The Sheep of the Shepherd

Q: What does the Bible say about Jesus as the Good Shepherd?

The Bible describes Jesus as the Good Shepherd who knows His sheep and lays down His life for them (John 10:14). In John 10, Jesus identifies Himself as the Good Shepherd, emphasizing His intimate knowledge of His sheep and His sacrificial love for them. He states, 'I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me' (John 10:14). This relationship is deeply covenantal; just as the Father knows the Son, the Son knows His sheep. This underscores the sovereignty and effectual nature of His redemptive work—He lays down His life intentionally and willingly for those He has chosen, reflecting both His love and His authority as the shepherd of His flock.

Q: How do we know election is true?

Election is clearly taught in Scripture, emphasizing God's sovereign choice in salvation (Ephesians 1:4-5). The doctrine of election is grounded in the Scriptures, particularly in passages like Ephesians 1:4-5, where Paul states that God chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world. This doctrine reflects the sovereignty of God over salvation, asserting that it is not based on human will or merit but on His grace and purpose. Election demonstrates God’s intentionality in redeeming a specific people, ensuring that His plan of salvation unfolds as He ordained. God's glory is manifest in His choosing, empowering us to respond in faith.

Q: Why is the concept of particular atonement important for Christians?

Particular atonement assures believers that Christ's sacrifice is effective and specific for those redeemed (John 10:11). The doctrine of particular atonement is essential because it affirms that Christ died specifically for His sheep, ensuring the efficacy of His sacrifice. According to John 10:11, 'I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.' This highlights the personal nature of Christ's atonement, as it was intended to secure the salvation of those whom God has chosen. This truth assures believers that Jesus’s sacrifice was not merely a potential offering but a concrete reality that completely fulfills every redemptive purpose in their lives, providing assurance of God's faithfulness to His promises.

Q: How can Christians be assured of eternal security?

Christ promises eternal security for His sheep, ensuring none will be lost (John 10:28-29). The doctrine of eternal security is rooted in the assurance given by Jesus in John 10:28-29, where He declares, 'I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand.' This promise highlights God's sovereign power to preserve His people. Throughout Scripture, it is emphasized that those whom God has elected and redeemed will be kept secure by His power until the day of Christ's return. This assurance encourages believers to trust in the faithfulness of God, knowing that their salvation depends not on their own efforts but on His unfailing grace.

Let's open our Bibles now to
the book of John, chapter 10. I spoke this morning from the 10th chapter of John
on the subject, the shepherd of the sheep. The shepherd of
the sheep. Our Lord said in John 10, 14,
I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known
of mine. He clearly defined His covenant
mercies. And He said, as the Father knoweth
me, even so know I the Father, and I lay down my life for the
sheep. He clearly defined His substitutionary
effectual sacrifice. And he said, other sheep I have
which are not of this fold, them I must bring. He clearly defined
his sovereign effectual power. He said, they'll hear my voice
without exception, and there shall be one foal and one shepherd. Therefore doth my Father love
me, he speaks as the servant, as the Messiah, speaks of his
obedience, the supreme act of obedience in giving his life
for his sheep according to his Father's will. And he said, therefore
doth my Father love me because I lay down my life that I might
take it again. No man taketh it from me. This
was ordained of my Father. purposed. I lay it down of myself
willingly. I have power to lay it down and
I have power to take it again. And this commandment have I received
of my Father." What was the response to this plain speech? Well, verse
19 tells us there was a division. The people were divided. They were angry because of these
sayings. Now the issue, the real issue
and the issue today wasn't then, it isn't now. Oh, I know there
are a lot of divisions and strife over these things, but these
things are not the true issue. The days we observe, the holy
days, the Sabbath days, that's not the issue. That's not what
caused the division here. the forms and tradition of worship. That wasn't a problem. That wasn't
why they were angry. The ordinances and how to observe
them. There's some rules laid down,
but that's not the primary and real issue. The government of
the churches, the millennium or the future. Verse 19 says,
"...there was a division therefore again among the Jews for these
sayings." What sayings? What sayings? I'll tell you what
they were and what they are. Who is Jesus Christ? That's the
issue. Who is Jesus Christ? What did
He come to do? And why did He die? Why did He
live? Why did He die? And where is
he now? And was his work successful?
