And while you're turning there,
this evening, we're going to look at 1 Corinthians chapter
15, verses 5 through 8, where Paul mentions six different appearings
of our Lord Jesus Christ after His resurrection, how He appeared
to people. And we're going to consider Christ
seen. Christ seen. John chapter 10,
I'd like us to read the first six verses. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door
into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same as
a thief and a robber. 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. 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, Do 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. I've entitled this message, The
Sheepfold. And this is the beginning of
one of those messages that created some major conflict for our Lord. Look down in verse 19. There was a division, therefore,
among the Jews for these sayings, this message that he brought.
And many of them said, he has a devil. He's mad. Why hear him? He's plumb crazy, preaching something
like this. Others said, these are not the
words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of
the blind? As a matter of fact, by the time this was over, there
was another murder attempt. Look in verse 31. Then the Jews took up stones
again to stone him. By the end of this message, these
people wanted to kill him. They actually picked up rocks
to throw at him and put him to death. Now what did our Lord
say that created such a stir? Now we also know that The people
who he was speaking to at first didn't understand what he was
saying. In verse six it says, this parable spake Jesus unto
them, but they understood not what things they were which he
spoke unto them. They didn't understand, but when
I read that passage of scripture where they didn't understand,
this thought occurred to me. I do. I do understand exactly what
he was saying. Now in verse 1, He says, Verily,
verily, I say unto you. Who is He speaking to? That's
always important for us to understand. Who is the Lord speaking to when
He said, Verily, verily, I say unto you? Well, He was speaking
to that same crowd He was speaking to in chapter 9. Look in verse
39 of chapter 9. And Jesus said, For judgment
I am coming to this world, that they which see not might see.
and they would 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? Jesus said unto them, if you
were blind, you should have no sin. But now you say, we see,
therefore your sin remaineth. Verily, verily, I say unto you.
Now that's who he's speaking to. Are we blind? Our Lord says to
these people, and this is such a powerful statement, He said,
if you were blind, you would have no sin. Now, I find that very attractive.
I want to be somebody who has no sin. If you were blind, you
would have no sin. Now, what's our Lord mean by
that? If you were blind, you'd have
no sin. Now, who's somebody that's blind? someone who cannot see. Now he's not talking about physical
blindness, he's talking about spiritual blindness. Have you
ever been spiritually blind where you cannot see why God would
look in favor toward you? You can't see one reason in yourself. You can't find one thing in yourself
that would draw God to look in mercy on you. You see yourself
as nothing but sin. You know, when I read that passage
of scripture where David said, I've gone astray like a lost
sheep. Seek thy servant. Now, when I
read that verse of scripture, there were some people where
they're thinking, what's the preacher done that he'd read
a verse of scripture like that? What's he done? What's he been
guilty of? How'd he go astray? And there's
somebody else who thought, I've gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek thy servant. You see, somebody
that's blind is somebody who is a sinner. They can't find
one reason in themselves as to why God would look in favor toward
them. Now, I can say to that person,
that's somebody that Christ died for. How is it that I can have
no sin? There's only one way I can have
no sin, is if Christ died for me. And if He died for me, He
put away my sin, and everybody who's a sinner, I can say this
so with such assurance, everybody who is a real sinner, who's nothing
but sin, I can say to that person, Christ died for you. Isn't that
wonderful? Christ came into the world to
save sinners. Paul said, of whom I am the chief. That person who
cannot see in themselves a reason as to why God would look in favor
toward them, that person has no sin. But that person who says,
I see. I can see why God would save me. Look what I've done.
I can see why God saved me because look what I can do. I might not
have done it yet, but I'm going to one of these days. That person
who can see why God would look in mercy toward them, that's
the person Christ says your sin remains. It's still on you and
it'll be on you through eternity if you continue in that condition.
