44 min
The Lord is my Shepherd Selah - A Podcast by Koinonia Fellowship
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- Christianity
Reader, can you say today that, “The Lord is my shepherd?” The 23rd Psalm is one of the most cherished of all Psalms. For it declares the truth, that Jesus Christ IS The Great Shepherd. When Jesus ministered on earth, we read that when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd (Matt 9:36). Mankind is likened to sheep. We are sheep who need a shepherd.
It is one thing to say that you know you need a shepherd. It is another thing all together to say, know, and believe in your heart that “The Lord is my shepherd.” On this Lord’s Supper Sunday, the words of The Lord Jesus from the gospel of John, I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep (John 10:11), come to mind. The Bible states that without the shedding of blood is no remission of sin (Heb 9:22; 10:18). We read in Hebrews 13:20,21, “Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.” Please note the phrase, beloved, the blood of the everlasting covenant.
It is by faith in the sinless, perfect blood of Jesus, The Lamb of God, that we enter into an everlasting covenant with God. Jesus has become unto us both The Lamb of God and our Great Shepherd. You see that it is not until you come to faith in Jesus Christ, The Lamb of God, as the Savior of your soul, that you can come to know Him as your Shepherd. We are born into this world alienated from the life of God. He is our Creator, but He is not our Lord or Shepherd until we are born again. Peter writes to those who have repented and trusted Christ as their savior, for ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls (1 Pet 2:25).
You were gone astray, before your conversion, but now have returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your soul. Beloved, have you returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your soul, Jesus Christ? The prophet Isaiah foretold that when The Great Shepherd appeared, He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young (Isa 40:11). So as we study Psalm 23 together this morning, my prayer is that every person reading this or hearing this message would know beyond a shadow of a doubt that the testimony of David is your testimony as well. The Lord is my Shepherd should never be a question in the life of any who claim Him as Lord, but an exclamation point!! SELAH
Reader, can you say today that, “The Lord is my shepherd?” The 23rd Psalm is one of the most cherished of all Psalms. For it declares the truth, that Jesus Christ IS The Great Shepherd. When Jesus ministered on earth, we read that when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd (Matt 9:36). Mankind is likened to sheep. We are sheep who need a shepherd.
It is one thing to say that you know you need a shepherd. It is another thing all together to say, know, and believe in your heart that “The Lord is my shepherd.” On this Lord’s Supper Sunday, the words of The Lord Jesus from the gospel of John, I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep (John 10:11), come to mind. The Bible states that without the shedding of blood is no remission of sin (Heb 9:22; 10:18). We read in Hebrews 13:20,21, “Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.” Please note the phrase, beloved, the blood of the everlasting covenant.
It is by faith in the sinless, perfect blood of Jesus, The Lamb of God, that we enter into an everlasting covenant with God. Jesus has become unto us both The Lamb of God and our Great Shepherd. You see that it is not until you come to faith in Jesus Christ, The Lamb of God, as the Savior of your soul, that you can come to know Him as your Shepherd. We are born into this world alienated from the life of God. He is our Creator, but He is not our Lord or Shepherd until we are born again. Peter writes to those who have repented and trusted Christ as their savior, for ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls (1 Pet 2:25).
You were gone astray, before your conversion, but now have returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your soul. Beloved, have you returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your soul, Jesus Christ? The prophet Isaiah foretold that when The Great Shepherd appeared, He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young (Isa 40:11). So as we study Psalm 23 together this morning, my prayer is that every person reading this or hearing this message would know beyond a shadow of a doubt that the testimony of David is your testimony as well. The Lord is my Shepherd should never be a question in the life of any who claim Him as Lord, but an exclamation point!! SELAH
44 min