We did good with the last one; lost 2 subscribers and gained 1. Never sure who comes on board and why, or who leaves and why. My only apologies for what I wrote is that it is from the limitations of my words. May God enlighten us through His teachings and that the sheep hear His voice and come to Him. And for the others that will not hear “ye are not His sheep”. To most likely soften today’s I will go to Spurgeon.
Extra Credit: Keeping with the Charles Spurgeon theme, I posted this one from actually the same article that today’s word of the day came from. Both are exerts from a larger article on The sheep and the Shepherd
Jhn 10:26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.
Jhn 10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
Jhn 10:28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
Discussion forum - What analogy may we draw from His elect being referred to as sheep?
“While far from flattering, it is however, eminently consoling, for of all creatures there are not any more compassed about with infirmity than sheep. In this frailty of their nature they are a fitting emblem of ourselves. We have proved our weakness, and day-by-day we lament it. We do confess our weakness; yet may we not repine at it, for, as Paul said, so we find, when we are weak then are we strong. Sheep have many wants, yet they are very helpless, and quite unable to provide for themselves. But for the shepherd’s cure they would soon perish. This, too, is our case. Our spiritual needs are numerous and pressing, yet we cannot supply any of them. We are travelers through a wilderness that yields us neither food nor water. Unless our bread drops down from heaven, and water flows out of the living rock, we must die. Sheep, too, are silly creatures, and in this respect likewise we are very sheepish. We meekly own it to Him who is ready to guide us. We say, as David said, “O God, thou knowest my foolishness;” and he says to us as He said to David, “I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go.” If Christ were not our wisdom, we should soon fall a prey to the destroyer. Every grain of true wisdom that we possess we have derived from Him; of ourselves we are dull and giddy; folly is bound up in our heart. The more conscious you are, deer brethren, of your own deficiencies, your lack of stamina, discretion, sagacity, and all the instincts of self-preservation, the more delighted you will be to see that the Lord accepts you under these conditions, and calls you the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand.” By Charles H. Spurgeon