Now, that's a solemn thought, isn't it? Now, the Lord says
to these people, the Pharisees, the religious experts, The word
Pharisee means a separated one. The Pharisee is one who believed
that there's something that he did that separates him from other
people. Separated ones, the religious
fellows. That's who he's speaking to when he gives this parable.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that entereth not by the door
into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same as
a thief, and a robber. Now, what is a sheepfold? Now,
everybody that our Lord was talking to knew exactly what a sheepfold
was. Now, there were many shepherds
leading flocks of sheep. During the day, they would take
them to different and various pastures to feed. And at night,
they would bring them into the sheepfold or the sheep pen. Many different flocks of sheep
would be brought into the sheepfold at night, and this sheepfold
was a large yard enclosed by a high stone wall, generally
10, 12 feet high, and that was to keep predators out. It would
have a door, and a porter or a doorkeeper would guard the
door and the sheep by night while the shepherds went to sleep.
They had been taking their sheep through the pasture all day long.
At night, they'd bring them in to the sheepfold to be watched.
When morning would come, the shepherd would return, the porter
would open the door and the shepherd would call his own sheep out
by name. And the sheep of his flock would
know his voice and they would respond, but they wouldn't respond
to any other voice. Now, there might have been 500
sheep in that sheep pen, and perhaps this shepherd had 20,
25 sheep. He comes in and he calls his
own sheep out by name, and his own sheep hear his voice. and they respond, no other sheep
respond, only his sheep. They hear his voice, he calls
them by name and they would follow him out. And he would lead them
to pastures to feed, he would bring them back to the sheepfold
at night and the process would begin again the next day. Everybody
knew what a sheepfold was. Now our Lord says in verse 1,
truly, truly, I say unto you, he that entereth not by the door,
under the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same as
a thief." And he's a robber. Now, who is this one who the
Lord describes as a thief? The word thief has to do with
deception. He's a deceiver. He's not an
honest person. The word robber has something
to do with violence. Not only is he a deceptive person,
he's a destructive person. He violently takes what is not
his. Now, our Lord speaks of those
who are thieves and robbers who try to climb into the sheepfold
some other way. They come not by the door, but
they try to come in some other way. Who are these people? Well,
they're the people who bring some message that's contrary
to Christ the door. Now we don't have to wonder what
this door is. Look down in verse seven. We're going to get into
this next week, but look what verse seven says. Then said Jesus
unto them again, verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door
of the sheep. Now what's a door? Well, a door
is something that lets people in and it keeps people out. It lets people out. It keeps
people in. Our Lord said, I am the door. I'm the door into this sheepfold.
There's no other way to get into this sheepfold, but by me. He
says in verse eight, all that ever came before me are thieves
and robbers, but the sheep didn't hear them. I am the door by me. If any man enter in, he shall
be saved and shall go in and out and find pasture. Now that one who's a thief and
a robber is someone who has some message contrary to Christ being
the door. He said, by me if any man enter.
And I know exactly what the Lord meant when he said that. The
only way I can enter into heaven, the only way I can enter into
security, the only way I can enter into God's presence is
by him. No other way. I don't come by
my own works. I don't come by my... It doesn't
have anything to do with me. I come into the sheepfold wholly
on the coattails of the Lord Jesus Christ. When He entered
in, I entered in because He represented me. I have no other plea. His
precious blood His glorious righteousness. I have no other plea but Him.
That's it. I have no other plea. By me,
if any man enter in. Now, the true shepherd is the
man who brings this message of the true shepherd, that great
shepherd of the sheep. He tells people the only way
you can enter into the sheepfold is through the door. It's not
by what you do. Hebrews 7.25. Turn there. I want
you to see this. I love this passage of Scripture.
I quote it, but I'd rather you read it. Hebrews chapter 7, wherefore, verse 25, Hebrews
7, verse 25, wherefore, he is able. Who's he? The Lord Jesus Christ. He is
able to save them to the uttermost that come unto God. What are
those next two words? By Him. No other way. I come to God by Him. Oh, that I might be found in
Him. I come by Him. I don't come on
my own. I don't come talking about myself. I don't come making
any promises. I come only one way. By Him. Now this passage of scripture
says he's able to save them to the uttermost that come to God
by him seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. Now somebody who does not preach
this is a thief. He's a deceptive man and he's
a robber. He's a destructive man and the
Lord is telling these Pharisees, you are thieves and robbers. They tried to come some other
way. So any, any way other than the
way of Christ alone is another way. Now, how do I enter heaven?
