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LPR, Lutheran Public Radio. dot work. And the We approach Good Shepherd Sunday,

Good Shepherd Sunday, according to the three-year electionary,

and we see this very strong and enduring image of

Christ and his love for well his whole flock but also for every individual

sheep there's even a him that whole flock but also for every individual sheep.

There's even a hymn that talks about that love.

The King of Love, My Shepherd is.

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Coming to you live from the studios of

Lutheran Public Radio in Collinsville Illinois. I'm Todd Wilkin. Thanks for

tuning us in. We'll be studying this him, The King of Love My Shepherd is.

Dr Arthur Just joins us, he is professor of New Testament at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana,

co-author of the two-volume Concordia commentary on Luke, and the book Heaven on Earth The Gifts of Christ in the Divine Service.

Dr. Just welcome back.

Nice to be with you today.

biblical why do the concepts of King and Shepherd go together?

Well, they both refer to David, and David, of course,

is the author of the Psalm that we love so much,

Psalm 23. And he is the great king of Israel and is in many

way the one who foreshadows the coming of of the final messianic king Jesus. So the shepherd here is is David the

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