![]() Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, not by compulsion but willingly, not for dishonest gain but eagerly nor as being lords over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock and when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that does not fade away. ![]() And other sheep I have which are not of this fold them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice and there will be one flock and one shepherd. As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father and I lay down My life for the sheep. I am the good shepherd and I know My sheep, and am known by My own. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him and I will raise him up at the last day. My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I said to you. The works that I do in My Father’s name, they bear witness of Me. Then the Jews surrounded Him and said to Him, 'How long do You keep us in doubt? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.' Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. Yet they will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” Jesus used this illustration, but they did not understand the things which He spoke to them. And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. Playlist: Go to the Sheep, Hearing the Shepherd (topic) playlist
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