By the door. Christ is the door. I enter by
him. You know what that means? That
means when he entered, I entered. When he died, I died. He's my representative. When
he was raised up from the dead, I was raised up from the dead.
As he enters, I enter. Truly, I enter by him. You know, I'm not making that
as plain as it ought to be made. I wish I could, I wish I could
make this plainer. He is salvation. I enter by him
no other way. Now verse two, he says, but he
that enterth in by the door, he doesn't come some other way.
But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. Now, Christ is the shepherd of
the sheep, and he uses under shepherds, pastors, to preach
the message that he is the door, but it's Christ's voice that
the sheep hear. If all you hear is my voice,
you haven't heard from the Lord. I repeat that. If all you hear
is my voice, you haven't heard from the Lord. But when you know
this is the shepherd's voice, this is the Word of God, this
is divine truth, this is God's Word being preached. This is
not Todd Norbert's opinion. This is the Word of God. This
is not some church's doctrine. This is the Word of God. Then
you hear His voice. Christ calls His sheep through
that man's voice. But he that entereth in by the
door, he's the shepherd of the sheep. Christ is the shepherd
and he's the door. He's all things, isn't he? Verse
three. To him, the shepherd of the sheep,
the one who enters by the door, to him the porter openeth and
the sheep hear his voice and he calleth his own sheep by name
and leads them out. The porter will open to him only. Now, many believe that this porter
represents the Spirit of God, and it very well may. It is only
the truth that the Spirit of God opens the door to. He doesn't
open the door to error, but to the truth of God, he opens the
door that the sheep may enter in and hear his voice. The sheep hear his voice, and
here's the question that comes to my mind when I look at this
passage of Scripture. Now, it's only that one who enters
in by the door, who preaches the message of Christ at the
door, that's the shepherd of the sheep. Who are the sheep?
Who are the sheep? There's a lot said about sheep
in this passage of Scripture. Who are the sheep? Is everybody
a sheep? Is this talking about every son
of Adam? Well, look in verse 24 of this same chapter. Then
came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost
thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us
plainly, as if he had not already told them plainly. Jesus answered
them, I told you, and you believe not. The works that I do in my
Father's name, they bear witness of me, but you believe not, because
you are not of my sheep, as I said to you. Now the Lord says to
these fellows plainly. He doesn't say you're not my
sheep because you don't believe. He didn't say that at all. He
said you believe not because you're not of my sheep. Who are the sheep? They're the
elect. Let me show you that. Look in
verse 28. I give unto them eternal life.
And they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them
out of My hand, My Father which gave them Me. is greater than
all, and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
The elect are those that were given to the Lord Jesus Christ
by the Father. He said, I pray for them. I pray
not for the world, but for them which you've given me, for they
are thine. The sheep are God's elect, those that God chose before
the foundation of the world. That's what the Bible teaches.
