My text this morning is John
chapter 10 verses 1 through 6. I'm going to be preaching to
you from this passage this morning and again tonight the Lord willing.
My subject is the false shepherd and the truth. This morning I'm
going to talk to you about the false shepherd and tonight the
Lord willing about the truth. The Lord God made a promise to
his church in Jeremiah chapter 3 and verse 15. It is a promise
made to those people to whom the God of heaven makes this
declaration. I am married to you. I will bring
you to Zion. There is a people in this world
to whom God from eternity has said, Am married to you. I Will bring you to Zion Now
this is God's promise to those people. It is God's promise to
those people in ancient days It is God's promise to those
people yesterday It is God's promise to those people today
and it is God's promise to those people tomorrow in every age
As long as time shall stand, this is God's promise to his
people. I will give you pastors according
to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding. I'm staying in the home of Cecil
and Sandy Thornberry, brother Todd Nybert's aunt and uncle,
this weekend. And they've been dear friends
of mine for a long time. The first time I stayed in their
hometown was just a little boy, but they've been dear friends
for a long time and Cecil was expressing concern. Where are the young men coming
along that God will raise up as pastors when the pastors are
needed in the next generation? This is God's promise. I don't
know where they are. So I can't go get them. But he does. And he will. Those pastors of whom he speaks
here are the ascension gifts of Christ to his church. Those
pastors are men after God's own heart who feed his people with
knowledge. They feed his people with knowledge,
certainly by their study and diligence. They study and prepare. Every faithful pastor does. A
pastor who neglects study is not God's servant. He's not God's
servant. Every faithful pastor does. But
you've got to have knowledge beyond what you can get by your
own grasping. It's knowledge that God alone
gives to men. It is a knowledge of Holy Scripture,
a universal knowledge of Scripture. Now, I don't mean by that, and
I have to back up and say what I don't mean by that. I don't
mean that any pastor understands everything written in the book
of God. He understands all that's written in the book of God. He
understands the whole message of the book. He understands how
it all fits together. He understands that the book
of God is the revelation of God's grace and glory in Jesus Christ. And thus he feeds God's people
with knowledge, God-given knowledge, knowledge concerning themselves,
knowledge concerning God, knowledge concerning God's Son and God's
salvation. making men to know their own
sinfulness, their own corruption, their own weakness. It is my
responsibility and my work to do this every time I stand here
to preach to you. To make you understand you're
nothing but sin and you can do nothing but sin and you will
do nothing but sin except God do something for you. to make
you know your weakness, your utter depravity, your utter dependence
upon the Lord Jesus Christ. It is my responsibility and my
privilege to point you constantly to Him. and urge you to trust
Him alone as the Lord your righteousness. Urge you to believe on the Son
of God, to rest your soul on Him, and to trust God your Father
in His sovereign providence in all things. God's servants feed
His people with knowledge, and they feed God's people with understanding. Knowledge is one thing, understanding
is another. I suppose that the average fellow
can learn most anything, but it takes something more than
just reading the directions or studying the manual to understand
it. I happen to take my car down
here to Astro Sims. You know, that fellow understands
mechanics. He understands it. I can change the spark plug,
but I don't have a clue what spark plug does, except it just
sends a spark. He understands the mechanics.
And understanding is something that's given to a man. God gives
his servants understanding of his people. By their own experience
in the experience of his grace. Understanding of his word. Understanding
of how his word applies to you today. Understanding of your
heart's needs day by day. Understanding of him. When the
Lord God gives his church such pastors, these men after his
own heart who feed his sheep with knowledge and with understanding
his sheep were told in Jeremiah 23 shall fear no more nor be
dismayed. Neither shall they be lacking.
