,14 Ps 78:71 8g) Defending them when attacked by wild beasts # 1Sa 17:34-36 Am 3:12 8h) Searching them out when lost and straying # Eze 34:12 Lu 15:4,5 8i) Attending them when sick # Eze 34:16 9) An abomination to the Egyptians # Ge 46:34 10) ILLUSTRATIVE 10a) Of God as leader of Israel # Ps 77:20 80:1 10b) Of Christ as the good shepherd # Eze 34:23 Zec 13:7 Joh 10:14 Heb 13:20 10c) Of kings as the leaders of the people # Isa 44:28 Jer 6:3 49:19 10d) Of ministers of the gospel # Jer 23:4 10e) (Searching out straying sheep,) of Christ seeking the lost # Eze 34:12 Lu 15:2-7 10f) (Their care and tenderness,) of tenderness of Christ # Isa 40:11 Eze 34:13-16 10g) (Ignorant and foolish,) of bad ministers # Isa 56:11 Jer 50:6 Eze 34:2,10 Zec 11:7,8,15-17

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