Who are the sheep? The sheep are those Christ died
for. Look in verse 15. of John chapter 10, as the father
knoweth me, even so know I the father, and I lay down my life
for the sheep. That's who he died for, the sheep. He didn't lay down his life for
goats. He didn't lay down His life for those who will never
believe. He didn't lay down His life for those who were not given
to Him of the Father. He didn't lay down His life for
those who reject His gospel and who die in unbelief. He laid
down His life for the sheep. That's who Christ died for. Christ
died for the sheep. Now somebody may be thinking,
are you implying? Are you implying that Jesus Christ
didn't die for everybody? No, I'm not implying that at
all. I'm saying that's what the scripture teaches. Christ died
for the elect. He died for his sheep. Now, why
make an issue of this? Why make an issue of this? Why
are you talking like this? Well, let me give you two reasons why
I make an issue of this. That Christ only died for the elect
and that the sheep are his elect. Those the Father gave him. That's
who he died for. Here's why I make an issue of this. First, because
the Bible makes an issue of it. The Lord said, I lay down my
life for the sheep. Lord said that. I didn't say
the Lord said it. The Bible makes an issue of this. That's plenty
enough of a reason, isn't it? But here's another reason. And
this one's just as big to me. The only hope that I have is that Jesus Christ
died for me. That's it. I have no other hope. And if you tell me that Jesus
Christ could shed his precious blood for me and I might wind
up in hell anyway, you've taken away my hope. Because the only
hope I have is that when he said it is finished, my salvation
was finished. That's the only hope I have. To me, if you tell me that Christ
died for everybody, and then he made salvation available for
everybody, but now it's up to you to do something in order
to make what he did work, that's not good news to me. That's bad
news. That takes away my hope, my only hope. Listen to me. This is this is very personal
with me. This is I'm not just arguing doctrine. This is my
hope My only hope is that what Christ did is all I need to be
saved He that spared not his own son
But delivered him up for us all How shall he not with him also
freely give us all things? Who shall lay anything to the
charge of God's elect? It's God that justified them.
Who is he that can condemn? It's Christ that died. That's the only answer I need. I love this. I just, I love this. Christ's glorious death. Who are the sheep? They're the
elect of God. That those Christ died for and
they must be saved. That's who the sheep are. You know, there are sheep and there
are goats. Turn over to Matthew chapter 25 for just a moment. Verse 31. 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 his left. Then shall the king
say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my father,
inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of
the world. Back to our text. To him, The porter openeth, and
the sheep hear his voice, and he calleth his own sheep by name,
and leadeth them out. You see, the sheep hear his voice.
They respond to the gospel. They know it's God's Word, not
man's. I love that scripture in John 8, 47, where our Lord
says, He that's of God heareth God's words. He says, you therefore
hear them not because you're not of God. If you're of God,
you hear God's words. He calls his own sheep out by
name. Now what this is talking about
is what is known as the effectual call. The sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep out by
name. And they respond to him. This
is the effectual call, the invincible, irresistible call of grace. Now, would you turn with me to
Luke chapter 19? And I want to give you a beautiful
illustration of the sheep hearing his voice. And him calling his own sheep
out by name. Verse one, Luke chapter 19. And Jesus entered and passed
through Jericho. He's on his way to Jerusalem
to the cross. The scripture says he had set
his face like a flint. He was going to the cross. And
he entered and passed through Jericho on his way to Jerusalem,
knowing he would soon die. And behold, there was a man named
Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans. This man
was a wicked man. He was the chief among the publicans,
the most despised dishonest profession there. And he was rich. I mean,
this man had made a lot of money through his dishonest profession.
I guarantee you he had a lot of enemies. People hated this
man, Zacchaeus. Verse three, and he sought to
see Jesus who he was. Now there's a good sign when
somebody wants to know who the Lord Jesus Christ is. He wanted
to know who Christ was. And he could not for the press
because he was little of stature. And he ran before and he climbed
up into a sycamore tree to see him. He wanted to see who Christ
was. He climbed up in a tree for he was to pass that way.
And when Jesus came to the place. He looked up. And he saw him, and he said unto
him, Zacchaeus, how do you reckon Zacchaeus responded? He knows
my name? How'd he know? Zacchaeus, he
looks behind him, is he talking to somebody else? Zacchaeus,
make haste and come down, for today I must abide. in thy house." Now this was a
most gracious call. Zacchaeus was a notorious sinner. The chief among the publicans
and he was rich so this was a most gracious call. And it was a personal
call. Zacchaeus make haste and come
down. He knew his name just like he
knew Lazarus. Lazarus come forth. He that was dead came forth. And it was a hastening call.
Zacchaeus, make haste. You know, if you can procrastinate,
if you can wait till tomorrow, God's not calling you. When God
calls you, you make haste right now and bow the knee to the Lord
Jesus Christ. And it was a humbling call. Zacchaeus,
make haste and come down. Come down from your high horse
of pride and self-sufficiency. You come down right now. And
it was a necessary call Zacchaeus make haste and come down for
today I must abide in thy house. Now there's only one reason the
Lord Jesus Christ must do anything. Because it's his father's will.
