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Charlatans vs. Shepherds
Transcript:
Hello, this is Pastor Don Willeman of Christ Redeemer Church. Welcome to a special-edition series of The Kingdom Perspective.
What should the church do in the face of the coronavirus pandemic?
We should be all the more discerning between true and false shepherds of the church.
There are many charlatans that only want to fleece the flock. Many skeptics will want to blame Christianity itself for this. However, the fact that there are counterfeiters is not proof that something is false. Quite the opposite. Counterfeiters always counterfeit what is real and valuable.
The Bible itself warns of such imposters. Jesus, in John 10, warns of the difference between “hirelings” and true shepherds. His teaching echoes that of the Old Testament prophet Jeremiah, (chapter 23), and the prophet Ezekiel (chapter 34). The hireling is in it only for the personal gain—money or the man’s praise. He uses the Word of God to mislead the flock. The true shepherd, like the Great Shepherd Jesus Christ, is in it for the love of God and the love of His people. He uses the Word of God to serve the flock.
False shepherds are mere entertainers and entrepreneurs. They are conmen. True shepherds tenderly care for and protect each and every one of the sheep, laying down their lives for their spiritual and material welfare. And so, they follow the pattern of the Good Shepherd who lays down his life for the sheep and guards them at the cost of His own blood.
Something to think about from The Kingdom Perspective.
“Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.
Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience, desiring to act honorably in all things. I urge you the more earnestly to do this in order that I may be restored to you the sooner.
Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, equip you with everything good.”
~ Hebrews 10 (ESV)
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Transcript:
Hello, this is Pastor Don Willeman of Christ Redeemer Church. Welcome to a special-edition series of The Kingdom Perspective.
What should the church do in the face of the coronavirus pandemic?
We should be all the more discerning between true and false shepherds of the church.
There are many charlatans that only want to fleece the flock. Many skeptics will want to blame Christianity itself for this. However, the fact that there are counterfeiters is not proof that something is false. Quite the opposite. Counterfeiters always counterfeit what is real and valuable.
The Bible itself warns of such imposters. Jesus, in John 10, warns of the difference between “hirelings” and true shepherds. His teaching echoes that of the Old Testament prophet Jeremiah, (chapter 23), and the prophet Ezekiel (chapter 34). The hireling is in it only for the personal gain—money or the man’s praise. He uses the Word of God to mislead the flock. The true shepherd, like the Great Shepherd Jesus Christ, is in it for the love of God and the love of His people. He uses the Word of God to serve the flock.
False shepherds are mere entertainers and entrepreneurs. They are conmen. True shepherds tenderly care for and protect each and every one of the sheep, laying down their lives for their spiritual and material welfare. And so, they follow the pattern of the Good Shepherd who lays down his life for the sheep and guards them at the cost of His own blood.
Something to think about from The Kingdom Perspective.
“Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.
Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience, desiring to act honorably in all things. I urge you the more earnestly to do this in order that I may be restored to you the sooner.
Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, equip you with everything good.”
~ Hebrews 10 (ESV)