Oh, blessed are those people. Blessed is that church to whom
God gives such a pastor. What kind of pastor is he? He
who is a gift of God to his people. Look at John chapter 10 and let's
see. As you know, the word pastor
is simply the word shepherd. Simply the word shepherd, I say
this to myself a lot and I say it to other preachers a lot. I hear preachers starting to
complain about The people that pastures, you know, they do this
or they don't do that or they, you know, they get involved in
this, they get involved in that, seem to be so inconsistent. And I keep telling myself and
telling others, they're sheep. They're sheep. You know what
you expect from sheep? You know what you expect from
sheep? Not much. A lot of stink. and a lot of stray and not much
else. That's the reason they need shepherds. That's the reason God gave them
shepherds. And that's the privilege of the
shepherd is to care for the sheep. Pastors are shepherds, men who
tend sheep, men who care for the sheep, not their sheep, the
Lord's sheep. He's the chief shepherd and their
shepherds under him. Christ Jesus is the good shepherd,
the great shepherd, the chief shepherd. He's the shepherd of
the sheep. And all faithful pastors are
but under shepherds to him, men to whom the Lord God. Trust the
care of his sheep. What an honor. What an honor. Can't imagine a man complaining
because the Lord done such a thing for him. I have on occasion,
Shelby and I, have had the rare, rare, rare privilege of having
a man and his wife come to us on occasion and say, uh, y'all
ready if we name you in our will to raise our children if God
takes us out of this world. Oh, I wouldn't want to do that. You wouldn't? Now who are you
going to say no to? To whom would you say no? What
a trust. What a trust. The Lord God trusts
the care of his sheep to men who are required to be faithful
pastors, responsible to feed his sheep with knowledge and
understanding and guide his sheep and protect his sheep so that
as the pastor feeds his sheep. You may not know this, sometimes
it's obvious, but if I'm giving you food, all the time I'm scattering
the food to you, I'm chucking rocks at wolves. And if you hit
one between the eyes, it's going to bark. But that's the pastor's
job. He's to feed the sheep and protect
them, to guide the sheep and protect them. In this 10th chapter
of John's gospel, Our Lord Jesus uses himself as an example, the
imminent example, the pattern, the standard by which all true
shepherds are and must be identified. Let's read this. John chapter
10, verse one. Verily, verily, I say unto you,
he that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth
up some other way, the same is a thief. and a robber. But he
that entereth 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. And when
he putteth forth his own sheep, 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. This parable spake Jesus unto
them, but they understood not what things they were which he
spake unto them. Now, if you're going to understand
the parable that we just read, you have to know the context.
Always pay attention to the context. Back up in chapter 9. Our Lord
Jesus had healed this man who was born blind. Because he was
born blind and the Lord Jesus healed him the Pharisees churched
him They kicked him out of church. They kicked him out of the synagogue
simply because he had had his sight restored to his eyes or
sight given to his eyes and he refused to deny that the Lord
Jesus had done it. That's all. That's all. So for
that, they put him out of church and the Lord Jesus came and revealed
himself to this one who had been born blind to whom he had given
sight and gave this man now faith in himself. And in this ninth
chapter, the Pharisees are spoken to by our Savior, they caught
on to what he had been saying. Sometimes you just can't help
but catch on. He said, sounds like you're talking
about us. That sounds like you're talking
about us. You're talking about blind men. Read this, verse 39. Jesus said, for judgment I am
come into the world, that they which see not might see, and
that they which see might be made blind. And some of the Pharisees,
which were with him, heard these words and said unto him, Are
we blind also? Are you suggesting that we, the
Pharisees, the well-trained doctors of theology, we, the leaders
of the church, we, whom everyone recognizes as being the leaders
of the church, are you suggesting that we're blind? Verse 41, Jesus
said unto them, if you were blind, you would have no sin. But now you say, we see. You say you're not blind. You
don't need me. So I reckon you are. I reckon
you're blind as a bat. Your sin remaineth. And then
he goes right on in verse 1, verily, verily, I say unto you.
He's talking now about these men, talking to them in this
parable. He's talking to them about true
shepherds and the false shepherd. The subject is of immense importance. The master says, verily, verily,
I say unto you, he that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold,
but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. He's a good man. He's a nice
fella. You know, I've known him all
his life. He was always a nice boy. He's a good man. He's just
mixed up a little bit. Bill, he says, is a thief and
a robber. Who you gonna believe, him or
you? He says he's a thief and a robber.
He tells us these men come to steal and to kill and to destroy. Nice boy, nice fella. He uses
the strongest words possible. In fact, our Lord Jesus warns
us and the prophets warn us more often about false prophets and
false religion than about anything else in all the Word of God.