That's the issue. Some of them said, well, he's
demon possessed. Look at verse 20. These people
are angry. They're angry. They're stirred
up. And what our Lord has done is
declare, he has declared with boldness and clearness of speech
who he is. what he did, why he did it. And
they said, well, he's demon possessed, he's crazy, why do you listen
to him? And I'll tell you, when we confront this religious world,
and this is a religious world, especially the United States
of America, and when we confront this religious world, as our
Lord did, with this true gospel and clearly defined it, Not with
wisdom of words and intellectualism, but with plainness of speech. Plainness, boldness of speech.
Isn't that what Paul said over here in 2 Corinthians? Look over
here for a moment. 2 Corinthians 3. When we declare to this generation
with boldness of speech, plainness of speech, who Christ is, what
Christ did, where Christ is, why Christ did what he did. the
success of his sacrifice and his life and death. We're going
to get the same, the same division and controversy. 2 Corinthians
3, 12, look at it. Paul said, he says, seeing then that we
have such hope. Well, hope is not a doctrine,
hope is a person. Christ is our hope. If you ask
me to write a paper on hope, I'll just give you four or five
words. Christ in you. That's the hope of glory. That's
it. Christ is my hope. You want me
to write a paper on eternal life? Christ is our life. When Christ,
who is our life, shall appear, then shall we appear with Him
in glory. Christ is my hope. And seeing I have such hope,
Paul says, I use great plainness, plainness of speech, so that
this lad right here in front of me will understand what I'm
saying. No reason why I should use language
that he doesn't understand, is there? I was preaching somewhere
not long ago and a dear man came up to me and he put his hand
on my shoulder and he said, when you're feeding the sheep, don't
forget the lambs. I said, you're right. And if
I feed the lambs, I'll feed the sheep. Great plainness of speech. I'll tell you what that plainness
is. Go back to my text in John 10. Tell you what our Lord's
saying. He's saying salvation is God's
work, not ours. That's exactly what He's saying.
Salvation is of the Lord. It's God that worketh in you,
both to will and to do His good pleasure. It's His work. Salvation is of the Lord in its
origination, in its execution, in its application, in its sustaining
power, in its ultimate perfection. It's all of God, all of God and
all of grace. Is that right? That's plain.
Salvation is God's work, not ours. I tell you secondly, This
thing of salvation, redemption, eternal life, it's by God's will
and not your will. That's what the Scripture says.
That's what our Lord says. The Son quickeneth whom He will. Whom He will. And folks can argue
all they want to over free will, man's will, your will, my will,
whoever's will, but I'll tell you whose will shall be done.
That's the will of God Almighty. He taught me to pray that way.
He said, you pray, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Salvation. We're born not of
the will of the flesh, not of the will of man in any way. We're
born of God. Is that plain enough? Salvation
is a gift. And folks can talk about the
free offer of the gospel and the offer, offer, offer, offer
all you want to. Salvation is a gift. It's not
an offer. A gift is not an offer. A gift
is a gift. When you have a birthday party
for somebody around here, you don't offer them the present,
you give it to them. With them in mind, you prepare
it, or you buy it, you pay for it, you wrap it, and you don't
send them a bill. You give it. It's a gift. The gift of God is eternal life. Not an offer. I don't find this
offer anywhere in here. It's a gift. God has given us eternal life,
and this life is in His Son. That's plain. And there's no
reason to use any other kind of language. Fourthly, repentance
and faith. That's a command. That's not
an invitation. I'm sorry. I'm just sorry. I don't give invitations. I give
commands because I speak for the king. A king never invites
anybody to do anything. He commands them. A sovereign,
almighty Lord does not invite rebels to do something. He commands
them. God commandeth you to repent. Isn't that right? He commands
men to believe the gospel. We invented the invitation. The
word invitation is not in the Bible but three times, anywhere
from Genesis to Revelation. And every blessed time it's in
there, it's talking about inviting somebody to dinner. I mean a
real dinner. But I tell you commands in there,
this is my commandment that you love one another. Is that a,
do you have a choice? Do I have a choice whether to
believe God? He said you believe and be saved,
you don't believe you'll be damned. That's not much of a choice.