He said today I must abide in thy house. It was an abiding
call. It wasn't temporary. It's continual. Today I must
abide in thy house. And it was an effectual call.
Zacchaeus made haste. And he came down. And he received
him joyfully. Now that's the call of invincible,
irresistible grace. I've heard people say, I don't
like that term irresistible grace. I do. I like it just fine. And I know that's the only way
I'll be saved is by His irresistible, invincible calling. I know this.
When Christ calls with His irresistible grace, you'll find Him irresistible. You can't keep from coming. That's what happened. And He
says, He calleth His own sheep out by name. And they hear His
voice. Turn back to John 3, John 10. To him the porter openeth, verse
3, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calleth his own sheep
by name, and he leads them out. Now here we have the shepherd.
He leads them out. Now obviously when I think of
the Lord being the shepherd, I think of Psalm 23. Turn to
Psalm 23 for a moment. Psalm 23. The Lord, Jehovah, is my shepherd. And because my shepherd is the
Lord, I shall not want. I'm not going to lack anything
because my shepherd is the Lord. The Lord's my shepherd. You know,
a lot of folks read this psalm on funerals, during funerals
and so on, and it's a good psalm to read during funerals. But
it's a good psalm to read right now. The Lord's my shepherd. And because my shepherd is the
Lord, I shall not want, I shall not like. Verse two, he makes
me to lie down in green pastures. I'm not going to lack rest. I'm
resting in Christ. He leads me beside the still
waters. I'm not going to lack peace.
That's waters of quietness. I'm not going to lack peace because
he is my peace. I have such peace knowing he
is my peace before God. I have such peace knowing I have
no sin because he put it all away by the blood of his cross. He goes on to say in verse three,
he restores my soul. I'm not going to lack forgiveness.
He always restores me. He always, you know, all my sins
are put away. All my sins are forgiven. Sins
I haven't even committed yet. You know, they're, I don't want
to sin anymore. I don't want to sin anymore.
And I know if I live till tomorrow, I'm going to sin again. I'm not
excusing it, but you know, the Lord's already forgiven. Now
I'm going to ask him to forgive it that very day. Lord, forgive
me, but I'm not going to lack forgiveness. He always restores
my soul. Sins I haven't even committed
yet, He's already forgiven them and put them away. You see, He
sees all. He's God. And I'm not going to lack forgiveness.
He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His namesake. I'm not going
to lack righteousness. I have His righteousness. That's
my righteousness before God at all times. I'm not going to lack
righteousness. Yea, though I walk through the
valley of the shadow of death, I'll fear no evil. I'm not going
to lack protection. I don't have anything to fear. Though I walk
through the valley of the shadow of death, I'll fear no evil,
for thou art with me. I'm not going to lack companionship.
I'm never alone. I'm always with him. And He's
always with me. That's why I can walk through
the valley of the shadow of death and say, I fear no evil, for
thou art with me. Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort
me. I'm not going to lack comfort.
Oh, the comfort of the gospel, the comfort of salvation by grace. That's so comforting to my soul.
I'm not going to lack comfort. Thy rod and thy staff, the rod
of your word, the staff of your providence, they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before
me in the presence of mine enemies. I'm not going to lack provision.
Everything I need I have in Christ Jesus. Thou anointest my head
with oil. I'm not going to lack joy. Call
it the joy and peace of believing. Knowing that he is my salvation,
my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall
follow me all the days of my life. And I'll dwell in the house
of the Lord forever. Isn't it wonderful to say the
Lord's my shepherd? And because my shepherd is the Lord, I shall
not want. Back to our text in John chapter
10. Verse four, he leads them out
into liberty. What a shepherd he is. And when
he put us forth his own sheep, when he brings them out, he go
to liberty, he goes before them and the sheep follow him for
they know his voice. He goes before them. Now this
is what a shepherd does. He goes before us. And there's
so much that can be said about Christ the Great Shepherd of
the sheep going before me. You know, God, when He elected
a people, when He chose a people before time began, and the Scripture
teaches that. There's no question about that.
