THE GOOD SHEPHERD – JESUS CHRIST!

FOLKS, IT TAKES A GOOD SHEPHERD, TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND (TO RECOGNIZE) – A GOOD SHEPHERD!

Luke 2:8-20

NOW, THERE WERE – IN THE SAME COUNTRY (Of Judea), SHEPHERDS LIVING OUT IN THE FIELDS, KEEPING WATCH OVER THEIR FLOCK – BY NIGHT!  AND BEHOLD, AN ANGEL OF THE LORD (GOD Almighty’s Holy Angel) STOOD BEFORE THEM (THESE Shepherds), AND THE GLORY OF THE LORD (GOD Almighty) SHONE AROUND THEM (THESE Shepherds), AND THEY WERE GREATLY AFRAID!  THEN, THE ANGEL (GOD Almighty’s Holy Angel) SAID TO THEM, “DO NOT BE AFRAID, FOR BEHOLD, I BRING YOU GOOD TIDINGS OF GREAT JOY, WHICH WILL BE TO ALL PEOPLE!  FOR THERE IS BORN TO YOU (ALL Mankind), THIS DAY, IN THE CITY OF DAVID (Bethlehem), A SAVIOR, WHO IS – CHRIST, THE LORD!  AND THIS WILL BE – THE SIGN TO YOU: YOU WILL FIND A BABE, WRAPPED IN SWADDLING CLOTHS, LYING IN A MANGER (An Animal Feed Trough)!”

AND SUDDENLY THERE WAS, WITH THE ANGEL (GOD Almighty’s Holy Angel), A MULTITUDE OF THE HEAVENLY HOST (GOD Almighty’s Holy Angels), PRAISING GOD (GOD Almighty) AND SAYING: “GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST (GOD Almighty), AND ON EARTH – PEACE, GOOD WILL TOWARD MEN!”

SO IT WAS, WHEN THE ANGELS (GOD Almighty’s Holy Angels) HAD GONE AWAY FROM THEM (THESE Shepherds) – INTO HEAVEN; THAT, THE SHEPHERDS SAID TO ONE ANOTHER, “LET US NOW – GO TO BETHLEHEM, AND SEE THIS THING, THAT HAS COME TO PASS, WHICH THE LORD (GOD Almighty) HAS MADE KNOWN TO US!”  AND THEY (THESE Shepherds) CAME WITH HASTE, AND FOUND – MARY, AND JOSEPH, AND THE BABE (Jesus) – LYING IN A MANGER!  NOW, WHEN THEY (THESE Shepherds) HAD SEEN HIM (Jesus); THEY MADE WIDELY KNOWN, THE SAYING, WHICH WAS TOLD THEM (By GOD Almighty’s Holy Angel), CONCERNING THIS CHILD (Jesus)!  AND ALL THOSE, WHO HEARD IT, MARVELED AT THOSE THINGS, WHICH WERE TOLD THEM – BY THE SHEPHERDS!  BUT, MARY KEPT ALL THESE THINGS, AND PONDERED THEM – IN HER HEART!  THEN, THE SHEPHERDS RETURNED, GLORIFYING AND PRAISING GOD (GOD Almighty), FOR ALL THE THINGS, THAT THEY HAD HEARD AND SEEN – AS IT WAS TOLD THEM!

John 10:11, 14-15, 17-18, & 27-30

THEN, JESUS SAID TO THEM, “I (Jesus Christ) AM – THE GOOD SHEPHERD!  THE GOOD SHEPHERD GIVES HIS LIFE – FOR THE SHEEP!  I (Jesus Christ) AM – THE GOOD SHEPHERD; AND I KNOW – MY SHEEP (The Body Of Christ, The Bride Of Christ, ALL Truly “Born Again” Fellow Believers – Children Of GOD Almighty), AND AM KNOWN – BY MY OWN!  AS THE FATHER (GOD Almighty) KNOWS ME (Jesus Christ); EVEN SO, I KNOW – THE FATHER (GOD Almighty); AND I LAY DOWN MY LIFE – FOR THE SHEEP!  THEREFORE, MY FATHER (GOD Almighty) LOVES ME (Jesus Christ); BECAUSE I LAY DOWN MY LIFE, THAT I MAY TAKE IT (UP) AGAIN!  NO ONE TAKES IT (My Life) – FROM ME; BUT, I LAY IT DOWN (FREELY) OF MYSELF!  I HAVE POWER – TO LAY IT (My Life) DOWN; AND I HAVE POWER – TO TAKE IT (UP) AGAIN (Jesus’ Crucifixion, Resurrection, Ascension, AND The Imminent Being CAUGHT UP Together – The Gospel Of Jesus Christ)!  THIS COMMAND, I HAVE RECEIVED – FROM MY FATHER (GOD Almighty)!”

“MY SHEEP HEAR MY VOICE, AND I KNOW THEM, AND THEY FOLLOW ME!  AND I (Jesus Christ) GIVE THEM (The Body Of Christ, The Bride Of Christ, ALL Truly “Born Again” Fellow Believers – Children Of GOD Almighty) – ETERNAL LIFE (EVERLASTING LIFE – IN GOD Almighty’s Immediate Presence, With Jesus Christ, The Holy Spirit, GOD Almighty’s Holy Angels, AND The Body Of Christ, The Bride Of Christ, ALL Truly “Born Again” Fellow Believers – Children Of GOD Almighty, FOR ETERNITY, FOREVER), AND THEY SHALL NEVER PERISH (IN The Lake Of Fire, The Second Death – EVERLASTING CONDEMNATION, FOR ETERNITY, FOREVER); NEITHER SHALL ANYONE (NOT Even, Satan Himself) SNATCH THEM (The Body Of Christ, The Bride Of Christ, ALL Truly “Born Again” Fellow Believers – Children Of GOD Almighty) – OUT OF MY HAND!  MY FATHER (GOD Almighty) WHO HAS GIVEN THEM (The Body Of Christ, The Bride Of Christ, ALL Truly “Born Again” Fellow Believers – Children Of GOD Almighty) – TO ME (Jesus Christ), IS GREATER THAN ALL; AND NO ONE (NOT Even, Satan Himself) IS ABLE TO SNATCH THEM (The Body Of Christ, The Bride Of Christ, ALL Truly “Born Again” Fellow Believers – Children Of GOD Almighty) – OUT OF MY FATHER’S (GOD Almighty’s) HAND!  I (Jesus Christ) AND MY FATHER (GOD Almighty) ARE ONE!”

1 Peter 2:25

FOR YOU (The Body Of Christ, The Bride Of Christ, ALL Truly “Born Again” Fellow Believers – Children Of GOD Almighty) WERE LIKE SHEEP – GOING ASTRAY; BUT, HAVE NOW RETURNED – TO THE (GOOD) SHEPHERD AND OVERSEER OF YOUR SOULS (Jesus Christ)!

1 Peter 5:4

AND WHEN, THE CHIEF SHEPHERD (Jesus Christ) APPEARS (AT The Being CAUGHT UP Together); YOU (The Body Of Christ, The Bride Of Christ, ALL Truly “Born Again” Fellow Believers – Children Of GOD Almighty) WILL RECEIVE – THE CROWN OF GLORY, THAT DOES NOT FADE AWAY!

Finally, The Being CAUGHT UP Together – IS IMMINENT!  I’M READY, ARE YOU?  Amen.