Bill Bremer
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My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. John 10:27 KJV
That
short verse helps us see how Jesus leads. From His parable of the Good
Shepherd, Jesus reveals much about His relationship with us and our
relationship with Him.
My sheep
Jesus calling us My sheep reveals we are His. God our Father has given us to Jesus.
My sheep hear My voice, I know them, and they follow Me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish— ever!
No one will snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them
to Me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of the
Father’s hand. The Father and I are one. Jn 10:27-30 HCSB
My sheep hear my voice
God gave us ears to hear His voice. Jesus came preaching the gospel of the kingdom (Mt 4:23; Mt 9:35; Mt 24:14; Mk 1:14-15).
We heard Jesus from the Bible as we heard His words read to us, taught
to us, preached to us or read them ourselves. By His Word and His
Spirit, God called us (Ro 8:28-34) and by His grace, gave us hearts respond in faith (Eph 2:8-9; Jn 3:5-8). By the blessings of God, we hear.
Eyes to see, ears to hear
And
the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in
parables? He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you
to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not
given. For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more
abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even
that he hath. Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing
see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
And
in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye
shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and
shall not perceive:
For
this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing,
and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with
their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their
heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
But
blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. For
verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired
to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear
those things which ye hear, and have not heard them. Mt 13:10-17 KJV
He that hath ears to hear, let him hear the Word of God
And
when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of
every city, he spake by a parable: A sower went out to sow his seed: and
as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and
the fowls of the air devoured it. And some fell upon a rock; and as soon
as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. And
some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.
And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an
hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath
ears to hear, let him hear.
And
his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be? And he
said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God:
but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing
they might not understand.
Now
the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. Those by the way side
are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out
of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. They on the
rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and
these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation
fall away. And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they
have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures
of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. But that on the good
ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the
word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience. LK 8:4-15 KJV
We hear Jesus by the Spirit
Jesus told His disciples He would ask the Father to send the Holy Spirit.
I
will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may
be with you forever; that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot
receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him
because He abides with you and will be in you. Jn 14:16-17 NASB
These
things I have spoken to you while abiding with you. But the Helper, the
Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you
all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you. Jn 14:25-26 NASB
Jesus knew He would have to lay down His life for His
sheep, be resurrected and ascend to heaven before God could send the
Holy Spirit
I
am the good shepherd, and I know My own and My own know Me, even as the
Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the
sheep. I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them
also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become one flock with
one shepherd. Jn 10:14-16 NASB
What God promised has come
When the day of Pentecost had arrived, Peter declared:
Brothers,
I can confidently speak to you about the patriarch David: He is both
dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.Since he was a
prophet, he knew that God had sworn an oath to him to seat one of his
descendants, on his throne. Seeing this in advance, he spoke concerning
the resurrection of the Messiah:“He was not left in Hades, and His flesh
did not experience decay.”
God
has resurrected this Jesus. We are all witnesses of this. Therefore,
since He has been exalted to the right hand of God and has received from
the Father the promised Holy Spirit, He has poured out what you both
see and hear. Acts 2:29-33 HCSB
Now, we hear, know, and love and obey Jesus as our Shepherd King by the Holy Spirit.
Those
who are in the flesh cannot please God. You, however, are not in the
flesh, but in the Spirit, since the Spirit of God lives in you. But if
anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him.
Now if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit
is life because of righteousness. And if the Spirit of Him who raised
Jesus from the dead lives in you, then He who raised Christ from the
dead will also bring your mortal bodies to life through His Spirit who
lives in you. Ro 8:8-11 HCSB
Our Messiah must rule as King until the last enemy is conquered and the last enemy is death (Col 1:13-14; 1 Cor 15:20-28; Heb 10:10; Rev 1:1-6).
In kingdom relationships, we serve Christ by our right conduct, peace and joy through the Holy Spirit and God takes pleasure in us.
For
the Kingdom of God does not consist of eating and drinking, but of
right conduct, peace and joy, through the Holy Spirit; and whoever in
this way devotedly serves Christ, God takes pleasure in him, and men
highly commend him. Ro 14:17-18 WNT
Now
the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that
great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting
covenant, make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in
you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to
whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. Heb 13:20-21 KJV
__________________ Bill Bremer Kingdom Relationships http://billbremer.org
billbremer04@yahoo.com
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