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Hi, Judy: Would you agree that goats are born goats
and will die goats? And likewise, sheep are always sheep and they
don't turn into goats?
And have you noticed in the parable of tares and
wheat that the tares are tares from the time they germinate (i.e, from the
day they are conceived) until that day when the reapers come to burn
them? And in the parable the same holds true for wheat -- from beginning to end,
wheat is wheat, and wheat doesn't change composition along the way and suddenly
become a tare? What do you make of this?
Just curious,
Bill
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 6:31
AM
Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] What is a
Christian?
That one may have been out in the pigpen for a season
but the very fact that he is called a "sheep"
and not a goat is defining. Remember
Jesus spoke to lost sheep of the house of Israel and Israel
was a Covenant nation. Today we are dealing
with the Kingdom of God and there is only one way
in which is by way of the Chief
Shepherd.
I
don't think so...the one sheep was "lost".
Kay
A big problem with this analogy and street
preaching is that "sheep" are already in the fold so they
"know"
the voice of the Shepherd - even John the Baptist
was preaching to God's Covenant people.
I have my own issues
with the methods of some Street Preachers
(not all) because I don't like "throwing yourself down from the pinnacle of the temple" type antics. However, they
are doing something not many of us would want to do
and they are exposing ppl who would never be
confronted in their own circles to the name of Jesus - Paul said that even if someone is
out there for a wrong motive we should be thankful for that, so I now
bless them in Jesus name. jt
Au contraire, contraire, preacher! All you have to do is
lead...they follow. You never have to udder (hehehe...I know that's for
cows)
a word to them. Kay, who
has raised sheep with Slade
Can't get em by your zipped lip either!
Jeff Powers
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
perfect analogy!
What do you
think? If any man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone
astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go
and search for the one that is straying? If it turns out that he
finds it, truly I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over
the ninety-nine which have not gone astray.
Anyone who has raised sheep knows you
can't get the lost sheep to come back to the fold by chasing and
screaming at her.
- slade
Would you agree Dave?
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