9-23-09 Sorrell: Shepherd Series: The Perfect Shepherd

God: The Perfect Shepherd

Ezek. 34:11-16 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out. ¹²As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. ¹³And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country. ¹⁴I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel. ¹⁵I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD. ¹⁶I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.

I.         Seek

II.        Gather – forsake not the assembling

Heb. 10:24-26 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: ²⁵Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. ²⁶For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

III.       Feed

IV.      Provide a Good Fold – Safe place from the enemy, free of wolves

Acts 20:29-30 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. ³⁰Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.

V.        Bring Again the Driven Away –

VI.      Bind the Broken – Families, Marriages, Hearted,

VII.     Strengthen the Sick –

VIII.    Destroy the Fat and Strong

Tiger Woods vs. Marcus Hilkenfinkle- Tiger does not need the Golf Event.  The golf event needs Tiger.  None of the events need Marcus Hilkenfinkle, Marcus Hilkenfinkle needs them.