Warn us constantly to beware. Oh, what immense importance then
we have here. May God the Holy Spirit give us ears to hear.
Here's the false shepherd. He entereth not by the door into
the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way. With those words,
the master describes every false prophet in all the ages of time. Here's the true shepherd. But
he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
And with those words, the Lord Jesus describes every true faithful
shepherd in all ages of time. The false shepherd is described
as one who entereth not by the door. The false prophet, the
false teacher. The most dangerous thing in this
world is false religion. The most dangerous man in this
world is a false prophet. Teacher of false religion now,
I want you to see this for yourself turn with me to Matthew chapter
24 Matthew 24 will look at several short passages of Scripture False prophets and false shepherds
like these Pharisees will only increase in time Like these Pharisees They'll
be recognized and applauded and approved by men while the true
shepherd is always despised. Matthew 24, verse 24, the Lord
Jesus is speaking. For there shall arise false Christ
and false prophets and shall show great signs and wonders
in so much that if it were possible, thank God it's not possible,
but if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. How can it be that folks run
after this, that, and the other? You know, you see these charismatic
shysters. I mean, just shysters. It's as obvious as the nose on
your face. Obvious to anybody who can see. How can they run after these
things? Because God left them there. That's all. That's all. How can anybody be
deceived by these things? Because God's not giving them
light. Look at Acts chapter 20 verse 30. I was reminded of this again
just this weekend. I've seen it happen on more than
one occasion. Paul is addressing the church
at Ephesus. It happened to them. That great church, that great
church. strong body believers. Paul says
in verse 30, also of your own sales shall men arise speaking
perverse things to draw away disciples after them. Ron, that church, as they say,
was founded by the apostle Paul. Something's wrong with the fellow
who was there before. No, there wasn't anything wrong with him.
He was a pretty good preacher. He was a pretty good pastor.
He was a pretty good teacher. But from within, there arose
false Christ, false disciples, anti-Christ, drawing away disciples
after them. 1 Timothy 1, verse 4. 1 Timothy
1, verse 4. Now the spirit speaketh expressly,
that is portedly, that in the latter times some shall depart,
fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits. Now seducing spirits are not
seducing ghosts. Seducing spirits are not seducing
demons, though certainly the influence of the devils are there.
Seducing spirits are men. John said, try the spirits, whether
they're of God. Try the men who are talking to
you. This is a spirit talking to you. David Bradley and his
wife, newest folks among us. You be sure you try what this
man says. As you care for your soul, you try what this man says.
If he speaks for God, hear him! Don't dare not hear him. If he
doesn't, don't dare hear him. Is that plain enough? Seducing
spirits. What are they? Cunning spirits.
Self-serving fellas who, uh, they, uh, all the time they got
the cards laying on the table so you can see them. They got
the cards. They play their cards face up
on the tabletop, but they deal underneath the table. They got something else going
on under the table, you know, you're not aware of seducing
spirits corrupt evil men Seducing spirits with doctrines of devils
2nd Peter chapter 2 verse 1 2nd Peter 2 1 There were false prophets also
among the people and Even as there shall be false teachers
among you who privately, they don't stand up and pulpit always
and just really out and out say what they believe. They take
you out to dinner and woo you and talk to you and go down and
visit with you and have coffee and talk and privately, privately
bring in damnable heresies. Damnable heresies. Not just damnable,
damning heresies. How's that? Even denying the
Lord that bought them. The Lord that bought the right
to rule over them as Lord of creation. denying the Lord Jesus
who bought the right to rule and dispose of all men as Lord
over all and bring upon themselves swift destruction. Turn now to
First John. First John, chapter one. Make
it chapter two. First John, chapter two. Brother
Allen was talking to me yesterday sometime before we got home,
after we got back, about these folks talking about the end time
things, you know, last times and getting carried away with
it. When's the last time? Oh, when's the last time? When's
the last time? We're going to have a last day
seminar. We're going to talk to you about the last day. When
is it? Well, it started a long time ago. It started 2,000 years
ago, the last time. The last tick of the clock. The
last time. I know, because right here it
is. John chapter 2, verse 18. First John 2, 18. Little children,
it is the last time. Larry, that word is literally,
it's the last tick of the clock. That's what we're talking about.
