Turn with me first tonight to
1 Samuel 16. Verse 11. 1 Samuel 16. In verse 11 we read,
And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he,
Jesse, said, There remaineth yet the youngest. And behold,
He keepeth the sheep. Look at chapter 17, verse 14. And David was the youngest, and
the three eldest, his three older brothers, followed Saul. But
David went and returned from Saul, to feed his father's sheep
at Bethlehem. Jesse's three oldest sons follow
Saul into battle against the Philistines. But David, it says,
returned from soothing Saul with his heart to feed and tend to
the sheep. David was a shepherd. Look at
verse 20. And David rose up early in the
morning and left the sheep with a keeper and took and went as
Jesse had commanded him. And he came to the trench as
the host was going forth to the fight and shouted for the battle. And then in verse 28, we read,
and Eliab, his eldest brother, heard when he spoken to the men,
speaking of David, asking the men about the Philistine giant,
Goliath. It says Eliab's anger was kindled
against David. He was upset with him, and he
said, and I'm sure in a demeaning way, why camest thou down hither
and to degrade him more? He said, and with whom hast thou
left those few sheep in the wilderness? You're just a boy. You're just
a shepherd boy, and you're not worth much. You're down here
for the wrong reasons. But David was a keeper of the
sheep. When David committed to face
Goliath, nobody else would. Saul said, you're not able to
go up against this giant. And he said, you're but a youth.
And what he meant was, you're just a young shepherd boy. What
are you gonna do against this proven man of war? And verse
34, and David said unto Saul, thy servant kept his father's
sheep. And there came a lion and a bear
and took a lamb out of the flock. And I went after him. This is
no ordinary shepherd boy. He said, I went out after him
and smote him and delivered it, that being the sheep, out of
his mouth. And when he rose against me,
I caught him by the beard and smote him and slew him. Thy servant
slew both the lion and the bear, and this uncircumcised Philistine
shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of
the living God. And David said, moreover, the
Lord, the Great Shepherd, that delivered me out of the pawl
of the lion and out of the pawl of the bear, He will deliver
me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go,
and the Lord be with thee. So we see here that David was
first and foremost a shepherd. You and I cannot fully appreciate
David as the shepherd, as a type of
Christ, the good shepherd, until we understand some things about
sheep. And this is not the first message
you've heard on sheep or on the shepherd. But I've titled this
message, Oh, What a Shepherd We Have. Oh, what a shepherd we have.
As a shepherd, we see Christ in David. And David was a good
shepherd. But oh, what a shepherd we have.
Now, some things that we pretty much all know about sheep. First
of all, sheep are prone to wander. Sheep are easily frightened.
Sheep lack natural defenses. Sheep need constant guidance. Sheep need provision and protection. Was there any wonder why God's
people are compared to sheep? Sheep are dependent, totally
dependent. They cannot feed themselves.
Yes, in most cases, you have to lead sheep to a new pasture. I'm sure Glenn or some that have
dealt with sheep know a little more about this, but I mean,
you can find anything in encyclopedias or on the internet, and that's
the case. They won't move on their own. If left too long in
one area, they'll overgraze the pasture and risk starving. Sheep tend to eat plants down
to the roots, And if they're not rotated to a different part
of the pasture, they'll just keep nibbling at what's there
until you do move them. They don't naturally migrate. Sheep are creatures of habit.
So are we. Without a shepherd to lead them,
they will die. So will we. Sheep won't seek
better pasture, even if it's nearby. If there's a fence or
anything that's unfamiliar to them, fear will block them from
leaving. They're just timid, timid creatures. Bottom line is that sheep need
guidance. So do we. And if one goes the
wrong way, many will follow. So will we. I was reading in
the country of Turkey in 2005, it was reported by the BBC news
group that nearly 1500 sheep jumped off a cliff. And as I
read that story closer, it started with one sheep. One sheep went
over the edge and the rest followed. I forget how far it says they
fell, a pretty good distance, enough that 450 of them died,
and the rest, I think, 1,500 or so when it was all done. The
only reason they didn't die is because they were falling on
the piles of the bodies of those that had fallen, and their fall
was cushioned. What a picture of us by nature.
You can call it flock behavior. You can call it blind conformity.
