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Who is the Shepherd ?!
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Sep 6, 2009 12:06 pm
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God is the Shepherd.
Undoubtedly He is the True Good Shepherd as he says in the Gospel :
+ " I am the good Shepherd .The good Shepherd gives His life for the sheep. "
( Jn.10:11 )
+ " I am the good Shepherd ; and I know My sheep , and am known by My own "
( Jn.10:14 )
+ " My sheep hear hear My voice , and I know them , and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life , and they shall never perish , neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand
" ( Jn.10:27 )
+ In ( Lk.15 ) The Lord gives the parable of of the lost sheep , and speaks about Himself as the Good Shepherd who went after it and when He has found it , He laid it on His shoulders, rejoicing , and He calls the friends and neighbours to rejoice with Him.
+ As ( Jn.10 ) is known as the Gospel of the Shepherd ,
( Ps.22,23 ) is known as the Psalm of the Shepherd , besides many other psalms speaking about God the Shepherd.
David chants , saying ,
" The Lord is My Shepherd , I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures , He leads me besides the still waters .He restores my soul ,He leads me in the path of righteousness........
Your rod and Your staff , they comfort me "
The Song of Songs , likewise , presents God as the Shepherd .
The human soul talks to Him , saying ,
" Tell me , O You whom I love , where You feed your flock, where You make it rest at noon "
" My beloved is Mine , and I am His , He feeds His flock among the lilies "
" My beloved has gone .....to feed His flock in the garden "
( Song 1 ; 2:16 ; 6:2,3 )
Also in the Old Testament God spoke about Himself as the Shepherd.
That was in the very impressive and evelasting phrase in the chapter of the Shepherd ( Ezek.34:15,16 )
" I will feed My flock, and I will make them lie down .....I will seek what was lost and bring back what was driven away , build up the broken and strengthen what was sick "
And also ,
" I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out .....and deliver them in good pasture... they shall lie down in a good fold and feed in rich pasture.....I Myself will judge between the fat and the lean sheep......I will save My flock , and they shall no longer be a prey "
( Ezek.34 )
I recommend all our beloved members of the group to read the chapter.
Now , since God is the Shepherd , How could be human shepherd ?
And If God is the Shepherd, how were some called , even by God Himself , shepherds ?
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