That's not much of an alternative, is it? Repentance and faith is a command. God commands men to repent. He
commands men to believe the gospel. Subjects aren't invited to believe
God. It's a command. And I tell you
this, righteousness, sanctification is not by my obedience, it's
by His. Christ Jesus the Lord is my sanctification. He is my righteousness. It's
not by my obedience, it's by His obedience. And I'm not just
clothed in righteousness, in Christ I am righteous. Righteousness
is not pasted on. You see these old western movies
and you see how they make them and those aren't real buildings.
That's just the front. Have you ever seen how they put
a front up there and there's nothing back of it but some boards
sticking up? But it looks real on the screen.
There's the saloon or the sheriff's office or the hardware store
or something, and there it is, but there's nothing behind it.
And that's what a lot of people think Christ's robe of righteousness
is, that it's just something on the outside. Oh no, in Christ
we are righteous. He is our righteousness. The
Lord our Righteousness, and Jeremiah says this, His name is the Lord
our Righteousness, and your name is the Lord our Righteousness.
Isn't that right? Oh, it's by His obedience, and
it's effectual. Blessed is the man to whom God
will not impute sin. Blessed is the man whom God chooses
and causes to approach unto Him. He's favored. And I'll tell you, just as God
chose Mary to bear in her womb the Son of
God, highly favored of God, He chose you to bear in your heart
His Son. It's just that distinct. That's
what He said, other sheep I have which are not of this foal, I'll
bring every one of them. His blood atonement, I'd like
to shout it to the whole world. I wish this microphone was connected
to everybody's living room, dining room, hospital room, automobile,
radio, the whole blessed world. I'd say to them, His blood was
not shed in vain. His atonement is particular,
effectual, it's not conditional on anything that any man does. That atonement wasn't offered
to you. It was offered to God Almighty. The blood was shed,
not before you, for you to do anything with it. It was shed
before the Lord. Read that in the Old Testament.
Every blood atonement was presented before the Lord. Christ died
that God may be just and justifier, not to get people to feel sorry
for Him. He died to put away sin. Plainness of speech. Don't garble it or scramble it.
The average person's message is a whole lot like I have cable
TV and I'll turn it and some of the stations are playing and
others are scrambled. And that's what these messages
are. I can see the color and that's why I can see a nose or
an ear. But boy, you've got to look closely
or you'll miss it. That ain't the way to preach.
Don't preach in such a way that anybody in your congregation
has one doubt about what you believe about the blood of Christ.
He said, I lay down my life for my sheep. I lay down my life for the sheep.
Plainness of speech. His atonement was particular,
effectual, sufficient, victorious. He redeemed everyone for whom
he died. All that my Father giveth me
shall come to me. In Him that cometh to me, I'll
let no wise cast out." And God's covenant people of every nation,
tongue, tribe, kindred under heaven, and I believe there's
some down there in Mexico. I believe there are. They're called His sheep, called
His jewels. They're called His people, called
His church. And every one of whom He foreknew,
whom the Father predestinated to be conformed to His image,
He will by His blood justify, call, and glorify, and not one
of them shall be lost. Not one of them. I tell you this, if one sheep
of Christ could fall away, this sheep would fall a hundred times
a day. Wouldn't you? But we are kept by, through faith,
but by His power. And he that hath begun a good
work in you, he that hath begun a good work, where? In you. He
revealed his Son in me, not just to me, in me. He'll finish it
in the day of Christ Jesus. Not one will be lost. The biggest
waste of time to argue once saved, always saved, once in grace,
always in grace, eternal security. It's eternal if God did it. It's
not eternal if anybody else did it. What God did will be forever. If God started a work in you,
you'll complete it. And then last of all, the Lord
quickens and calls and saves whom He will. Old Moses asked
Him one day, he said, Lord, show me Your glory. Show me Your glory. My, what Moses had seen. What
Moses had seen. enough to last us for several
lifetimes. But Moses was convinced that
the greater glory of God he had not fully seen. And he said to
him, he said, now Lord, if I've found grace in your sight, if
I've found grace in your sight, go with us. If you go not with
us, don't take us hence. And then he said, Lord, show
me your glory. And our God said, hide over there,
Moses, in the cleft of the rock, and I'll pass by you. Now, you
can't see my face. No man see my face and live.
But I'm going to pass by you. And I'm going to make my goodness
pass before you. That's my glory, my goodness.
And Moses, I'll be gracious to whom I will be gracious. And
I'll show mercy to whom I show mercy. And Moses, that's my glory.