But we too had this fault as God's sheep. You know, I can
remember as a teenager, always as I got older, able to drive,
you know, trying to have a little independence, you know, I would
argue with my parents over things that they wouldn't let me do.
No, you're not doing that. Well, why not? Well, because
I said so. Well, Johnny's getting to do
it. And my mother would always say, if Johnny jumped off the
Henderson-Evansville Bridge, would you? Did your parents ever
use that psychology on you? Well, they did me. Well, I suppose
if I was a sheep, I most likely would. I'd jump off a bridge
with Johnny and whoever else jumped it. Because that's how
we are by nature. We're followers and not always
of the right of the right ones. I've often heard it said that
sheep exhibit the 4D behavior. What's the 4D behavior? They're
dumb, dependent, defenseless, and directionless. There's no
doubt that sheep need a shepherd. Oh, what a shepherd we have. out of the entire animal kingdom,
could the Lord have chosen any animal that better suits or illustrates
his people's behavior? The majority of the beasts of
the field and the forest revealed themselves to be independent,
but the sheep cannot rest but under the care of a shepherd."
I remember Clay Curtis told me one time that and I don't remember
the circumstances, but he wound up at a livestock auction. And
he said, first they auctioned off the goats. And he said, they
opened up the gate and these goats just run out, you know,
like crazy, you know, just bucking and jumping around and nobody,
no shepherd. They just, but when it came time
to auction the sheep, The shepherd had to come out first, and the
sheep followed him out. God's sheep need a shepherd,
and they've got the best shepherd. Oh, what a shepherd we have.
Sheep are totally dependent on a shepherd. They can't feed themselves
well, as we've already seen. They cannot protect themselves.
They cannot lead nor guide themselves, and neither can we as God's sheep.
Sheep are directionless. All we like sheep have gone astray. That's what the scripture says
about us. We've turned everyone to our own way. Whether that's
a bad way, whether that's a dangerous way, whether it's the wrong way,
we've all turned to our own way. Sheep often ignorantly leave
the shepherd's care. And this is universally man's
condition. We're all prone to wander like
sheep. We're prone to leave our good
shepherd. Oh, we like sheep. This isn't
just a few of us, this includes all. Oh, we like sheep. Oh, how we need Christ, the good
shepherd. And oh, what a shepherd we have. Sheep are vulnerable, defenseless. They don't have any claws. They
don't have any fangs, and they don't have any speed to run. It's kind of like that old joke,
two guys are talking and they said, now, if we run into a bear,
you know, and one said, well, I'm not, I'm not worried about,
he said, bears are fast. He said, I'm not worried about
outrunning the bear. He said, I'm worried about outrunning
you. If I can outrun you, the bear's gonna get you, not me.
Sheep aren't known for their speed. They're defenseless. Just
fluffy white targets for predators. Easy to see, easy to catch. And you and I are full. We're
fluffy, if you want to call it that, with sin and ignorance. We're utterly dependent on our
shepherd. And oh, what a shepherd we are.
Sheep are known to have poor sight. Sheep see well to the
sides. They've got good peripheral vision
from what I read, but they don't see good right in front of them.
Neither do we, neither do we. They typically freeze or they
run when threatened. They're skittish. when isolated
and stressed. Sheep tend to follow each other
without question, as we've seen in the little story a moment
ago. They can even be led to dangerous places. That's where
that term, led to the slaughter, comes from. Sheep get themselves
stuck in awkward spots. I saw a a video where a sheep,
you know, it's hard for them to get up when they fall. And
it showed this little boy getting down next to this sheep and pushing
him with his feet for the sheep. And the sheep got up, but on
his own, the sheep couldn't get up. There was another video I
saw where a big, heavy set sheep fell into a ditch, a muddy ditch,
and they got him out. And daggone, he didn't just jump
right back in it. Sheep need a shepherd. God's
sheep need a good shepherd. And oh, what a shepherd we have.
Don't you just know that Jesse's sheep loved having David as their
shepherd? I don't know. I don't. I don't suppose she can
talk, but if they could, I'm sure they would say we got a
good shepherd. And friends, we got a good shepherd. All the
world is divided into two groups. Turn with me to Matthew Chapter
25. Verse 31 Matthew. Chapter 25. Verse 31. Here the Lord Jesus is speaking. And in verse 31, he says, when
the Son of Man shall come in his glory and all the holy angels
with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory and before
him shall be gathered all nations. And he shall separate them one
from another as a shepherd divided his sheep from the goats. And he shall set the sheep on
his right hand, but the goats on the left. And then shall the
king say unto them on his right hand, now pay attention, come
ye blessed to my father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you
from the foundation of the world. Who did he say that to? He said
it to his sheep. He didn't say it to the goats.
