Wednesday, April 20, 2011
I Peter 2:24,25 - NIV
He Himself bore our sins in His Body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by His wounds you have been healed. For you were like sheep going astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
I heard something today that really touched my heart, a friend said that she looked at those who did not know JESUS and love Him, as "sheep without a shepherd". She said that it raised in her a compassion and love for them that was beyond her natural way of reacting.
How wonderful it is to hear a sister in Christ look upon the fallen world as "lost sheep, sheep without a shepherd"! This calls me to reflect on how I can bring these little lambs and big sheep to the Great Shepherd and Overseer of their soul. What can I do to guide and comfort lost sheep into a relationship with the Shepherd, so that they are no longer lost?
When we are in communion with JESUS, there is healing, forgiveness and life. JESUS gave His life upon the "tree" (cross), carrying our sins upon Himself, in order that we would have life for ever and live in righteousness (the right relationship with GOD). By His Blood He reconciled us to GOD and He has given us the ministry of reconciliation, so that others might live.
His Body was broken in pieces, showing us that by many pieces we might become One Body in JESUS Christ.
I Peter 2:24,25 - NIV
He Himself bore our sins in His Body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by His wounds you have been healed. For you were like sheep going astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
I heard something today that really touched my heart, a friend said that she looked at those who did not know JESUS and love Him, as "sheep without a shepherd". She said that it raised in her a compassion and love for them that was beyond her natural way of reacting.
How wonderful it is to hear a sister in Christ look upon the fallen world as "lost sheep, sheep without a shepherd"! This calls me to reflect on how I can bring these little lambs and big sheep to the Great Shepherd and Overseer of their soul. What can I do to guide and comfort lost sheep into a relationship with the Shepherd, so that they are no longer lost?
When we are in communion with JESUS, there is healing, forgiveness and life. JESUS gave His life upon the "tree" (cross), carrying our sins upon Himself, in order that we would have life for ever and live in righteousness (the right relationship with GOD). By His Blood He reconciled us to GOD and He has given us the ministry of reconciliation, so that others might live.
His Body was broken in pieces, showing us that by many pieces we might become One Body in JESUS Christ.
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