That's God's chief glory. I ask you, when is the Father
most glorious? When He's sitting at His desk
dividing His inheritance between two sons. When He's given this son this
inheritance of money and this rebellious boy said, What's coming
to me, and I'm taking it and leave. All right. Here you are. Generous. Father's generous,
kind, gives him everything. Worked hard, all this, the boy
leaves. Is that when the father's most glorious? Or is it when
the father stands and looks out the window, longing for that
boy's return, that lost son, and he sees him coming? ragged
and dirty, unshaven, waisted thin, worn from the years of
living and sin, sees him coming. And those old eyes squint and
look. He recognizes his walk. And he
goes running out of the room, down the hall, out the door,
down the path, over the hill, and grabs that wayward a prodigal
in his arms and kisses him. Kisses him, just keeps kissing
him. And turns and says, everybody rejoice. Kill the fatted cag,
bring a robe, bring a shoe, bring a ring. My son was lost, he's
found. That's when the Father's most
glorious. And that's when our Heavenly
Father says, my greater glory is my kindness to the unkind,
my mercy to the unmerciful, my grace to the ungracious, my love
to the unlovely, when he can put his arm around somebody like
you and welcome you and kiss you. That's the holy God embracing
a hog feeder. The fellow is fresh out of the
hog pen, still smelling like a hog. And yet in his holiness,
how can he do that in Christy care? Don't you try it any other
way. Do it in Christ. That's God's
glory. That's God's glory. And that
creates a division. So be it. Now when you preach
that to this world's religion, here's the response. Verse 22. Verse 22, John 10. And it was
at Jerusalem, the feast of the dedication, it was winter. And
Jesus walked in the temple and Solomon's poets and the Jews
came round about Him and they said, alright, how long are you
going to make us doubt? If you be the Christ, tell us
plainly. Now let me ask you, were these fellows seeking the
truth? Were these fellows really seeking a revelation? Were they
really? Were they really sincere? When
they asked him this question, if you are the Christ, tell us
plainly, did they really? No. He told them. He had told
them. But tell you what they wanted
to do, they wanted him to declare openly in his own word, I am
the Messiah. I am the King of the Jews. And
then they were going to run to Herod and run to the authorities. and say you got a rebel on your
hands, you got a traitor, you got another king. Isn't that
right? That's exactly it. They wanted to hear him say it
openly. And they were going to use it
against him. This religious world is conniving, deceitful. The heart is deceitful, desperately
wicked. That's the heart of a natural
religious man. Don't you quote that in reference
to a believer now. A believer's heart is not deceitful,
it's a new heart. It's not desperately wicked,
it's a new heart. That's why God said, take that
old stony heart out and give you a heart of flesh. Yes sir,
that's a lost religious man that's deceitful, desperately wicked. Who can know it? And so our Lord
said, listen. Then He said to them, verse 25,
I told you. I told you, and you didn't believe
me. I told you, and you didn't believe
me. The works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness
to me." He gave them, back there in John 5, four witnesses. He
said, John the Baptist bore witness of me. He was the last of the
Old Testament prophets. He bore witness of Christ. He
said, the works that I do bear witness of me. He said, the Father
hath borne witness of me." He said, this is my son. Hear ye
him. The Scriptures, he said, you
search the Scriptures, they testify of me. And you will not come
to me. So I told you. Now read on. And
you didn't believe me. Verse 26, I'll tell you why you
don't believe me. And I'll tell every man this. People don't believe because
they've got evil hearts. That's true. You're right. But
people don't believe because of the pride of their hearts.
They won't bow. They won't humble themselves.
They won't come down. They won't repent. They won't
look to God for mercy. You're right. They won't believe
because of the blindness of their hearts. They don't know who He
is. He was in the world. The world knew Him not. He came
unto His own. His own received Him not. Blindness. Christ said they got ears, but
they don't hear. They have eyes, but they don't
see. They have hearts, but they don't understand. That's all
true. But here's the main reason. Verse 26, you believe not because
you're not of my sheep. You're not of my sheep. You're
not one of these I've been talking about. He identified himself as the
shepherd of the sheep. He's the shepherd of the sheep.