God set a timetable for this world. He said time during the
age of Adam in the age of Abraham in the age of Moses and in the
age of the prophets He said a time during that times of captivity
for Israel He said a time when the Lord Jesus will come into
this world now since Christ has come It's the last time just
one more thing to happen and that's Christ coming again. That's
it. It's the last tick of the clock It's the last time and
ye have heard that Antichrist shall come Antichrist shall come. Hold on now. Even now are there
many antichrists whereby we know that it is the last time. Look
at chapter four. Beloved, believe not every spirit,
but try the spirits. Try the preacher, try him by
the book, whether they are of God, because many false prophets
are going out into the world. Don't dare be so foolish as to
imagine that you can survive and function without a pastor,
without a local church. You're going to make a mess of
things, but don't be so foolish as to allow any man to be your
conscience. Don't be so foolish as to allow
any man to speak as a pope for your soul and tell you what the
word of God is and you not read it for yourself. I urge you,
test everything I say by this book. Test it. Try the spirits. Whether they are of God. Because
many false prophets are going out in the world. Look at 2 John
chapter 1 verse 7. Who are these false prophets?
These antichrists? For many deceivers are entered
into the world. Deceivers! Deceivers! What a word! Liars, crooks, conmen,
religious hucksters, shysters, deceivers! Who are they who confess
not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh? Who are they? They are all who deny, who do
not confess, who do not proclaim, that Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ,
is he of whom all the prophets spoke, and that he has fulfilled
all that the prophets said he would fulfill. Jesus, the Christ. He's come in the flesh. What
did the prophets say he would do? The prophets said in one
day, he'd put away all sin. Zechariah chapter 3. all the
sin of Israel in one day. Do you confess that? Oh, now,
Brother Don, I believe he made it possible. That's what I thought.
Deceiver. Oh, but now, Brother Don, he's
a good boy. Deceiver. Deceiver. That's what it says. Is that what it says? Is that
what it says? That's what it says. Understand
it. What did the prophets say concerning
this Messiah who was to come? He would bring in everlasting
righteousness. What did the prophets say concerning this Messiah who
was to come? He'd redeem his people. What
did the prophets say concerning this Messiah who was to come?
He'd save his people from their sins. Is that what the book says? Is that what it says? Did he
not declare, I will gather them, I will save them, they shall
be my people, and I will be their God? Well, if you let him. That's what I thought you meant,
deceiver. It's exactly right. It's exactly
right. Who is the false prophet? The false shepherd? He's described
in many ways in the scriptures, but Back in our text, the Lord
Jesus lays the ax to the root of the tree. And he tells us
that the false shepherd, all false shepherds that will ever
be in this world are those who enter not by the door, but climb
up some other way. The false shepherd is one who
refuses to enter into the kingdom of God by Christ Jesus alone. That's the false shepherd. He's
got to have another crutch to lean on. He's got to have another
prop for his soul. He's got to have something else
to trust in. He's got to have something else that he can put
his hands on and say, now this, I trust Christ. Don't misunderstand
me now. I trust the Lord Jesus, but he missed it altogether. He missed
it altogether. There can be no question about
this. Our Lord tells us plainly, I am the door. You see that in
verse 9? I am the door. Who's the false
shepherd? He entereth not in by the door. The Lord Jesus says, I am the
door. So the one great mark by which
false shepherds are identified is the fact that they refuse
to enter by the door. You mark the false shepherd,
and he's going to, I guarantee you, every time, every time,
he's going to give you something to trust other than Christ. Let
me give you this, now quit. Christ says, I'm the way. The
false shepherd says, Christ is the way, but there are other
ways. Robert Shuler and Billy Graham,
several years ago, had an interview. I got a copy of the videotape.
and watched it. And Schuller was talking to Graham
and he said, he said, I believe there is a wideness in God's
mercy. And that any man, anywhere, even
those who have never heard the name of Jesus Christ, if they
sincerely seek the Lord, God's merciful. And Graham said, oh,
I believe that. I believe that. Oh, I'm so happy
to hear you say that. And just smile like Apostle Meaton
Briars, as if they were sincere. Oh, but surely you don't mean
enough sincere. I wouldn't say that for the world.