But He didn't pick me out and Didn't get me to Christ. Didn't
work that way at all. Christ was before me. Christ
be my first elect, he said, then chose us in him our living head. I've never been viewed independently
of Christ. Even the covenant of grace, he
went before me. On the cross, he went before
me. He said, I go and prepare a place
for you. And that's what he was doing
on the cross. He went before me. In all things in providence,
He goes before me, His hands upon it. And He's using it and
causing it to work together for my good and His glory. He goes
before me in providence. He goes before me in intercession.
You know, my prayers, I pray some pathetic prayer that comes
from me. but he goes before that prayer
and he presents it before the father as my great high priest
and it smells good to god it's holy to god because he goes before
me and here's what i like thinking about this on judgment day and
it's coming it's coming on judgment day when my name is called he
goes before me and says present and accounted for he goes before
me What a shepherd! When he putteth his own sheep
forth, he goes before them. And they follow him, for they
know his voice. They follow him. Now, I'll tell
you something about sheep. They follow the shepherd. How
do you follow somebody? You keep your eyes on them. You
look to them and you follow them. Somebody that does not follow
Christ is not a sheep of Christ. If I have to follow him through
hell, I'll follow him through hell. God giving me the grace. I follow him. He said, whosoever cometh after
me, let him deny himself, take up his cross and follow me. I follow the Lord Jesus Christ. Every believer is a follower,
a disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ. Now he says, he goes before him and the sheep
follow him. For they know His voice. And you know, I know His
voice. This is something I know about every believer. They know
the voice of God. You know when you're hearing the truth. And
when you hear something that's not true, you might not even
be able to tell exactly what it is. You might not be able
to say, well, here's what's wrong with it. But you know something's
wrong. And the reason you know that is because you know not
the voice of strangers. You see, every believer has an
unction from the Holy One, according to 1 John 2. He says, you know
all things, you have an unction from the Holy One and know all
things. I know the difference between law and gospel. I know the difference between
grace and works. I know the difference between
truth and error. The sheep hear His voice. I know the voice of
the shepherd. And it's by grace that I know
the voice of the shepherd, but I know the voice of the shepherd.
They know His voice. Verse 5 says, And a stranger will they not
follow, but will flee from Him. For they know not the voice of
strangers. A sheep will not follow after
the voice of a stranger, one who doesn't preach the gospel.
If they do, all they prove is they're not really sheep. That's
it. Sheep will not know the voice
of a stranger. I know this about all of God's
sheep. They know the gospel. They know when they hear it and
they know when they don't. That's God's spirit within them.
And they will not follow the voice of a stranger. Now, you
can be listening to me. And I'm not asking you to tell
me what you think. Is this the voice of the shepherd? Is this
the truth? Is this the gospel that I'm preaching
to you? Well, God's sheep know it is. Yep, it is. I know it. Somebody says, well, I'm not
sure about that. Well, if you're God's sheep, you will be. You
will be. And if you're not, you won't.
It is that simple. How do you say all this? Well,
let me show you. Turn back to John chapter 6. Verse 44, the Lord says, No man
can come to Me, except the Father which hath sent Me draw him. And I will raise him up at the
last day. It is written in the prophets,
and they shall be all taught of God. Everybody that's a sheep,
you know what? Every single one of them, who
teaches them? God does. You ever heard somebody say,
God's trying to teach me something. Oh no. He doesn't try to teach
anybody anything. If He teaches you, you're taught. He didn't try it, you're taught.
They shall all be taught of God. Now what happens when God teaches
you? Verse 45, it's written in the prophets, and they shall
be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath
heard and hath learned of the Father cometh unto me. Every single one of us. Back to John 10. This parable, verse 6. This parable spake Jesus unto
them, but they understood not what things they were which he
spake unto them. They didn't. But every believer does. Oh, that God would be our teacher. What a wonder to have this shepherd
and to be in this sheepfold. Let's pray together.