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CHRIST IN ME AND ME IN CHRIST
THIS IS THE THIRD SUNDAY THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE INVESTIGATING - THE GOOD SHEPHERD.
WE HAVE LOOKED INTO AND IN THAT WE WERE REMINDED OF HOW THE SHEPHERD ENTERS INTO OUR LIVES BY THE DOORWAY, THE ONLY WAY AND HE DOES NOT PUSH HIS WAY IN, HE DOES NOT SURPRISE US AND MANIPULATE US.
THERE IS A GENTLE CALL, A WOO AND HE ASKS PERMISSION TO ENTER.
WE WERE REMINDED THAT WHEN WE ARE READY, HE WILL ENTER IN AND TAKE CHARGE.
HE IS THERE TO TAKE CARE OF AND LOOK OUR FOR OUR BEST INTERESTS
WE HEAR HIS VOICE AND RECOGNISE IT AS THAT OF A FRIENDLY AND LISTEN FOR HIS BECKON.
THE SECOND SUNDAY WE LOOKED AT VERSES 7-18 () AND WE SAW THAT THERE IS ONE FLOCK AND ONE SHEPHERD.
JESUS IS THE DOOR AND IF AND WHEN WE ENTER WE WILL BE SAVED.
WE ALLOW HIM IN AND HE TAKES CARE OF US.
THERE IS A SACRIFICE AND A TRUST THAT HAPPENS ON BOTH SIDES.
WHEN WE ALLOW GOD IN AND GIVE HIM CONTROL THERE WE ENJOY SAFE PASTURE AND GREEN PASTURE.
ALL OF OUR NEEDS WILL BE MET AND EVEN SOME OF OUR WANTS.
JESUS REMINDED US THAT THIS LIFE IS FOR ALL, THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS - THERE WILL BE ONE SHEPHERD AND ONE FLOCK.
TO BELEIVE IN CHRIST IS TO BELONG TO CHRIST
TELL THE STORY:
THIS IS A POINT WHERE PEOPLE ARE DIVIDED.
THERE IS NO MIDDLE GROUND.
THERE CAN BE NO STRADDLING THE FENCE OF NEUTRALITY.
EITHER WE BELIEVE IN HIM OR WE DON’T.
THIS POLARISATION CAN BE EXPLAINED LIKE THIS:
POLARASATION SLIDE
WHENEVER A TRUTH OR AN ABSOLUTE IS PRESENTED TO A PERSON - ONE OF TWO THINGS HAPPEN
THE FIRST IS THAT THE SOUL AND SPIRIT IN SEARCH OF GOD RESPONDS POSITIVELY AND PROMPTLY.
THERE IS AN IMMEDIATE MOVE TOWARD TRUTH
THEY BECOME A PART OF ONES LIFE, IT IS THE ENERGISED, INVIGORATING LIFE OF GOD MOVING INTO HUMAN CHARACTER.
HUMAN CONDUCT.
HUMAN CONVERSATION.
IT CHANGES OUR CHARACTER AND CONDUCT UNTIL WE ARE CONFORMED TO CHRIST.
THE ALTERNATIVE IS THE OPPOSITE:
REJECTION OF TRUTH
WHICH OF COURSE IMPLIES THE ULTIMATE - THE REJECTION OF CHRIST
THIS IS TRUE OF WHEN JESUS ROAMED THE EARTH JUST AS MUCH AS IT IS TRUE TODAY.
HIS ATTACKERS WENT SO FAR AS TO DECLARE HIM INSANE AND A LUNATIC
HE WAS PERSUED AND MANY TRIED TO GET RID OF HIM
HE MANAGED TO ESCAPE THEM SEVERAL TIMES BUT EVENTUALLY THEY HAD THEIR MAN AND “DID AWAY” WITH HIM - OR SO THEY THOUGHT.
HANGING ON A ROMAN CROSS WAS THOUGHT TO BE THE END OF HIM.
WE ALL KNOW:
TRUTH DOES NOT DIE THAT WAY
TRUTH DOES NOT DISAPPEAR INTHE FACE OF EVIL
TRUTH IS INDESTRUCTIBLE JUST AS GOD IS INDESTRUCTIBLE
TRUTH ENDURES FOREVER
TRUTH REMAINS ETERNAL
OVER THE CENTURIES TRUTH HAS BEEN UNDER ATTACK - IT HAS BEEN DESPISED AND THERE HAVE BEEN MANY ATTEMPTS AT DEMOLISHING THE TRUTH.
OR PUT THIS WAY IN OUR BLINDNESS AND IGNORANCE THIS HAS BEEN THE DESIRE.
WHY? SLIDE
WE ASK OURSELVES WHY?
