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… are some ingredients to getting God's will done in your life. And today I want to share that with you. Go to Hebrews 13, 20, Hebrews chapter 13, verse 20. And this is my prayer for everybody through this series. As we lay the foundation today, it says may now may the God of peace who brought up from the dead, our Lord Jesus and the great shepherd of all the sheep and, and ratified an eternal covenant with his blood. All that saying is now God is really big and really strong he even raised jesus from the dead this is the man he says this is where i want you to focus in verse 21 may he equip you with all you need for doing his will like like that's why we come to church is so that god can equip you with all you need to do his will or to complete purpose or to to finish the reason that you came here and i want to throw something out that i want to do a whole nother sermon series on, but somebody just needs to hear this. Jesus never reached his potential. Jesus finished his calling. …
… and what it says about him in the Bible. Hebrews chapter 13, verse 20 says this. Jesus is the great shepherd of the sheep. Circle that in your notes. Great shepherd of the sheep. He's called the great shepherd. He's called the chief shepherd. He's called the good shepherd. In the next verse, John chapter 10, verses 10 and 11, that whole chapter is about the good shepherd, and Jesus talks about his ministry in caring for the sheep. Throughout the Bible, sheep are a symbol for God's people. The church is called the flock of God. And the Bible says we are his sheep, okay? We are his flock, we are the sheep of his pastors. It says that in Psalms. And in John 10, 10 and 11, it says this. I came so that my sheep will have life. This is Jesus talking. I came that my sheep will have life and everything they need. I am the good shepherd. and the good shepherd gives his life for his sheep. …
… yet you and I have a good shepherd who provides and protects us. Note down 1 Peter 2.25 along with Hebrews 13.20 For you were like sheep going astray but now you've returned to the shepherd, I love this, an overseer of your souls. And Hebrews 13.20 says Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead that great shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the everlasting covenant. Do you know what a sheep is without a shepherd? A goner. But thankfully, thankfully, you and I have a great shepherd of the sheep to watch over our souls. But we are sheep, Jesus says, in the midst of wolves. Wolves. I want you to think about that. That is plural. I mean, not just one, but a pack of wolves. You know, every time the Bible mentions wolves, it's always in a negative light. Jesus spoke about false prophets being like ravenous wolves who would come, remember, in sheep's clothing. Paul spoke about false teachers being like savage wolves who would come in, not sparing the flock. …
… 1 Peter 2.25 identifies Jesus as the shepherd of the souls of men. Hebrews 13.20, He's the great shepherd. So, we have to look at our Lord. He's the shepherd at Bethlehem that's most important. And He was the fulfillment of God's prophecy. And He came, and of course all the false shepherds of Israel hated Him, despised Him, rejected Him. But then, they weren't the true shepherds. They were the thieves and the robbers. Pharisees, the Sadducees, the scribes, pseudo-teachers, false shepherds. But Jesus is the true shepherd, the good shepherd, who classifies those leaders as thieves and robbers. All false teachers fall into that category, all of them. And they have something in mind. It's in verse 10. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. False teachers are deadly, dangerous, and damning. And we have that throughout human history, even up to today, false teachers, emissaries of Satan doing their hellish work of counterfeit religion. But here we find the Good Shepherd. And Peter adds that those who serve the Good Shepherd are under shepherds. …
… and that's the one who now lives for me. Hebrews 13, verses 20 and 21, Now the God of peace that brought again from the dead that great shepherd of the sheep. You see, he's the one who rose from the dead. He's the one who has conquered the valley of the shadow of death. The good shepherd, he died for me. The chief shepherd, he's coming for me. The great shepherd, he lives for me in the valley of the shadow of death. He was raised from the dead. And so what I'm trying to tell you, my dear friend, if you want to learn how to smile at death, understand number one, there can be no valley without mountains. up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help. Are you down in the valley? Then look at the mountains, my dear friend. Look, look, I say, to Mount Calvary, and look to Mount Zion. Second thing, second thing, there can be no shadow without a light. Notice what it says, yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death. Now death is just a shadow if you know the Lord Jesus Christ because Jesus has become the death of death. You see, Jesus pulled the sting out of death. …
… Not only is he shown in the Bible as the good shepherd in John 10, but he's also shown in the Bible as the great shepherd. Look, if you will, in Hebrews 13, verses 20 and 21. Now the God of peace that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you perfect, that is, mature in every good work to do His will, working in you that which is well-pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ to whom be glory forever and ever. He rose for the sheep. I mean, listen, it speaks now of the resurrection, now the God of peace that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep. What good is a dead shepherd? He's no good at all except that he pays the penalty for the sheep's sin. All we like sheep have gone astray. We've turned everyone to his own way. And the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. …
… Not only is He shown in the Bible as the good shepherd in John 10, but He's also shown in the Bible as the great shepherd. Look, if you will, in Hebrews 13, verses 20 and 21. Now the God of peace, the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus Christ. What does that mean, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus Christ? That raised Him from the dead, He's speaking of the resurrection. Now the God of peace that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you perfect, that is, mature in every good work to do His will, working in you that which is well-pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Now in John 10, He's called the good shepherd. He died for the sheep. Hebrews 13, He's called the great shepherd. He rose for the sheep. I mean, listen, it speaks now of the resurrection, now the God of peace that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep. …