He said, I'm the good shepherd, the chief shepherd, the great
shepherd. I know my sheep. And they know me. As my Father knows me. As the
Father knows me and I know the Father. That's the way I know
the sheep and they know me. And you fellows are debating
and quibbling and arguing and carrying on your religious charade
and you don't believe me because you're not of my sheep. Ever
one of my sheep. Look at the next verse. My sheep
hear my voice. Brother man, when you fellas
preach, just exactly what is, back of all that you're studying
and preparing and why you're preaching, you want to know?
I'm on the trail of God's sheep. I'm looking for sheep. That's
exactly it. I'm going to Mexico looking for
sheep. I preach here looking for sheep. I prepare a television
message for one reason. Not even hoping or thinking that
I'm going to convince any goat to turn into a sheep. I'm looking for a sheep. I'm
preaching this message. That's the reason you leave it
to the people to fill the pews, the preacher fills the pulpit.
And when he gets interested in filling the pews, he'll quit
filling the pulpit. That's exactly right. Let no
man ever influence anything you're going to preach, whether he likes
it or doesn't like it. Paul said, I'm not the servant
of men, I'm the servant of God. I prepare my message and preach
it knowing this, the sheep will hear it. It doesn't matter where I preach,
if it's in the Lucasville Penitentiary or down here in the Ashland 13th
Street Baptist Church, there are two classes of people, sheeps
and goats, believers and unbelievers, rebels and subjects. And the
sheep will hear my voice. They'll hear it. That's exactly
right. My sheep hear my voice and I
know them. God gives them ears to hear.
God gives them a heart to believe. The hearing ears of the Lord,
the seeing eyes of the Lord, the believing heart is the gift
of God. Turn for a moment to 1 Thessalonians. It's what Paul
said in 1 Thessalonians chapter 1. He says it so clearly, 1 Thessalonians
chapter 1. 1 Thessalonians 1 verse 4. Paul
writes to the church at Thessalonica and he said, Verse 4, "...knowing,
brethren beloved, your election of God. For our gospel came not
to you in word only," that's the way everybody hears it, in
word only, but our gospel came to you in power, in the power
of the Holy Spirit, in quickening power, in converting power, in
convincing power. It came in power. A sheep hears
His voice. All on the road to Damascus said,
those fellows around me saw the light, but they didn't hear His
voice. They didn't hear Him say, I'm Jesus of Nazareth whom thou
persecuted. They thought it thundered. And
that's about all our preaching means to most people, thunder.
Thunder. You go hear the preacher, yeah.
How was it? Loud. It thundered. But somebody heard
him. How many times in these 40 some
odd years I've heard people say, I see what you're saying. I see it. You did one day. Fifty
years old, weren't you? Where have I been? I see. I hear you. You did one day. I thank you, Father, Lord of
heaven and earth. You've hid these things from
the smart alecks and the wise and the prudent, and you've revealed
it to babes. Even so, Father, it's in good
in your sight." That's what he said. I can repeat it, can't
I? Our gospel didn't come to you
in word only. It came in power. Go back to my text. My sheep
hear my voice. And I know them and they follow
me. Old Robert Murray McShane said he knew some men in Scotland
that marked their sheep on their woolly backs with a wad of tar. They'd just
take a wad of hot tar and put it on that sheep, a woolly sheep,
and they'd put a... Cowboys out west brand cattle,
they let them put that, you don't want to brand a sheep and burn
that wool, you know, so they just put a, on the back of his
ear, on his back somewhere, they put a wad of tar. And they knew
their sheep. The Lord marks His sheep, too.
They're marks. He marks them with blood. Let
me show you where He marks them. Turn to Exodus 29. I'll show
you how He marks His sheep. Exodus 29. Now, he says, my sheep follow
me. They hear my sheep, hear my voice,
and they know me, and they follow me. Here is the consecration
of the priest, and that's what we are, aren't we? King, priest.
God has made us kings and priests, our God. Now, watch how he consecrates
this priest. Exodus 29, 20, Then shalt thou
kill the ram, take of his blood, put on the tip of the right ear
of Abram, put the blood on his ear. God put any blood on your
ear yet? You know something? If He ever
does, you'll hear His voice. If God ever marks your ear with
the blood of Christ, you'll hear it. Another shepherd you won't
follow, you'll hear it. You'll hear instruction, you'll
hear rebuke, You'll hear reproof. You'll hear whatever he says.
Sheep don't rebel against God's Word. Anybody tells me, I don't
like that doctrine of election. You're not one of God's sheep.