THE CLEAREST AND MOST CONCISE ANSWER TO THAT ENORMOUS , UNENDING QUESTION WAS GIVEN BY CHRIST HIMSELF:
ON THIS PARTICULAR OCCASION WE SEE JESUS QUESTIONED.
REPEATEDLY JESUS HAD DECLARED HIS IDENTITY.
THEY KNEW FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES THAT IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE ONE WHO STOOD IN FRONT OF THEM WAS NONE OTHER THAN THE PROMISED MESSIAH.
THE GREAT GOOD SHEPHERD FORETOLD THROUGH DAVID, ISAIAH, EZEKIEL AND OTHERS.
THEY REFUSED TO BELEIVE
THEY REFUSED TO ACCEPT
TO BELIEVE - WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
THIS IS NOT AN ENDORSEMENT TO WHAT HE HAS SAID AND DONE IN MY LIFE
HE SHARES IT WITH ME
LIVES IT WITH ME
BECOMES AN INTEGRAL AND VIATAL PART OF IT
HE IS IN ME AND I IN HIM
THE CLOSEST PARALLEL TO THIS IS MARRIAGE, WE CAN:
READ ABOUT
TALK ABOUT
DEBATE ABOUT
DISCUSS IT
BUT UNTIL YOU FIND THE ONE THAT YOU WILL TRUST AND LOVE AND INVITE INTO SHARE YOUR LIFE YOU WILL KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE TRUTH OF MARRIAGE.
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IT MUST BE EXPERIENCED TO BE KNOWN
TRIED TO BE UNDERSTOOD
UNDERTAKEN TO BE ENJOYED
IT IS THE SAME WITH CHRIST
SCRIPTURE REFERS TO HIM AS THE BRIDEGROOM AND US THE BRIDE
THE SECOND CLOSEST PARALLEL IS THE INTIMATE INTERRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A SHEPHERD AND HIS SHEEP.
WE CAN DISCUSS SHEPHERDING
READ ABOUT IT
STUDY IT
EVEN OBSERVE IT
YET UNTIL WE ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE - WE REALLY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT.
ON THE FIRST WEEK WE SPOKE ABOUT LETTING CHRIST IN AND ALLOWING HIM TO HAVE CONTROL OVER OUR LIVES.
OF LETTING HIM MANAGE AND WE GET THE BENEFIT OF COMING UNDER HIS CHARGE.
HE CALLS TO US
HE INVITES US
HE LONGS TO BE A PART OF OUR LIFE AND FOR US TO BE ENJOYING THE BENEFITS OF SHARING LIFE WITH HIM
THIS IS A VERY SCARY THING TO COMMIT THIS MUCH - A LOT OF US SHY AWAY FROM DOING THIS.
THIS IS A COMPLETE COMMITMENT.
ALL OF THIS LIFE, ALL OF ETERNITY AND ALL OF ME IS AT STAKE.
ETERNAL LIFE
JOHN 10
ETERNAL LIFE IN THE HAND OF THE SHEPHERD
THESE TWO VERSES IN JOHN CAN ONLY BE SEEN TOGETHER AND NOT SEPERATELY
IT IS A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE OF THE SHEPHERD AND HIS SHEEP.
IT SPEAKS OF AN INTIMATE AND PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP OF TRUST AND CARE.
THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN GET IN THE WAY - THERE IS A “BLESSED ASSURANCE” TAKING PLACE.
IF WE LOOK AT THE RELATIONSHIP OF A HUMAN SHEPHERD TO DRAW THE PARALLEL.
THE SHEEP THAT REMAIN IN THE SHEPHERDS FOLD BENEFIT FROM HIS PROTECTION AND PROVISION AND THEY THRIVE UNDER HIS EXPERT MANAGEMENT AND CARE.
HE TAKES GOOD CARE OF THEM AND THERE IS AN INTIMACY THEY SHARE.
IT IS NOT A RESISTANT RELATIONSHIP IT IS NOW A BEAUTIFUL DANCE.
PHILLIP KELLER IN HIS BOOK DESCRIBES THIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS SHEEP WHEN HE FARMED - HE LOVED TAKING CARE OF HIS SHEEP AND THEY LOVED HIM TAKING CARE OF THEM AND TOGETHER THEY FLOURISHED.
HE ALSO TELLS OF THE SHEEP THAT WERE IN THE FOLD THAT WERE NEVER REALLY SATISFIED WITH BEING IN THE FOLD AND LOOKED FOR ANY AND EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO ESCAPE THROUGH A HOLE ON THE FENCE OR ALONG THE SIDE WALL AT LOW TIDE.
SOME WOULD WANDER OFF DOWN THE ROAD AND GET LOST IN THE FOREST AND THIS WANDERING ALLOWED THEM TO BE EXPOSED TO ALL KINDS OF DANGERS AND PERILS AND THEY OFTEN MET THEIR DEMISE.
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