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MY SHEEP John 10:27

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josefnospam

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:wave With these two simple words our Lord distguishes his people from the rest of the world. Let men deny it as they will. And let them denouce me for preaching it if that gives them pleasure, but the God of the Bible does distiniguish between men. He chooses some and passes by others. He redeems some and leaves others under the curse of the law. He calls some and rejects others. He saves some and damns others. Grace is God's preorogative. He has mercy on whom he will have mercy.
He said to the unbelieving Jews, who refused to believe him "ye are not my sheep" Ye believe not because ye are not my sheep." The gift of faith is reserved for the Lord's sheep, God's choosen covenant people.
If you are a believer, one of the great multitude to whom God has given faith in Christ, it is because you are one of his sheep, precious to the Lord. God our saviour says of you, you are "MY SHEEP". In everlasting love, by sovereign, deliberate choice, the son of God has distinquished you from other people and made you to be his sheep.
He does many things for his sheep which he does not do for other men. He agreed in the covenant of Grace to save his sheep. He laid down his life in the place of his sheep. Our Lord prays for his sheep. The son of God calls his sheep, gives them eternal life, protects his sheep, provides for his sheep, preserves his sheep and holds his sheep in his almighty hand. What a privilege it is for a believing sinner to look upon incarnate God and say :The Lord is MY Shepard and hear him say "MY SHEEP" ..............:pray I hope you too are his sheep.
 
josefnospam said:
He agreed in the covenant of Grace to save his sheep
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You don't seem to use any scriptures in your "sermons".

Could you show us the scripture that says God made a covenant of Grace.

Other wise it just jiber jaber of man's doctrine.


JLB
 
Read John 10 regarding the sheep

John 10:3 The sheep hear his voice and he calleth his own sheep by name
John 10::4 The sheep follow him for they know his voice.
John 10:7 I am the door of the sheep
John 10:14 I am the good shepard and know my sheep
John 10:26 But ye believe not because ye are not of my sheep
John 10:27 MY sheep hear my voice and I know them and they follow me
John 10: 28 And I give unto them eternal life
There are many other scriptures about the sheep

As for the covenant of Grace, it is the basics of all things. I have posted a note asking for help and scriptual suport. When I have examined what is said I will be better able to speak of these matters. I think ,and this is just me ,that this is a very deep and basic message of the whole Bible. I am at this time not Qualified to expound on this sublect as I have not studied it much and you might ask others about this. I do know this. Grace belongs to God to give to whomsoever he wills as he is a Soverign God and I don't think you doubt his Soverignty.

Of course "The Lord is my shepard I shall not want " is The 1st verse of Plsm 23

I believe in God's Grace to his people and I hope you do also.
 
josefnospam said:
Read John 10 regarding the sheep

John 10:3 The sheep hear his voice and he calleth his own sheep by name
John 10::4 The sheep follow him for they know his voice.
John 10:7 I am the door of the sheep
John 10:14 I am the good shepard and know my sheep
John 10:26 But ye believe not because ye are not of my sheep
John 10:27 MY sheep hear my voice and I know them and they follow me
John 10: 28 And I give unto them eternal life
There are many other scriptures about the sheep

As for the covenant of Grace, it is the basics of all things. I have posted a note asking for help and scriptual suport. When I have examined what is said I will be better able to speak of these matters. I think ,and this is just me ,that this is a very deep and basic message of the whole Bible. I am at this time not Qualified to expound on this sublect as I have not studied it much and you might ask others about this. I do know this. Grace belongs to God to give to whomsoever he wills as he is a Soverign God and I don't think you doubt his Soverignty.

Of course "The Lord is my shepard I shall not want " is The 1st verse of Plsm 23

I believe in God's Grace to his people and I hope you do also.
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It is how one looks at Gods Sovereignty that is in Question, not His sovereignty.

A Judge has sovereignty over His own courtroom. But His sovereignty cannot deal the verdict, a standard has been set. And Justice is the standard.

The Judges love cannot deal the verdict.

The Judges power cannot deal the verdict.

The Judges sovereignty cannot deal the verdict.

Justice has to deal the verdict.

