For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice,for he is our God. We are the people of his pasture, and the sheep in his care. Today, oh that you would hear his voice!For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,For he is our God, And we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To-day, oh that ye would hear his voice!
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… may not be addressed by what they think they need, but rather, come, let us worship and bow down. Let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker. For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture. I certainly am not a fan of, bring your coffee, sit back, relax, let's see what we have for us today. No, it should be sit up, pay attention. Because the service of worship is actually framed by the gospel itself. We begin, holy, holy, holy, you are the Lord God Almighty. we confess our sin, we give thanksgiving to God for pardon, we then make use of the means of grace. Assemble the people, says God to Moses. Assemble the people that they might hear my word, that they might listen and that they might learn, them and their children and their children with them. In other words, the reason for gathering is in order that we might hear from God. You say, wait a minute, this is about worship. Of course. But what God has said to us is more significant than anything we might ever say to him. That is why we assemble to hear, to listen. …
… may not be addressed by what they think they need, but rather, come, let us worship and bow down. Let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker, for he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture. I certainly am not a fan of, bring your coffee, sit back, relax, let's see what we have for us today. No, it should be sit up, pay attention. Because the service of worship is actually framed by the gospel itself. We begin, holy, holy, holy, you are the Lord God Almighty. We confess our sin. We give thanksgiving to God for pardon. We then make use of the means of grace. Assemble the people, says God to Moses. Assemble the people that they might hear my word, that they might listen and that they might learn, them and their children and their children with them. In other words, the reason for gathering is in order that we might hear from God. You say, wait a minute, this is about worship. Of course. But what God has said to us is more significant than anything we might ever say to him. That is why we assemble to hear, to listen. …
… And then in Psalm 95, 7, He is our God. We are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand. So God demonstrates that He is a faithful shepherd and that He will do what shepherds must do, one, feed the flock, and two, protect the flock. That is laid out in Psalm 23, isn't it? He leads them to green pastures. He leads them beside still waters or waters at rest because they can't drink fast-moving water. He prepares a safe place and a meal in the midst of their enemies, and their cup of satisfaction overflows because the Lord is their shepherd. And God identifies Himself as the shepherd of Israel in contrast to false shepherds. I want to show you a chapter. It's chapter 34 of Ezekiel. And obviously Ezekiel, the prophet, is speaking of the judgment of God on Israel, and Israel's judgment is a direct result of the failure of the leaders of Israel. And the leaders of Israel were also to be shepherds. …