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A Table Prepared
Today we face a problem; our verse is a mixed metaphor. After all what do sheep have to do with a table prepared? Sheep don’t need a table; shepherds don’t prepare tables. Yet this is what our Good Shepherd does for us in the presence of our enemies. The Scriptures often use mixed metaphors because ordinary metaphors often struggle to express spiritual truths. Mixed metaphors, understood by faith, can take us into new understanding. So our Good Shepherd prepares a…
Soul Restoration
Most of us have been involved in a restoration project of one sort or another. And so is God. “The LORD is my shepherd… He restores my soul.” Restoration my its very nature also involves deterioration, that from which we need restoration. The condition of sheep being “cast” can help us to understand our own deteriorated spiritual condition. Peter found himself in this condition but being restored by Jesus. It is this restoration, given to us as well, in which…
Led to Still Waters
God created us in such a way that we would thirst for a relationship with Him. He also commits himself to leading us to the still waters that quench our thirst permanently. Like wayward sheep all too often we reject God, the fountain of living water, and seek our own sources of water. But as Jeremiah says when we do so it is like having broken cisterns that won’t hold water. Instead, just as Jesus led the Samaritan Woman at…
The Lord is My Shepherd
The 23rd Psalm starts with and is based upon relationship; the LORD is my shepherd. We derive great comfort from the 23rd Psalm. Jesus deepens the meaning in John 10. He is the embodiment of the 23rd Psalm and we as believers embody some very important characteristics of sheep. Sermon date: June 17, 2018