Oh, I don't like that sufficient atonement. You're not one of
God's sheep. I'm not going to be baptized. You're not one of
God's sheep. God's sheep are marked with blood. Their ears have been opened,
digged. They're bond slaves. They've
got the all. and the blood, and the ear has
been pierced. That's exactly right. That's not all. And you dip his
right ear, and upon the tip of his right ear of his son's, and
on up, and upon the thumb of his right hand. God's sheep have the blood on
their hand. Their hand is an open hand. Fellowship. kindness, forgiveness, generosity. Here's what I got you using. You got any blood on your hand?
Not the blood of the Son of God like Pilate who tried to wash
it off, but you've been anointed with the blood. That's the reason
anybody who pastures a bunch of sheep never has to preach
on giving or tithing or anything like that. Because their hands
have been touched with blood. They're generous, kind. That's
right. They lift up the fallen. They
reach out in fellowship. They reach out. Their hands have
been touched with the blood. And then, that's not all, and
upon his great toe of his right foot, put the blood. Sprinkle
of blood on the altar. There's the three marks of God's
sheep. They hear His voice. They know
Him, know His people, love Him, and they follow Him. They walk
right with Him. That's right. Oh my, don't you
love that? What a blessing to be one of
the sheep. What a blessing. I think Ronnie and I, Ronnie
Lewis and I walked in the other day talking about why did the
Lord, why was He pleased to reveal that gospel to me? David said,
who am I? What is my house? What's this
bunch of folks here, Lord, to you? Well, they're my sheep. They're my sheep. They didn't
choose me, I chose them. And I know them. My father gave
them to me. That's what he said. Listen, my sheep, my sheep, they're
mine. They hear my voice. I'll call
them, they'll hear. And I know them. I love them.
I approve and accept them. They follow me. Not ought to,
but do. Verse 28, I give them eternal
life. I don't sell it to them or give
it to them. They don't earn it and don't pay for it. I give
them eternal life. And they'll never perish. Never,
never, never. That soul that on Jesus hath
leaned for repose, I will not desert to its pose. That soul
though all hell should endeavor to shake, I'll never forsake. And nobody's going to pluck them
out of my hand either. Satan's not going to do it with
all his subtlety, craftiness, temptations. No, sir. You see,
my Father gave them to me and me to them. And He's greater
than all. And no man's going to pluck them
out of my Father's hand. Because I and my Father won. I and my Father won. And then
the Jews. took up stones again to stone
him. Their anger arose again. What
do we do? What do we preachers do? I want
to preach with kindness and love and compassion. I know if men
hear the Word, it's by God's grace. I heard it by His grace.
You'll have to hear it by His grace. I want to have the right
attitude toward those who do not hear it. But if you ask this
question, well, what if you're preaching to people and they,
you know they're going to hate this, you know they're going
to rebel against this, you know they're going to have a division
because of this. This is not what the natural
man believes. I know that. The gospel is foolishness
to the natural man. What do I do? Preach it. I know there are a lot of fellows
that want you to change it. And there's some that they won't
come out and say, change it. They'll say, tone it down. Bill
Clark preached a message over in England one time. He and I
were in a Bible conference over there, and a man I know real
well, an Englishman, a man of integrity, came up to him and
said, Bill, you can't preach that way here. And Bill said, well, Henry preaches
that way. You never said that to him. He
said, well, he can get away with it. Because he's an American. He's going home. But you can't
stay here and preach that. Tone her down, boy. Well, you
know Bill well enough to know he doesn't tone anything down.
But that's what they say. You'll never reach people. You'll
never reach them. Being so bold and plain. No,
I won't, but He can. He can. He can make the lame
to walk. He can make the deaf to hear. I can't make anybody
hear, but He can. He can make the blind to see.
And that's what I'm expecting. I'm expecting dead bones to live.
I'm expecting blind men to see, deaf men to hear, and lame men
to walk by the power of my Lord. My sheep, hear my voice, and
we don't take any credit, do we? Oh, I just don't ever. You
know, if any man asks you a reason for the hope that you have, give
it to him with meekness and fear, fear before God, because it's
by grace. It's by grace. I am what I am
by the grace of God. That's the sheep of the shepherd.
They hear me. They know me, they follow me.
All right, Mike, let's sing about them. Come and announce a number.

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