New Testament

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            Next to sharing the way of salvation and preaching and teaching on the gift of God’s grace that is ours through the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, my next favorite subject to preach on is this morning’s subject.  It is the next big event in world history, it is the event Paul calls the blessed hope in his letter to Titus.

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            On Good Friday I read a portion of a message given by Dr. S. M. Lockridge, I would like to begin my message this morning by reading the last three paragraphs of his message. 

“Now it’s Sunday. And just about dawn on that first day of the week, there was a great earthquake. But that wasn’t the only thing that was shaking, because now it’s Sunday.

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            Last week we began looking at chapter 3, this morning, Lord willing, we will finish it up.  In this chapter Paul models for us the shepherd’s heart for the flock that God has given into his care.  Paul’s example of the model shepherd gives us seven features of a shepherd’s heart for his flock.  Last week we looked at the first four of those features.  First, we saw the shepherd’s love for his flock, then the shepherd’s sacrifice for his flock, third, the shepherd’s lovingkindness for his flock and finally, the shepherd’s watchfulness over his flock.