He said it to the sheep. Now listen, sheep never become
goats and goats never become sheep. Now look at John chapter
10 with me. This great chapter about the
shepherd and the sheep. John chapter 10. The first part
of John chapter 10 is all about the sheep and their shepherd.
John chapter 10, look at verse one. Again, the Lord Jesus speaking.
And he says, barely, barely, I say unto you, he that entereth
not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way.
Now we've got a lot of folks today climbing up other ways.
They're not coming through the sheep door. They climbeth up
some other way. And what does the Lord call them?
He says, the same as a thief and a robber. Now the sheepfold
represents God's people and Christ the door is the only legitimate
God ordained way to access and care for the sheep. You gotta
go through Christ. He's the great shepherd. He's
the good shepherd. And anyone who tries to access
the flock in any other way, avoiding the door. is a thief or a robber. The door
represents legitimate access. Christ is the door and the true
shepherd. The only hope that sheep have
for life is in and by and through Jesus Christ, the door. How many doors were in the ark?
Just one. I asked someone that went to
this ark that they've supposedly rebuilt,
you know, it's just a bunch of, it's just money is all it is,
just religious. I said, how many doors they got
on that ark? And he said, oh, there's several.
I said, well, it's not, it's not to scale then, because in
the ark there's only one door. Christ is that door. There's
only one door into the sheep boat. Christ is that door. Christ is the shepherd of the
sheep. Verse two, the Lord makes the
declaration that he himself is the shepherd of the sheep. Verse
two, but he that enterth in by the door is the shepherd of the
sheep. To him the porter openeth, and
the sheep hear his voice, and he calleth his own sheep by name,
and leadeth them out. Dear sinner, he called you by
name. How'd I know he was talking to
me? He called me by name. He led you out of bondage and
sin. Verse four, and when he puteth
forth his own sheep, who's he put forth? His own sheep, his
own. Having loved his own, he loved
them to the end. He goeth before them, and the
sheep follow him, for they know his voice. And a stranger will
they not follow, but will flee from him, for they know not the
voice of strangers." And I love those two verses. It tells us
so much about the sheep. Christ, it tells us about our
shepherd, and oh, what a shepherd we have. Christ is the shepherd
of the sheep. Christ is the door, the only
way to God. To him, the gatekeeper opens.
He's the only one that gets God's attention. Verses four and five
tell us some things that the shepherd enables and teaches
his sheep to do. His sheep, true believers, hear
his voice. He leads them out. He calls his
own sheep by name. They know his voice. They follow
him. There's intimacy and recognition
here. This is a personal relationship
between the sheep and the shepherd. And it doesn't say that he drives
them or that he pushes them. He leads them. Oh, what a shepherd
we have. He goes before them. You see,
if there's any danger to meet the sheep along the way, the
shepherd is there first to deal with it. Just like David did
with the lion and with the bear. The elect sheep of God, they
follow Him because they recognize His voice. They will not follow
the voice of a stranger. Listen, to those of you that
have sat under the gospel for a while, Used to, we could sit
in any church service, and we'd sit there and we'd nod our head.
It all sounded the same, didn't it? But not anymore. Not when
we become one of His sheep. Because we hear His voice. We
know what He says. We will not listen to the voice
of a stranger. Oh, what a shepherd we have.
Christ is the Good Shepherd. John 10, 11, and 14. Christ is
the chief shepherd, 1 Peter 5, 4. Christ is the great shepherd,
Hebrews 13, 20. What a shepherd. What a shepherd. Here in verse seven, Christ is
the door of the sheep. Verse eight, all that come before
are thieves and robbers. Verse nine, Christ our shepherd
is salvation. Verse 10, he came that we might
have abundant life. Now listen, not just life, not
just eternal, abundant life, abundantly. Life in abundance. Verse 11, Christ is the Good
Shepherd. He gives His life for the sheep. Verse 14, He knows His sheep
and He's known to them. Verse 15, Christ laid down His
life for the sheep. He said in verse 16, other sheep
I have that I must bring. He must bring them. He's going
to bring them because he must. Because they're his sheep. He's
not going to zap them with a golden rod and make goat sheep. His
sheep are not yet of the fold. He's going to leave the 99, go
out and get the one and bring them into his fold. You know
why? He must. He must. And what do I say to that? The
same thing you do, child of God. Oh, what a shepherd we have. Verse 17, the father loves the
shepherd of the sheep. No one takes the shepherd's life.