And Gods standard is Justice and his righteousness (PERFECT) is revealed through the salvation of mankind. All mankind stand condemned before the Sovereign Lord. If God saves even ONE man, the standard has been set. And through faith we know that man is saved. Now understand this, Gods Justice was satisfied for that man and it reveals His PERFECT righteousness to mankind. God would be UNJUST and UNRIGHTEOUS if He did not allow even ONE man the opportunity to believe on His Son and be saved.

Rom 1:16-17~~16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 For in it [the] righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "BUT THE RIGHTEOUS [man] SHALL LIVE BY FAITH."

Psalm 96:10~~Say among the nations, "The LORD reigns; Indeed, the world is firmly established, it will not be moved; He will judge the peoples with equity."

Psalm 9:8~~And He will judge the world in righteousness; He will execute judgment for the peoples with equity.

Psalm 97:2~~Clouds and thick darkness surround Him; Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.
 
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Ephesians2:8-9 For by grace u r saved through faith. It is the gift gift of God, not of works lest any man should boast.
 
Excerpt from The Warrant of Faith Charles Spurgeon Sermon #531

"Now, I have enlarged the one thought of believing on God's Son Jesus Christ. Brethren, I would not darken counsel by words without knowledge. "Believing" is most clearly explained by that simple word "trust." Believing is partly the intellectual operation of receiving divine truths, but the essence of it lies in relying upon those truths. I believe that, although I cannot swim, yonder friendly plank will support me in the flood—I grasp it, and am saved: the grasp is faith. I am promised by a generous friend that if I draw upon his banker, he will supply all my needs—I joyously confide in him, and as often as I am in want I go to the bank, and am enriched: my going to the bank is faith. Thus faith is accepting God's great promise, contained in the person of his Son. It is taking God at his word, and trusting in Jesus Christ as being my salvation, although I am utterly unworthy of his regard. Sinner, if thou takest Christ to be thy Saviour this day, thou art justified; though thou be the biggest blasphemer and persecutor out of hell, if thou darest to trust Christ with thy salvation, that faith of thine saves thee; though thy whole life may have been as black, and foul, and devilish as thou couldst have made it, yet if thou wilt honour God by believing Christ is able to forgive such a wretch as thou art, and wilt now trust in Jesus' precious blood, thou art saved from divine wrath.

II. The WARRANT OF BELIEVING is the point upon which I shall spend my time and strength this morning. According to my text, the warrant for a man to believe is the commandment of God. This is the commandment, that ye "believe on his Son Jesus Christ."

I shall only add, that the blessings which flow from preaching Christ to sinners as sinners, are of such a character as prove it to be right. Do on not see that this levels us all? We have the same warrant for believing, and no one can exalt himself above his fellow.
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Then, my brethren, how it inspires men with hope and confidence; it forbids despair. No man can despair if this be true; or if he do, it is a wicked, unreasonable despair, because if he has been never so bad, yet God commands him to believe. What room can there be for despondency? Surely if anything Could cut off Giant Despair's head, Christ preached to sinners is the sharp two-edged sword to do it.
 
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Well, I just tried to post portions of Charles Spurgeon's Sermon #531 The Warrant of Faith http://www.spurgeon.org/sermons/0531.htm

I think that almost every poster could appreciate this wonderful faith sermon. Spurgeon, says that faith, is commanded by God, and the Gospel message is a two-edged sword. That a sinner who will receive it, justs needs to believe (trust) Jesus for salvation, he will be saved.

He speaks about missionaries who went to Greenland trying to teach about God...finally a man happened to see one verse. He asked what it meant. The young missionary told him. The man said "Well why didn't you just say so. We knew there was a God. But this Jesus...." (that's a paraphrase but close).
The missionary gave a simple gospel message of the cross, the man and 100 others got saved.
 
Yes .....salvation came to the Jews 1st. Then to the gentiles. Thats us. All people, be they Jew or Gentile need the same Saviour.
 
Who is Spurgeon? A lot of references to Spurgeon but I don't know who he is. I can't find him mentioned in the scriptures. Is he alive now? Where does he live and what does he do? I seem to be missing something here.
 
Thank you Reba................I feel foolish sometimes not knowing about such things when everyone else quotes and gives reference to him.
I take it he wrote books.............I will look up some of his books if indeed he wrote some. I would not care to read about him through books written by others. Just his books. You say he was a Baptist preacher? Thanks again.
 
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