The Gospel of John, a gospel focusing on God in Christ coming to be our life and meet our every need for God’s purpose, shows us how Christ came to shepherd us by cherishing and nourishing us; shepherding is the key to the Gospel of John. The Lord Jesus came not as a mighty king […]
Christ is the Good Shepherd, the great Shepherd, and the Shepherd of our Souls
April 20, 2017 by 19 Comments
The Lord Jesus is our Shepherd; according to the New Testament, Christ is the good Shepherd, the great Shepherd, the Chief Shepherd, and the Shepherd of our souls. In Ezekiel 34 in particular we see that the Lord Himself comes to shepherd His sheep, and He will take good care of them. We all can […]
Being those who Enjoy the All-inclusive Tender Care of our Good Shepherd Lord Jesus
April 18, 2017 by 21 Comments
How wonderful it is to see in Ezekiel 34 how our good Shepherd, Christ, is taking an all-inclusive tender care of us as His sheep! First He speaks to the shepherds, who did not take care of the sheep but rather fed themselves and caused the sheep to go astray and be scattered, and then […]
The Lord comes as the Shepherd to Search for His Sheep and Bring them to Himself
April 17, 2017 by 4 Comments
In Ezekiel 34 the Lord Himself comes as the Shepherd to search for His sheep and seek them out, bringing them back to Himself as the pasture, restoring them, recovering them, and healing them; to shepherd is to take all-inclusive tender care of the flock. This week in our Crystallization-study of the book of Ezekiel […]
Religion is Something for God and for the Benefit of People yet without Christ!
January 12, 2016 by 2 Comments
I am still prayerfully considering Gal. 1:4 where Paul said that Jesus Christ gave Himself so that we may be rescued, delivered, and plucked out of the present evil age, from the present degraded religious system in Christianity. The present evil age for Paul was Judaism, which was a religion based on the holy word […]
Being One with Christ in His Heavenly Ministry to Shepherd God’s Flock, the Church
August 31, 2015 by 1 Comment
In the previous articles, we have seen what it means to shepherd according to God by taking a closer look at the pattern of the Lord Jesus and the pattern of the Apostle Paul. A pattern gives us a way practically how to do a certain thing, and the Lord Jesus lived out a God-man […]
Christ as the Son of Man is Cherishing us and as the Son of God He’s Nourishing us
August 24, 2015 by 1 Comment
The Lord needs to have a new revival, the ultimate revival, which is not just a “flash in the pan” or some excitement that lasts for a little and fades out, but something solid and lasting, something that will close this age and bring the Lord back. What the Lord desires to gain is a […]
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