Verse 18, he lays it down of himself. And he's got the power
to lay it down and he's got the power to take it again. That's
a special shepherd. Oh, what a shepherding he is.
Look at verse 24. Here we see that not everyone
is a sheep. Well, everybody's a sheep, aren't
they? No. No. The sheep are on the right and
goats are on the left. Verse 24, then came the Jews
round about him and said unto him, how longest thou make us
to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us
plainly. And the Lord said, I told you, and you believe not, the
works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
But ye believe not, because you're not of my sheep. What did the Father, what did
Christ bear witness to the Father? That he was a shepherd. But you believe not, because
you're not of my sheep, as I said unto you. Verse 27, my sheep
hear my voice, and I know them. Remember what the Lord told those
that said, we've done this in your name, we've done that in
your name. He said, I never knew you. He didn't say you never
knew me. He said, I never knew you. He
says, my sheep hear my voice, and I know them. And what's the
result? They follow me. We follow Him
because He knows us. And He said, verse 28, I give
unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish. That's what
eternal life is, never perishing. Neither shall any man pluck them
out of My hand. They shall never perish. They
can't be plucked out of His hand. They can't even jump out of His
hand. Why? Verse 29, "'cause my Father
which gave them me," not gave me them, but gave them me, is
greater Then all and no man is able to pluck them out of my
father's hand. And I and my father are one. I'm God. Nobody gonna pluck them
out of my hand. Nobody gonna steal one of my
sheep. Just like that lion tried to
steal one of David's. Just as that lion tried, that
bear tried to steal one of David's. They weren't successful because
he was a good shepherd. And we have the greatest shepherd
of all. Oh, what a shepherd we have. We're one with Christ. Christ,
our shepherd, and His sheep are one. Now, I want you to turn
with me to Psalm 23. You knew I was going there. You
knew I'd have to. Psalm 23. Let's hear how David
describes his shepherd. Christ is David's shepherd. And
you know what? He's our shepherd too. And what
a shepherd He is. Psalm 23. Christ, first of all,
is the shepherd who provides. What does He provide? Everything.
Everything. Everything we need. Verse 1. The Lord is my shepherd, I shall
not want. I shall not want. He provides
everything. Not gonna want for anything.
He maketh me, he maketh me to lie down in green pastures. He
leadeth me beside the still waters. Here we have a personal relationship. The Lord is my shepherd. We have sufficiency in God. He
said, I shall not want. We have rest and nourishment,
green pastures, still waters, spiritual and emotional restoration. There's nowhere else to look
to meet your needs. Your great shepherd has it all. Only the good, the chief and
the great shepherd can satisfy. Secondly, Christ is the shepherd
who restores. Verse three, He restoreth my
soul. He leadeth me in the path of
righteousness for His name's sake. The only way that my soul
can be restored is that if I have His perfect righteousness, my
soul is restored to a state without sin. Why? Because I've got on
His perfect righteousness. No more weariness or wandering. Wandering. Like the sheep that
we are. Guidance. We have guidance into
righteousness. Not simply survival, but complete
transformation. For His glory this occurs. For His namesake, David says. Our great Shepherd, Jesus Christ,
restores and guides. That's what a great Shepherd
does. Thirdly, Christ is a shepherd who walks with us. He walks before
us. He walks with us. Verse 4, Yea,
though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will
fear no evil, for thou art with me. Thy rod and thy staff, they
comfort me. Our Lord never said, He never
promised us, as the old song says, a rose garden. He never
did. The Lord never promised that. He said it's gonna be through
much tribulation that you enter into the kingdom of God. Our hardship is real. Though I walk through the valley,
trials and hardships are gonna come. His presence is in our
darkness. He said, thou art with me. never
forsaken, never abandoned by my shepherd. He's promised us
protection and correction. He says, your rod and your staff,
they comfort me. God never promises absence of
trouble. He promises his presence in trouble. And that's all we need. Have I ever told you what a great
shepherd we have? God's sheep trust their shepherd
in the valley, same as they do in the green pastures and by
the still waters, because thou art with me. His rod, his staff,
they come to me. Christ forthly is our shepherd
who honors and blesses, verse five. Thou preparest a table
before me in the presence of mine enemies. Thou anointest
my head with oil, my cup runneth over." What provision we have
in adversity. Blessings in the midst of enemies.
