I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep. I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
Jesus is the good shepherd who “laid down his life for the sheep.” How different from the hireling who served only for personal gain. Jesus is also the shepherd of shepherds of the sheep for he said to Peter, “if you love me, feed my lambs, feed my sheep.” And surely, Jesus is the one spoken of in Psalm 23, “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.” Oh, let us follow Jesus, the true shepherd of our souls.
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