No, I'm too nice to say that. God said that. God said they've
come to rob, to kill and to steal and to destroy. The Lord Jesus
says, It's not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but
of God that showeth mercy. The false shepherd says, the
Lord's done everything he can, now it's up to you. We were coming
down the road the other day, and I told Alan a story about
Bill Clark, our missionary that's with the Lord now. First time
I was in a car, we were going anywhere. We were going from
Ashland over to Cincinnati to a Reds ballgame, and driving
across the lower part of Ohio, out in the rural area. I mean,
we'd drive about 50 feet and pass another sign that said,
Free Will Baptist Church. Free Will Baptist Church. Free Will
Baptist Church. Bill looked over and he said,
this is the only place in the world I've ever been where folks advertise
apostasy. And Alan Asher said, how did
they get around that passage in John chapter one? Well, you
know, I don't have a clue how they get around it. The book
says it's not of him that willeth. nor of him that runneth. Men
are not born of the will of the flesh, nor the will of man, but
of God. How did he get around that? I
don't know. But it doesn't seem to bother me at all. Christ says,
I laid down my life for the sheep. He says to the unbelieving man,
you believe not, you cavilling folks who argue with me about
what I teach. You believe not because you're
not of my sheep. Religion says Christ laid down his life for
the sheep and the goats. and the reason you're not one of
his sheep is because you didn't choose to be. Christ says, by
my blood I purchased forgiveness. I put away sin. I've obtained
eternal redemption. I brought in everlasting righteousness.
The false shepherd says, the Lord Jesus forgives and makes
sinners righteous and he redeems and he'll take you to heaven
if you choose to be saved by Well, there's not any difference
then, is there? Well, if you can't see the difference, I hurt
for you. Christ says it is the spirit that quickeneth the flesh
profiteth nothing. False religion says the spirit
woos and draws. I can't tell you how many times
I've heard folks out here, my mother right now arguing with
me about the gospel. Now, I know that nobody can come
except the spirit of God draw him. And this is exactly what
she meant by that. To her dying day. To her dying
day. She meant God lassoes a fella
and puts his rope around your neck and pulls as hard as he
can. But you gotta let go and let God. No. That's not the drawing of the
Spirit. That's not the drawing of the Spirit. The drawing of
the Spirit is the effectual Almighty. irresistible power of omnipotent
grace by which God enters your heart and causes you to believe
on the Son of God. And you find yourself believing. Yesterday I couldn't believe,
wouldn't believe, really didn't want to believe. And suddenly,
Merle, I can't help but to believe. I can't help it. I can't help it. How come? Because
God the Holy Spirit quickens. The flesh profits nothing. The
false shepherd is Antichrist. Antichrist. Our Lord often speaks of the
Antichrist as one person. It's commonly represented that
way in scripture, but it is clearly revealed in scripture. that Antichrist
is not one man, not one man. I'll give you I'll give you a
clue. You may not have caught on to this yet. If Hollywood
suggested it ain't so. Antichrist is not a fellow with
a red suit on and horns on his head with a tail and a pitchfork
with fire coming out of his mouth and got six six six written on
his forehead. No, no, no. That's not Antichrist.
That's not anti-Christ. How many of you all got credit
cards? How many of you got credit cards? Has anybody here got a
credit card? Do you know, I remember when
they first got started giving out credit cards to folks. I
remember when Wachovia Bank and that North Carolina National
Bank there started giving out credit cards, Visa cards. And
then came along MasterCards and I forgot what else. I remember
when that stuff started happening. And I remember the preaching.
They're going to do this stuff by computer. It's that's Antichrist. That's it. They're going to get
your number and you can't buy and trade if you got one in one
of them cards with six six six on it. And people fail for it. I'm talking
about smart folks. I'm talking about folks. They
weren't folks in the nuthouse. These were folks who go to school
and teach at school. They fell for it. Antichrist is not something
like that. Antichrist has been around from
the beginning. Since the days of Cain, Antichrist
has been around. And Antichrist is still here.