Anointing in abundance. He anoints our heads with favor
and joy. Overflowing life. David said,
my cup runs over. Not just getting by. I'm blessed
above measure. beyond measure because of His
overflowing abundance, overflowing life. We don't just get by, barely
survive. We thrive in and on His abundance
of mercy and grace. He's got abundant of both. Fifthly,
Christ is the shepherd who pursues and preserves. Verse six, surely
goodness and mercy shall follow me. For a week or so? No. All the days of my life. And I'll dwell in the house of
the Lord 2025? No. All the days of my life. I'll dwell in the house of the
Lord forever. You know, I noticed last year
we had those, looked like campaign signs, Jesus 2024. Like he's
running for office or something. And now I've seen Jesus 2025. I'm not going to put a sign up
in my yard, but if I did, it would say, Jesus forever. Because
I'll dwell in the house of the Lord forever. My, my. God's goodness is not occasional,
it's constant. Mercy chases us down even when
we wander away. Isn't that right? Our Lord said,
I think ye, if a man have a hundred sheep, and one of them be gone
astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into
the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray? And if
so be that he find it barely, I say unto you, he rejoiceth
more of that sheep than of the ninety and nine, which went not
astray. Even so is it not the will of your Father, which is
in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish? Who's
he talking about there? You, me, the sheep that He brings
into the fold. In Christ, we have eternal security. Somebody said, do you honestly
believe in eternal security? And I say, you don't? I'll dwell in the house of the
Lord forever. What's that? If that's not eternal security,
what is that? Dear sheep, this is not wishful
thinking. It's a present and eternal reality
for those that trust in Christ as their shepherd. Whether in
green pastures or dark valleys, God prepares a feast in the midst
of our enemies and our shepherd is with us. And oh, what a shepherd
we have. So allow me, in closing, to leave
you with some other further things to consider. Some things that
we see in David as a shepherd that pitches our great shepherd.
You know, when I began to study for this, I had no idea I was
gonna go in this direction. But I do know this about the
gospel. The gospel, the gospel message,
is telling sinners who and what they are. and telling sinners
who and what Christ is. And that's what we see in the
sheep and in their shepherd. In what ways does David picture
and typify Christ as our great shepherd? David pictured Christ
in courage. David protected his flock from
predators like lions and bears in our text, verses 34 and 36. David didn't run from danger.
He met it head on. He confronted it right up front. Our Lord Jesus faced the ravening
wolves of religion with steadfast resolve. He openly challenged
the Pharisees, the Sadducees, the scribes, knowing that it
would provoke backlash and hatred against him. He called them harlings. He called them whitewashed tombs.
You're like sepulchers. You're beautiful on the outside,
but on the inside, you're dead man's bones. He called them a brood of vipers.
You're a bunch of snakes. You're hypocrites. You're vipers.
He voluntarily and courageously faced the death of the cross
and being ridiculed and scorned and scourged and rejected in
the room instead of His people. He prayed in the garden, Lord,
if it'd be possible, but it wasn't possible. It wasn't possible
for the Lord to spare Him and to spare us too. So he met our
doom head on, courageously. He didn't run. He set his face
like a flint for his elect sheep and he went to the cross in their
room instead. You tell me that ain't courage.
David pictured Christ in faith. David credited God with delivering
him from the paw of the lion and the bear, verse 37. David's
trust was in God, and it was absolutely foundational to give
him the boldness to face Goliath. Now, you've got to remember,
this guy was about 11 foot tall, and no telling how much he weighed,
and his spears, twice as long as one of these spears. He's
got a 25, 30 pound Arrow on the end of it. And he
said, this Philistine, who is he to
defy the army of the living God? He said, the same God that delivered
me from the lion and the bear will deliver me from this giant? Our Lord Jesus had total dependence
and complete trust in his heavenly father. He lived moment by moment
in reliance on his father's will, not his own. His death was his
father's will. Thirdly, David pictured Christ
in responsibility. David took the role as shepherd
seriously. We can see that clearly in the
verses we read in the beginning. Well, when he left Saul, the
duty to soothe Saul with playing the harp, what did he do? Went
straight back to his sheep, just as fast as he could go. When
his father said, I want you to take some food down to your brothers.
