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To: Dr. Eckleburg
Note the sheep follow Christ not because they know Him, but because He knows them.

So how do you know you are a "sheep", then? Your passage speaks about God's point of view, not ours.

Regards

7,317 posted on 09/27/2007 5:49:13 AM PDT by jo kus
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To: jo kus
So how do you know you are a "sheep", then?

Your question was asked of Paul and his answer is our answer,

"For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.

Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us." -- 2 Timothy 1:12-14

It's just so much easier than your magisterium tells you -- believe in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, as the propitiation for our sins, as the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world, as the reason for all existence, "by whom all things consist" (Col. 1:17).

His sheep follow Him because Christ "knows them." That's how they know they are His sheep.

7,344 posted on 09/27/2007 11:24:44 AM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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