And Antichrist only increases. Antichrist is that man, whoever
he is, who preaches another gospel, who makes salvation depend on
your works. your experience, your doing,
your will, your wisdom, your knowledge. More than 25 years
ago, I was sitting in Preacher's living room in Georgia, and he
had embraced and was beginning to run toward a form of Gnosticism
that's just as evil as any has ever been known. Gnosticism,
the ancient teaching that men by knowledge arrive at salvation. Bypassing regeneration, bypassing
the work of the spirit, bypassing the new birth, bypassing man
being made a new creature in Christ, bypassing the gift of
divine nature, bypassing imparted righteousness, bypassing Christ
in you the hope of glory. And I was sitting right beside
his wife and talking to him and I said, that's as damning as
any form of works in this world. And it's continued. Now hear
me, hear me. Anything between you and Christ
is Antichrist. Anything between you and Christ
is Antichrist. Salvation is trusting the Lord
Jesus Christ alone. Salvation is believing on the
Son of God. Antichrist is God's enemy, and
he is to be counted my enemy. He's God's enemy, and he's to
be counted your enemy. Turn to Psalm 139, Psalm 139. What's the purpose of the deceiver?
The Antichrist, the false shepherd. He's come to deceive and to rob
and to destroy and to kill. Psalm 139. Do not I hate them, O Lord, that
hate thee. And am not I grieved with those
that rise up against thee? I hate them with perfect hatred. What on earth does that mean?
Does that mean I've got some kind of a passionate, bent, evil intent
toward men? That I have some kind of a personal
animosity against these men? No. No. I beat them on the streets. I shake hands with them. I'm
nice to them. I try to treat them like gentlemen. I count
on my enemies. That's what it means. Read the
next line. I count them my enemies because they're enemies to my
God. Paul calls them enemies of the cross in Philippians chapter
four, enemies of the cross, enemies of the cross. If they're enemies
to God, our savior, they're our enemies. Beware of them. They come. for an express, deliberate
purpose. They climb up some other way.
They slip into the church, they sneak in, they cunningly find
a way in to rob God of his house, to rob Christ of his glory, to
rob the Son of God of his seed, his satisfaction, his soul's
travail, to rob you and your children of the way of life,
to rob you of the only door to the Father, to rob you of redemption,
salvation, forgiveness, and peace, and to destroy your soul. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites, for you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men. David, that's what false religion
does. It shuts up the kingdom of heaven
against men. And we're supposed to be nice
about this? Be warned. Flee. Flee from Antichrist. Flee from free will, works, religion. Flee from any form of religion.
Any form of religion that sets you in the business of salvation. No matter where it sets you.
Any form of religion that makes your experience, or your faith,
or your knowledge, or your holiness, or your doing, or your learning
somehow to have something to do with the saving of your soul,
beware of it. There is a way which seemeth
right unto a man. It may be called Islam, and it
may be called Judaism, and it may be called fundamentalism,
and it may be called reform. It may be called Pentecostal,
and it may be called Presbyterian. It may be called Baptist, and
it may be called Buddhist. It doesn't matter. It's all the
same way. Any way that depends on you is the way. Sets up man
in the house of God, demanding that man be worshipped as God.
A way that appears right to a man. The end thereof. The end thereof. The ways of death. Nothing else. If God in his good providence
should take your pastor from you today, I urge you for Christ's sake,
my family, my brethren, my children, I urge you for your soul's sake,
beware of false shepherds. They always come in in sheep's
clothing. But inwardly, they're ravening
wolves. All right, let's go back and
look at our text again. John chapter 10. Verse 2. Here the Lord Jesus
describes the true shepherd. He that entereth 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. And when he putteth forth his
own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him. For
they know his voice, and the stranger will they not follow. but will flee from him for they
know not the voice of strangers. Blessed Savior, Son of God, our
good shepherd, will you in these days of darkness
use us to diffuse the light of the gospel in this world? Forgive us of our sin. Set our
hearts upon your glory and your kingdom and your good, the good
of your people, the increase of your kingdom, your goodwill
in this world. We ask our father that you will
be pleased now by your spirit to call out your sheep. Lead
them to the shepherd as only you can. Amen. All right, but I'll let you listen
to him.