They're fixing to fight a big battle. He said, well, I gotta
find, father, I'll go, but I gotta find somebody to take care of
the sheep. And he did. Isn't that what the Lord does
with pastors today? That's what we are. We're under
shepherds. It's a serious responsibility,
I'm telling you that, caring for God's sheep. David took his
role seriously, and he kept his sheep with diligence, even when
no one was watching. Christ became his sheep's covenant
head and he took responsibility for his people as their surety,
as their substitute, as their sacrifice before God through
the obedience of one man, Jesus Christ. Many would be made righteous. Romans 5, 19. Christ took on
the burden of our obedience, and He took on the penalty of
our judgment, acting on our behalf, and He took responsibility as
His people's substitutionary atonement. Christ bore the wrath
of God, the wrath that you and I deserve, in the place of you
and I. He took our sin, and He gave
us His perfect righteousness. Isaiah 53 says the Lord hath
laid on him the iniquity of us all not the all the world all
his sheep all his people that's who he died for he's the shepherd
of his sheep and oh what a shepherd he is 2 Corinthians 5, 21, he
made him, God made Christ, who knew no sin to be sin for us,
that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. Christ didn't
just help his people, Christ stood in their place. Christ
took responsibility for his people in priestly meditation. Christ acts as the high priest,
who not only offered a sacrifice, he was the sacrifice. He continually
intercedes for his people, even today. And as we saw Sunday in
Hebrews 7.25, he always lives to make intercession for us.
What a shepherd. He took responsibility for us
in a shepherding role, and he assumes responsibility as the
good shepherd, which includes laying down his life for the
sheep. guiding, feeding, protecting,
preserving His sheep. What a shepherd. He took on our
responsibility as sanctifier and sustainer. He's responsible
not just for saving His people from the penalty of sin, but
for sanctifying them and keeping them till the end. I have good
confidence that I'll be saved in the end. Why? Because He keeps
me. Kept by His power, not by my
power. He who began a good work in you
will complete it. Bring it to completion. Philippians
1.6. Christ's responsibility doesn't
end at the cross. It extends to every part of our
spiritual journey until He comes again to take us home. He gone
to prepare a place for us, Steve. And that's where we're going
to wind up. Well, you seem all for sure about it. I'm not sure
because of anything that I do. I am sure because of what he's
done for me. The work's finished, it's for
sure. Christ took on our responsibility
as the bridegroom of his church, of his bride. He bears the covenant
responsibility to love and nourish and purify his bride. to make
us without spot or blemish. He takes ownership for our holiness
and our future glory. Our Lord took full legal, spiritual,
and covenant responsibility for us. He became our substitute,
our intercessor, and our sanctifier. What a shepherd. Shepherding
requires gentleness and care. David had compassion, caring
for the sheep, but nothing like our shepherd did. David had great
humility. He didn't seek his own glory.
All that Christ did, he did for the glory of God. He said, I've
glorified thee on earth. I've finished the work that you
gave me to do. John 17, four. Verily, verily,
I say unto you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what
he seeth the Father do. For what things soever he doeth,
these also doeth the Son likewise. You want to say or you want me
to? Oh, what a shepherd we have. And on that day, when we stand
before the owner of the sheep, every single one of them can
stand and testify that the words of the great shepherd were true
and faithful when he said, All that the Father giveth me shall
come to me, and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast
out. For I came down from heaven,
not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me. And
this is the Father's will, which hath sent me, that of all which
he hath given me I should lose nothing. Not a sheep gonna be
lost, not a lamb gonna be lost, I'll lose nothing, but raise
it up again at the last day. And this is the will of Him that
said to me, that everyone that seeth the Son and believeth on
Him may have everlasting life, and I'll raise Him up at the
last day." And all God's elect sheep are going to say, oh, what
a shepherd we have.