Reflections on His Last Sermon As Pastor

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🗓️ 23 April 2013

⏱️ 5 minutes

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As Pastor John preached his farewell sermon, he wanted to point Bethlehem to the great shepherd who would be with them long after he was gone.

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0:00.0	We are recording this episode of Aspastor John at the very end of March and you've been
0:09.0	a pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in the Twin Cities now for nearly 33 years and
0:13.0	on Sunday of this week, you will preach for the final time as a pastor and your final
0:17.5	sermon falls on Easter.
0:19.2	What's going on in your mind right now is you think ahead to this capstone sermon?
0:23.1	Well, the irony of that question, Tony, is that it's Thursday of Holy Week and I will
0:32.8	preach on Easter and I will start preparing my sermon tomorrow.
0:38.8	And I'm laboring like crazy to get ready for the gospel coalition right now and to get
0:44.9	ready for my Monday Thursday talk tonight.
0:47.4	I have chosen my text from Hebrews 13, 20, and 21 and I do have an idea where I wanted
0:55.8	to go.
0:56.8	That's why I chose the text and so I can say a word about what I'm thinking though
1:00.7	how I'm going to say it is not ready in any detail at all.
1:06.1	I chose that text because it's Easter number one and it begins now May the God of
1:12.6	Peace who brought again from the dead, Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep.
1:18.3	So I chose it first because God brought again from the dead, our shepherd, but I chose
1:24.5	it also because I'm a shepherd and I'm leaving the flock and I want to say to them you have
1:31.3	a great shepherd, Jason Meyer and John Piper are both going to be dead someday and you
1:39.5	cannot put your final hope in any man.
1:44.1	But you have a great shepherd and I just love that phrase, great shepherd.
1:49.2	He brought again from the dead, our Lord Jesus, a great shepherd of the sheep.
1:53.7	He knows there are a lot of sub-shepherds.
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